Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Butterflies & Birthday Cakes



Wow, April has been a busy month, can't believe it's almost over.  Have you noticed how many birthdays there are in the last half of April and first weeks of May?  I swear there must be more Tauruses out there than other signs.  My birthday was this past weekend, and I'll have pictures and recipes up soon:  I made a raspberry ice cream cake and an almond cake with chocolate praline ganache filling and brown butter moscato d'Asti frosting.

In the meantime, however, here are some pictures of a cake I did for a client last week.  It's a simple chocolate cake with vanilla frosting.  The birthday girl's dad emailed me the next day to say that the kids wouldn't let him put the cake away, they just sat at the table and looked at it, kept smelling it.  So cute!


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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Baking Class Project: A Cornucopia of Cupcakes


 Well, ok, only 3, but I've always loved the word cornucopia.  These cupcakes were made by Jared, and they were gorgeous!  Here's the menu:
 
Coconut Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting

Banana Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache Filling & Peanut Butter Frosting

Recipes after the jump...




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