I made this as a part of my daughter’s sweet sixteen pink dessert table, along with pink chocolate covered Oreos and pink chocolate covered pretzel rods. If I had to do these ruffles again, I would probably cover the cake with fondant first so the ruffles will adhere strongly. It still adhered to the buttercream, […]
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Popcorn Anti-Gravity Cake!
For this fun cake, I carved a round layer cake into a bowl shape. I filled and iced the cake. I used this vanilla cake recipe from Yolanda on How To Cake It. For the icing, I made her Italian meringue buttercream. I made a bowl of popcorn and melted some white chocolate chips to […]
Rosette Cake
This is a 9×13 inch 2 layer cake that I made for a 60th birthday party! To make the rosettes all over the cake, I used wilton tip 1M, my favorite tip! For the leaves, I used wilton tip 352. I had different sized sugar pearls, so I put one in the middle of each […]
Rosette Cupcakes
These cupcakes always look elegant, and it doesn’t take long! I used tip 1M to make the rosette on top, tip 18 for the smaller rosettes, and the leaf tip 352, all wilton tips, for the leaves. I had so much fun making these, I hope you do too! For the chocolate cake recipe, I […]
Soccer-Themed Birthday Party!
This was a simple soccerball birthday party for my 9 year old son, with just a few school friends! The cake is lemon, with lemon swiss meringue buttercream. The cake is simple, except the soccer pattern, which I will not attempt again. It was a struggle. I’m spatially challenged 🙂 We had pizza, drinks, and […]
Pac Man Party!
Remember the 1980’s? Pac man video games? My son turned 6, and he wanted a pac man theme for his birthday party….I mean the old pac man video game screen, with the colored ghosts and pellets and all! We had a bunch of old video games that we bought about 12 years ago. An old […]