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Quilters’ Guild Party Cake

18 Saturday Jan 2014

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Buttercream, quilt-inspired cake

I was asked to design another unique cake for a quilter’s guild Christmas party.   The ladies wanted a particular quilt design in buttercream, so I frosted a double-layer half-sheet cake and measured out the squares.  With a few different colors and piping tips, and some inspiration from a picture they provided, this is what I came up with.  The ladies got just what they wanted for their celebration…And they made me an honorary member of the guild (good thing they didn’t ask me to make a quilt, the things they do with fabric are truly amazing!)!

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Ladies’ Golf Party Pink Ombre Cake

18 Saturday Jan 2014

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Buttercream, fondant, golf bag, ombre

I was asked to do a cake to celebrate the end of the season for a ladies’ golfing league.  This cake fit the bill…It is a 4-layer 8″ round cake decorated with vanilla-bean buttercream and a fondant golf bag, balls, clubs, and flowers.  The top was frosted smooth with green buttercream and a grass tip was used to pipe darker-green grass. The ombre design was made using a large star tip and 4 colors of pink from dark to light. A fun cake to design and make!

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Pink Champagne and Raspberries

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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Buttercream, champagne, Cupcake, Pink, Pink Champagne Cake, Pink Champagne Cupcake, Raspberry, Raspberry Frosting, raspberry puree filling, reception, wedding

The daughter of  a good friend recently got married and I was asked to do some minis for her cookie table.  For those of you not in northeast Ohio, you may not have ever heard of a “cookie table” (I know I hadn’t until I moved here), but it’s a thing at most weddings and graduation parties around here.  Friends and family members load a giant table at the reception with all sorts of traditional cookies and sweets in honor of the celebrant.

The bride asked me to make these delicate pink champagne minis…A raspberry-champagne flavored cake filled with fresh raspberry puree and topped with a creamy swirl of Swiss meringue buttercream flavored with raspberry and a hint of champagne.  The one small mouthful is a combo of tart, sweet, creamy, smooth…heavenly!  I added a few pink pearls in honor of the beautiful bride….and you were, Gina!  Congrats to you and Mark!!

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Blue Ombre Pony Birthday Cake

19 Friday Jul 2013

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Baking and Confections, birthday cake, Buttercream, Cake, chocolate frosting, ombre cake, Sour cream vanilla cake

My daughter requested a pony party for her 6th birthday and wanted a simple cake and multi-flavored mini cupcakes.  I made a small 6″ round 3-layer ombre cake with horse figurines on top. (An “ombre cake” is just a layer cake with graded hues of a single color…or different colors, depending on the look you want.)  Since she’s really into blue, I graduated the buttercream colors from dark blue to white.   I topped it with a little “pasture” with the horses and a banner bearing her name.  Perfect for my little cowgirl!

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First Communion Mini Brownie Bites

05 Sunday May 2013

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brownie, brownie bites, Buttercream, celebration, Chocolate, cross, First communion, minis, swirls

I made these mini brownies bites for my son’s first communion class.  Some I frosted with blue and white swirled buttercream, some I just sprinkled with powdered sugar. The crosses are chocolate made from a mold.  A perfect little bite for all of the special 2nd graders…Congrats, kids!

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Life is crazy and I love to bake. I'm a wife, mother of 3 nutty kids, and an admitted sugar-holic. Ten years ago I left my job as a senior consulting engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to get out of the rat race and raise kids. We up and moved to a quiet, small town in NE Ohio to be near family and bought a 180-yr-old historic home, always a dream of mine. Along the way, I discovered my joy of baking, which allows both my engineering side and my oft-suppressed creative side to emerge. It began with the desire to bake birthday cakes for my kids (I hated to buy them) and has blossomed into a cupcake-baking business for a local bakery. Over the years, many people have asked if I take orders. So, here they are. Check out the site, we'll be adding new cupcake flavors weekly as well as the occasional cake. And in case you're wondering about the name, it's an homage to the big, old gray barn in my back yard. What a bonus, it came with the house! Put on a smile and BAKE!

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