01 Sunday Sep 2013
Posted in Cupcakes
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Chocolate, chocolate frosting, chocolate mousse filling, Cupcake, double chocolate cake, Double Triple Chocolate Threat Cupcake
Who doesn’t love chocolate? Especially X 3?! This decadent cupcake starts with double chocolate cake (called that because there is both cocoa powder and melted bittersweet chocolate in the batter). Then it’s filled with creamy chocolate mousse and topped with smooth chocolate buttercream. Too much chocolate? Never! What’s there not to LOVE?
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!
04 Thursday Apr 2013
Posted in Cakes
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basket weave, birthday cake, Chocolate, chocolate frosting, Chocolate-dipped Strawberries, double chocolate cake, Flowers
Another birthday cake with fresh chocolate-dipped strawberries on top. The daisies and leaves are fondant. Classic yum!
Chocolate Basket Weave Cake
Chocolate Basket Weave Cake
16 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in Cakes
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Baking and Confections, Cake, chocolate frosting, double chocolate cake, fondant, Green, Home, Minecraft, Oreo, Sour cream vanilla cake, Vanilla
My kids are in the midst of a Minecraft craze (Minecraft is a game on the computer), so I created this cake for a Cub Scout fundraiser.
The cake is a 3-layer 8″ square cake (vanilla and chocolate) covered with chocolate buttercream and crushed Oreo cookies (to look like dirt). I put a layer of green fondant on top and piped green grass with a grass tip.
The figures are crafted from colored fondant (with the help of my kids) and the name plate is made from pearler beads. The cake was a HUGE hit with all of the elementary-aged boys and eventually sold for $120 at the event! If your kid hasn’t discover Minecraft yet, just you wait!
Gray Barn Baking 