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I received this birthday cake request last year and I dutifully stored it in the back of my mind under “Cake Requests”. I find it pretty helpful to get requests – I have a good direction of what to prepare and I can explore how to really “kick it up a notch”. For those not […]

On the heels of a cake I did for a friend’s birthday in October, I was commissioned to do a cake for a friend’s husband this past week. I really enjoy the process of creating a cake with a lot of creative freedom. Usually I think of the recipient – and the flavours they are […]

Another year, another round of birthday cakes. November is usually a tricky month for me – in the past, I’ve made 3 cakes within two weeks for birthdays but with people moving to other cities, etc. I believe I only have one for the first half of November (the second one will be spectacular – […]

Really, with a name like ‘Ding Dong Cake’, could you go wrong? Ironic that I’m posting this as Hostess is ceasing production on their nuclear weapon-resistant snack cakes. To be honest, I was never really a fan of Ding Dongs, Ho Hos or the infamous Twinkie. The cake itself wasn’t bad, but the fillings just […]

Ok, so a little late to the party, but I’m back!I have some big news to break – but that’s another post for another day. The first birthday cake of the year snuck up on me and I only had a few days to pull it together. I have always wanted to make a confetti […]

So yes, I haven’t blogged in a while. It doesn’t mean that I’m not busy! I’m still cranking things out of the kitchen, but a lot of what I was making was for my Christmas project. Ironically, today, I decided to scrap the original idea and go with a more generic focus. My idea was […]