Hello Kitty.....

So I get all kinds of requests for cakes and seeing as I don't really need the business I can pick and choose what I would like to do. This weekend did a Hello Kitty cake for a birthday. It was far from perfect but if any baker tells you their cakes come out perfect it's likely a lie. The sign of a good cake maker is to be able to adjust and cover up the mistakes. Mistakes, always a good reason to make more decorations than needed!
I made marshmallow fondant for the cake and the decorations of marshmallow fondant too. Most people are the most critical of their own work so I'm not an exception. Cake delivered, customer happy, that's all that really matters. I guess it should be Hello (fat) Kitty

Something new....

We were invited to a birthday party for our friend on the 4th of July and I wanted to make something memorable to mark the occasion. I've done lots of different and odd cakes, cupcakes but it's always nice to come up with something new. How about cupcakes that don't look like cupcakes but some other food, good idea. I've done hamburger cupcakes before but that's about it for non cupcake looking cupcakes.
I ran across the idea somewhere for spaghetti and meatball cupcakes, relatively easy. I made white cake cupcakes filled them with strawberry jam, made some pasta looking butter cream frosting and bought Ferraro Roche candies for the meatballs. I didn't try one but I was told they were good, I reserved my taste buds for my favorites, Jack Daniels Winter Cider cupcakes.....damn good! Anyways this is how they turned out, much better than my photography.....