It's What's on the Inside That Counts

So this cake was for my Grandma Marianna's 79th Birthday in September. Due to being a bit rushed for the day, I didn't get to set up the best way to transport the cake, so the "Happy Birthday G.Ma (as I call her)" didn't survive the trip but that's okay. :)This cake wasn't about the fancy decorating, it was more about the inside. This was the first time I made and used chocolate ganache. For non-cake/bakery people, ganache is just a fudge filling. I put it between the 3 chocolate cake layers with chocolate buttercream icing...just like Grandma likes it. I guess it's the Stein family in us that makes us chocolate lovers ;). I haven't had the time to perfect the ganache recipe yet, so it was a little rich, but it was nothing a little side of vanilla ice cream couldn't fix! It was a great dessert to a great dinner at Carraba's! Happy Birthday G.Ma! Love You!

Lil' Bug is turning 1!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAYTTEN!!!!

Here's the ADORABLE birthday girl :)

Walkin' around in her cute little dress.
Cheyanne has been my best friend since Kindergarten, she was actually my first friend when I finally got to St. William! And her daughter Paytten is turning 1, tomorrow September 18th! I can't believe it's been a whole year since I went to visit that cutie pie in the hospital late that night. Chey had her whole party as a Princess theme, so naturally we put a crown on her cake :). Unfortunately i had to leave the party early and didn't get to see her stuff her face with the cake, but she was so happy during her whole party! This was a fun cake to do, and Chey and Justen were so appreciative.

Happy Birthday Pay! Love you lil' bug!

Surprise!!! Oh yeah, Change of Plans

So I had my first exam of the semester today, and it was CAKE! good pun huh? ;) Anyway, so I got home earlier than anticipated and was excited to get started on Merg's sister's surprise 17th birthday cake. Welp i had this great idea for a kind of argyle patterned cake, but that quickly changed when my homemade fondant was not cooperating with me. Thus, I came up with the following. I don't consider it one of my bests, but it was super cute! and sparkly! (I've kinda become addicted to the pearl luster dust!!)

Emily is definitely a bubbly, smiley, and funny person, and Merg told me that she would love the cake no matter what because it was from me...it didn't mater what it looked like. So she said. But it DID turn out cute and she called me and left me a message in her loud crazy happy voice saying thank you.

Oh also, if you can't tell, this cake was HUGE. It was a 16 inch round! and weighed at least 10 pounds. Definitely my biggest cake to date!

Happy birthday emily!! :)