Fondant class

Took a class with Isabelle Sanchez about how to make fondant and ribbon flowers. She gave her recipe which was awesome. Her fondant was satin smooth, so flexible and great to work with. Not only that, it tasted great too. Even a store bought one fondant couldn't beat her's! I was lazy to finish the cake at class. So, I completed mine at home. The rose is totally hand-made. Didn't wait for a day to dry the bud and all.. Just did it in a go!

My (not so great) Gumpaste Mermaid

I made a gum paste mermaid out of curiosity! She is not a beautiful mermaid. But i think she is okay! ;) I made it on Friday and 2 days later, she is one eyed and bald. My son, poked her eye and ripped her hair! Hmmmmm.....

Peach cobbler

Went Berry picking to a nearby farm and got some fresh berries and ripe peaches. Had great fun in the hot sun! Brought home lot of pears! So tried peach cobbler , Paula Deen's recipe. Never could go wrong with Paula Deen's recipe I guess. Yummy yummy dessert!

Another hot out of the oven picture!

Jungle Theme Cake for Gautham

1 week after Ashok's birthday is Gautham's. So, it was hectic working on 2 cakes in that short time with a naughty boy running around and grabbing all the tools n stuff!
There was a confusion whether to make a castle cake or jungle cake. Got all the stuff necessary for Castle cake, but Ashok insisted on doing jungle cake as Gautham likes animals a lot! So stared making the gumpaste animals couple of weeks earlier! Did monkey, elephant, giraffe, lion, puupy, bumlebees, ladybugs, mushrooms, dolphins, penguins, birds and small flowers. Lots of work, but it was all worth for my lil boy! He loved the cake!




About the cake, its a 2 tiered cake. Bottom tier is a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Top layer is a cream cake and chocolate cake made like a checker(it was just a trial at last minute) with vanilla buttercream frosting. Both the layers covered in fondant. Thanks to Isabelle , a colleague who gave idea for the tree. The water was royal icing and rest of the figurines are all in gum paste.

Beach Theme Cake for Ashok's Bday

Updating after a long time.... I made a beach themed cake for Ashok's Birthday. Looked at few pics at cakecentral.com and decided on doing that. Since we came from Florida, Miami trip I thought that it would be a great idea. Thought of doing some tropical flavors. Ended up with a pineapple cake with Ashok's favorite cream cheese frosting.
Made sand with Graham crackers, water with piping gel. Tried to get figurine that resembles Ashok...hmmm! Wat to say! :)