January 2013

Three Wedding Cakes - Scalloped Lace, Ombre Pink Blossoms and Classic Simple Three Tiers wiith Three Sugar Roses

I have been a bit busy and not been able to share with you some of my recent work. I share more promptly on Facebook of course.. Facebook is each to just upload and share.. so some of you must have seen these three cakes in the last two weeks.

The first is this Scalloped Lace Wedding Cake

Three tiers of my signature ' Vanilla Creme Cake' with Strawberry Buttercream and Strawberry flavored fondant.

Not very happy with my pictures. Must have had the wrong settings.

The second is this Ombre Pink Blossoms Wedding Cake

Flavors - Three Tiers of Double Chocolate Marble cake -
Milk and Dark Chocolates cake swirled together to make a marble cake... and finished off with whipped chocolate Ganache

The Third is this Classic Three simple tiers with Three gum paste Roses...

As
a cake decorator while I have a long list of designs and technique on
my wish list that I would love to make for my customers.
Sometimes you have to just respect the fact that someone likes some thing simple and elegant.

I made this design a year ago - The bride said she loved that one on
my gallery so much she wants exactly the same..

So here it is again....
Three simple tiers with three beautiful roses.

The flavors were fun to create though.
Bottom - Lemon poppy seed pound cake filled with lemon curd and lemon flavored buttercream.
Middle - Carrot and walnut cake with Cream cheese frosting and Vanilla Buttercream
Top - Double Chocolate Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache.
and of course all three tiers decorated with Homemade sugar paste / fondant.

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Valentine Heart Cookies and a Giveaway

Today, I want to share with you some beautiful heart sugar cookies I made using rolled Royal Icing.

Tip Thursday - Edible Glue

This week 'Tip Thursday' on my Facebook page is about Edible glue - the different types of glue nd it's uses.

I did not want you all to miss out on such a good tip so I'm posting it. I do hope you check out my page for the other tips from the previous 'Tip Thursday'

That's all from me for today. Have a good rest of the week.

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Basic Vannilla Pastry Cream or Vanilla Egg Custard

I thought I had already posted this recipe with you a long time ago, until recently I realized that the only recipe of Vanilla custard I posted was the egg-less version along with my Strawberry mousse.

I had taken pictures but not made the post until some one requested the recipe and I just couldn't find it.

Ah well, with so many recipe I have on two blogs it's getting harder to keep track and organize.

Those of us that can eat eggs would obviously prefer this version and rightfully so. It is delicious on it's own not just in cakes.

My kids love Vanilla Custard just for desserts, I use them as my base for my mousse and ice creams.A swirl of Vanilla cream on your favorite chocolate cake... It's heavenly.

The procedure to make this can intimidate some people
because if you are not careful with the cooking you can have sweet
scrambled eggs. So follow my directions and tips carefully and you will
see making Vanilla Custard is indeed a piece of cake.

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A Giant Cupcake Cake and Drippy Birthday Cake

Today, I want to share with you two cakes I made this week.

The first is a A Giant Cupcake Cake

This was my first attempt at - A Giant Cupcake Cake
It has been on my wish list for a long time now.
Finally got an opportunity to make it.
Cake - Mocha Buttercream Cake
Bottom - Three layers of rich devils food cake layered with two layers of premium mocha Buttercream and and one layer of premium vanilla buttercream decorated with a rich Ganache.
Top - Three layers of my 'Signature' Vanilla Creme Cake filled and decorated with my homemade Premium Vanilla buttercream. And Homemade Sugar paste/Fondant.

The second is A Fondant Drippy Cake for a 16th Birthday for someone who loves pink.
Both tiers are my signature 'Vanilla Creme Cake with Vanilla Buttercream.

and Homemade sugar paste/fondant.

Well, that's all from me for today.

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A Double Barrel Wedding Cake with frills and a Peony

Today, I want to share with you this lovely wedding cake I made.

It's a double barrel wedding cake with some frills and a white sugar Peony.

It's simple, elegant and just what the bride wanted. She did not want too many frills and was afraid that it might look like a princess cake. But was very happy when she saw it. It's always nice to get positive feedback from customers.

The bottom tier is a rich chocolate Pecan cake with Dark Chocolate Buttercream, The second tier is a Moist rich chocolate cake with Chocolate Buttercream. The Barrel is covered in chocolate Ganache. The top tier is a Light sponge Vanilla cake with Vanilla Buttercream especially for the groom who doesn't care much for chocolate. And of course the cake is covered with non other than my homemade sugar paste / fondant.

I do hope you like it.. Thanks for stopping by.

A Teddy Bear First Birthday cake

Today I want to share with you this cute teddy Bear birthday cake I made for a first birthday.

A very simple cake I admit but still so cute don't you think?

It's a Rich moist coconut cake, filled and decorated with coconut flavored Buttercream and homemade sugar paste..

Well, it's a really simple cake as you can see. So, I did not think of making a tutorial, but for those who need to know..

It's a 9" square cake which I place on a fondant covered board.

As usual I leveled, coated with buttercream and then covered it with white fondant on all sides.

Next I cut out strips of blue and covered all four corners then across to form a block pattern as best I could.

Next I use a medium teddy cutter to cut out the Ivory teddies.

I used the smallest to cut out the teddies on the board and replaced them with the red teddies.

Made a large teddy out of fondant (mixed with tylos) for the topper. If you do not want to make a topper you could also use a larger teddy cutter and make a large cut out. The set I bought was with three size cutters.

Use edible red and black pens to draw bows and dots on the medium and small teddy.

And that's all there was to this cake.. I hope you like it..

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A Frangipani Magnolia Wedding Cake and A Birthday Cake for a Mom to be with Naked Pregnant Woman topper

Have you been looking for me? Well, this year started off with both kids sick. The weather here is cold, rainy and stormy, so we are practically locked in.

Today, I want to share with you two of my recent cakes. Yes, I have to complete my orders even when the kids are sick. A jobs is a job! It's challenging but still fun.

So Here's the first.

A Frangipani Magnolia, yellow and white wedding cake.

Traditional Carrot Cake - rich with grated carrot, walnut & raisins
and ground cinnamon filled with richly flavored cream cheese filling and of course home made sugar paste/ fondant.

The second one is

A cake made for a mom to be.... with a naked pregnant woman topper
Red Velvet Cake extra moist , filled with a delicious creamy Cream Cheese Filling /Frosting and home made fondant.

Well, that's all from me for today. I know I promised to put the recipe for the Classic French Vanilla Buttercream recipe. I will as soon as I have some time.

For now don't forget to join me on Facebook for 'Tip Thursday'.

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How to make a Princess Cake 2 with Sugar Veil

Well, it was a long time back when I made this cake for my daughter, remember?
I did take progress pictures with the intention of making a video for you tube.

I was so busy at the time I could not do it and then completely forgot about it...

Lately I have been feeling very guilty that I spend so much time and attention on my blog and tutorials that I do not make videos. The truth is that I have more subscribers on you tube than I have on my blog.

I didn't really make any resolutions for this year but I decided that It was time to do justice to my you tube fans as well.

So here's a video on how I made the Princess Cake with Sugar Veil.

Most of the comments from my previous video were with regards to the cake pans. So this video will also shows you how you can carve two six inch cakes to make a skirt shape if you don't have a glass bowl or a doll pan.

And here is a second video showcasing all the Castle and Princess Cakes made so far.. which you can use for design inspiration.

I hope you find these useful.

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Pink and Purple Ombre Rose Swirl Cake..

Hope you all had a good New Year celebration and a good start.

This was my first cake this year. Made on the 1st of Jan.
A nice way to start my New Year. Don't you think?

A Pink and Purple Ombre Rose Swirl for a Bat Mitzvah girl name Romi.
Loved how to the colors turned out..

The inside of the cake is my Light and fluffy Vanilla cake in four different shades of Dark Purple, light purple, light Pink and dark Pink. with Vanilla Buttercream.

Here's the comment I received from the mother Jenny - It was great....
the cake was delish. Everyone was so impressed!!! When I get back the
pictures from the photographer I will send them to you.

I really am waiting to see how the colors on the inside complimented the outside too.

Well once gain Happy New Year to you all.

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Tip Thursday - Cake Strips

I heard you... Yes, I know some of you have been whining away that I should share the 'Tip Thursday" on the blog too.

In my defense I made 'Tip Thursday' especially for Facebook.Besides shouldn't you be supporting me and joining me on my page too..

I thought a few of my 'Tip Thursdays' might be useful to you so.. here's one. If you want the rest - head over to my FB page.

This weeks 'Tip Thursday' is about cake strips. I still get a lot of questions on how to avoid cake domes and bake level cakes. So I hope you will try this useful.

So, go on and Like my page and check out the other Tips on Veena's Art of Cakes Facebook page.

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