A Sweet Life Cakery
Life's too short, eat more cake!
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Welcome to my blog spot. This is a glimpse into the every day things that occur in a day in the life of a pastry chef/cake freak. I admittedly have a bit of OCD and it just so happens cake is my obsession. I however like to think of my obsession as a passion and am constantly learning new techniques and seeking to improve my skill. As long as I can remember I have loved creating desserts, cakes, chocolates, whatever. For the love of God, Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory was my favorite movie growing up -- guess it made an impression on me. After many years I've realized my passion and went with the flow. I was able to work and go to culinary school while a single mom and after two degrees, I still take classes anywhere I can just to keep my skills fresh. It's difficult finding good classes because you almost plateau out and then it's a matter of pushing your talents to the limits to create bigger and better things. There are only so many videos and classes you can take before you just have to apply your artistic sensibility. Everyone has their own fingerprinted style when it comes to cake -- it's been an interesting journey, one that is ever evolving.
Camaro Car Cake
| Posted at 01:52 PM on September 19, 2009 |
Thanks Danielle for allowing me to make this for you. I always enjoy creating new and interesting designs in cake.
The cake is a marble cake with a layer of buttercream and ganache. The cakes were stacked and then carved to give it somewhat of the shape I needed. I then iced with ganache to give it a smooth finish. I then covered with fonant and embelished with all the do-dads that are typically on a Camaro.
When creati...
Read Full Post »Firefighting Irish
| Posted at 09:35 PM on July 01, 2009 |
I had the pleasure of creating a very special grooms cake which was a total surprise to the groom. The cake dawned a working LED light, O'Bryan's signature Firefighting Irish patch and lucky green clover on the back of the helmet.
Here are a few pictures to share of the cake in a couple of angles and the groom afterward with his cake...............
Cake Face 102
| Posted at 02:06 PM on May 23, 2009 |
So I had a friend request a cake to look like Jonas Brothers but the request was changed and she later asked for Zac Efron. I had to think about this because it's really not always easy recreating someone in cake. This is a brief glimpse into another method I used to do a Cake Face. This is the other method I came up with by making it out of cake unlike the Cake Face 101 version which is crispy treats.
I started with one of those styrofoam heads ...
Read Full Post »Turkey anyone?
| Posted at 12:19 PM on April 26, 2009 |
So, this turkey sandwich cake was created for a really cool person, Diane M. She is a phone warrior at a law office and the girl means business. All day Di' handles an obsene amount of phone calls and scheduling for multiple attorneys. She is the pitbull of scheduling and she always gets the job done. The first time I me her she had really long hair and would wear these Oakly sunglasses which made her look like someone you would not want to meet up with in a dark ...
Read Full Post »Cake Face 101
| Posted at 01:42 PM on March 29, 2009 |
Ok, so this isn't really cake but edible it is. I can't say I have seen any instructions on the web for creating fondant heads so here is a glimpse into what I do in creating cake faces. As long as you have an imagination, you can create any type of face you want. I don't have any formal sculpting classes so I do what comes to me naturally and just keep playing with it until it comes out the way I want it. I will say, however, it is helpful to look at books with instru...
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