The flavors and colors of autumn really have the power to bring warmth to one's heart. With that in mind, I piped these buttercream chrysanthmums in shades of yellow, orange and red to celebrate the season.
Fall doodle cake
I'm celebrating all the things I love about fall with this Starbucks cup inspired cake!
Pink and White Ranunculus Cake
This weekend we had a cake headed up to a rustic barn nestled in the quaint Hudson Valley town of Rhinebeck. The sugar flowers arranged on the cake matched the centerpieces and it was topped off with two very cute hand painted wooden toppers by lil' cake toppers to resemble the bride and groom.
Gumpaste Ranunculus
Spending the day making gumpaste ranunculus while listening to some good music.
Gold Button Centered Flowers
Our cake is featured on Cake Geek today in an article that highlights cakes that have flowers with gold centers. I made these flowers for a wedding cake a few years back in which I took real buttons to make custom molds and then used those molds to make gumpaste versions. Then I painted it with gold highlighter dust. The process was quite simple and the outcome gives the flowers a stunning effect. Check out the rest of the featured cakes on http://cake-geek.com/index.php/jewelled-sugar-flowers-glamorous-gold/
Blush Pink Rose and White Peony Cake
Prepping lovely peonies and roses before decorating our cake with them!
Dragonfly Cakes
Head on over to Cake Geek Magazine's site to see a collection of dragonfly themed cakes including ours below. There's something magical and dainty about dragonflies right? This was actually one of the cakes I made very early on in my cake career!
Mother's Day Floral Buttercream Cupcake Class
This weekend we held a Mother's Day floral cupcake class that was a complete blast! These ladies were so talented and each one was so unique in their color choices and piping styles. Everyone worked so hard and the results were just beautiful. Thanks again to all those who came out and I hope you enjoyed eating the beautiful fruits of your labor!
Flower Nail Holder
Here are a few NEW products that have been added to our shop. A flower nail block to hold up your nail between piping flowers and a buttercream piping starter kit. I used to always have problems with putting down my flower nail on the table and having it roll away so here's the solution to all those problems!. Grab yours now, trust me it's really helpful!.
Buttercream Terrarium
Ok...I like buttercream and I like how cool terrariums look...so why not make an edible buttercream terrarium?? I wish I had a few angula/geometric glass terrariums, but I could only get my hands on globes. Maybe next time, but I still think the globes came out just darling!
Here are my tips on how to make a buttercream terrarium:
1. Break up some chocolate cake to make edible dirt. 2. Spoon it into a glass globe. 3. Add some edible moss (from the tutorial I posted last week) to the dirt. 4. Start arranging your buttercream succulents inside the globe. 5. Continue to arrange a variety of the succulents in different shapes and colors.
Now you have a fully edible and delicious buttercream terrarium. Enjoy!!
Continuing arranging....
There you have it! Here are a few closeup and beauty shots of the little terrariums!
