My sister's birthday cake/gum paste cherry blossoms.

Butter cake, dark chocolate ganache filling, vanilla butter cream icing, gum paste cherry blossoms, Satin Ice dark chocolate fondant for the branch.

2 Cakes and cupcakes!

First, a German chocolate cake for T. His favorite, for his birthday, today.





A cake for my friend Jackie for her daughter's 13th birthday. Vanilla butter cake with chocolate mousse filling and marshmallow fondant.





Finally, vanilla butter cake with butter cream icing and fondant Tiffany style box cupcake toppers for Jackie, a surprise for her birthday tomorrow.

Potato-Bacon Torte

I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Brown Eyed Baker, last week. Michelle posted a recipe she'd made after having seen Melissa D'Arabian's new show, Ten Dollar Dinners, on my favorite channel, Food Network. I decided to try the recipe tonight. The only word that comes to mind is, YUM!











Recipe here!

Banana muffins or how I'm addicted to baking and can't even make it a week without baking something....

Whew... long title. I bought these adorable muffin top baking cups and had an itch to bake last night. This resulted in banana muffins with a butter flour and sugar crumble on top.