I did it!
Five cakes in one week!
I know I said only four cakes in last week's blog but I actually ended up making five! As my husband said...I'm a glutton for punishment.
So I showed you the first two baby shower cakes I made last week.
The third baby shower cake I made was for a very good friend from work. Since 2012 is the year of the dragon (Chinese astrology), I wanted to make her a cake with a baby dragon.
The first gumpaste dragon I made was a fail. He was a chubster and just couldn't hold up his own weight. Chubbster...word up!
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| chubby dragon |
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| dragon rolls |
So I started all over. This time I made a smaller, leaner, cuter baby dragon!
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| isn't he the most handsomest gumpaste dragon you've ever seen?! |
I wanted a simple look to the cake so the baby dragon can have the spotlight. (There's nothing worse than a super messy and busy looking cake)
Since momma-to-be had to watch what she ate, I made a sugar-free cake with raisins and walnuts (from allrecipes) but with regular cream cheese frosting, made with icing sugar. I figured momma-to-be can just scrape off the frosting...teeeheee.
Below are the other two cakes I made: one is a St Patty's Day birthday cake and the other is a fondant ruffle cake I brought to a potluck "linner" (late lunch, early dinner).
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| St Patrick's Day hazelnut cake with coconut cream cheese filling |
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| ruffle cake...red velvet with cream cheese frosting |
As much as I love creating all these different confections and having my creativity challenged...I'm so happy last week is over. Now I can concentrate on what I love to do after work...sleep!
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