Green Velvet Cake: Before

Here are the before pics of the Green Velvet Cake...yes it was really that green...it might have even been brighter in person...

Pampered Chef Pans

So here are the pans that Poker Queen got me!!! Love them. Now I have to use them. I was going to use them for the Green Velvet Cake I made, but it didnt have a crust and I didn't want the batter to leak out.

Velvet Cakes

So Hubby and I were watching Cupcake Wars, and one of the contestants were making Blue Velvet Cupcakes. So not knowing there were other color "velvet" cake you could make, I googled it. You can make every color under the sun! Today I am trying to make Green Velvet Cake. I got the recipe from this blog and adjusted it a bit:

http://www.pastriesofachocoholic.com/  

So we will see how it comes out! It looked like the color of Oscar the Grouch!

Oh yeah

Just in case anyone is keeping track, no I still have not received my New Wilton Year book even tho it only got mailed into Strongsville...

4th of July 2010 part 2

Then I made Brownies and Brownie Bites. Joe-D never had a thick brownie before so I made some. I also made a pan of regular brownies for BFF Stealer (omg I'm gonna be laughing for a long time ab that one) She was making death by chocolate, that actually my assistant ended up making once we got to their house...lol

The Left one was Regular, the Right one was Xtra Thick and gooey...I wish I had some now...

Glad I had one before everyone else saw them...I only got to eat one.

4th of July 2010

I made a lot of dessert for the 4th...some with the help of my assistant.

My assistant made the lemon meringue pie

I made Lemon Meringue Pie minis...good thing I ate one at home, bc when they made it to their final destination...I didn't get any haha.

July 2 2010 B-day cake

So after my tester cake I ended up making a cake for the Mom of BFF and BFF Stealer for her B-Day.
(hahaha u know I love you BFF lol) It was the Strawberry Cassata Cake. It was BIG.

Class 4 Final Cake

We worked on a boarders and we also learned how to cover a cake with Fondant. The rest of the class we spent decorating the cake. This cake doubled as a B-day cake for my neice Reanne who is here from South Carolina.

Here are the flowers I made on June 28th during the storm I was oblivious to.

June 28th 2010 Part 2

Here are the Strawberry Cassata Cupcakes. I did 3 variations, all are filled with custard and topped with a fresh homemade whipped topping.  Hummm....it might be poll time again!

Strawberries Mixed in the frosting      Topped with a Strawberry            Strawberry Jam under the frosting

June 28th 2010

I had a busy Sunday! I made a Strawberry Cassata Cake aka the Cleveland Cassata Cake, Strawberry Cassata Cupcakes, and Flowers for my final class. Here are the Cake Pics! (I'll have to make separate posts for the others) It tasted like a big Strawberry Short Cake, if you like that sort of thing, lol.

Class 3 June 21st

So Class 3 was a short class...I was the only one there. We made 3 flowers: A Mum, a Ruffled Calla Lily and a Daisy. My favorite was the Daisy.

Mums

Ruffled Calla Lily

Daisy

Poll From May

The Zig Zag's were the winner!

Traditional Italian Cassata Cake

So I Googled "Cassata Cake" a few weeks ago expecting the one with Strawberries and Custard...yeah to my suprise as I read they consider that kind "Cleveland Cassata". I will still be making that one, but this weekend I made the traditional one. Boy, was it good! It is a sponge cake (that I made from scratch I might add) with a filling that almost tasted like canonoli filling. I torted the cake, but only twice, where I sould have done it 3 times. So instead I used the rest of the filling and iced the top of the cake with it.

Happy Father's Day Hubby June 20th 2010

Hubby got a Special Cake for Father's Day, he loves pool. I got to use my sports ball pan again! =)

Class 2 June 14th

Class 2 @ Michael's was making Fondant/Gum Paste flowers.  They were pretty easy. On a side note, when mixing colors, go light to dark...the yellow I made had specks of green in it. Pink was the last color to mix, I went to work the next day with pink hands. =)

 Roses

Carnations

Calla Lily

Brendan's B-day June 11th 2010

Brendan had a Pokemon B-day! =) So of course I bought a new pan again, right? LOVE IT! Its a sports ball  pan. I made Picachu and a Pokeball for him.

New Cake pans!

So Queen Karen got me a new pan set to use, Brand new-at a garage sale, for $1.00!!!! (Pampered Chef too) Sweet!!! I should go Garage Sale-ing to look for fun baking supplies!! Its a 3 Piece set, with the regular Springform Pan, a Bundt insert and a Heart insert. (I'll have to take pics of the set) I can't wait to use it! =)  Thanks Queen Karen!

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie June 10th

I harvested my 1st Rhubarb of the season so what else to do but buy strawberries to go with the rhubarb and make pie! Bennie and Grandpa loved it! =)  I had such a hard time with the crust  this time, I followed the recipe, but it seemed like it needed more flour...so I couldn't do the lattice weave better.

Taking Cake classes

I signed up at Michael's to take the Fondant and Gum paste Course that they offer for the month of June. It was 1/2 off (good thing too bc I had to purchase a bunch of supplies), I had a $5.00 off coupon, PLUS I get the 2011 Wilton Yearbook for free with the class (I can't wait for it to arrive!!!). Class one was on June 7th and we made fondant bows...it wasn't completely dry...so it smooshed. I'll make another one to post one day...maybe...

Memorial Day May 31st 2010

Here are the cupcakes I made for Memorial Day , nothing fancy, but yummy!