My Little Pony Cake

I am officially done with student teaching!

"And what does that mean for me," you ask?

I get to make cakes again! If you recall, my husband kindly put a stop to my cake baking at the beginning of the semester. One week into the semester my head was spinning after making a small cake for a friend. I went along with it because it was in my best interest and it gave me more time to devote to my kiddos. (By kiddos I mean my students. After teaching, they become your kids. If you are a teacher, you understand.)

This weekend I made a My Little Pony Cake. Altogether I think it turned out pretty well and I learned a couple of new techniques including Color Flow. The party was held outside with wind gusts up to 30 mph! I had to leave before anything broke off the cake. Here's to hoping nothing happened after I left!

Here's a close up of her name. I created it using color flow.

I also made 75 sugar cookies in the shape of a one. It was Kynsley's first birthday:)

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Star Wars Cookies

Every time I read through the baking blogs I follow (i am baker and sweetopia just to name a few), I am swept away by their amazing sugar cookies. They have mad skills.

Their cookies make me want to make cookies. Good cookies, too. Now, I know that sugar cookie skills don't happen over night. So I thought I had better get started if I wanted my cookies to be fabulous any time soon.

In pops a need for sugar cookies.

My dear friend's son recently had surgery and I thought I would make his day with some sweets.

Well, technically I left a facebook comment asking my friends for a reason to bake cookies. But who's keeping track of these minor details?

I didn't know much about my friend's son, other than his name and his age. I did some research, combing through my friend's facebook photos. Low and behold, I come across a picture of her son wearing a Star Wars shirt. So I went with it.

Let's hope he's still into Star Wars.

(Crossing Fingers)

I still have a long way to go. I haven't mastered outlining the cookie with royal icing yet. It seems simple enough, yet every time I tried tracing the cookie, my hand didn't make a nice circle.

One lesson I learned this time is to take my time next time. By the time I got to writing Noah, my hand was shot. I could barely write a straight line.

Gold/Yellow Star Wars Logo

Black Star Wars Logo

I'm still working out the spill and fill method too.

But that's what I got. I think Noah will be satisfied, and that's the only one who matters.

I'll post the royal icing recipe soon. It's definitely a keeper.

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Kyle and Bree's Wedding Cakes

(You can click on any of the pictures to view an enlarged version.)

Friday I had the honor of making wedding cakes for my brother and sister-in-law to-be. I didn't have the usual amount of time to put into decorating the cakes, so I opted for a buttercream icing look, instead of the usual fondant look.

The bride's cake was italian creme cake (see recipe here) with buttercream icing and a strawberry filling. Bree is definitely a bling kind of girl, so I added some blue crystals to match her blue hydrangeas, as well as some clear crystals. I don't think they showed up very well but it was worth a try.

The groom's cake was of course chocolate. I was especially excited about making this cake as it was a surprise to Kyle and Bree! The frosting is a chocolate buttercream. I also used a chocolate moose filling and a chocolate glaze with yummy chambord=) Mmmmm. The longhorn was made using a mold. I tried a couple different ways to make the longhorn, one with white chocolate, the other with gumpaste. I used the gumpaste longhorn because it held it's shape better.

I am still partial to the white cake, but the chocolate cake was pretty darn good too! I tried a new technique on these cakes, and although they didn't turn out perfectly, I am still satisfied with what I was able to accomplish while student teaching this semester.

We are officially

sisters now! Congrats

Kyle and Bree!

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Italian Creme Cake

Here is my most reliable, go-to cake recipe. Whenever I have a request for a white cake, this is what I whip up. This cake will turn out so incredibly moist, every time. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

1 c buttermilk
1 t baking soda
5 eggs, separated
2 c sugar
1/2 c shortening
1/2 c butter, room temp
2 c sifted flour
1 t vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. In a mixer, beat egg whites until stiff and then set aside. While the egg whites beat, stir the buttermilk and baking soda together and set aside.
3. Cream sugar, butter, shortening, and yolks together in a mixer.
4. Add buttermilk mixture to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Then alternate adding flour and vanilla to the batter. (Start and end with flour) Mix well.
5. Using a whisk, fold in the egg whites.

6. Pour the batter into greased pans and bake for 25-30 mintues.

7. Eat it up!

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Bree's Birthday Cake-The Rose Cake

I have been dreaming of great cakes lately. You see, I'm student teaching this semester. Which really means that I pretty much have a full time job. I been clocking about 10 hours a day.

As a result of all this...my wonderful hubby has created a rule that I'm not allowed to bake any more cakes this semester. He's really been doing me a favor. Cakes usually consume me. It's all to keep me sane really.

But my sister-in-law's birthday was this weekend, and well, I had to make her a cake. My hubby and I made a deal. So I used a frozen cake I had made about a month ago. I decided not to go the fondant route because that would take a lot of extra time. Instead, I got to try a new technique I saw on i am baker. And here are the results:

This cake was a lot of fun and fairly stress-free!

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Cheetah and Zebra Cake

This cake was a lot of fun to make. After trying my hand at painting for the first time on the African safari cake, I decided to paint the animal print on this cake (as opposed to using fondant). I also tried a strawberry filling for the first time. Both the painting and the filling were a learning experience. Next time I do something similar I will be a pro=)

This first picture was taken before I finished. I wanted to get at least one good photo while the sun was out.

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Pink and Green Baby Shower Cake

I think I am crazy...or maybe you could even call me just plain stupid.

A couple weeks ago we moved into a new apartment. On the same day that we moved, I also had a cake to make. I can't say that it was the best cake I have ever made, but I can say that it was pretty darn good considering. Just so you know, I wasn't crazy enough to plan on moving and baking on the same day. We had planned on moving sometime around the middle of February. It just worked out that way. I didn't want to cancel the order, so I made it anyway.

Here are the results, judge for yourself!

Sorry the pictures aren't the greatest. I finished the cake after the sun went down=(

Wanted to throw in one to show the moving boxes=)

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Currently I am a student at UTSA studying Elementary Education. I am married to the man of my dreams, Aaron, and have a beautiful step daughter, Adrianna. I love photography, baking, cooking, reading, and watching college football. My dream: to own a bakery some day=) Contact me at kkunoff@yahoo.com!

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