The bottom tier is red velvet and the top tier is chocolate. The fish is made of rice krispie treats covered in marshmallow fondant.
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The bottom tier is red velvet and the top tier is chocolate. The fish is made of rice krispie treats covered in marshmallow fondant.
Here are the final products. Come back later for a step-by-step on the logo and the dragon!
Next Thursday I have my largest order ever. (Bet you can't guess how big!?!?!?)
Six full sheet cakes and 270 cupcakes to be exact. Ya know, just in case you missed it.
I thought I'd let you come along for the journey. More for my sake than for yours. Someone to go through the ups and downs, share in my successes and
Last Tuesday I started baking the sheet cakes.
(There's no way I could bake all the cakes and frost them and decorate them and transport them in a short amount of time. So, I decided to bake everything ahead of time and freeze it.)
I started out excited to start the journey, especially to use my new baking stuff!
My first cake turned out great, but because I had only purchased ONE large cooling rack, when I tried to flip the cake using two smaller cooling racks, the cake fell apart. Major thumbs down.
I managed to save the cake, but it didn't exactly spur me on to greatness.
My second cake turned out great. However, my third and fourth cake were anything but great.
I couldn't figure out what was wrong; the cakes weren't rising and they were really sponge-y. Then I tasted them. Bleh, no sugar. After retracing my steps, I figured out that I forgot to double the sugar in each of my last cakes.
Second blip.
You would think that these blips might have occurred due to a lack of caffeine...
NOPE!
Third blip.
Before I poured batter into the cake pans, I took out two cups of batter to start making cupcakes. By taking out this
At this point, I have no cakes whatsoever to use. I called my husband and asked him what I should do. We decided that I should call it a day and he would show up with reinforcements to start again tomorrow.
And by reinforcements I mean two more large cooling racks and two more hands to help.
The next day we baked four half sheet cakes, or two full sheet cakes.
Lesson learned:
Always check to make sure you have doubled your sugar!
Does that even make sense?
As in, this is the first customer that is not one of my friends. Kinda cool...at least, for me it is :)
The half sheet cake on the bottom is Italian creme cake and the top is red velvet. Both are iced with vanilla buttercream.
Eh. Better luck next time.
Better yet...better time management next time ;)
I also tried a new recipe this time, Vanilla Almond Cake (from CUPYCAKESMURF at allrecipes.com), by request of the client. This cake is very moist, but a touch to sweet for my blood. Enjoy!
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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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