tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46945488550265596002024-03-05T20:29:12.837-05:00The Cake Affair - GalleryContact Jen: thecakeaffair@gmail.com
Expect a Response within 48 HoursUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-51117216442902226792012-10-23T13:28:00.000-04:002012-10-23T13:28:13.144-04:00Back to the Safety Net: Mocha Buttercream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A few weeks ago, I was approached by an old resident about making a cake for her boyfriend's birthday. I accepted the challenge and began planning the full operation in a friend's small kitchen I reserved for the afternoon. Armed with my standmixer and a shopping bag of fresh ingredients I embarked with friends to complete the cake. </div>
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As my business has come along, I've developed my cake philosophy. Namely, that all my cakes be four layers thick, about five inches tall, and composed of high quality ingredients in a timely, fresh, fashion. The process for Heather's wedding cake was so rewarding that I decided I wanted to do it for most of my cakes: the problem with this is my time available. For Heather's cake, I developed flavor composition on a deeper level than I had before - utilizing spices and dominating flavors and coconut - something unusual to me. For Haley's cake this time, I relied on a cake I had done before, with large success.</div>
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This cake shines for the buttercream: as it is tasted, the coffee flavor hits right away, and is rounded over with a deep chocolate taste. The buttercream recipe I have is my crown jewel - it accepts flavors of all sorts that can be incorporated at any point in the process for a different outcome. Next is the simple ganache over the top - rich chocolate, slightly bitter, combines with the buttercream for a perfect blend. I have high expectations for the cake element as well, and here the rich chocolate flavor rounds out the flavors of the buttercream and ganache. </div>
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As always, I use Ghirardelli baking chocolate for the ganache. I normally use Baker's chocolate for chocolate cake, but the Ghirardelli was the same price this trip to the super market, so I bought more and swapped it out. As far as I know I don't think the fancier chocolate made much of a difference in the cake. </div>
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Chocolate Cake with Mocha Buttercream, Drizzled with a Ghirardelli Chocolate Ganache. One 6-inch cake and 6 cupcakes made. </div>
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I never know when I'll bake again, but until next time,<br />
Jen :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-45528418131198580472012-09-14T14:47:00.001-04:002012-09-14T14:47:23.858-04:00An Update: Etsy, a Kumquat Tree, & Paypal HereI'm back at school and getting bogged down by my accounting/business classes, plus one philosophy class I still had to take. However I am busy with many other endeavors including my Etsy Crayon Art store, my rearing of a 1-2 year old Meiwa Kumquat tree, and my dealings with Paypal and Paypal's new "Paypal Here".<br />
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Etsy is a wonderful website to buy cute, handmade goods straight from the artist. I've been following the site for about a year and have made a few purchases. A few months ago I created my own Etsy store to sell my Crayon Art and, although it has not been a wild success, I have made four sales.<br />
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Etsy reintroduced me to Paypal, a service I have been using for about seven years. I've been delving deeper into what Paypal offers and when I saw the new Paypal Here I had to have it.<br />
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After I was approved, of course.<br />
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Which I was! Within 48 hours, I received an email from Paypal saying I had been approved to use Paypal Here and be shipped a <i>free</i> Paypal Here card reader. It is a little blue plastic triangle card reader that plugs into the headphone jack of my iPhone. I just received it in the mail!! I "tested" it, so I know it works, however I unfortunately only have my own debit card and I can't pay myself. Really, I don't have any use for this at the moment, but having it means that I not only accept check, cash, and paypal transfer for my cakes, I also take plastic.<br />
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The last update is my new Meiwa Kumquat tree. I've been wanting a citrus tree for some time now as they can be very fragrant, hearty, and actually produce something useful. (Yes, all plants produce oxygen, but that doesn't satisfy my hungry tummy) I chose a kumquat tree because with kumquats, you eat the peel and the flesh, meaning on my way to class I can grab one off the tree and eat it on the way to class. Because I am rearing the tree, I will know that the fruit is free from pesticides and probably won't wash it like I should.</div>
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Someone made a very good point, as I was spreading the news, that I hadn't actually tasted a kumquat before. Nope.<br />
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Until next time!!!<br />
-Jen<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-90005510461786237582012-08-11T12:02:00.002-04:002012-08-11T13:01:50.378-04:00Heather's Blueberry Wedding CakeThe day had finally come to complete my breakthrough cake order: Heather's blueberry wedding cake. Months ago we chose the cake and buttercream flavors and I made Heather a sample cake.<br />
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Up until coming home I had been working for the Hannaford Bakery in Wells, ME., which helped considerably with having cake hands. Generally so much time passes between cakes that I lose my cake agility, I forget how much to do with what, and the little things I always relearn along the way. If I did this all the time, I would remember it from the beginning.<br />
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We began by picking the blueberries. I meant to get my blueberries from a place in Ashburnham, but apparently they were having an issue and their blueberry patches were closed until Thursday. I couldn't wait to pick them on Thursday so we traveled to the Carlson Orchards in Harvard after reading good reviews online.<br />
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The orchards were beautiful! If only we could have stayed longer. We ended up leaving later than planned because of a fish tank issue at home (Nan almost drained the whole tank all over the floor in an attempt to move the filter. Thankfully that situation was taken care of). We left for the orchards and took two gallon buckets lined with plastic into the patches. I had scheduled two hours for picking, an hour of which was eaten into by the fish tank situation. We powered through, getting two gallons in about an hour.<br />
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They were delicious!!! Carlson Orchards has "Over 120 acres of freshly grown apples, peaches, nectarines, cherries, blueberries, and raspberries. Located 45 minutes west of Boston. Open from mid-July to December for a variety of pick-you-own crops & cider mill tours. Retail store open year round from 9 am - 5 pm. Call (800) 286 - 3916 or visit us at <a href="http://www.carlsonorchards.com/">www.carlsonorchards.com</a>"<br />
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I checked the blueberries off my list and stuck them in the fridge for later. Meanwhile, Sarah and I had lots to get done. We only left ourselves nine days between ending work in Wells, ME and going back to school. Our to-do list kept growing and time was running out.<br />
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I had offered for us to watch my baby brother, so we went and picked him up. He was a joy and we dropped him off a day later and went straight to Hannaford to load up on supplies. That morning, however, I had a dentist appointment for a cleaning and he found an old filling that an xray showed decay below. He asked if he could open it up and take a look since he had the time, and I said yes. He discovered an unhealthy nerve below and gave me a referral for an emergency root canal. I made an appointment for Thursday. It was both lovely and terrible timing: one more thing to get done before school and yet if I had waited I wouldn't have gotten it done for a while.<br />
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I picked up my medication at the Hannaford's pharmacy while shopping for supplies and we went home to create a game plan.<br />
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The wedding was at Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, NH.<br />
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Also, Sarah helped me with A LOT of the cake. I hope she had fun and I am so grateful. All photo credit goes to her.<br />
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Anyways, here are the pictures. For photo descriptions, visit my Facebook Page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151074878032648.431433.199486607647&type=1">Jen Reardon's Cakes</a>.<br />
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Jen ReardonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-91774150484749904912012-05-20T01:24:00.001-04:002012-05-20T01:38:17.942-04:00Plans for Summer and Testing my New Stuff!I HAVE A JOB! I'm going to be working in the Hannaford Bakery in Maine and staying with my Gram in her summer trailer. The accommodations are cramped but the weather is beautiful, the people are happy, and life will be swell. My only reservations about the job are baking-related; my favorite part of the game is making the cake and buttercream, and grocery stores can't afford to play that game.<br />
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So, IF I get the cake decorating shift, I'll have to clock a 7-minute cake. That's bare cake to completion, maybe a little time extra for personalization. It seems I'll have to collect my creative spare change in a jar for my spare time. I'm thinking of using it for honing my painting skills and painting scenes of the town in Maine I'll be in. Seems like a fun summer project.<br />
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But, anyways, onto the fun stuff! I got home and found my beautiful second mixer bowl (which is still in the box because I really have no used for it right now... oops) and the 11 WIRE WHIP! (Yep, that's the name, it seems to me it should be called the "wire whisk") Here is the 'whip' compared to my old one:<br />
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I was going to whip up some cupcakes so I could test out the new whisk but decided not to, instead we picked up heavy cream and made some whipped cream. It didn't take any time at all.<br />
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Oh! I made a sale on etsy, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/97937353/sunburst-melted-crayon-art">here</a> is the finished product:<br />
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I am also taking this as an opportunity to buy two things I've been desiring for a long time: a second bowl for my KitchenAid and the 11 Wire Whip.<br />
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The second bowl will come in handy with nearly all my cake batter recipes. They work on a two part system where the egg yolks are combined with the butter/sugar mixture and the egg whites are whipped separately. Before having the second bowl, I would have to scoop out the batter into another bowl and clean the bowl thoroughly to whip the egg whites. Then I would fold the egg whites into the batter that was set aside. Now I can leave the batter in the bowl and mix the whites in another bowl, which saves time and lets me mix up the batter once more before I incorporate the egg whites.<br />
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I would have really loved to invest in a second 6qt KitchenAid, but that's really not necessary.<br />
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I dream of the floor bolted Hobart mixers...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-76105088335533025352012-05-14T11:48:00.000-04:002012-05-14T11:51:37.168-04:00Baby Shower Cake and CupcakesThis happened a while ago and it's taken me a few months to remember to put it up! The cake was half chocolate and half vanilla with vanilla meringue buttercream. The cupcakes were the same, and they were decorated in green, lavender, and purple with baby booties. This cake was delivered March 11, 2012.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-91361817311277222962011-12-28T05:05:00.003-05:002011-12-28T05:05:26.487-05:00Dad's BirthdayI've been neglecting to write this up for a while, but here it is! Over thanksgiving, Dad was here and Papa planned a surprise cake for him. It was all worked out that I was making a cake for someone else the day after thanksgiving (completed with Nan's grumbling about me using the kitchen) and he completely missed it. I finished the cake late the night before and left it on the counter and he still didn't see it. It was nice to actually surprise my father.<br />
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Cake, Cake, Cake...This one is a 9 inch, four layer white cake with mocha buttercream between each layer, frosted also, and topped with a delicate layer of chocolate ganache. It's my favorite style of cake.<br />
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It's been a long time since I've baked, and it was fun. Here are the pictures:<br />
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Cheers to more cake!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-34581953034650113742011-08-03T10:04:00.002-04:002011-08-03T10:20:28.623-04:00A Baby Shower & a BirthdayThis weekend I finally got to bake!<br />
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Ordered: Two dozen Red Velvet cupcakes (Vanilla Buttercream, chocolate ganache) for a baby shower with a whale theme.<br />
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Family: Cousin's 5th birthday.<br />
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The Red Velvet Cupcake has been quite a hit lately, I might as well make it a signature piece! It's a delicious combination :D<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-81542841504394919962011-04-16T18:44:00.000-04:002011-04-16T18:44:53.794-04:00Baby Shower Cupcakes!It's been almost a year since I did anything cake! Inconceivable! Gram called me up a few weeks ago and asked me to do some cupcakes for a Boy's Baby Shower. Of course I said yes, how could I not?<br />
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I decided on doing Red Velvet cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream, and then dipped in Ghiradelli Chocolate Ganache. I decorated them with pastel blue buttercream baby booties (woah, alliteration!) and added some white buttercream frill and bows. I then added some words, so that across the four rows, the cupcakes read "It's a Baby Boy".<br />
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Here, the leftover batch of my grossly overestimated amount of buttercream. It's in the freezer, hopefully I can find a reason to use it within a month.<br />
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The cupcakes sitting on their cake board, sitting on top of the cake box. I covered the cardboard base and box with baby wrapping paper that I found at Walmart, which ended up matching about half of the baby shower gifts. Apparently this is a popular wrapping paper!<br />
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I like covering the box with a themed paper, it adds more sense of occasion to the cupcakes. Some cupcakes hardly resemble an occasion, but if you have wedding paper over a box of white cupcakes, the hint gets across.<br />
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Cupcakes = Happiness. Especially delicious ones :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-14523783003811779922010-09-11T17:10:00.000-04:002010-09-11T17:10:36.172-04:00For My Lovely Hairstylist...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">14" White Cake with Strawberry Buttercream and Lemon Curd Filling (spaced strawberry, lemon curd, strawberry), and frosted with Vanilla Buttercream. All these pictures are from my cell phone, and show progress. I had a small technical failure and lost the nice pictures... </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">This was for my wonderful hairstylist's sister! Again, I apologize for the pic resolution. Enjoy!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Also, some of the pictures near the end are blurry because my kitchen aid exploded with half-way-done buttercream, basically a outrageously hot soupy marshmallow fluff. It coated my phone generously, and thus, despite cleaning it, the camera was a little hurt. </span></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-9289817956969585072010-06-21T10:00:00.056-04:002010-07-26T14:58:03.023-04:00Fourth & Final of Graduation Cakes!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Summer has taken its toll on me, allowing me to have been BLISSFULLY unaware that I let an entire month fly by before posting pictures of the last two graduation cakes! I feel awful, but hey, its getting done. All in due time. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These cakes represent what is my most productive weekend, cake-wise. The Strawberry three tier was made in a day and a half, started Friday morning at 8am and ended Saturday afternoon at around 2pm. Getting home from that party, (I was invited to stay but did not, because of my embarrassment which will be explained) I started the next cake at around 5pm, and got everything made for it by midnight, then put it all together the next day (Sunday). Busy weekend. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Emma Cake: Congratulations Emma! (June 19th)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Emma's Cake is a three tier Gold cake, frosted and filled with fresh Strawberry Meringue Buttercream. The tiers measure 6, 9, and 12 inches. The embarrasement was because of the WEATHER! During transit, the heat started melting everything, and the cake started sliding around on the base. I hit a few bumps (many, actually) and it was just awful. Such a pretty cake and it was destroyed because of the hot sun. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I heard later that the buttercream started sliding off the cake (the house was not air conditioned). I was so crushed! But its over, and I have pictures of it in its glory. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This cake was a challenge from the beginning because I had never (ever) made marbled cake before. The concept sounds simple, and in fact it is, but I was terrified from the start. As you can see from the pictures below, everything turned out completely great. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(By the way, this was a 14-inch round cake, exactly 5 inches tall, Vanilla and Spiced Chocolate Marbled Cake with Chocolate Meringue Buttercream...and strawberries to garnish. I had a bunch left over.) </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The second challenge was the Chocolate Buttercream. It just would not set. The house I live in is supposed to have Central Air, but apparently it doesn't half the time, only AC. This was the explanation given to me when I exclaimed a week earlier, THANK GOODNESS I BAKE WITH CENTRAL AIR! So I believe that although the house was cool, (not extremely), it was the humidity that did the chocolate buttercream in and thus the quasi-disaster was born. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Having the buttercream in such a state, I grabbed some leftover strawberries and went a little organic on the design, as the Emma Cake was also very organic. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A note on cake style: Mostly I prefer cakes that have contrast to them, not made with colored fondant but details with buttercream, and subtle sparkle. With these two cakes, I experimented with the natural form, incorporating real strawberries and not sifting out the pulp, and chocolate buttercream that swirled and created an airy look. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Week 1: Congratulations Lizzie! Class of 2010 (May 29th)</span><br />
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Liz ordered a 50 piece cupcake cake, red velvet with bright pink frosting and light green complimentary icing. Unfortunately, the cake slid off the board during transport and had to be reassembled with care when I got there. (And this is why the photo shoots are done BEFORE the cake leaves the safe counter top.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Week 2: Congratulations Katie! Class of 2010 (June 5th)</span><br />
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This cake was a SURPRISE cake for a friend of mine. Her sister and I secretly coordinated through email. She ordered a 14" Gold cake with traditional vanilla buttercream. A color scheme of green and white. It was beautiful! Stood a royal 5" tall!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Week 3: Congratulations Anya! "Ten miles behind me, and ten thousand more to go." (June 13th)</span><br />
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I had the most fun with Anya's cake. She ordered my Tiffany Chocolate cake with Mocha Buttercream and a dripped Ghiradelli chocolate ganache. I dropped it off earlier this morning, and I'm sure that by now it has attacked by a large knife and an army of white plastic forks. <br />
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This is the followup cake for the post before, where I made essentially the same cake - just smaller. The ganache did not set as well on Anya's cake as it did on that practice cake. Still good though!<br />
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And if I may say, writing with buttercream on freshly poured chocolate is a CHALLENGE!<br />
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This cake also stood 5" tall.<br />
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Two more cakes follow for Weeks 4 & 5. A three tier gold cake with strawberry buttercream, and a 14" marble cake with chocolate buttercream.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-76391865293306467512010-05-21T01:18:00.001-04:002010-05-21T09:04:22.652-04:00Chocolate Ganache and Cake!This is a practice run-through of a graduation cake coming up shortly. Tiffany Chocolate cake with Mocha Buttercream frosting/filling and spiked Chocolate Ganache to *literally* top it all off!<br />
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and Yes, I know birthday is spelled wrong... Can't fix mistakes made on a wet chocolate canvas.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Alas, delicious. AND LOOK AT THOSE LAYERS! So Even! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I Love my job. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-3880823658456474882010-05-07T23:37:00.010-04:002010-05-15T23:52:25.380-04:00Cheesecake and Pyrex<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Took the AP English test yesterday - fell asleep at 5pm and slept through to 8pm. (missed church) Woke up with an insane ahhh! because i FORGOT ABOUT THE CHEESECAKE TOPPING!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, I get up out of bed and throw my treasured L.L.Bean Wicked Good Slippers (the Mocs) (with the rubber soles) and head downstairs. I realize that it is too late to go to the store, and find a gallon of strawberries that I had frozen a year earlier in the freezer. I pop them in a pyrex bowl to thaw them, and then put the pyrex bowl over a saucepan of boiling water.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Everything is fine for about 20 minutes. The strawberries and granulated sugar (and a pinch of salt) are sitting there maturating and all of a sudden POW!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Naturally, the grandparents are sitting in the other room watching a documentary on the bombing of the UN building in Baghdad in 2003 (date?). Pops hears the pop of the pyrex splitting into tons of pieces and jumps up because he thinks it was a bomb.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(it was </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">very </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">loud)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So he comes rushing in (and he tells me later) expecting the POLICE! He couldn't figure out why they would be outside his house making such a noise.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Haha.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">End of story: I spent another hour in the kitchen cleaning up shards of glass. Pops and I got talking about how this </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">should never ever ever </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">happen with pyrex. He hopped online and, lo and behold, Pyrex glass is no longer made out of the.. what was it...</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> borosilicate glass.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The article is </span><a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/problem.with.pyrex.2.664614.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, it exploded. Here is the carnage:</span><br />
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Cheesecake: (the final picture will be coming) A bottle of nail polish is provided to show how incredibly massive this thing is. Just unmolded it (took it out of the springform pan) and it is GLORIOUS! the crust is a bit hard though, and i'm not a cheesecake aficionado to understand what it means. Came out of the pan perfectly. Recipe used: New York Cheesecake with Shortbread crust.<br />
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And the cupcake cakes for personal finance: (on said cake board paper) -<br />
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Along with some other cake shots:<br />
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The paper definitely adds an extra ounce of special.<br />
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And the gumpaste attempt - The next cake will involve lilies, which were going to be made out of gumpaste. I have NEVER used gumpaste before (eh, not true: Check the shoes and pearls on the Africa Cake) HOWEVER this was soo difficult. soo. nothing can compare. So, after spending a good 13 hours in one chair (granted i was baking the cupcakes and cheesecake at the same time) I produced this lovely beauty of a flower, which sadly resembles more of a poinsetta than a stargazer lily. I will bring this to the person and ask if she would like silk flowers instead. :( And YES - I am aware - the stamens are missing. They were fresh out at michaels. I don't know how i'm going to get a hold of some... Also, I need a finer paint brush for the brown spots.<br />
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And now - TO CLEAN! and make the strawberry buttercream. I hope I don't have any homework due tomrorrow...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-90114979616546877182010-03-12T13:46:00.003-05:002010-04-29T15:36:41.568-04:00Alice in Wonderland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5S6eFsgbLBmn6nn_B76zVdtP9cF9G7a0SSddgb55TYNF7YuK_ock5P0UM1D8pPtxPCk7aUQ56ee1nmH5OWbyNvsyUkzScyOp6UsxZdiuDQbNOaNWrPERrDZxhY-D6FHNixgXyOPNNwJQD/s1600/Cake+135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5S6eFsgbLBmn6nn_B76zVdtP9cF9G7a0SSddgb55TYNF7YuK_ock5P0UM1D8pPtxPCk7aUQ56ee1nmH5OWbyNvsyUkzScyOp6UsxZdiuDQbNOaNWrPERrDZxhY-D6FHNixgXyOPNNwJQD/s640/Cake+135.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Cake made for a Alice in Wonderland movie showing... The new Mad Hatter Hat, stitched up with fondant and icing... Chocolate Cake. Tons of color and glitter. Very Exciting!<br />
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The Cake - Made for a Mother, Kate, for her birthday. 10-inch two layer white cake, filled and frosted with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and garnished with Ghirardelli White Chocolate shavings. (Melt on your tongue amazing) Made Saturday, December 12, for consumption on December 13. ($65)<br />
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The Cupcakes - Made for an anniversary. 24 White Cake cupcakes, frosted with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream and garnished with Ghirardelli White Chocolate shavings. Made Saturday, December 12, for consumption tonight! ($30)<br />
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I am also doing a cake for the winning homeroom for the NHS Food drive. That is December 23, 2009.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4694548855026559600.post-61486848965023149942009-10-11T10:17:00.002-04:002010-04-29T15:39:23.255-04:00Africa Cake!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">A friend of mine is going to Moshi, Tanzania - Africa for 8 months and was thrown a huge party. I was enlisted to do the cake!</span></div></span></span></div><div><br />
</div><div>These are the beginnings of the gumpaste accents to the cake. The little balls are "pearls." They were made a week before the cake was assembled, and then set out to harden for the rest of the week...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjul7ap48B62V7OhIOwwqVLTHREanM73SyydIgZolDtqUlBhcj4yQ-pb1RTIdAb_vvZUUJZHeJbLYmTHhJ32ijl91PnvBIVecDw5uDD3km85F25xoqPlJ2WGdCMRVs1S53gx8mydxhM_qJg/s1600-h/1010091607.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br />
</a></div>Then the frosting and filling had to be made. After a large frosting catastrophe, I found an idea from the <a href="http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/project-wedding-cake-swiss-buttercream/">SmittenKitchen</a> blog...and i used that idea! Thankfully, oh so thankfully, the recipe worked. I am so grateful to that woman.<br />
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</div><div>ahh! I planned on including all photos of the cake process, but alas, blogger is disagreeing with this prospect. Here is the finished cake!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfObIn8lybMX-fDWuPQRJmbNdE_27OoxcgSggwciUmUjmO0l6U0DdzqEjPxAjvzvjG-A0i3Bl3JyEHrktWpp7rVP2f41WnF6kgXTEhhnMwCfMXucNTcP1VePRscST92k01-I0zDlYo1qBZ/s1600-h/DSCF0475.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394145914320037234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfObIn8lybMX-fDWuPQRJmbNdE_27OoxcgSggwciUmUjmO0l6U0DdzqEjPxAjvzvjG-A0i3Bl3JyEHrktWpp7rVP2f41WnF6kgXTEhhnMwCfMXucNTcP1VePRscST92k01-I0zDlYo1qBZ/s640/DSCF0475.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="640" /></a><br />
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