Bake Lore

Yes, don't look if you don't want to know what I've been working on this week! I just can't leave this one alone.  I...

Anyone who follows this blog regularly knows that when I am silent for a few days, it's because I have a consuming project (or five) to ...

It's one thing to make a pretty flower.  It's another thing altogether to put it next to other flowers in a way that doesn't l...

I am sorely tempted to sit around my house, dwelling on my disappointment.  I'm missing a bridal show I had hoped to do today.  I find...

I have an exciting project for this summer: a steam punk wedding cake.  This is a cultural phenomenon that has produced some really elaborat...

What a week it has been!  I was sworn to secrecy on this latest cake until today so as not to spoil the surprise.  But at long last, I have ...

Sometimes elaborate details are the last thing a cake needs.  Sometimes it's just perfect with a few, simple embelishments. I realized...

Once again, I find myself at the end of a huge project with very few words...so I'll share with you the pictures of one of the best cake...

Well, for those who read my post a week or so ago, you know I've been working on a HUGE cake for a church group sending a family on a ...

I'm in the middle of a number of cake projects - and even one enormous cookie project!  And I can't wait to share those with you.  ...

I finished the gum paste garden last night. And that means I even finished the custom cake topper that will adorn six tiers of gorgeous in...

Well, I finished it!  Here it is, in all it's glory... Now...time to go to sleep and prepare myself for a birthday party!

Andrew, my one and only, precious and precocious son will be three entire years old on Monday. I've heard so many mothers say, "t...

Tonight, I did something I've never done before.  I held a cake tasting. My good friend, Scotty G., is getting married.  This outstand...

I have had a GREAT cake week! I'm making progress on legitimizing my would-be bakery.  I have a spot reserved for ServSafe food handli...

So, I was patient and waited until the gum paste was completely set before attempting assembly.  (I've learned the hard way that gum pas...

As wedding season approaches, I find myself happily entrenched in new projects.  New cake pans and petal cutters arrive every few days, and ...