My's Bridal Shower

I had the pleasure to make sweet treats for a friend's bridal shower in Las Vegas. I met My through my sister, Hannah. I made Decadent Chocolate with Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting Mini Cupcakes and they were a hit. Everyone loved them. I matched the frosting accordingly to her wedding colors which are avocado green, brown, and cream by using Wilton icing colors.

I also made Hazelnut Chocolate Dipped Cookies as bridal favors. You can add any type of nuts in any batter to jazz up a cookie. For dipping, I mixed 1/2 semi sweet and 1/2 milk chocolate morsels with vegetable shortening. Add 2-3 tablespoons of shortening for every 12 oz bag of morsels. The consistency was thin and cooled perfectly. My sister, Cindy who lives in LA made the labels on the cookies as well as the tents for all the food items. She makes fabulous print items from invitations, cards, flyers and stationary. All the guests loved the food, deserts, decor, and company. Shout out to my sister, Hannah who planned this day all the way from LA. She has a keen eye for organizing events and her specialty is 'day of' wedding planning, check out her events at simplyhannah.com. I had a great time working with my 2 sisters, everything came out really well! Bravo, we make a good team!

Arthur's Birthday

This year my boyfriend, Arthur turned 30! I usually bake him a cake, but decided to make him a cheesecake, his ultimate fav. I've never made it for him the past 4 years since we've been dating. I actually haven't baked a cheesecake in over 5 years. The cake looked magnificent, however, the orange zest made it taste...well, orangy! Lesson to be learned, I will omit or use orange zest sparingly in the future.

This Superman cake was the first cake I made for Arthur aka Mr. Snuggles 4 years ago. I also made him a card with the Superman emblem out of construction paper.  The whole theme looked really cute.I didn't have any cake tools then, so I cut a slit and used a ziploc bag to pipe.  Ziploc bags are a lifesaver. If you ever run out of decorating bags you can cut a slit on the ziploc, drop the tip, and pipe-no coupler needed.  Just make sure the ziploc bag is strong enough to avoid tearing.