Dia's Blog – June 2010 Archive (2)

I was 'elected' to make the cake for our annual street party this year! I had seen some of the BBQ cakes on this site and wanted to try it myself (thanks to all whose ideas I used!!!) Then I had the idea of making it a 'Coleman Stove" since I live on Coleman St! I also wanted to try my sister-in-laws recipe for a lemon poke cake (my fav!) Overall, it didn't take me nearly as long as I thought it would and it turned out exactly as I had pictured! The Poke Cake was amazing! So moist and lemony… Continue

Whew!! What a crazy week last week was! First I made some mini cakes for 2 staff members who were leaving. I had been wanting to try the mini cakes, so I thought "what better way!?" They turned out OK, although hard to cover with the fondant- they're so small! I used a large cupcake and a mini cupcake in top to make a 2-tiered mini cake. I'll post some pics later. Continue