Barbie Cake

A cute neighbor and one of my Beehives turned 14. She wanted a BRIGHT pink cake, with zebra print.  People call her Barbie so she wanted that in there too.  I decided to try my hand at making the cake looks like zebra print as well. I didn’t get the circles exactly centered, but they said it turned out just right. I wish I had a pic of the inside, but I don’t. I used fondant as well as buttercream. I need to get better at smoothing out buttercream, but I used a new technique of a warm/ watered down knife to smooth it.  When I bake and create I usually have a vision for how I want things to turn out, it never turns out as I think and unfortunately, how I hope, but it seems like they still look fine and the buyers are happy. That’s all that matters.  I need to learn to throw perfection out the window. (:

Isn’t she cute!?Happy Birthday Bayli!

“You’re a baker!”

Says my husband to me the other night.  I laughed in the middle of my mixing and said, “what do you mean by that?” Wondering if he was being sarcastic or just making a comment. He said, “you’ve just been baking everyday.” To which I sarcastically replied, “it’s your fault, you bought me the class!” 

I have {finally} been taking a cake decorating thanks to my supportive husband and great friend, Natasha.  He bought me the class for Christmas and Tash takes the kids for me while I go.  It has been a wonderful out. I have loved taking the time to learn new tricks and just be able to practice. I lucked out with private lessons because the lady who was in it with me had family problems so she will take it next month.  The instructor is great and what a small world, she knows my mom and makes stuff for bereavement for the hospital and I know her son and daughter in law!

Here are a few of our creations…

Week 2

week 3- Cupcakes and flowers

                                        

Week 4 –Design your own cake using the skills you have learned.  I made a cake for Natasha, using the flowers and rosettes we learned during class the writing wasn’t my favorite, but I’ll work on it.  Then I also decided to make a Super Bowl cake for Sunday. Dave is so excited that is favorite team is playing in it!  GO NINERS!

This week I was also asked to make some cookies for a baby shower.  Here is what she requested…

I have another month that I’m going to be starting next week and I am so excited.

I worked on these cakes last fall and never posted them, thought his would be a good post to do so.  Our relief society president was having surgery and in lots of pain. I had been playing around with roses and thought I would add it on top. It was a simple and I was just playing around, but it was fun.

This was a cake I was asked to make for anniversary. I was SOOO nervous about it going well. I didn’t know what to charge, I was nervous about it slumping like my popcorn cake, and there were new techniques involved that I hadn’t done before. I used ribbon for the first time,  I tried all new recipes, including cream cheese frosting and homemade cakes I tried my hand at gum paste roses and was pleasantly surprised by their outcome (my friend’s husband thought I bought them), and made it a 3 tier square cake.  In the end my frosting was too warm or something and wasn’t going on over the fondant as I would have like so I had to make some royal icing to add the swirls. It didn’t go exactly as I would have wanted, but they were pleased  and overall it turned out okay.

Lego Cake

My good friend has always had faith in me and my cakes.  She asked me to make the Popcorn Cake, and though it almost fell over she trusted me to make another cake.  Here is her seven year old’s wish….

Dear Blog

 

You are important to me. I PROMISE.  I see you and want to do more. I wish you weren’t as neglected as you are!  I long for the days that I could sit for hours and blog about just about everything I wanted.  I love the old posts, the memories, the photos, the captured moments.  Why can’t I make time for you as much anymore? I take lots of photos with the intention of putting together a post then they sit in my computer memory for no one, not even you to enjoy. ):

Hummm…  Probably because now I have two kids, a dirty house, dishes and laundry that never fail to stop getting dirty, cake making and other endeavors, friends and family nearby, vacations, etc. Life outside the computer is crazy and I love it. I am glad to be busy.

I hope that come the end of September I can get on a routine of blogging again, because truly you are a big part of my life’s history. I need more documentation.  Especially of my little spit- fire of a second child who keeps me on my heals.  One day her moments will be captured more fully on you, but until then I will enjoy soaking in the memories of running after her or holding her (what she likes best) and perhaps one day you’ll hear about them… along with all the fun things we have done lately.

Much love,

Heidi

(Photo info: #1- Taken by a sweet little 4 year old. #2- during a rain storm and Anna had to pose with the elephant. #3- Taken by Dave @ the cabin just last weekend)

Goodbye Twenties

I turned 30 last week! And celebrated in style… in Lake Tahoe… at a family reunion.  I’ll post more on that later, but I have to say I had a great week of celebrating.  First we celebrated with the Kinnersley family, then my mom took me shopping, then we celebrated in Modesto at my favorite steak house, with WAY too much chocolate cake (did I really say that?) and then @ Tahoe. It was a fabulous week.

My best surprise? WICKED tickets from my hubby! I AM THRILLED. Cannot wait for that! He also had many people say nice things about me and typed it up. (You know the things people would say to be nice at a funeral.) It made my day. He also surprised me with cake and ice cream (and so did his parents) which we shared with the family reunion. (Anna was funny, around lunchtime she said, “Mom we have to make you a cake!” then proceeded to ask me what kind I would like. knowing that Dave had gotten me a white cake with balloons on it, that is what I told her I wanted! sly devil, eh? She was pleased to see I got the cake I wished for!)  Dave bought candles and had my name on the cake, but unfortunately it was cut before we could do the candles or take pictures. oh well.

We went to HEIDI’S for breakfast! It was delicious I got yummy crepes with an H on them (they did it special for me I am sure… acutally they didn’t know until the end that I was HEIDI and it was my birthday.) When they did find out they brought me a muffin with a candle and sang happy birthday in about 5 different keys… at that same time. It was beautiful! (;

Anna and I having fun in the bathroom…

We headed to Camp Richardson for Lunch. Dave was thrilled. ha.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anna and Chelsea had a fabulous week together, every morning Anna asked when we would see her! Can you believe Chelsea is actually a year older than Anna? She is the cutest little spitfire! They loved exploring camp Richardson and even found frogs in a tree stump and a “snake with fangs in the tree-actually that one was made out of bark!ha)

Maddie and Kendra are just a month apart and love to play together or get into mischief, whatever you want to call it!

It was gorgeous there today! Rich and Heidi showed up at the end to eat lunch and say hi.