Lightning McQueen cake

Vroom ....Vroom ...this Lightning McQueen cake is for a little boy Abhijay who loves cars. I made this cake as a surprise gift for his 4th birthday.

Mickey Mouse Club House Cake

This Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake is designed for a 1 year old boy Vihaan who loves  Mickey & his friends!

This is a pineapple cake covered with butter cream icing and blue fondant,decorated with white clouds ,red balloons ,mickey mouse clubhouse and few characters from mickey and friends.

Alternate view of this lovely cake, featuring all the cute handcrafted details!

Tiramisu Cake ( Italian dessert)

Tiramisu is an Italian dessert. It is made of ladyfingers (Italian: Savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of egg yolks and mascarpone cheese, and flavored with cocoa.

I made this tiramisu cake for my birthday , and it was definitely a hit. Its little different from the original one but pretty close.

Tres Leches Cake

Tres Leches Cake is a light, airy sponge cake soaked with a mixture of three milks evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy whipping cream.

Ingredients:

Classic Yellow Cake mix (Duncan Hines) - 1 Box

Eggs - 3 

Water - 1 cup

Vanilla extract - 1 tsp

Vegetable Oil - 1/3 cup

Sweetened condensed milk  - 1 can (14 oz) 

whole milk or evaporated milk  - 1 cup

whipping cream - 1 cup

Whipped Fluffy White Frosting (Duncan Hines) - 1 can 

For garnishing :

Fresh Fruits and Chocolate shavings (Optional)

Preparation:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease  bottom and sides of cake pan.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, vegetable oil,Vanilla extract and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake as directed on box . When it is done take it out and let stand 5 minutes. Poke top of hot cake every 1/2 inch with long- fork, wiping fork occasionally to reduce sticking.
• In large bowl, stir together sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and whipping cream. Carefully pour evenly over top of cake. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until mixture is absorbed into cake.
• Frost with white frosting and garnish with chocolate shavings and fresh fruits of your choice.
• Yummy Tres leches cake is ready to serve 

Contributed by 

Ramya Daggu

Fondant Teddy Bear & Baby Shoes

Fondant Teddy & baby Shoes 

Wilton Flowers and Cake design ( Course 2 ) Final cake

I completed my flowers and cake design class today .This is an orange cake covered with butter cream icing and decorated with royal icing flowers.On the side its basket weave,on bottom its shell border and on top its reverse shell border.

All the flowers  Roses , daisies, daffodils,violets,Apple blossom, primrose are made of royal icing , Butterflies are also made of royal icing and painted with luster dust.

Wilton Decorating Basics ( Course 1) Final Cake

Today i finished Wilton decorating basics,here is the final Cake with drop flowers and Wilton roses.The cake is covered with butter cream icing and the flowers are also made of butter cream icing.

Rose Cupcakes

My Cakes

                              

My husband says that i have artistic talent but i never took it seriously ,One day he bought me a cake decorating kit as a gift and asked me to decorate a cake.I was not that confident as i was not trained but i tried and my first cake turned really beautiful,i never felt i had such skills until i decorated my first cake.I was inspired by programs like Sweet Genius,Cupcake wars,Extreme cakes,Charm city cakes....Here are few pics of my cakes.

Cupcakes

Cake decorated with frosting

Cake decorated with Fondant 2

This is our 5th wedding anniversary cake.

Cake decorated with fondant

     This cake is decorated with fondant , this is for my cousin's wedding anniversary.

Valentine's Day Cake & Cupcakes

I thought of preparing something special for my husband on Valentines day, so i made beautiful delicious red velvet cupcakes & cake . I picked pink color as its Valentines day.

Cake decorated with frosting

Cake

My cousin had a baby recently so to welcome the baby i thought of preparing a cake.As it was a baby boy i decorated the cake in blue edible paper resembling snow flakes just like winter.

The cake is a red velvet cake (My alltime favorite) with Vanilla frosting.

Cake

Cake

Cake (Decorated with fruits & Butter cream frosting)

My Birthday Cake !

 

Its my favorite red velvet cake decorated with butter cream frosting and Kiwis, i consider this as the best birthday cake ever bcoz the cake was prepared by the birthday girl.

Decorated Cupcakes

Cupcakes prepared for our housewarming party.Kids loved the rose cupcakes.