Martha's Mocha Spice

Oh Martha, you've done it again!  Martha Stuart, and her amazing recipes- you really can't beat it!  I was a little uncertain at first sight of this combination, but it was a taste explosion!!  I introduce to  you: Mocha Spice Cake with Chocolate Buttercream

In honor of autumn, I wanted to create some realistic fall leaves.  Although those in nature don't generally have glitter, I believe I did I pretty fantastic job here =) 

Time for your close-up!  

I swirled leaf green, meadow green, gold, and brown gumpaste to achieve the perfect color for this project.  I cut the leaves free-hand, before pressing them into their veiner.  They were dusted with a combo of green and gold luster dust.

Okay, I know the flowers look a little more Christmas than fall, but I still like it =)

Cup-tastic

Last minute- but super cute!!  

Birthday cupcakes for Lexi- one of my fabulous dancin' friends.

Vanilla Cupcakes with Lemon and Vanilla Buttercream Icing

Gumpaste Daisies with Luster Dust

terrible lighting.... 

Fall Photoshot

JUST FOR FALL!! 

I tried out some brand-new recipes for the season.  Check out some pics with the new designs!

Walnut- Maple Cupcakes

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting with 

Gold Dusted Gumpaste Fall Leaves

I just love how the sun made the leaves glisten.

Honey- Peanut Cupcakes

with Honey Buttercream

My new favorite!!  Sweet and Salty Goodness.

original recipe here

and just for fun....

Sugared Wild Berries!!

Look for my Caramel Apple Cupcakes and Mocha Spice Cake- coming soon!!!

Cake Tasting: Rewind

A few weeks ago, my generous parents held a cake tasting at their home.  The event was a complete success!  I was swamped and too busy to photograph the desserts on display.  Thankfully, one of my cake enthusiast neighbors saved the day!  Here are some of her fabulous pics!!

The purple is a bit much, but this mini tiered cake was filled with the most delicious strawberry cream.  Bow and flowers are made of gumpaste. 

These mini cakes were not actually for taste testing, but just to give me a chance to show off a little =)  I love decorating this size!  They are so much fun.

Typical sheet cake- not my most favorite to decorate.  Chocolate cake with fudge and raspberry filling.  Fudge frosting and butercream leaves.

Banana Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting.  One of my favorites!  Coloring the gumpaste flowers with petal and luster dusts was the best part =) 

My mother, and biggest support and helper, made me these adorable bumble bees to decorate my honey and apricot cupcakes.

Hungry as a Horse!!

For being an amateur at farm animal construction, I am very delighted at my first gumpaste horses.  I was a little nervous at the idea of a ranch/western theme cake, having no experience with horses or anything of the likes.  With a little research and imagination, I attempted my first edible farm figures.  

Although I don't think sheet cakes ever turn out as cute as rounds, I was very satisfied with my final project.  This picture was before the edible horse shoe was added.

Gumpaste Sunflowers

Gumpaste horse shoe with silver luster dust

Book Worm.

Bananas and Books: ladies night for the local book club.  

Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Filling

Fondant and Gumpaste Books and Flowers

New Flickr Page!

A new page is born!  The Frosted Cake Shop is now on Flickr.  Check out our photostream HERE

Enjoy =)