Daily Archives: Saturday, July 5, 2008

After finishing off the wedding cake, I still had another cake to do, for a graduation party.  There is a definite learning curve for cakes – but after 3 years, I’ve started getting the hang of sheet cakes.  This one should be good to put any graduating high school senior into chocolate coma: He’s going to Penn State, class of 2012.  The blue color is fresh and will darken closer to the Nittany Lion blue overnight.  Chocolate cake with rich … Continue reading →

Wow.  Never thought you could learn so much from your first wedding cake.  It’s now 2AM and the kitchen is finally cleaned up from the mess that was my kitchen: Notice the now almost empty 20 pound bucket of spackle, er, rolled fondant on the island. In total, it probably took me about 20 solid hours to complete this project.  I’ve picked up on some useful tips to save me probably at least 5 hours should I ever be hired … Continue reading →