Grandma: You lived a full life

One of the first cakes I was able to make, was for my my grandmother about three years ago. October 2nd will be one year since she passed away. Living to be 91 years old is quite an accomplishment, especially with all the obstacles she was faced with. Every time I look at the cake I made for her, I will always remember her facial expression when she...

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I Am An American Soldier: A Military Tribute

In the month of February, both of my brothers came home from the military, Mark from Iraq and Christopher from Texas. Soldiers, no money or no award could be enough for what they do for our country. I deeply respect the men that serve our country. I made a cake for Mark to honor him. I wanted the cake to be all camo and then i had an army helmet and...

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So I had a request for a cake and they wanted it to be a make up pad. When I think of make up, that could be anything (which I actually don't know much about). So i decided to do a make up pad of eye shadow. My only problem was, where was the mirror going to go and how was I going to make it? So I decided to make 2 9" circle cakes, one would be the...

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I learned to decorate cakes at Coldstone. so after I stopped working there, I started decorating cakes on my own. One of the first cakes I made was for my friend Jeannette. It was dora the explorer. Then after it was a cake for my grandma. I also always decorated cakes for the kids I nanny. Every year when their birthdays come around, we decide a theme...

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The Place I learned..

I decided that I would start a blog. I learned to decorate cakes at Coldstone Creamery in 2005. Every saturday I would work the Cake shift. I would have to make the ice cream cake then wait a day and decorate. I would get all kinds of requests for cakes; different themes and all different sizes. I sometimes would have 5 to 10 cakes due all within...

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