Colorful Ribbon Rose Cake

For some time now I had been meaning to bake a cake and decorate it all with fondant to put some of my skills to work and try a few things out. I must say that I am pretty impressed with the turnout of the cake. It is very colorful, beautiful and attractive to the eye.

 

 I baked and covered the cake in marshmallow fondant. Marshmallow fondant is an easy fondant (sugar paste) made of mini marshmallows, water and confectioner's sugar. The cake topper made of fondant ribbon roses. They very simple to make, yet time consuming especially since I covered the entire top of the cake with them. I'll make sure to come up with a tutorial on ribbon roses some time in the near future.

My Husband, as always thought it was a very good effort i put in to produce something like this and more importantly, enjoyed the cake. My daughter is not yet old enough to eat cake, but it will great when she can join him and taste some of Mommy's delicious baked goodies :)

Surprise Birthday Cake

This cake below was for a surprise party we had for my Pastor & Spiritual father. Praise God we were able to pull it off, without him finding out before the surprise moment. There was no better idea to come up with, than to make a cake that was shaped like a bible and top it up with an image of an eagle. His favorite animal in the whole wide world is the Eagle and everyone who knows him or has heard him preach would know.

This bible cake is a strawberry cake filled with strawberry butter cream and iced with blue Swiss Meringue Butter cream. I placed two edible images; on the right is the image of an Eagle and the scripture that goes with it and on the left hand side is the Happy Birthday message. The bible marker and the borders of the pages were all made using colored fondant which I then brushed with a combination of brown shimmer dust & gold luster dust.

 

The cake was a major hit at the party. There were a few things I would probably change the next time around I make another bible cake. Stay Tuned!!

Steak & Onion Pies

 I remember when I was in high school back in Zimbabwe, the minute the bell rang for lunch break we would run to the tuck shop (snack shop) to make sure we would get some pies before they ran out. Believe me, when I say that if you got there 10 min after break had started, you would not get anything. This goes to show just how good they were. I've never had pies as good as those, ever in my life.

I made my own version of steak & onion pies and I must say that I was pretty impressed with the turnout, My pies are not as large as the ones we grew up eating, that is because I utilized what I had in my kitchen as best as I could.The pastry was flaky and very nice and the the meat filling tasted just the way I remember it.

I made my own version of steak & onion pies and I must say that I was pretty impressed with the turnout, My pies are not as large as the ones we grew up eating, that is because I utilized what I had in my kitchen as best as I could.The pastry was flaky and very nice and the the meat filling tasted very, very good. 

1st Birthday Cake

I made this number one shaped birthday cake for my nephew Josiah who turned one in the month of February. It was a marble flavored cake filled with Swiss meringue butter cream and iced with chocolate butter cream. Instead of piping a border I thought it would be creative to use M&Ms to make it look very colorful. The border was a perfect match for the candle display which says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". 

It was pretty labor intensive, but I  really enjoyed baking and decorating this cake and it was very delicious too

Chocolate Cake

Whenever I bake something, my Husband will even tell you that I can be very critical of my work; I am a perfectionist. Sometimes, he tastes something and while he is thinking that it is the best I've ever made and how delicious it is, I'm thinking that it's not and am already thinking of ways to get it to taste better. I have tried so many different recipes for chocolate cake and made many numerous changes, I think that this is the best chocolate cake I've made so far.

This very moist and delicious cake is iced with chocolate ganache. Just by looking at it, you will be tempted to think that the cake is very sweet and rich, but that's not the case. The sugar is just the right amount.

After having one slice, it made me want to eat more, but I told stopped myself from eating more, than I should.