Posts tagged green

My posts have seriously dwindled since I became pregnant. My priorities have shifted (so excited for this baby!!) and cake sort of fell off the radar when the fatigue and morning sickness kicked in…and stayed and stayed. On very rare occasions I crawl into the kitchen to bake—and this was one of them…

 The extra tall top tier is blue velvet cake with vanilla frosting, and the bottom is milk chocolate. I made the purple and green marshmallow fondant at home and handed over a small fortune to buy a little tub of Duff black fondant (because making black fondant at home is just insane). I think it turned out pretty good!

I’m teaching a R.S. cupcake/cake decorating class March 17th, and thought these would be perfect:

Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.

And one with a shamrock for extra luck!

Ganache is just another name for paradise to the chocolate-lover. It is the magnificence that you find in the center of a truffle, and I absolutely love the frosting version of it on top of cake. I purchased a special Prepara Peeler to make the Andes curls.

These minis were easy and fun to make. The cupcakes are vanilla pound cake, and the frosting is my favorite - creamy vanilla. I made the shamrocks using a chocolate mold.