Category Archives: Cakes

Hello Kitty birthday cake

In my introductory post, I said that I make my cakes for family and friends and that I make them out of love. While that is mostly true, I have on occasion made a cake out of spite.…

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LOST finale cake

The end of 2009 and beginning of 2010 was very bad for cake making. Between finishing experiments, writing my dissertation, defending, and revisions, I had no free time.…

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Faberge egg cake for Easter

This is my first cake after completing the Wilton Classes. Luckily, course 2 used an egg-shaped pan for the cake, so I figured I would use it again to make a cake that looked like a Faberge egg.…

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My Wilton Education

My birthday was about a week after I made the sushi cake, and my husband surprised me with Wilton cake decorating classes. Not only did I love his creative gift, but also a chance to gain some cake decorating skills.…

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Sushi, anyone?

Sushi

I made this cake early in 2009, when our postdoc visiting from Japan was going back home. He was coming back to the lab in a month, but I figured it was still a good occasion to make a cake. …

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