As many of you already know, Crazy Amy’s Cakes now has a fan page on Facebook. For those of you who were upset that I disabled the ability to post comments on this blog, this is a place where commenting is welcome :), so feel free to come check it out:
The below birthday cake was made for a little girl’s 2nd birthday. The design was inspired by the invitation for the party. The cake was chocolate with vanilla mousse filling and butter cream frosting. The topper was made from decorated cookies which were also given as favors.
I decided to make two small gingerbread houses for a company holiday party. This was my first foray into the art that is gingerbread house decoration, so I decided to keep them small and simple — and try a couple of different things on each house. I’m relatively pleased with how they turned out. Incidentally, the day after I completed these, I watched the gingerbread competition on Food Network Challenge and I realized how impressive and detailed gingerbread houses can get. A larger more intricate gingerbread house may have to be planned for next year (time permitting!)
For Thanksgiving this year, I received an order for a pumpkin cake, like the one I did a couple years ago.
This one was a pumpkin walnut spice cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting on the inside and plain cream cheese frosting on the outside. The stem and leaves were made of marzipan. It was somewhat like a carrot cake — but with pumpkin instead.
