Geocaching Event Easter Egg Hunt Cake

Today I attended a geocaching event, the Pocono's 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Picnic.

 

Of course, I just had to make a cake!

 

Once I saw Amanda Rettke's post about the Easter Egg Surprise Inside Cake she made, I knew that's what I had to make! I mean, it's an Easter egg hunt, so I need an Easter egg cake, right?

 

I'm not completely thrilled with how the outside looks, but it works.

 

I got these pearls from Hobby Lobby, I like them, but they're really hard and difficult to eat.

I also tried Satin Ice fondant for the first time, that I got from Hobby Lobby too. It wrinkled a bit, but I think it was rolled too thin. 

 

I couldn't cut it before the event obviously, so I just had to wait!

 

Unfortunately, the egg shape inside got crooked. But I guess it gives it character!

(Plus, I don't think anyone realized it wasn't supposed to be crooked)

 

 

 

 

At the end of the event:

There wasn't much left!

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some in-progress photos:

 

 

The counter started off clean...

 

 

Surprisingly it stayed mostly clean for this cake!

 

Here is the egg-stripe cake baked!

 

Cute Owl and Bunny Cupcakes :-)

I had some chocolate cupcakes left over from the tree cake, so I made some other little cute ones...

 

I love this owl! The eyes are so cute.

And a little bunny going down in his hole!

 

How do you like them?

A Tree Inside a Cake?!?

Yes. A tree inside a cake.

I bought Amanda Rettke's brand new book, Surprise Inside Cakes. Her blog is amazing, so of course, I knew the book would be as well!

I couldn't wait to make a cake (see what I did there?) from the book as soon as it arrived at my house! I decided on the one with a tree inside.

Outside first:

 

I did little bird tracks across the top of the cake. :-)

And the inside!

 

 

It was a lot of fun making this! Make sure to buy Amanda's book and check out her blog!

 

4-H Achievement Night Dinner

After the big hit of my clover cake and the spaghetti cake at the 4-H picnic, I knew I had to make some edible art for Achievement Night!

Here's what I finally decided on:

 

Judging by the feedback I received, they were a hit!

Caterpillar Cake Pops and some "Angry Birds" for the Birthday Boy

I made some cake pops for a friend's son's birthday. He loves insects, especially caterpillars, and also "Angry Birds" at the time. So I made some "Angry Bird" cake pops, and an edible birthday caterpillar! He enjoyed playing with the birds more than eating them!

 

Pans and Needles 4-H Club Demonstration, more Spaghetti Cake

I was asked by the leader of the Pans and Needles 4-H Club to do a demonstration on how to do my spaghetti cake. Of course I would do it!

 

I had to make something else in theme to go along, so I made fake-out garlic bread! It's actually pound cake. I expected everyone do take it home with them, but they all ate it there!

 

Everyone's working hard!

 

Everyone posing with their cakes.

 

 

Thank you all for allowing me to come in and talk about cake decorating! It was a blast!

O' Christmas Tree

I know, I know, I've been really slacking off on this blog! So I finally made the time to put something back up here again.

My 4-H club had a small Christmas party and I decided to do something cake related of course. I came up with a cupcake Christmas tree!

The local farmstand store had some old-fashioned style Christmas light sprinkles available, so I thought that would be great to use for the cupcakes. This was a quick and easy cupcake design, perfect for impatient kids that want to make cupcakes, or for the beginning cake decorator.

Without further ado, here are the photos

I'm pleased with how this came out. Try this yourself!

Tips and Tricks for Cake Photography

I personally enjoy, well, cake decorating (isn't it obvious? You're on a cake blog, after all.), well as photography. So why not tie the two together and photograph cakes? Here's a post from the Craftsy blog:

http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/10/how-to-photograph-cakes/

What tip do you find the most useful?