A Princess Cake for a Princess

So, my good friend's little girl was having her third birthday and I was asked to make the cake. Of course I was delighted. I was told it was going to be Cinderella themed. With that in mind I did a little sleuthing and found websites galore on women around this nation creating the cutest princess cakes I have ever seen. Unfortunately, due to helping a friend work a booth at our local artisan's fair all weekend I knew it would be a late Saturday night ;) I still was excited.
I prepped the doll on Friday, I purchased one of the Dritz Cake dolls and dressed here hair in a Cindrella chiffon tied with a blue ribbon, pierced her ears with blue gems, created a blue corset and black choker, and ofcourse blue gloves made from winding pearl cotton embroidery thread around her arms. It worked out fantastically.
Next was the baking and creating the cake. I saw from blogs that women didn't by the overpriced doll skirt cake pan and instead used pyrex or stainless steel bowls. I decided to do the same. I first made two 9" cakes, and then the bowl like cake for the top. I layered them with the baby girls favorite fruit, strawberries, and a fresh strawberry mousse I created. I then used my favorite icing, the light and airy italian meringue buttercream to cover the layers. Then using the sky blue Wilton cake dye I went about coloring the buttercream. Onto frosting the skirt and voila finished product. Please note it was 3am when I finished so I was a bit blurry eyed ;)
I wanted to let you know soon I will be showing my other fun crafts soon. Lately, I have shown my cake expereinces but soon soon I will start posting on my fun embroidery projects I have been obsessed with lately :)
Thanks for reading!

A Vegan Wedding Cake Later...

As my title implies yes I did it. I made a 100% vegan, organic wedding cake for two wonderful friends. Yep, it was a doozy in experience but I had a great time and surprised myself on how easy it is these days to bake vegan and get great results.

To start off I did a lot of research, as I am an omni not a vegan, I never thought about replacing my eggs and dairy in my baking. Now that I am equipped with the knowledge and the how to from countless bloggers, websites, chefs and cookbooks I feel that if you can bake a vegan wedding cake then you can bake anything vegan! I am telling you it is easy and it tastes wonderful! Seriously if you haven’t tried it don’t be scared! Everyone taste tester had no idea it was vegan…oh sugar and flour what a wonderful thing ;)

To be honest, I was daunted at first but the more I read the more excited I became. Once I got started I realized how much simpler some of the tasks are and how much less fat and cholesterol there was in the modified cakes. From the outbursts at the wedding of folks saying “Are you sure this is vegan?”.. “This can’t be vegan?” And countless positive remarks I know it was a hit!


After paring down the recipes I decided to get started on testing. And testing I did, until I found the spongy, moist, and delicate cake I was looking for. That done I made the testers with input of the flavors from the bride and groom.

Vegan Vanilla Cake with Fresh Strawberries and Vegan Vanilla "Buttercream"..
Vegan Chocolate Cake layered with Vegan Chocolate Mousse and Vegan Fudgy wonderment, covered in Vegan Vanilla "Buttercream"
Vegan Lemon Cake with Fresh Rasperbbies, Vegan Raspberry "buttercream" covered in Vegan Vanilla "Buttercream"
and last but not least
Vegan Coconut Cake with Vegan Coconut Cream, Fresh Pureed Mango, Covered in Vegan Vanilla "Buttercream"

The winners.... the vanilla strawberry, chocolate wonderment, and coconut mango
I wish I took fotos of the insides and their tiered yumminess. But alas the dj was playing my song and I was hitting the dance floor with the last shred of energy I had, and that was probably from the greygoose cocktails;)
Here is the final product..