Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A Cake A Week | The Cake Girl

To jump start my Blog for Cake Girl, I have came up with an idea that will hopefully motivate myself to make & bake more cakes & cupcakes!  I love creating beautiful, scrumptious cakes, but I do not allow myself the time to create some delectable works of art due to my extremely busy schedule.  The only time I make to bake my cakes is when I am asked to do so for an event or birthday, etc, where its necessary I make the time to put together these requested cakes for these occasions.

SO, with that said, I have come up with a plan & made myself a schedule {which lately, I am all about schedules!} & I have blocked out certain times during my busy work week to begin my new project.  I plan to utilize one hour (or two) of one evening & commit myself to just 'baking' my cakes.  This way I can try out some different recipes to help me gather a good favorite list of cake flavors.  Every cake baker has a favorite list of the most yummiest of cakes of their choosing & shares them with their clients...

On the other nights of the week, depending on the style of cake I will be making, I will also use an hour, or two, for my decorations to go on my cake or cupcakes.  For this I will be using gum-paste, fondant & even buttercream to make flowers, characters, bows, etc.  Making these a few days ahead will allow enough time for drying to set my pieces so they can be used on my completed creation once I apply either buttercream or fondant finishes when me cake is completed.

 Each week, once I am finished with my creation, I will post finished photos on each cake I have made under my 'A Cake A Week' tab.  On some cakes, I will even post how Ive made them in a tutorial displaying ingredients, each step of the process as well as useful websites where I get a lot of my inspiration & recipes.  These will be located in my 'Tutorial' tab.

I hope this not only inspires me, but you as well, to get baking!!  I would love it if you all shared your works of art as well!

Happy Baking!

The Cake Girl

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