Well, my Movable type finally seems to be working again (fingers crossed). I really need to switch blogging systems ASAP. But really I need a whole day (or evening) to set aside and do this. Or more, as I’ll need to export and import all the entries into whatever system I decide to use. Le Sigh.

Anyway, we had our final cake decorating class on the day before halloween. I made this spring-like cake because we were learning the final steps of “The Wilton Rose.” My icing was apparently a little too stiff (that caused the ruffles on the edge of the petals). I’m calling them “carnations” instead. Ding! I realized after class that for Halloween, black or orange roses would have been more appropriate. Oh well. This time instead of icing the cake in the not-so-tasty crisco butter cream, we used the real stuff.

Much more Halloween-ish… we also used real butter cream in these peanut butter chocolate cupcakes for week #3 of the class. Yum. They had a chocolate kiss baked inside of peanut butter enhanced yellow cake. It was a recipe from Cupcakes from the Cake Mix Doctor. The Cake Mix Doctor is a genius. I got the books from the library, and I plan on purchasing at least the cupcakes and the original book in the near future. I also made some cranberry muffins (muffins are apparently “cupcake cousins”) that were to die for. Deee-lish.

Posted by Carrie on Sunday, November 5, 2006
Categories: baking · 1 Comment »