Top 10 Five-Star Layer Cakes - Part Two

For Valentine's Day, I made the Blackberry-Raspberry Truffle Cake on SouthernLiving.com. I skipped the Jelly Bean garnish...not a big fan of Jelly Beans.

I came out, perfect. But, it took at LEAST three hours to make. Lots of steps...but worth it.

Chocolate Italian Cake

I'm a native Texan, but this cake had me cryin' 'Mamma Mia'!

I'm not a photog...I need some lessons.

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Holiday Christmas Party

In the spirit of Bakerella (bakerella.com), I made more cakeballs. If you scroll down, you will see I tried to make some for Halloween...they didn't turn out so well. So this time, I made them smaller, thinned out the chocolate a little, and added some sprinkles. They were a hit at my office holiday party. I also made a German Chocolate Cake...you can barely see it on the right side of the "store bought" green cookies.

November Birthdays

My office is really enjoying this cake decorating binge I've been on. They asked if I would do a cake for the November birthdays. As a November baby, I decided to take hold of my own destiny and accept the challenge. Can you tell which one is me on the 'Family Tree'?

Fondant

So, I completed the Fondant portion of the Advanced Wilton Class. Fondant does not taste as good as buttercream. Actually, it doesn't taste very good at all. Someone equated it to 'chewed gum'. So, I made the cake, took a picture, then pitched it...nothing to recycle.

Icing 101

I had some dear friends over this weekend for an intense icing class. We went from 10am to 5pm. Yes, there was much talking, and even more icing sampling. But, in the end, there was a fabulous cake and precious cupcakes.