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It’s the cake recipe I’m known for amongst family and friends. The one that prompted family members to look for business building for rent so I could move in a make this recipe all of [...]

Follow my blog with Bloglovin I told you metallic was still in this year. And I, for one, just can’t get over it. Who doesn’t love sparkly things?!? And since this is my first [...]

Have you ever designed something, put your heart and soul into it, felt like it could just about take over the world (or at the very least would be well loved by your tribe of peeps) only to have [...]

Yes. These guys are from last Halloween, but they did not get nearly the spotlight I should have given them. So this year, they return, like from the dead. Muahahahaha!!! You know, ’cause [...]

I’ve pulled out all the stops and really opened my Pandora’s box of tips, tricks, and cake HACKS for you in my new class Industry Secrets for the Savvy Decorator over on Craftsy! [...]

This nautical cake was in my head for a while. But just the cake. Not the anchor. As I finished that awesome inlaid wafer wrap, I just KNEW that it needed something more. It was practically [...]

Updated and far prettier… Well, I still get TONS of questions for these lil’ beauties, so I’ve got a step-by-step photo tutorial to walk you through my edible gelatin sequins! [...]

I shared my full Vanilla, Passion Fruit and Raspberry cake recipes (featured on Duff Till Dawn) with you not too long ago. But I wanted to give the vanilla cake I had worked so long on [...]

I entered the 2014 Threadcakes competition this past November and never shared my progress pics with you all 🙂 They need a home here, so I figured I’d walk ya through my process and [...]

Southern Take on Chocolate Cake light chocolate cake, salted American style buttercream, and bourbon brown sugar candied pecans   Here it is! The final recipe from my appearance on Food [...]

May I introduce you to the Tonka Bean? Sssshhhhh!!! It’s not allowed in the states. At least not in it’s full natural beany form. So we find ways around that ridiculous regulation [...]

Vanilla cake. Is there anything more satisfying and pure in the caking world? Perfectly and gently flavored, beautifully tender, and deeply satisfying. Seems easy, right? NOPE. Sorry to destroy [...]

My last blog post about designing cakes seemed to be wonderfully received by y’all sooooo….. Time for a few new and ah-MAZING cakers to share their brains with us! You’re gonna [...]

Do you get stuck when trying to design a cake? Just not inspired, not much direction from your customer, or just lacking cakey mojo? I hear ya. It happens. I talk about my process with this [...]

Time to do some HACKING! Wait. Not THAT kind of hacking that can land you in the slammer. The clever kind that makes life a bit easier in whatever it is your attempting to hack. For us, [...]

100% edible. Seriously. I was going to sell premade gelatin glitter. It was a fabulous idea! I love making it, and sooooo sparkly! Alas, I cannot. So, instead, I’m sharing my edible gelatin [...]

Oh it’s that time again! Everyone starts reeeaallyy considering what to put on their wishlist (you know, just in case). So I’m going to help you out with a few of my cake tool must [...]

Pictures! We all take them because, well, they are the only record we have after our delicious and beautiful masterpieces have been devoured. A knife, a fork, and a hungry mob is all it takes to [...]

I love shimmer and shine. I cannot get enough! So when I was asked by a good friend for a recommendation on a tute for adding shimmer and shine to a cake I figured I would make one for her. (Love [...]

Edible gelatin sequins…   They are beautiful. They are wonderfully shiny. They have fabulous texture. But how do you get ’em on the cake?!? THIS is how 🙂 Enjoy my craziness! And [...]

Oooh how I have been waiting for a project to use these beauties on! I first created these in January of this year while I was experimenting with gelatin for my She Dragon cake. It was a whim and [...]

Oh, the addiction that is Craftsy… I love Craftsy. If you’re not familiar with them, truly it is a wonderful platform for online learning at amazing prices with 24/7/forever access to [...]

A new iOS app to make caking easier We all have our own ways of getting an idea out on paper. Some of us are great at just sketching away, some of us like to use software of some sort, some of us [...]

STOP RIGHT THERE! Don’t throw that broken ganache in the bin! You can save it (most likely, so long as it’s truly broken and not burnt) and I’m gonna show you how. I posted this [...]

…but there’s sooooo many to choose from! I know, right?!? And we want all of them for myriad reasons because we could picture each one being useful for tons of different cakey [...]

How do we design cakes? Well, I can’t speak for every cake designer out there, but I’m pretty much an expert on how I design my cakes. (Well, someone has to be an expert on me, [...]

I had never made anything ombre prior to creating this little ditty. I was purely curious about how other cakers ombre’d things, so I though I’d share how I did it and ask for [...]