Mother's Day Tea

I was asked to make a desert for a Mother's Day Tea that someone I knew was hosting. The theme was butterflies. At each place table there was a butterfly centerpiece and a few facts about butterflies. I went through a few idea books i have and came up with these.

I decided these were best because they can be any color you want. The colors are made with sugar. So any color you can mix, you can use to tint the sugar. The big surprise that turns out to be very simple, is the the flower petals are marshmallows. YES, MARSHMALLOWS! The first time I saw these I couldn't figure out for the life of me what these were made of. When i found out, it then seemed so obvious.

A few extras

Here is a cake I made a couple weeks ago. The cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting as the filling. I made a point of letting crumbs end up in the frosting. I mixed it all up and it put red "speckles" allover the cake. It gave a little hint of what flavor the cake was. Plus it was fun and different.

I tinted frosting red to make the butter cream ribbon roses. I know they don't look super red, but to make the icing a true red you have to use an extreme amount of red coloring. Besides, I like the tint of red that these ended up.

 That same evening I was practicing on cupcake decorations and tried a sunflower design.

 The center is a chocolate candy. The cupcake itself is also filled with chocolate. A group of these would be nice for a summer tea party or place settings.

Hubby's Birthday Cake

I just finished a birthday cake for my husband. I wanted the cake to be "manly" so I chose to stay away from ribbon roses and light colors. I wasn't sure how it would come out, but I'm very proud.

The cake is a yellow cake with cream cheese frosting as the filling. I know most people pair yellow cake with chocolate frosting but he told me not too long ago he was craving cream cheese frosting. He also expressed a love for yellow cake, so there you go.

I used a simple white shell border on the bottom and top edge of the cake. I tinted my home made butter cream blue and used white to make rosettes. I added the leaves and words last, which was a mistake on my part because I could have bumped the upper border with my hand. I added little balloons after his name for fun.

Favorite Colors Cake

My 2 favorite colors are....Pink and Green! I decided to have a little fun and make a cake for my family that was just that, pink and green.

 All the icing on this cake is made of butter cream that I made myself. The cake itself is white cake with a banana pudding filling. There is a swirl border and a star swirl on top.

By the way, it tasted good too!

Tea Party Cake

This simple Tea Party Cake was super fun to make. It took no time at all and I loved that the cake itself was PINK!

 

The cake was covered in fondant, however all of the decorations are homemade butter cream. The filling was fit for a little princess and consisted of banana cream pudding, fresh strawberries and bananas.

Overall the cake was a big hit. It was for a 3rd birthday party and both parents and kids seemed to really enjoy it. Yum!