101 dots on a cake
IMG_1726 Originally uploaded by ninetreats A wedding cake for my niece. A little ribbon can make up for a load of not so good fondant work along the edges.
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4th O’July Flag Cake
Fourth of July Flag Cake Originally uploaded by ninetreats Cream cheese frosting, fresh raspberries and blueberries, and a cake that my wife think tastes like sugar cookies. The recipe actually come from Ina Garten in the Barefoot Contessa Cookbook. Although it requires some adjusting to cook properly at the altitude where I live. This followed [...]
Finished Wedding Cake
Finished Wedding Cake Originally uploaded by ninetreats And the final product. The colors were lime green and shades of blue. Thanks to my wife’s efforts I was able to add a perfecting coordinated ribbon at the bottom of each layer. This is how it was presented at the reception.
Husband and Wife
Husband and Wife Originally uploaded by ninetreats This is what greeted me as I delivered the cake and all the other guests as they came to the reception to honor the bride and groom. If you hadn’t guessed, my uncle is an artist. And a good one. I took this picture to show the colors [...]
Wedding cake – in process
Wedding cake – in process Originally uploaded by ninetreats One of my few remaining unmarried cousins got married last month. As a wedding present for her, I offered to make her wedding cake. Actually I offered it via her parents, without letting her know. It was a surprise on the day wedding. She didn’t know [...]
Small Bird-day Cake
Small Bird-day Cake Originally uploaded by ninetreats The small one. This is companion to the large bird cake.
Bird-day Cakes – Small and Large
Bird-day Cake Originally uploaded by ninetreats A few months ago some good friends called and asked me to do a birthday cake for them. My instructions were that the theme was birds and the colors were white, pink and brown. This is what I came up with for the main cake, although I can’t take [...]
Banana Monkey Cake
Full cake Originally uploaded by ninetreats Lately, my daughter and I have been watching a lot of Ace of Cakes on the Food Network. It is all about a bakery in Baltimore, MD that makes really cool cakes. My daughter asked me if I could copy one of their cakes for her birthday and this [...]
5 tiers reduced to 4
A wedding cake that I made for the sister of my sister-in-law. Although I actually have known the bride-to-be since high school – longer than I’ve been related to her through marriage. This was originally a five-tier tropical carrot cake (with cream of coconut and pineapple in it) frosted in cream cheese. When I got [...]
Double first.
My sister’s first wedding. And the first wedding cake I’ve ever attempted. Not stellar (the cake). But it could have been much worse (also, the cake). No comment on my sister’s first.
