One Year Ago Last Week

It was one year ago last week that Bob and I made our first cake.  Well our first cake that we made for someone else.  As I look at the pictures I'm surprised how well some of the items turned out.  We didn't have any equipment to work with really.  There are lots of things I don't really like, but it was our first cake.

Here we were on Friday, delivering a cake to the same birthday boy one year later.  Oh how much we have learned.  I've learned that the type of cake you bake makes a huge difference.  I've learned that Corkey dogs and people are still hard to make. I've learned that the right tools help out a lot, but they don't solve every issue.  And most important I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

(I'm also including some pictures of a cake and cupcakes we made for a going away party.  I hadn't had time to post them before). 

Baby Shower Cupcakes

The latest project was cupcakes for a baby shower.  Not too bad really except that I was out of town for three days last week so I had no time to work on the fondant decorations I planned to put on top.  Made for a very late night when I got home.

I decided on brown sugar pound cake for the cupcakes and the frosting is brown sugar cream cheese.  I've decided any cream cheese frosting is my favorite.  They tasted great together.

I made two dozen cupcakes.  Twelve had the cute little foot prints on them.  Thanks to Bob these got done and looked great.

These were the last twelve.  I really enjoyed making them.  I had hoped to make a patchwork blanket but there just wasn't enough time so they got solid blankets.