Cricut

In a past blog, I wrote about how I hate writing on cakes. I have purchased three different sets of cutters to cut out fondant letters, but I was finding each set had more negatives than positives. Either the fondant was sticking inside the cutters, or it was leaving a rough edge, or it was so cutting so thin and sticking that I couldn't even get the letter out in one piece. This became incredibly time consuming and I was almost ready to go back to hand writing on cakes!
Then came along CRICUT CAKE............
It was love at first sight. This die cut machine is just like the Cricut Scrapbooking machine but it cuts out fondant and gum paste. No longer would I have to cut out letters, not to mention it can cut out almost any design! It was a pricey purchase but I think it will pay for itself in time and efficiency.

Here are some cakes I have worked on in July and August.

This is a birthday cake for a lady I work with. She gave us a Winnie the Pooh quilted blanket for Abby. So I thought I'd give her a quilted birthday cake. It is a golden cake with lemon buttercream filling and fondant icing.

We had to say goodbye to about 10 people at work who were offered packages to leave. I was asked to make the goodbye cake. It's a slab, half chocolate and half white cake, with buttercream icing.

This is a 3 tiered white cake with strawberry filling, and fondant icing. The bride asked for horseshoes on the cake as they race horses.

I have no cakes on the books right now, which has left me some of my summer to just enjoy with Abigail and James. I have also been in the kitchen making mini-muffins, brownies and pound cake. I am currently toying with the idea of selling mini-loaves of carrot cake and banana bread, and possibly the mini muffins/cupcakes. Stay tuned!