Summer’s Here

For our end of school year pool party, my friend Brenda made this super cute cake to match the flip flop invitations I made. She shaped two layered cakes and used ribbon and a paper cut out of a sunflower. She has good piping skills as well, but if like me you don’t, you could consider using hard sugar decorations and letters.

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Posted by Linda Fannin - June 15, 2009 at 4:07 pm

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McCormick Easter Cupcakes

There’s directions to make this cake from McCormick’s here. Also, you can find more Easter decorating ideas on their holidays site.

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Posted by Linda Fannin - April 6, 2009 at 1:57 pm

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Peeps Easter Basket Cake

Peeps has instructions for this super cute Easter Basket cake at the Marshmallow Peeps website or download the PDF instructions here.

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 30, 2009 at 2:17 pm

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You Can Be Crowned “WE tv’S Best Wedding Cake Maker”

WE tv (The network that brought you Amazing Wedding Cakes) is proud to announce the first WE tv Wedding Cake Competition hosted by the Great American Cake Show in Westminster, Maryland (May 2 and 3). Wedding cake makers of all skill levels are invited to apply, but only 20 lucky people will be chosen to compete in this exciting contest to be aired on WE. It doesn’t matter if you’re [...]

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 26, 2009 at 12:33 pm

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Guitar Hero Cake

I made this cake for a recent Guitar Hero Party. It isn’t necessarily a “simple” cake. However it wasn’t terribly difficult either, just very time consuming.

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 24, 2009 at 12:19 am

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Cake Decorating DVD Review and Giveaway

Looking for more help with cake decorating? Valerie from Sweeps4Bloggers posted the following review about Teaching Good Things Cake Decorating DVD. Cake decorating has always kind of scared me – just looks like it would be really hard. But Kathy’s Basic Cake Decorating DVD has cured me of my fear! She has such a soothing voice and clearly explains and demonstrates the techniques needed to make a professional looking cake- [...]

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 20, 2009 at 3:43 pm

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Chocolate Painting

Here’s a cool tutorial on chocolate painting. I’d really like to try this some time soon. Chocolate Painting – More DIY How To Projects

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 18, 2009 at 3:00 pm

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Shamrock Cake

A quick and easy Shamrock Cake made from cupcakes, this is a perfect St. Patrick’s Day treat. One cake is made from four cupcakes, so one box of cake mix can make six of these cakes. Alternatively, you could make one shamrock as a centerpiece and arrange individual cupcakes around it. You will need the following ingredients and supplies to make this cake: 1 Box of cake mix (and the [...]

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 13, 2009 at 9:46 pm

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St. Patrick Day Cake Ideas

Here’s a quick round up of St. Patrick Day cake ideas for anyone that has a party coming up this weekend or on Tuesday.   Pot o’ Gold at the End of the Rainbow Cake Irish Treasure Cake Recipe Pot O’Gold Cake Leprechaun Hat Cake

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 12, 2009 at 7:24 pm

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Star Wars Cake from The Happy Housewife

For the Star Wars lovers in your family,  The Happy Housewife posted pictures an easy cake decorating idea from the e-book Pretty Cool Cakes.  The cake took under an hour to make and she used canned frosting.  Now that’s a simple cake! Thanks to her post and pictures I was eager to see the other cakes in this book, so I downloaded my copy.  At just $4 it’s a steal.  [...]

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Posted by Linda Fannin - March 11, 2009 at 8:49 am

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