Threadcakes Finalist
Threadcakes 2012, possibly the coolest cake contest ever (bakers are asked to design cakes based on Threadless t-shirt designs) has just announced this year’s winners and finalists. And my shark...
View ArticleWhy is it Weird to Bake a Cake at 10 pm?
My wonderful and amazing husband Tyler turned 32 yesterday – which obviously meant that I needed to bake a cake. Recognizing that I tend to under-budget the amount of time my culinary creations will...
View ArticleFrom Icing to Owls
I continued my quest this week to bone-up on and practice my cake designs skills in preparation for the slightly intimidating task of creating my brother Craig’s wedding cake next summer. This week’s...
View ArticleRoses – Check
Today I sat down to learn how to create icing roses as they’re pretty key elements for most wedding cakes. I was pleasantly surprised (and relieved) to discover that it wasn’t as hard as I thought....
View ArticleShiloh Liked the Roses Too
I had to share a follow-up to yesterday’s blog post. My puppy Shiloh really liked the icing roses I made yesterday and I had to share the results with you. For reference she has been feeling very...
View ArticleThe Muppet Cake
Today was my brother Craig’s 30th birthday, and although he is literally on the other side of the country (in Fredericton, New Brunswick) we wanted to celebrate it with him. When his wife-to-be,...
View ArticleMonster High Cake
I wanted to share a cake commission I just finished up for a birthday party. The request was for the cake to feature Frankie Stein from Monster High (luckily Monster High has it’s own wiki loaded...
View ArticleIginla Hockey Jersey Cake
I spent yesterday putting together a cake for an eleven year old’s birthday. His favourite hockey player is Iginla, so I sculpted a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey out of cake for him. The cake was huge...
View ArticleDinosaur Skeleton Cake
I make a cake each year for my friend Christina’s birthday. This year she turned 30, so I let her dictate what her cake would look like. She asked for a dinosaur cake. More specifically a dinosaur...
View ArticleThe Wedding Cake
My younger brother, Craig Church, got married to the amazing and talented Angela Chang on Saturday. The wedding was wonderful and beautiful (and as with all weddings a fair amount of chaos and work...
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