Drop it like it's hot...!

Another beautiful day in Annapolis Maryland has come to a close... psshh what am I thinkin! It was hot and humid as h*** today! Making cake today was made almost impossible by the heat and humidity combined. I was tempted to go in the walk-in refrigerator and ice cakes for the rest of the day, at least in there the temperature is controlled.

Yes.. I know that I moved from the surface of the sun (Phoenix, Az) to a state where it's supposed to be colder, and I should be used to it.. right? Ha.. fat chance! Working at Albertson's was a godsend for a cake decorator, there was constant air conditioning that kept the cakes from melting away. At Palate Pleaser's it's hard to maintain a cool temperature when you have 2 ovens, a stove, and a receiving door that constantly gets opened.

Runuculous cake due Saturday

I lost my cool a few times today while trying to crumb coat a couple cakes, it took a few deep breath's and my new boss Amy to help calm my nerves and get me back on track.

So today was all about the crumb coat on the largest of my two wedding cakes for this weekend. The cake is already weighing in at an intense 70 pounds... give or take a few. and I haven't even put the final icing coat on yet! Stay tuned on tuesday for the outcome of both weekend wedding cakes, and send good wishes!

Here are some of the pictures I promised..

Lemon cake with lemon buttercream and fresh blueberries

Chocolate cake with alternating ganache and raspberry preserve filling, finished with melted

ganache poured over chocolate buttercream icing

Have a happy and safe weekend! See you tuesday!

Comments

Vanilla Ice Ice Baby

Who says your birthday cake has to be warm? Last time I checked it's just starting to heat up, and that generally means everything must be cold... Iced tea, iced soda, cold showers, and cold cake? Psssh, why not just go with the new American fad, the ice cream cake. Sure you could always go with a basic crappy Carvel ice cream cake, but why not take it up a notch and get an awesome cake from Cold Stone Creamery. I try not to be the advertising guru for them, but they really deserve the attention. Cold stone has a variety of ice cream, everything from the basic Vanilla to the Cake batter ice cream. If you haven't tried the cake batter ice cream, then I suggest you find the nearest cold stone and sample it. mmmm yum I know that Ice Cream isn't really a cake product, but it's definitely earned its right to be called that at cold stone creamery. For the hefty price tag of almost double a grocery store's prices you too can have a tasty birthday treat.

Mission Impossible:CAKE IMPOSSIBLE!

When did it become okay to order a cake at last minute? Did I miss the memo?!?! In the past 3 days I have completed nine last minute cake orders.. most of them to be completed within 10-20 minutes. I almost feel like Robert Irvine in "Dinner Impossible" when he's trying to complete an amazing event in an impossible amount of time. I've had customers ask for a few rediculous cake orders, one for example was a customer who wanted a 3-tier Fairytopia cake and they wanted the cake in 2 hours. Even if I didn't have that much to do, I still would have told the customer no, and in fact I did tell the customer no. I hate to turn down the extra money, but I just can't decorate under intense pressure like that. In my last blog I talked about my ability to decorate cakes fast, but those cakes are just so basic that even 4-5 minutes for a basic double layer cake isn't unheard of. Now for the icing on the cake (so to speak): I had a customer come in yes

5 Minutes to sugar heaven

I totally spaced my monday blog... I'll make it quick and fun :) Cupcake porn? The almighty cupcake makes it's return to the blog scene.. I've been playing around with some new flavors of cupcakes, flavor combinations like Chocolate strawberry decadence (chocolate cupcake filled with strawberry filling topped off with a poured dark chocolate). I also have the White cupcake filled with strawberry filling, a layer of thin sliced banana's all topped off with whip cream and coconut shavings. I've had a really hard time finding a name for that last one, so if you can come up with something... by all means let me know :D Pictures soon to come!!! It's strawberry season so lets experiment

Cake Life @ The Velvet Buttercream

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