A Touch Of Grace Treats: June 2011

Lately I've been having bad luck with making cake pops. I think the cake pops had too much frosting and ended up being so soft that it fell off the stick. When I decided to go for Round 2 I decided to melt my chocolate candy melts in the microwave and some how burned them! It certainly wasn't my day for cake pops. Since I had some red velvet cake left over I decided to make a layered cake. Luckily, I had baked them in six-inch cake pans and I had enough for 2 thin layers. I decided to go nuts and baked some chocolate cake so I could make a 4 layer cake. I had some leftover cream cheese frosting and added some rum extract that I bought on a whim from the local Food-4-Less.

Then I made some vanilla buttercream frosting. I was debating over using green or blue food coloring and ended up using green. A few drops of the icing color gel and a nice light green color came out. It was a struggle to frost this cake since I didn't put it in the refrigerator. Note to self: let cake cool in the refrigerator before frosting. The buttercream didn't adhere to the cake on the sides because of the filling pooling out but oh well, I made it!

With some whimsical neon orange piping this cake came out pretty cute. Not bad for a practice cake. It was too cute to eat so I ended up giving it to a friend. Haha!

Greetings! I am so excited to start this blog and give everyone a peek into my world as I bake and make yummy treats. I just started baking this year and learning a lot. I took a cake decorating class at the local Michael's Craft store and got hooked. I've been making cupcakes, cake pops and two-layered cakes with buttercream icing. It's been so much fun and a lot of patience, especially with the cake pops. I am looking forward to trying new recipes and new decorating techniques. I sure hope you join me in my journey!

Here are a few pictures of my creations...