Cake Inspiration

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Reese's Cupcake

Reese's Cupcake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

I wanted to make something different. Since it is getting close to Halloween we had Reese's in the house. I made a chocolate cupcake and had planned to add either chocolate icing or chocolate syrup, instead I added both. The Second frosting is Peanut Butter Buttercreme. I topped it with cut up pieces of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and drizzled chocolate syrup on top of that.

This cupcake looks extremely sweet, but it isn't. I think the salty taste of the peanut butter really brings down the sweetness. I love it. Usually I can only eat two cupcakes from a batch, but I think I have had at least three this time. this is also the first time I came up with the cupcake completely on my own imagination.

What to make next?

Friday, October 2, 2009

Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcake

I wanted to make cupcakes today but wanted something different. I had Reese's Peanut Butter Cup candies. I decided to make Chocolate Cupcakes with chocolate frosting, topped with peanut butter buttercreme frosting, add bits of Reese Peanut Butter Cup candies, and Chocolate Syrup. I love how they look and they taste great. Not too sweet, but satisfying if you like peanut butter and chocolate. The extra chocolate frosting makes the difference and gives just enough richness.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Super Mario Cake

Super Mario Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

Making a ckae for my boys is never easy. I saw the Super Mario cakes and decided to give it a try. Who wouldn't love a cake like this? It makes me nostalgic for the old days. The cake was a complete surprise to my son and he really enjoyed it. The icing is fondant and buttercreme accents.

Graduation Cake

Graduation Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Elmo Birthday Cake

Elmo Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

This cake is one of my favorite cakes I have made so far. I added fondant confetti to the cake to give it more character.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Wilton 3 Final Cake

Wilton 3 Final Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Fondant Tastes Good???

I have read so many articles about how horrible fondant tastes. How so many people prefer buttercream and just do fondant for looks. I was curious and took the Wilton Class for Fondant. You can see my present cake in an earlier post. I thought it would taste bad, but we tried it anyway. It was wonderful. We had left over cake from a party and the fondant cake disappeared first. Even my hubby ate it, and he doesn't eat sweets.

For anyone out there afraid to try fondant, I would go for it. I use the Marshmallow Fondant I made at home and did not add any flavoring.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Fondant Present Cake

Fondant Present Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

This is my own creation from my Wilton 3 class. This is made completely with fondant. The bow was super easy to make and I would definitely use it again on a cake. I had my doubts that my cake would turn out this cute, but am very pleased with the outcome.

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Pokemon Cupcake Cake

Pokemon Cupcake Cake, originally uploaded by gensler97.

I have wanted to try making a cupcake cake for a long time. This is my first try. It was a lot of fun and can't wait to try another one soon. I layed my cupcakes out on a cake board and glued down the outside ones with frosting. This cake includes 24 cupcakes. Then I used the large Wilton Tip for icing the top. Using a hot spatula I spread the icing. Then just piped my border and added my decorations. Yum! Yum!

Saturday, February 9, 2008

This is my cake from Wilton 2. I think I learned a lot in this class, and I think I learned a lot of fun things to try. The royal icing flowers where great. The basketweave was definitely a technique I couldn't not learn from a picture, but it is not hard to do. It just takes a lot of work to complete. The bird is made of colorflow, which is a lot like the royal I use on cookies, but way too hard to eat. I used oreo buttercreme frosting between the layers. Yum! I definitely think you should take Wilton 2. Wilton 1 was not very informational because I knew the basics, so I was extremely happy with what I learned in this class.