Jungle Birthday Cake for My One Year Old Monkey

 It’s been ages since Bub’s first birthday.  But I meant to blog on the cake that I made…so here it is!  Bub’s first birthday cake!

 

 

 It was modeled after this jungle-themed decoration.  If you look closely, you can see the lion, and the giraffe, and the lizard.  I was going to attempt the zebra, but by [...]

Birthday Princess

I made these princess cupcakes for our little friend Marin, who was turning one.

Okay, my motives weren’t entirely pure.  I was also practicing so I could later make Bub’s birthday cake.

These were made with marshmallow fondant, which I didn’t even end up using for Bub’s cake!

It was fun to make these for our little friend.  [...]

Marshmallow Fondant: The Results

Remember that marshmallow fondant I made?  Well, I did try it out.

I do my baking in the evening after Bub goes to bed, so all of my pictures have terrible lighting.

Anyway, I only used a little of the fondant.  Its clock was ticking (I had two weeks from when I made it, and I was getting [...]

Adventures in Baking

I made a big ball of fondant last night.

Marshmallow fondant, that is.  I’m trying to see if I like it better than premade fondant.  I haven’t made anything with it yet.  It’s sitting in a big ball in my fridge, where it can apparently stay for up to two weeks.

Even though I didn’t use my [...]

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