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Peonies are one of my favorite flowers, we have had them adorn our landscaping for almost 22 years; I remember planting our first peony plant with Sydney (she was almost two) and it just happened to be Mother’s Day. As I was covering the the second cake Sydney came through the door ready for 10…

I posted  a few days ago Sydney will be turning 21, and I am creating a few different cakes for her to choose from for her party. This is the first cake for her to view. This cake is a billow weave, Susan Trianos has a wonderful video explaining how she creates a wonderful tufted billow…

I love a full open rose sitting on top of a cake. It is a simple touch of elegance. I had planned on designing a few cakes for Sydney to choose from for 21st birthday party. The first element I need is for her to choose from is the type of topper; she is leaning towards  a flower. She wanted to see a…

I'm not sure if anyone is interested in this but I made a banana cake that everyone raved about.  It is very moist.  Here is the link to the recipe:  http://dessert.food.com/recipe/best-ever-banana-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting-67256.

I filled it with chocolate ruffle filling and used chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

The truffle filling…

I was organizing my cookie cutters, and I came across a beautiful copper corset cookie cutter Sydney had given last summer. I couldn’t believe I had not used it yet. Since Sydney loves fondant I covered them in strawberry flavored and mocha-cinnamon fondant, from Fondarific. The decorative details are piped…

I have been watching General Hospital for 48 of the 50 years it has aired on ABC, my grandma and I would await for every new adventure each day at 2:00 pm CT. I skipped school on November 17th 1981 to watch Luke and Laura”s wedding, I actually missed a few more days leading up to the event. I…

Shoes are the number one accessory; women brag about how many pairs of shoes they have in their closet. Mariah Carey had Mario Buatta designed an elegant space with gold-leaf and bleached-wood floors for her stilettos. Although my husband has to share his closet with my left over shoes I…

I was showing Sydney a two tone royal icing brush embroidery (that is a mouthful), and she thought the cookies would be a wonderful dessert to create for Mother’s Day. I must say I agree,  the cookies would look exquisite in a clear top box with a…

I have just added a post to my CreativeDesignsforCakes blog. This is a bonus chapter to the book that accompanies the Silhouette Cameo and accessory package we sell. This is an overview on creating a cake wrap. Here are a few examples of cakes made using this new technique. http://www.creativedesignsforcakes.blogspot.com

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DF asked me to bake cupcakes for the women in human resources (to thank them). With St. Patrick’s Day…

I have had a love for Judy Garland since I was a little girl; my father introduced me to The Wizard of Oz when I was two. From that moment on, I watched every Judy Garland movie I could find. I still can recall the first time I saw Judy Garland and Fred Astaire dancing and singing to classics…

Every year D.F. romantically buys a dozen roses and chooses a card in which he meticulously underlines the words he feels is a representations of his feelings for me. He buys Sydney sweet cards for an daughter and 2 roses as well. This year I thought I would create an edible Valentine’s card for him,…

How fun to adorn cupcakes with fondant fortune cookies with a personalized message; adding gumpaste cherry blossom flowers for a romantic touch! 

Hello all,

A lot of people often ask me how I make my sugar sculptures and sculpted cakes. For my most recent cake I went ahead and took pictures of my Jack Frost sculpture progress.

I posted all the making of pictures here:…

http://chefsamcakes.blogspot.com/2013/01/follow-that-caker-maggie-visser-of.html

It is such a great honor to be featured  in such an esteemed bakers blog.

What a great person she must be, to give people such as myself an opportunity to showcase our work.

Thank you Sam!

My final cake for Wilton Course 3 is due next Tuesday, it will be covered in fondant and then decorated with gum paste flowers and possibly a fondant border. I am undecided on the shape of the cake itself and it's theme, so I decided to ask around and see what others might think. "Should I go with a Round, Square, Oval, or Heart shape?" Other than the upcoming holiday what other themes if any…