Christopher Garren's Let Them Eat Cake

One of my favorite Cake TV shows is Amazing Wedding Cakes.  I was in California for Mother's Day weekend and I just HAD to stop by their shop.

I was lucky enough to get a picture with the master himself, Christopher Garren.  I let him know that he is the best on that show.

Quite frankly, he may be the best on TV.  His shop if flawless in execution and he has an excellent team.  I was so giddy the rest of the day.  I met Christopher Garren!!!  Don't you love it when you meet your heroes?!

By the way, his cakes are really good too!  We had cookies and petit fours that were fabulous!

The Royal Wedding

I didn’t actually get up the morning of the Royal Wedding.  I was too lazy.  I did celebrate though with a Tea Party.  My friends and I got our best hats on and dressed up for the event.

I made scones (which are delicious) with an orange glaze.

Cucumber sandwiches.

Crumpets and jelly, which are basically just mini pancakes.

Coconut Macaroons.

I was very proud of my lay out and everything was so yummy.  So yummy in fact, that as I was putting away leftovers, Roscoe (the dog) decided to eat EVERYTHING.

It was a fabulous tea party and I just loved the wedding!  Hope you enjoyed it too!

Cute Car

I did NOT make these so I can't take credit, but a friend made them for a cub scout Pine Wood derby.  Aren't they so adorable!!!  They are Twinkies with mini Oreo wheels.  Perfect dessert or snack for any type of racing/car event.

Cricut Crafts

It's hard to balance my hobbies.  I feel like I do one or the other and lately it's more Cricut projects since it's new to me.  Here is what I've done lately:

Customized Letter

Mirror with Vinyl Lettering

More Picture Frames with Vinyl on Frame

Wall Decor

Easter Egg Basket

As a donation for a Baseball group, I made an Easter Basket Cake.

It’s German Chocolate with Coconut-Pecan filling.  Chocolate Buttercream for the basket weave.

Then, it’s green colored coconut for the grass and peeps and jelly beans.  It was really simple and took no time at all and came out really cute.

Easter Eggs

I saw a commercial for Rice Krispies Treats and they made these cute little eggs with M&Ms inside of them and I HAD to make them.

I didn't take many pictures, but if you go to the website, they give you a tiny tutorial and have lots of other recipes and creative things to make for all holidays.

 

Also, I learned that Peeps has more than just the marshmallow birds and bunnies.  They have stuff all season long.  I'm making a cake for this weekend and I have to copy an idea I saw from their website.  So genius and so cute!

 

Cricut Projects

One of the things that has distracted me from cake decorating is the Cricut!  I got one as a very early birthday gift and I have spent a lot of time trying to learn how to use it and play with it.  I did not get a Cake Cricut, but I did not want one either.  I don't even like using fondant because I think it's kind of a cheater/easy way to do things, so the Cake Cricut would be right up that same alley.  For others who are interested in buying one, go ahead if that's what you want, but do know that I've heard nothing but complaints from those who have bought it.  They say it's not that easy to use and it's more time consuming.  However, if you want perfection, that might be the way to go.

Anyways, back to the non-cake Cricut.  I have been making crafts with it and learning vinyl lettering.  It has been a lot of fun and I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate it with my cakes and other daily things I do.