Baking Experiment #2 - Cakes!

I decided to help the 2011 Newton Prom by baking a cake for the cake walk. The theme was Jungle Allure so I decided to make a cake I saw on Amanda's blog. I love Amanda's blog, she is very creative when it comes to baking and is kind enough to explain how to decorate. I highly recommend everyone follow her blog!



So here is the finished product. I decided to make my cake all one color and I was very pleased with the results. With more practice the ribbons will look a lot better. Lots of sugar and lots of work but it was soooo worth it!

Newton Prom Cake #2

Michelle also made a cake for the prom, but didn't have time to decorate so I offered to help. This monkey cake made with a specific pan and required instructions for decorating. It was intense but so so cute.



The wilton's instructions were very helpful and made the whole process easier. I only have 4 hours to decorate and would love to try it again when I have more time to spend on it. But for a beginner it turned out pretty good!

Baking Experiment - Cookie Bouquets

My lovely mother bought me a little book on cookie bouquets for Christmas and I decided to test it out with a few birthday cookie bouquets. They actually turned out really well!




This one is just sugar cookies that you turn into pin wheels. Such a good idea and so easy to make.

I baked the cookies with sticks coming out the bottom. Then took a vase and put floral styrofoam with tissue paper inside the vase. I arranged the pin wheels and stuck the sticks into the foam.

That's about it. But the cookies were really good and the red hots in the middle are both decorative and delicious!

This cookie bouquet is actually made with cake balls covered in almond bark. So I made the cake balls and stuck wooden skewers in the middle.

The flowers are just paper cut-outs I made by outlining flower and star cookie cutters. If you layer numerous cut out of different sizes and color it's makes the flowers look very cool.

I used the same technique for the vase but used brown paper instead of tissue paper. Arranged skewers how you want and stick them in the styrofoam.

Like the sugar cookies, the cake balls are amazing and easy to make.


So cookie bouquets are easy to make and don't take very long to assemble. I'm a big fan and will definitely make more in the future.