A little floral cake I made recently.
Inside was alternating layers of vanilla and lemon cake with cherry and mixed berry filling.
Unfortunately I never received a cross section picture (despite asking for one). I always like to see how everything looks once it's cut!
Thank you and Happy World Teacher Day to all of the wonderful educators and support staff out there. You guys are incredible and truly make a difference in so many lives β€οΈ
These are the treats I made for the staff at my daughter's school. I didn't have time for anything too fancy but they all taste fantastic.
Oatmeal creme pies and carmelitas (recipes from the Delish fall treats magazine), red velvet crinkles, soft chocolate chip, double chocolate, lemon poppyseed, and brownies with ganache and caramel cornflakes
I know not everyone is a fan of the scuba. I personally love them. Been wearing them longer than I care to admit. I figured I would share this in case anyone else is curious about the new version like I was.
These are the differences that I observed.
- sleeves are longer and wider
- roomier in the body (and sleeves) but a little tighter in the waist band
- zipper garage and zipper pull are different. I think the actual elastic part of the last version was nicer. Also has the double zipper which I personally find pointless.
- stitching on hood is different (new version lacks horizontal stitching) and the logo is smaller
- waistband and sleeve cuffs are significantly thicker. Sleeve cuffs also wider and thumb hole is bigger too.
- waistband looks different from the back, has a raised curve
- ribbed stretchy panel now extends all the way to the front, into the pockets and up to the hood
- composition slightly different.. a little less cotton.
My overall thoughts are that the new version is very nice, it looks to be better quality than recent versions. It's noticeably heavier and if you look closely at the fabric you can see that it's a tighter weave, I feel like it would keep you warmer. But.. the change in the sleeve length and the overall fit are not positives for me. I think the older versions were a more flattering fit (on myself).
Scuba evolve classic full zip in remixed marine (this color is GORGEOUS in person, yes it is similar to indochine but different enough to justify buying it.. at least in my mind π)
Scuba full zip in citra lime
Everyone wearing bright pretty colors today and here I am in brown and green. I'm not trying to rush Fall, I swear π€£
Define jacket in rainforest green, dance studio jogger in lava cake
Yesterday's outfit was scuba in roasted brown and dance studio jogger in Legacy green
Was on the fence about both of these for a bit but decided to keep!
Ebb to Street tank in dreamy blue/white
Groove nulu HR flares
I started making cakes as a hobby about 4 years ago, and have made my own birthday cake ever since. To be clear, this is something I absolutely enjoy doing, not some sad case of nobody else wanting to make or buy me a cake π
This year is vanilla almond cake with cherry amaretto filling and whipped mascarpone cream.
Last year was strawberry cake filled with cream cheese frosting, strawberry filling, and a raspberry cheesecake layer.
The year before that was lemon raspberry cake filled with lemon curd, raspberry cream cheese frosting, and raspberry filling
And the very last pics (first cake I made for myself) was carrot cake filled with cream cheese frosting, and chocolate cake with whipped coconut cream filling and coconut buttercream
Yesterday was warm and beautiful. Today is cool and gloomy.
It's making me dread the fall and winter seasons. But i'll be happy to wear all the cozy things again π
Cool racerback in Flash, black wunder unders
French terry oversized crew in seafoam, warm down joggers in heathered melody light grey
Lemon and lime flavored shortbread filled with cream cheese frosting and curd. Kind of time consuming but fun and most importantly, delicious!
New here. Just wanted to say hello and share a few recent outfits π
Scuba hoodie (color unknown. Old.)
Swiftly cami tank in true leopard and high rise align jogger
Swiftly tech long sleeve in Oxford red and softstreme high rise cropped pant
Define jacket in steel blue and wlanut crunch align jogger
Birthday cakes I made in July.
Lots of firsts for me.
The style of the first one. Piping dainty flowers directly onto a cake. Making and frosting a rectangular cake. Sugar cookie house (and anything to do with Plants vs. Zombies in general lol). Gelatin layer in the axolotl one. Piping style on the cupcakes in the last pic. All new to me.
And while there are some things I would do differently next time I'm happy with how they all turned out!
I did use an inspo pic by request for a couple, which i will post in the comments.
I've been making my kid's birthday cakes for the last few years. This year my son requested Plants vs. Zombies as his theme, and red velvet oreo for the flavor. It's probably not a flavor that I would have thought to make, but it was SO good! Everybody loved it. Especially my son. He actually made some of the little characters too (kernel pult, blover, and squash) and decided where to place them all.
I know its not a theme that most people will recognize but maybe there are some other fans of Plants vs. Zombies who will appreciate it π
Also somebody remind me to never make a rectangular cake again.. so much harder to frost nicely than a round cake π΅βπ«
My daughter asked for an axolotl themed cake this year. She wanted "water and baby axolotls too". She wanted it to have a mini birthday cake. So I did my best to make it happen.
I've never done a gelatin layer before but it worked out okay. If I were to do it again, I would use a less firm recipe.. I used one that was meant for a jelly island cake which was definitely not necessary. I'd also add a lot more flavor and citric acid next time. Oh well.. at least it was a learning experience π .
There were a few things I wasn't thrilled with, but overall it came out okay and my daughter absolutely loved it, which was the main goal anyway π
She picked the flavor (confetti with vanilla whipped cream cheese filling), the colors, the placement of the axolotls, and helped with some decor decisions along the way.
I made chocolate cupcakes as well in case anyone preferred chocolate.
The mini cake was a cake pop, she ate the one from her cake but I had an extra (made it first and didnt like it enough to put on the cake) so we decided to cut that one after her party. Tiniest slice of cake ever ππ₯°
The inspo for the design around the sides of the cake was a bakey.bakes cake (not sure if instagram links are allowed but its on her page).
Roasted strawberries and crumble on vanilla cheesecake. So good! This was a new-to-me recipe so I'm glad my risk paid off π
Two different (but very similar) stump cakes I made recently. First time I've made this style and it was so much fun! Cupcakes too to use up the last of the leftover filling and florals π
A friend requested a nature themed cake, but nothing more specific than that as far as the design. I've always wanted to make one of these cute stump cakes so it seemed like the perfect opportunity.
This was so much fun. I really enjoyed making all of the different components and I think they came together really well. I ended up having lots of pretty much everything left over so I made a second one the next day along with some cupcakes (pics 7 to 11).
She wanted to keep the flavors simple so we went with chocolate cake and a whipped vanilla cream cheese filling. Second cake had the same filling but two vanilla and one chocolate cake layer.
Wanted to share some simple bakes from the last couple weeks.
Brown butter chocolate chunk with homemade toffee
Lemon white chocolate
Nanaimo bars
Snickerdoodles. I think these were the best ones I've made.
Amaretti in 5 flavors. And yes I know, since you all will want to tell me, that the pink one looks like a little meatball π. It's actually raspberry lol. The other flavors are matcha, lemon, coffee, and chocolate.
Oatmeal cookies with mini chips and homemade toffee. Used my leftover toffee from the brown butter cookies.
Cake I made for a friend. She requested a nature theme but nothing more specific than that. I've always wanted to make one of these cute stump cakes so it seemed like the perfect opportunity π
This was so much fun to make from start to finish. I think all of the little components came together really well!
She wanted to keep the flavors simple so we went with chocolate cake and a whipped vanilla cream cheese filling.
If you like a pb/choc combo, and if you like mousse, do yourself a favor and make this. It was absolutely delicious. 10/10 from every person that ate it π
Chocolate sponge cake base, chocolate mousse and PB mousse topped with ganache. I did a little whipped cream border but it would be perfectly good without too.
https://atsloanestable.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-mousse-cake/
My Father's Day cake - chocolate tiramisu cake (choc cake, mascarpone cream, homemade ladyfingers, espresso chocolate frosting)
The white one was actually a wedding cake that a family friend asked me to make.. super simple looking design but pain in the ass to execute nicely. It was just confetti cake with vanilla buttercream as requested by the bride. I used Amoretti's Birthday Cake flavor (from their natural artisan line) and it was delicious. Daughter instantly decided she needs the same flavor for her upcoming birthday after trying the scraps lol.
The cupcakes I was also asked to make by a friend for her daughter's grad.. most cupcakes I've ever made in a day! She needed 10 dozen for the event but I made almost 12 dozen in total.
The last pic is of the leftover cupcakes that my 7 year old decorated, she was very proud ππ
I've always wanted to make a vintage style chocolate cake and finally got around to doing it!
Inside is chocolate cake (my fave chocolate cake recipe - dense, fudgy, and not too sweet), mascarpone cream and homemade dipped ladyfingers. Outside is chocolate espresso frosting.
I had the cake layers and ladyfingers made in advance. But I got the frosting, filling, dip for the ladyfingers, assembly, decorating, AND clean up all done in 3 hours. Which maybe isn't that impressive to other people but I was impressed with myself π . I usually work slow. The rush wasnt by choice though.. I was trying to make it to Father's Day lunch on time!