Cake by the Book

Sally’s having a baby and she wanted a book shower…so naturally Team Cake (Kerri & me) decided to make a book cake. And since it’s a girl, we needed a little princess bling, so we added that, too. We started with two squares of lemon pound cake, plus one cupcake and an ice cream cone. [...]

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And More Cakes…

Until I figure out a good way to post most all my pics, here are a few more faves from the Oklahoma Sugar Arts Show. Here’s a close-up of the amazing map painted on the cake above: Speaking of groom’s cakes, I gather in other parts of the country (north of the Mason-Dixon line, say) [...]

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Cakes. Lots & lots of Cakes.

I’m visiting (for real, not virtually) the Oklahoma Sugar Arts show. I don’t even aspire to making cakes on this level…although I was able to look at some of them and find flaws, which gave me a warm squishy feeling inside. The theme this year is “under the sea.” Some of the entries were obvious. [...]

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Chocolate

Chocolate. Do I really need to say anything else? As my favorite chocolate shop (Wiseman House Chocolates in Hico, TX) says, “Chocolate is proof that God is good. Very good.” As I write I’m sitting on the floor of my bedroom closet with my cats prowling around me. According to the radio, there’s a whopper [...]

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