Purple Rose Cake

I just finished up an order for a purple rose cake early this morning.The cake is chocolate with vanilla buttercream.  I made the roses out of a mix of gumpaste and fondant. It's my first time trying to make roses with gumpaste and fondant so i'm pretty excited with how they turned out! 

More Cupcake Bouquets!

While I'm waiting for the next order's cake to bake in the oven I'll post the order I just finished up. Cupcake Bouquets! They're strawberry cupcakes with vanilla buttercream that I colored light pink and dark pink. (Again the colors look washed out in the picture, but it's actually really bold pinks.) &The vases are wrapped in pink tissue paper. 

Spiderman Cake

Here is the Spiderman cake from the same order as the Hello Kitty cake from the previous post. It is a red velvet cake with vanilla buttercream that I colored blue. It's hard to tell from these picture, but there are building surrounding the bottom of the cake &the red of the face looks kind of washed-out from the lighting, but it's actually a deep red like the second picture. 

Hello Kitty Cake

I made this for an order I received for a Hello Kitty Cake! I also got another cake order from the same customer..she wanted a spiderman cake as well. The Hello Kitty cake is strawberry with vanilla buttercream frosting. 

Makeup Cake

I received an order for a makeup cake..& here it is! The pink on the cake is way pinker than these pictures make it look. It's a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. It was so much fun making this one! I love making bows out of fondant. I can't wait to give it to my customer. Everything on the cake is completely edible by the way..yum!

Scorpion Cake

I made this for an order I received for a scorpion cake! This one took a lot of research since I had no idea what a scorpion really looked like. I think I did a pretty good job for only having studied scorpion pictures on google images a few hours before sculpting the cake. It's a strawberry cake with vanilla frosting.

Yummy Treats!

I now have multiple ways for anyone in the Waco area to order a cake or sweet treats from me. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cakesbycrystaljoy

Email: crystalolvera60@yahoo.com

& on this blog's contact me page! 

Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches (with vanilla cream filling) & Oreo Truffles! 

Order some of these yummy treats today!

My awesome little helper Angelina making some cookie dough batter with me this morning. She is definitely a future baker in the making!

Happy Father's Day..To My Dad!

(Dad with my niece Angelina)

For Father's day I made my dad a cake that looks like a grill with hamburger patties & sausages on it. It's a vanilla and chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. With all the decorations made from fondant.

I wanted to make the perfect cake for him. He really loved it! I definitely feel so lucky that I was chosen to be his daughter! I know a lot of people claim to have the best dad in the world, but in my opinion I  have the best dad EVER! :) 

Soccer Cake for Father's Day

A customer asked me to make a soccer cake for Father's Day. The cake is decorated with an FC Barcelona fútbol player, soccer ball, and scarf made out of fondant. I wanted to keep the cake Barcelona themed since it's her dad's favorite soccer team. The cake is vanilla and frosted with vanilla buttercream frosting. 

Father's Day Superhero Cake

I made a superhero Father's Day cake for a customer that wanted various superheroes. It's a strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and fondant decorations. Captain America, Iron Man, Spiderman, and Superman! 

Superhero Cupcakes!

For a customer last week I made sixty cupcakes for a superhero birthday party. I was asked to make some chocolate cupcakes and the others strawberry. I printed some cupcake wrappers and toppers from Etsy.com on card stock paper, cut out each, and tape onto lollipop sticks. I frosted them with vanilla buttercream frosting. 

Girl Sock Monkey Birthday Party!

My little cousin Emma had a sock monkey birthday party & I was asked to make chocolate sock monkey cake pops! I also made some chocolate cupcakes with, fondant decorations, & vanilla buttercream frosting that matched the invitation.

Molten Chocolate Cakes

Molten Chocolate Cakes

Ingredients:

• 5oz- unsweetened Baker's Chocolate squares
• 8oz - semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 10tbs of butter
• 1/2 cup flour 
• 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 3eggs
• 3egg yolks
• 1tsp of vanilla 

Tools: 6 Ramekins or Jumbo cupcake pan with 6 cups (I used my jumbo cupcake pan)

Directions: 

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Grease each cup on the pan with baking spray (or butter) and dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.

Melt the butter and chocolates in microwave. Mix every 30seconds until completely melted & smooth. Add the flour and sugar to the bowl and stir. 

In another bowl mix the egg yolks, eggs, & vanilla. Add to the chocolate mixture and stir until completely combined and smooth. 

Divide the batter evenly in each cup. Fill each cup about 3/4 full... be sure not to over fill. 

Bake for 14min. Allow cakes to cool for 2min. and then pop out onto serving plate. You may want to run a knife around the edges of the pan to make sure the cake is completely detached from it. 

Serve with vanilla ice cream or top with powdered sugar. Yummy! 

Enjoy! 

Crudité Platter

I just finished up this crudité platter (vegetable platter) for my older sister's job's lunch party. This is my first time making a crudité platter and I think it came out pretty well. I used two cabbages to put the ranch dip and hummus in. I also used the extra cabbage leaves to make bowls for the vegetables. I used carrots, celery, cauliflower, radishes, cucumber, squash, red bell pepper, & pita chips. 

Happy Birthday, Mom! Pancake Fondant Cake

Today is my mom's 51st  birthday! This morning I woke up early to make my mom brunch in bed and a cake to go along with it. It was supposed to be breakfast in bed, but even though I started on the cake at 8am I didn't finish until 11am so I changed it to brunch. I made a 6inch vanilla cake with vanilla frosting. I used fondant to make it look like stacked pancakes and pipping gel with food coloring to make the maple syrup. I painted on the brown to the pancakes with a vanilla extract & food coloring mixture. My mom said that it was the "best breakfast ever" & that it really made her day! I'm so happy that she loved the surprise!  

"Perfect Cheesecake" Recipe by Simply Recipes

Today I made the "Perfect Cheesecake" recipe I found on simplyrecipes.com

I made a chocolate cheesecake two weeks ago (pictures & recipe I have previously posted) and ever since that one got eaten up my mom has been wanting a New York-ish type cheesecake. So this morning I started making this "Perfect Cheesecake" and for dinner tonight it was a big hit. Everyone loved it! I tweeked the recipe a bit though. I used two pre-made graham cracker crusts instead of using one springform pan and the recipe was enough to fill both of the pans. I also added double the confection sugar when making the cream that goes on top to make it sweeter and less sour creamy. I didn't make the raspberry sauce to go on top of the cream and it was great without it. 

Here is the link to the recipe: Perfect Cheesecake Recipe- Simply Recipes