Greetings from a very sunny and nice day here in Sweden. After a long summer break from baking, I am finally "back in the saddle again" and therefore have something to blog about. My most recent baking job was for a large group of people (60-70) celebrating a graduation. I was asked to bake 3 specialty cakes and I chose my top favorites. Lemon filled Loveliness (my name) Chocolate Divine (also my name) and Carrot cake with ginger and orange cream cheese icing (aka Carrot, Ginger and Orange Goodness). These cakes are winners all the way around. I have blogged about each one in the past and can confirm again that they are top cakes and you should try them if you have a chance. I am glad to be "back in the saddle" of baking. I have missed it, but with traveling to the States, swimming at the beach and visiting various friends, I have had a wonderful summer break! I have some more baking jobs coming up and hopefully will get a little more busy during the fall season (which leads into the best baking seasons of the year!!) On my baking schedule for the upcoming week, I have an English cinnamon cake, a cinnamon roll cake and an apple crisp...with cinnamon. Okay, so I got stuck on cinnamon...there are worse things in life for sure! Sometimes cinnamon "anything" just hits the spot for me. Let's hope it hits the spot for those eating them.
It's good to be blogging again.
Enjoy the rest of your summer days...
Barefoot and Baking in the Kitchen!
Pictures of my top three favorite cakes...(recipes can be found in earlier posts)
#1 Lemon Filled Loveliness
First stages of preparing the filling and icing in the
middle of two baked sugar cake rounds
Yummy lemon goodness!
Like a big cake sandwich!
This filling makes your mouth pucker with it's tangy
citrus taste
Icing is now on and spiked (not with alcohol though)
This affect makes it look awesome, I totally recommend
you have a bit of fun with your icing.
Pretty!
I sprinkled some coconut shavings on top to make it
even better
Spikes
All pretty on it's glass plate ready to be displayed
#2 Carrot, Ginger and Orange Goodness
Almonds and sprinkled cinnamon help this cake look
delicious.
Nice silky smoothness with the cream cheese frosting
Yummy!
#3 Chocolate Divine
This cake just oozes sweet, yummy delectability.
Ribbons of chocolate give it that extra flare!
Go ahead and indulge your cravings...
And all 3 together like a gorgeous display of sugar,
sweetness and freaking hard work!
Complete with name cards for the customers to know
what they are getting.
These cakes make me smile, Leia. I can totally see the love and care that you put into each piece of art. Is this a ministry for you?
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of like a ministry. I really love to do it and I get such life from putting my all into it. The best is that it totally blesses others and that makes all the time and hard work completely worth it! Thanks for your encouragement. =) Wish I could send you one.
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