La Vie en Rose

Cups, Cookies & Cakes (oh, my!)	La Vie en Rose
Silver cake with chocolate pastry cream filling
Blog Beat	La Vie en Rose | Edith Piaf

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How much can you learn about cake decorating after 8 hours of classes? Plenty!

This is the cake I baked and decorated after taking Wilton Cake Decorating Course 1 at Michael's craft store. I used the gardens of Versailles as inspiration for this cake, wrapping the 4-layer silver cake in chocolate almond icing, with thick chocolate pastry cream between layers, topped with pink roses and hydrangeas.

"A party without cake is just a meeting" - Julia Child

Impromptu Barbeque

Cups, Cookies, and Cakes (oh, my!)	Impromptu Barbecue
Cake pops and Mini Cakes
Blog Beat	Sugar, Sugar | The Archies

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My father really loves surprises... And by that I mean, loves to pitch the idea that he promised friends a "batch of those cake-pop things and flower cakes you made the last week cause I promised I would bring them to the barbeque tomorrow afternoon". Say what?!

T-minus 16 hours

I would like to thank my mother for helping me in finishing this "order". We were up until 2am getting this job done... I am definitely charging next time! Tips not included.

"We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

In memoriam

Paper Petals	In memoriam
Lily, Rose, Chrysanthemum, Delphinium
Blog Beat	Taps | Daniel Butterfield (Composer)

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For L.B., in memoriam.

"Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" - Henry David Thoreau