It was a Piece of Cake . . . or would it be Cheese?

This was a groom’s cake for Andrea and Paul’s wedding. He is a big Green Bay Packers fan, and Andrea thought that it would be funny to give him groom’s cake that looked like a big chunk of cheese. It is composed of pineapple and orange cake layers with cream cheese frosting in between. It was then covered in yellow fondant.

It was a beautiful wedding for two great people.


Elen and I had kitchen duty during the reception.

May- the Best Asparagus Month

I have always loved the month of May. At age seven I feel in love with the May Day. Any holiday that encourages me to pick spring flower and give them to my neighbors quickly becomes one of my favorite holiday. Spring Semester always ends in May, as well as my favorite little brother was born in May.

In addition to all of the wonderful reasons above I have truly begun to love May because I’ve been able to visit family in Germany every May for the past three years. In Germany May is the best month to eat German grown white asparagus (just one more reason to love May). That is what I did, every chance that I had I ate it. I loved sitting around the table with various family member and eating white asparagus!

I learned that white asparagus is grown under the ground and that is why it is white. Only half of purple asparagus is grown out of the grown, and is often grown in France. The green asparagus is grown out of the grown and has the most nutrients.

The Ideal Spring Cake

I made this cake in exchange for an awesome haircut! I just thought that this would be the ideal spring cake. It was chocolate cake with mango butter cream frosting.

Three Cups of Coffee

To celebrate my favorite sister’s I made her a cake with three cups of coffee.

They are on a base of devil’s food cake covered in dark chocolate ganache. The three cups coffee are devil’s food cake frosted with almond butter cream frosting. The middles were hollowed out and filled with mocha mousse.

Believe it or Not, Cartmen is Raspberry Flavored

I decide in mid-April that I was going to leave the country for the third May in a row. I was later reminded by my brother, that this will also be the third year in a row that I miss his birthday. To make it up to him, I promised to make any birthday cake that he chose. He chose a cake that looks like the cartoon character Cartmen from the television program South Park. Both the cake and the frosting were raspberry flavor. And yes the cake is giving you the bird, I apologize to all those that are offended.

She is a Gift

I have an incredible and lively friend who allowed me to make a birthday cake for her. I considered what kind of cake she would be and

then came up with this combination:

A Layer of Dark Chocolate Cake, one thin layer of Milk Chocolate, one layer of Mango Butter Cream Frosting, and then one more thin layer of Milk Chocolate. Repeat four times.

Then add a bright, vibrant color of Mango Butter Cream Frosting.

Top With Chocolate Details.

Z is Zeta

Believe it or not I made yet another cake. I made this cake for a friend’s sorority banquette. I wanted to make a yellow colored cake; yellow is such a happy color. Then I copied the floral design some decorative pillows that were sitting on the kitchen chairs. I must admit that making a cake shaped like a “z” was fun.