Friday, January 11, 2013

Recipe: White Bread

Most people who know me personally, know that I try to make everything I can from scratch. After doing some researching, I have made it my goal to provide my children with preservative free food! Those things are nasty and there are so many to look for. Currently, I'm trying to pull out ALL of the BHT, BHA, and TBHQ from our diet. There are more out there that you shouldn't be eating, but I'm starting with those three. Read your labels and you wouldn't believe how many foods have at least one of those 3 "ingredients". I had 10 boxes of cereal in my pantry. All boxes except for one was what I call, "contaminated". The generic Raisin Bran from Aldi was the only one without it. If BHT wasn't actually in the food, it was in the packaging...AND if it wasn't an issue, they shouldn't have to include it on the ingredient list of the product!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Barbie Logo Cake

Barbie logo cake - I did a buttercream lay on for the logo and I free handed the shoes and purse onto the cake. :)
 
 
 

Archery Birthday Cake

I love to browse around on www.cakecentral.com. While visiting, I discovered a painting technique used with buttercream. This is my second time doing this technique and was actually rather pleased how it turned out. In a nutshell, I base ice my cake, mix my buttercream colors on a painter's palette (used only for cakes), grab a paintbrush and start "painting" on my cake....   :)




Monday, January 7, 2013

THANK YOU!!

Well, I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday! I was crazy busy during the month of December and appreciate each and every order from my customers--new and returning! It was also nice to have a much needed break to spend some stress-free, quality time with my family. I am so excited to start another year with this business adventure and have big plans for 2013... :)