As my home business gets busier, I'm finding that I have less time to try new recipes, although I'm being challenged on other levels - like cake decorating. I'll be the first to admit that I'm no Duff of Ace of Cakes. My cakes lean toward the simpler side - and sometimes they lean to the right or left!
My favorite cake is one that has no decorations - just a homestyle swirled icing with a few birthday candles. But often there is a need for a cake with a little more decor. A trick I use for coming up with simple pictures that can be piped on a cake or cookie is to search for the image in clip art. For instance, for this cake I searched "dog clip art" and looked for a drawing of a dog that I could draw free hand.
I'll try the image on paper first...
OMG!!! Today is Cub's birthday and he would have FLIPPED to have had this cake!! He actually asked for cut out cookies this year...go figure??? And wanted puppies!! I found a dog at Baldingers and it had to do...I'm sure yours was as yummy as it was cute! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Cub!!
ReplyDeleteVery cute cake.. I do cakes as well but i'm awful at free handing the image on the cake.
ReplyDeleteI think that's is a fantastic tip, working out the drawing on paper first. Anyone would be smiling ear-to-ear if they saw that cake. And how cool that you've made a business out of baking. I'd love to hear more about it.
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