OK, so I know we've been gone for a few weeks, but we have been SO busy! Take a look at our new logo! What do you think of it? And we have a brand new website to go around the new logo to...
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We're going to be taking a couple of weeks away from the blog, but it's only because we're working feverishly behind the scenes to bring you something much much cooler. Stay tuned for more deta...
http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com/2015/09/were-taking-quick-break-for-construction.html
A bottle cap is a really good place to start working with carved cake. You don't have to use a pound cake, but if your cake is not firm then you need to use a buttercream that is all butter or...
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We love a good Bat Mitzvah! We were lucky enough to make a Hollywood style cake for this great birthday event. We decided to make a simple cake stand just to make the cake a little more fes...
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Why is making really pretty trees out of sugar so hard? I'm not judging others efforts at all because it's hard! My advice is to make evergreens/Christmas trees! They are really easy! O...
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This is such a simple, elegant cake that there isn't much to say but it's pretty eye candy. The texture was done just with a small offset spatula. It's not hard but not easy, so practice ahead ...
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How easy is this cake? Well of course that depends on your skill level. I've been at it for about ten years and it takes me about four hours to do a cake like this. I find getting a cake s...
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We will make this week's blog short and a little sour..... Is there something you see in your line of work that bugs the fool out of you? We all do I'm sure. In cake decorating we all start as ...
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Birthday parties now are fancy! Kids get to have all kinds of parties! Art, laser, pottery, cupcake, bouncy houses, and paint ball just to name a few. We were lucky to have pin the tail on the ...
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How could I ever make flowers this pretty!?!? I arrive at the venue, Walnut Hill Farm, and the florist has left me the MOST gorgeous bunch of flowers! Ranunculus, Peonies, perfect ros...
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Whether you call it cornhole, bean bag toss, or Baggo, people are playing this toss game everywhere - tailgate parties,family picnics, and even weddings. So I guess when a client asked for ...
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Edible sequins are one of the new big trends in cake design, at least with Chattanooga wedding cakes We shared one a few weeks ago that had "large" sequins but now we have one with tiny sequi...
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A few months ago I was approached with a rather odd request... make my nephew's wedding cake. Now I know that upon first read that doesn't seem terribly odd, but let me finish... his weddin...
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We just love a cake where we get to "play"! This sweet mom gave us lots of freedom for Henry's 2nd birthday. I know it's nothing earth shattering new, but we do such few birthday cakes, tha...
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No matter how much a cake decorator wants to make/sell gumpaste flowers, many brides only want fresh flowers. I have found that most of the time that it's not about the price, but the a overal...
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Oreo, yum! You know the easiest way to finish a cake? Smush and smash something yummy all over it! Oreo's, chopped nuts, sprinkles, shaved chocolate, coconut or sanding sugar are exc...
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We made a cake recently that the bride wanted the top tier to float on top of flowers. That's a nice way of saying that she wanted a 2" space in between the tiers. In the olden days, seeing whi...
http://cupadeecakes.blogspot.com/2015/05/rose-column-wedding-cake.html
Well, it's that time again... summer is just around the corner and millions of high school students across the US are closing one huge chapter in their lives and starting a new one. Yes, it's...
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Bakers, do you know how to make a cake that has copyrighted material? According to Icing Smiles, give it away! That means don't post it on your website for sale or advertise how much it would c...
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When do you not call your baker? The day before the wedding! Or the day of the wedding! We had both happen recently and just wanted to tell you why it's not a good idea. Toward the end ...
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I'm going to post a little quick entry today. It's the first week of May and I have a BUNCH of cakes to work on! We are getting a lot more requests for colored wedding cakes and I think tha...
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I get so excited when we get to make something new and different, even when I don't know how to do it. The table/tray didn't require anything new and different. I made it easy on myself whi...
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I'm so glad to make a cake that is new and not made from someone else's design. I can't even tell you how this design came about. I think the bride liked so many popular wedding cake trends...
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We were asked to make a "naked"cake last year. I was pretty excited until we actually did it. So I had a culinary student as an intern for 11 weeks. The cake was a 6/8/10/12" combina...
When I was very young I knew an older lady that made cute chocolates by painting those plastic molds with colored chocolate and then filling them up. They were so "fancy"! She got me s...
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