Category Archives: Cake

Desperation + Inspiration

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Jen's Confectionary

F@&% it. I’ll just make brownies. It was getting late in the evening, the night before I’d committed to “bake something” (well, yeah…) for a little brunch with friends the next day. I can’t well recall what had kept me … Continue reading →

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Nerf Cake

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Jen's Confectionary

I got to have some fun making a cake themed around a Nerf birthday party. I struggled on a creative direction, but decided to go more traditional.

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Cakethulhu!

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Jen's Confectionary

I don’t often serve cake for just regular dinner parties, so I had a lot of fun preparing this for a small gathering of friends. This is a three layer, seven inch red velvet (dark purple velvet, technically, because I … Continue reading →

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Día de los Muertos Cake

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Jen's Confectionary

I got the opportunity to experiment with covering a cake with modeling chocolate again. Some friends of ours were throwing a Día de los Muertos-themed party. With our hosts planning to dress as a sugar skull bridal party, it seemed … Continue reading →

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Making Do…

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

…A Pan in a Pinch   I was prepping for a project where I wanted the cake tiers to be really specific sizes, only I realized last minute than I had only one  for the top tier.     I … Continue reading →

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I Made a Little Cake

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

I got to experiment with using modeling chocolate to cover a cake! It wasn’t perfect (at all), but I learned a lot and will keep at it. Chiefly: It really, really does not stretch like fondant. Really. (I.e, It will … Continue reading →

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Yummy Failure

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

The Best of Intentions I’ve discovered that it’s even tougher keeping on top of baking and blogging with an infant to care for than it was being a heavily pregnant zombie, even if I do have more energy again (Shhh!). … Continue reading →

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Gender Reveal Bundt

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

Here’s a simple way to make a “gender reveal” item for baby showers or other baby-related festivities. You just need to make batter for any Bundt-style cake mold and then dye roughly a third of it the color you like. … Continue reading →

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Teacher Appreciation Cake

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

A quick, relatively simple project for teacher appreciation. I added the white fondant coating mostly because I had some extra sitting around and because I wanted to use the new butter cream frosting recipe I came upon recently, which can’t … Continue reading →

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Keg Cake

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Jen's Confectionary

Inspiration A friend of mine was throwing a “beef and beer” fundraiser for her non-profit, Potential Inc., which provides support services for the autism community. The spouse and I were already happily attending (beef? beer? – each of us really … Continue reading →

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