Moving

I've decided to separate my baking skills from my personal stuff. All my baking from now on will be posted here:

http://nikkidssweets.wordpress.com/


It's a little crude right now while I work on creating a cohesive design, but come check it out!

Happy Easter!

These are the cake bites that I made for Easter. They are Red Velvet with Cream Cheese icing and White Chocolate coating. I decorated them to look like Easter egss.

It was definitely some good practice. Some look a little crazy, but I had a lot of fun doing it!



I put some in an egg carton so that they look a little more like eggs!

Sepia Saturday

This is my Grandpa Jim, my dad's dad.

His real name is Vaclav (Vatz-lov), with Jim being the English translation. He was born in September 1918, making him 91 years young. Yes, he's still alive and kicking. Up until October of 2009, he and my grandma were still living on the farm where he grew up. His parents had moved to the farm when he was only a few months old.

He served in the Army during WWII. I don't know much about his time in the service, at least not off the top of my head. The one thing I do know, is that he was shot in the leg, earning him a Purple Heart.

He has the best sense of humor, even now that he is in the nursing home. He's not happy with where he is, but he's making the best of it. For being 91, he still has his wits about him for the most part. I'm hoping we have quite a few more years left to have him around!

Life is Rough

This was Rylie last weekend. Too tired to even lay her head down!

Strawberry Harvest

I got my first strawberry!! If my dogs hadn't eaten the first plants, I would have had more by now, but I'll take what I can get!

It was so good!! Now I'm waiting on my other vegetables to start producing!

Cake Class Final

I had my final cake decorating class last night.

This class was just making all the different flowers in class and then assembling them on a cake in the final class. We also learned different borders and the basketweave (which Josh stared at in amazement and still can't figure out how I did it!).

Wedding Shower Cake Bites

These are my very first order for Cake Bites. My very first order for someone besides family. Well, not quite, because the orderer was my cousin Sarah, but they were for her friend Sara's wedding shower March 27.

I was so nervous to make these because I am a perfectionist and wanted these to look just right! I think they came out perfectly!

The white is Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting and white chocolate coating.

The chocolate is Yellow Cake with Chocolate frosting and dark chocolate coating.

The stripes are the bride's colors - Navy Blue and Yellow.

The couple's monogram

The Cake Bites at the shower (*photo courtesy of Kelsey Bryant via Facebook*)


Sarah called me with rave reviews and hopefully some more orders!! I think for my first time, they turned out really, really well!