tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42533671250398431162024-03-04T22:52:55.227-08:00........Earth Goddess...........A compilation of cakes i have made over the last coupla years for different occasions...birthday cakes, children's cakes, chocolate cakes, cupcakes...marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-7431565597539756672012-11-15T01:04:00.002-08:002012-11-15T01:04:42.451-08:00Chocolate Cake & Mini cakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">A set of a chocolate cake with mini cakes</span></div>
marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-59292437552260794332012-11-15T00:51:00.005-08:002012-11-15T00:51:48.547-08:00Cherry cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Simple Cake to appease the cherry monsters at home! They had a blast putting the cherries on the cake</span></div>
marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-5791485285129336132012-11-15T00:46:00.002-08:002012-11-15T00:46:15.354-08:00Bikini Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Made this for my niece's friends birthday</span></div>
marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-28373489359951127612012-11-15T00:41:00.001-08:002012-11-15T00:41:48.579-08:00Mermaid Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Made this for Mermaid Birthday 2011...thats Mama and monkeys on the cake ...dressed the same like they were for the party</span></div>
marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-39364159086223119982012-11-15T00:34:00.000-08:002012-11-15T00:34:04.164-08:00Princess Heart Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: large;">Made this for Birthday party 2010 for the kids...the dolls were dressed as the kids were</span></div>
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marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-69793655690512524712011-04-06T21:12:00.000-07:002012-05-15T10:38:14.026-07:00Say it with Flowers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #33ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">A thank u box for some friends...</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-27802829056751265682011-04-06T21:03:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:43:03.778-07:00Pirate Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #33ccff; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Made this for a pirate theme party for a lil boy</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-980293730614807542011-04-06T20:59:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:45:17.436-07:00Chocolate Strawberry Heaven<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rich chocolate cake soaked and frosted with dark chocolate with fresh strawberries</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFMec5IxIbkzFiqpl8Egm6FeycCLxInBRMsQj6AoInRxahWGKya1gmoAIms3Xm9F9p5He1EIuZ2nby6TpCMwsaakLuhFn437kUc0QXBGeQnORPHlLWTJbNJWfuxqZXQ831ntM56tPwFI/s1600/Picture+205.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592687230382914658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFMec5IxIbkzFiqpl8Egm6FeycCLxInBRMsQj6AoInRxahWGKya1gmoAIms3Xm9F9p5He1EIuZ2nby6TpCMwsaakLuhFn437kUc0QXBGeQnORPHlLWTJbNJWfuxqZXQ831ntM56tPwFI/s400/Picture+205.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-12878152540174031572011-04-06T20:55:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:46:44.251-07:00Swiss Roll<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ff99ff; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Decorated a swiss roll for my mom to take to one of her friends hosting a get together</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-66524977510330345612011-04-06T20:50:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:47:28.686-07:00Take Home Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ff6666; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Made these for mummy's ladies get together as a take home something for all the guests.</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWFNxCGbxMbPB64f0xk7YaDIYbE8rW2pK0kCEkCChWtjjuah6kvwqwjaXZ_LnncXg3WivpreaU93btIS5WB6GffJIf2_FzzftzuFkiPtfIklF0YJk43dvVAdcPZl4Fgvf2lgYZagtqhc/s1600/Picture+779.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592684641575633474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWFNxCGbxMbPB64f0xk7YaDIYbE8rW2pK0kCEkCChWtjjuah6kvwqwjaXZ_LnncXg3WivpreaU93btIS5WB6GffJIf2_FzzftzuFkiPtfIklF0YJk43dvVAdcPZl4Fgvf2lgYZagtqhc/s400/Picture+779.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-4034260176901549032011-04-06T20:45:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:48:18.652-07:00Candy Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ff99ff; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Made this for Isha's Class Party when they finished IInd std. First time I tried out this idea and was pretty happy with it.</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-32316051633449813782009-12-26T09:39:00.000-08:002012-05-15T09:49:25.313-07:00Castle & Crown Birthday Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Made this for both the monkey's birthday party this year. </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Went through a lot of effort from concept to execution with this </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">cake. Wanted an entirely different spin to what was available in the castle cake dept in Chennai.</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><br />But </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">its basically a rainbow cake and rainbow cupcakes dressed up as a castle with a crown on top and individual cupcakes with the names of each lil guest on them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Of course, I did'nt want fondant cos then it wud taste terrible and the kids wud'nt enjoy eating it as </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">much. Also, since I had to transport it lock, stock and unwieldy barrel, i ended up improvising a lot.</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGoxBluQfidqyykPAZdTlLRV90t1d5qg43lul0iSbvgUmKhvzvcXLGy_WKlYG8VTirna4MeuEi5UTP_dz5jnJxeI23oNGnsYtnwNwPog3nN7oLyj2Y8vuMofiItxY4wodNg-Fqq7gZE4/s1600-h/BIR+09,+CCAKES.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419603215967762642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiGoxBluQfidqyykPAZdTlLRV90t1d5qg43lul0iSbvgUmKhvzvcXLGy_WKlYG8VTirna4MeuEi5UTP_dz5jnJxeI23oNGnsYtnwNwPog3nN7oLyj2Y8vuMofiItxY4wodNg-Fqq7gZE4/s400/BIR+09,+CCAKES.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">Am extra-ordinarily </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">thrilled with the cake boards with the pink bows...the center one is pink faux fur - sooo over the top! and the 2 Barbies were free gifts with the Macdonald's kiddy meal that i glue-penned in the sleeves and bodice and dressed in silver and pink ne</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">t</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">skirts </span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">o</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">v</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">e</span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;">r their minis!</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-70743062204639742032009-04-30T02:55:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:50:07.162-07:00Gorgeous Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #ffcc99; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Chocolates cupcakes, i made last week ...</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8zQt2IeBKEAxqMDWXne7hgvSXEJUgg5zvsS4OE63MiWmBFC7tOVWfGNZvIA5ONUvhQszdqfWw_v0MFFR_A7EjRwb5LghYl9_PxgLpQ6ZAMTmqWLri0dWsopsH_wwn3oqecd6hAx5YS8/s1600-h/swirls,kids+009.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330422590443866770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8zQt2IeBKEAxqMDWXne7hgvSXEJUgg5zvsS4OE63MiWmBFC7tOVWfGNZvIA5ONUvhQszdqfWw_v0MFFR_A7EjRwb5LghYl9_PxgLpQ6ZAMTmqWLri0dWsopsH_wwn3oqecd6hAx5YS8/s400/swirls,kids+009.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 557px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 418px;" /></a><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">...</span></span><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">i'm thrown by this pic...its the perfect size n like right under ur nose, does'nt it make u wanna reach out n help urself to one?</span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJ_o2FOniKHc-F5lJW4c0MCgtj1ZP0fKFy1pkeuJI4TcR6Rp3kRFTnYg1Dmf0gvqXPjGF7d-U55K8UfEoFE5icv7cbwkIFlrhDr7u80zcCnpGF-8q1QXYAiqOqnJ0tj6RH8nTrC71k9w/s1600-h/swirls,kids+023.jpg"><br /></a></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-72978566166637694682009-04-30T02:49:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:50:41.115-07:00Practice Session<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHoIcZHR4hf2Adqdtk1rK0-8Fe4n0me-PGeTz8eI7XOUQjNv1D_xUn5Zan_VoMu_3BahrF0t0SrwSQE5BscKeMako5mwXlJ_0V4khhu8Zjvox47CMj4gmwRdjwwaWG94__eXivneUK2E/s1600-h/feb+09+338.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330420206845970770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHoIcZHR4hf2Adqdtk1rK0-8Fe4n0me-PGeTz8eI7XOUQjNv1D_xUn5Zan_VoMu_3BahrF0t0SrwSQE5BscKeMako5mwXlJ_0V4khhu8Zjvox47CMj4gmwRdjwwaWG94__eXivneUK2E/s400/feb+09+338.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #ccccff; font-size: 130%;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Practicing with Isha's modelling clay...trying to make some decent roses and work out an arrangement. </span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-49832130107887527762009-03-22T22:34:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:51:21.532-07:00Encore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbjbf6ygv7sdorcVsFP3v0mZZWaz7-hHbwEnKK_3rm2ohSs406EeZuJwi8p_rRF0OV16DtOweyKU5Meys1cmARNWdZYE3bNFVbkk46YWY6adogv11Gmpjdl2sQwSkJrT3iopOBpwxMeA/s1600-h/feb+09+921.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316253152487845426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbjbf6ygv7sdorcVsFP3v0mZZWaz7-hHbwEnKK_3rm2ohSs406EeZuJwi8p_rRF0OV16DtOweyKU5Meys1cmARNWdZYE3bNFVbkk46YWY6adogv11Gmpjdl2sQwSkJrT3iopOBpwxMeA/s400/feb+09+921.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #ff99ff; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">A repeat request from the girly girl for exactly the<br />same cake i had made for her birthday last year</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqkuumErCpAP322J7uWZF6x7WkSyHDnnXTy0MtgeqHgB2XCEC1DFewwkJlo1ibQtWI1iiM3B313R7YIyijNJzNLMj392RU7ar3ep7Prc3ALIKiRCH8d5ye9iIs4ikNJBR9SQ2AdtxPGw/s1600-h/feb+09+919.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316262269257977890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqkuumErCpAP322J7uWZF6x7WkSyHDnnXTy0MtgeqHgB2XCEC1DFewwkJlo1ibQtWI1iiM3B313R7YIyijNJzNLMj392RU7ar3ep7Prc3ALIKiRCH8d5ye9iIs4ikNJBR9SQ2AdtxPGw/s400/feb+09+919.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtmtcxdz67AqVDFjv6_qcPB5X_JaoG0PcmCDhc8ykwCLrYedQrpWs0orELX_G6cWb0ct9KpT3D6GB3hpKz7X68f38055IkW6QeqF7c559G_3Oi-ZU0crIuJaCPC8Z_GJCkYSf01jcM5M/s1600-h/feb+09+917.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316253136998078370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtmtcxdz67AqVDFjv6_qcPB5X_JaoG0PcmCDhc8ykwCLrYedQrpWs0orELX_G6cWb0ct9KpT3D6GB3hpKz7X68f38055IkW6QeqF7c559G_3Oi-ZU0crIuJaCPC8Z_GJCkYSf01jcM5M/s400/feb+09+917.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-77943370339234337322009-03-22T22:26:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:51:51.158-07:00A New Year Greeting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKXiaj6ldAX7iFjNlr3b3SJtKpFAbtoKmEjcz8gAhMeHEZ2AzRO4IzKz3Ncz0YVAAqr5AGIFe8y1zsjGGccSkgBrXPzUSrK4ztEAWbiCeTKiLo6mua2l7P8eXM-xpY31VpWXHwl_b5w/s1600-h/feb+09+1001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316251418702606482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKXiaj6ldAX7iFjNlr3b3SJtKpFAbtoKmEjcz8gAhMeHEZ2AzRO4IzKz3Ncz0YVAAqr5AGIFe8y1zsjGGccSkgBrXPzUSrK4ztEAWbiCeTKiLo6mua2l7P8eXM-xpY31VpWXHwl_b5w/s400/feb+09+1001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #3333ff; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #663366;">...sent across to my neighbor Vidya n husband Sagar...moist chocolate mini cakes with oodles of strawberries n cream topp'd with a swirl of cream n choc dipped strawberries</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-9735013340115335742009-03-22T22:19:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:52:37.908-07:00A Strawberry Garden Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWgm2bKiBTYQSKS7ILXL0JqnGq6Fztp5fOgLnuZ-ruGHjPc7LtWvLQBNojbAjle0zazSpoLr7Ph2eb6TzGEtL70ZxMqNMbGOnEu7GaeMxtehGVR5EDDLEXku3jpXFwsczPILbE5vLSVM/s1600-h/feb+09+948.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316249543082550882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWgm2bKiBTYQSKS7ILXL0JqnGq6Fztp5fOgLnuZ-ruGHjPc7LtWvLQBNojbAjle0zazSpoLr7Ph2eb6TzGEtL70ZxMqNMbGOnEu7GaeMxtehGVR5EDDLEXku3jpXFwsczPILbE5vLSVM/s400/feb+09+948.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_olbNkF0vhvRNO_-gWWvybpW0d_v-6uCASWowMHF-NY__lJs8vcAh1h_7WR1lo5lityUcq0bcSvG-zXB44tvd-I3WxdIkH2IZsdiQvXFjFYxz8Dwi67s4kJyvLltR9R5IyZCtm8MD0ms/s1600-h/feb+09+946.jpg" style="color: #990000;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316249543120652290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_olbNkF0vhvRNO_-gWWvybpW0d_v-6uCASWowMHF-NY__lJs8vcAh1h_7WR1lo5lityUcq0bcSvG-zXB44tvd-I3WxdIkH2IZsdiQvXFjFYxz8Dwi67s4kJyvLltR9R5IyZCtm8MD0ms/s400/feb+09+946.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Moist and Soaked Chocolate Cake stuffed and decorated with tons of strawberries n cream for a family tea gathering....heaven on a spoon</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-77958460475786714762009-03-09T08:08:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:53:21.922-07:00Birthday Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblgubg0UFAWLYrEquXj0U37QCpbLEFzSRAiyIr42fZBReItxs-g_2Lp1El_1ywcJ5TAKtF7umnnIqu1xmuFiX9SWk_MNfsrA-IXIkPWZKVNA5gNia_FGIXrJ5_QhEBpcU_YUpCCEHtdQ/s1600-h/feb+09+788.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311207123830608402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhblgubg0UFAWLYrEquXj0U37QCpbLEFzSRAiyIr42fZBReItxs-g_2Lp1El_1ywcJ5TAKtF7umnnIqu1xmuFiX9SWk_MNfsrA-IXIkPWZKVNA5gNia_FGIXrJ5_QhEBpcU_YUpCCEHtdQ/s400/feb+09+788.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Rich Moist Chocolate Cake filled with strawberries n cream, frosted over with cream and decorated with cream swirls, scrolls and fondant flowers n finished with ribbons and pearls. Individual cupcakes with the name of each lil guest were an unprecedented success...wow! n the reaction....totally worth the extra effort.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NBilgDcWdH93DA7srdM6dXf4n0Qx_UxHGOZka-Qz6r0pNxiSl_CJqS6ObIpLOFuVrLCZ_UsSKTu2JpgBYg7_R8w38H-ilfPyEAysy8xnRk30Xox1qh6GhyphenhyphenjptPkcdDZbwikZtZCH-oM/s1600-h/feb+09+790.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311206120693634130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2NBilgDcWdH93DA7srdM6dXf4n0Qx_UxHGOZka-Qz6r0pNxiSl_CJqS6ObIpLOFuVrLCZ_UsSKTu2JpgBYg7_R8w38H-ilfPyEAysy8xnRk30Xox1qh6GhyphenhyphenjptPkcdDZbwikZtZCH-oM/s400/feb+09+790.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WmtOF8KFZRHdlHBIHfL8HnZBcIIFAMNxUUXui4gcYwD495OTIQRVweWlYY_83_auX73sKk6PCRwgcMiGWXIx14AXodrBYLlpsQp_mSqHWE8nlaFTeJ3EFKyk4RBya_47M4xEOZh5pTQ/s1600-h/feb+09+789.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311206110409861730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WmtOF8KFZRHdlHBIHfL8HnZBcIIFAMNxUUXui4gcYwD495OTIQRVweWlYY_83_auX73sKk6PCRwgcMiGWXIx14AXodrBYLlpsQp_mSqHWE8nlaFTeJ3EFKyk4RBya_47M4xEOZh5pTQ/s400/feb+09+789.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-36627381957308487992008-10-24T02:19:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:53:48.683-07:00Reji's Birthday Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKnWfCdGTQ7bHpstrLdyorudwZ2u1X8ZORE7y9ceA4DGyU7UG8GyorPZXjXcwPYyUI1zmpRk9uUsvfl3h3NxsS2x_-KYuQhyphenhyphenbcOUHArof_WarZLaWlrKVQ0Eu2i3y_ufvGtUfXF-ycSk/s1600-h/1+to+view+fin+copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260757067742685698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKnWfCdGTQ7bHpstrLdyorudwZ2u1X8ZORE7y9ceA4DGyU7UG8GyorPZXjXcwPYyUI1zmpRk9uUsvfl3h3NxsS2x_-KYuQhyphenhyphenbcOUHArof_WarZLaWlrKVQ0Eu2i3y_ufvGtUfXF-ycSk/s400/1+to+view+fin+copy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 381px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqLeLcWI7l_eyUyp5sr2spAxADLlpTUxzWj51AhmYVMw6_q1htaiZFHS63jqEt4kI4yQl4I162Zn0WxFdVIIspKf5m5XpejAKMrOlmthD2dHVSf8bvFblF3lYidjn-4n_qYurGaw8dlg/s1600-h/1+fin+cake.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260756834225952642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqLeLcWI7l_eyUyp5sr2spAxADLlpTUxzWj51AhmYVMw6_q1htaiZFHS63jqEt4kI4yQl4I162Zn0WxFdVIIspKf5m5XpejAKMrOlmthD2dHVSf8bvFblF3lYidjn-4n_qYurGaw8dlg/s400/1+fin+cake.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">OK! so heres a fantastic cake I had made for my bro's birthday.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">I cannot understand why many slave for hours and make great looking cak</span><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">es </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguN9DsvdeDbxBcd_5AaoZvbHg4s_S_WZBv5fuSvb8cR9cUJnyNIqu9FS6iEUt2lryMneCpgHc6CDRRwXbS40rkPZH051RrRkL2LP1f07yitmsTWtiOC0YsLptNurNdwIjn-qNoYhTnTPU/s1600-h/1+flo+clo+up.jpg" style="color: #ffcc99;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260757434718148866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguN9DsvdeDbxBcd_5AaoZvbHg4s_S_WZBv5fuSvb8cR9cUJnyNIqu9FS6iEUt2lryMneCpgHc6CDRRwXbS40rkPZH051RrRkL2LP1f07yitmsTWtiOC0YsLptNurNdwIjn-qNoYhTnTPU/s400/1+flo+clo+up.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">with fondant, that people aren't really g</span><span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">onna eat!I need my cakes to look fantastic and taste phenomenal...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ffcc99; font-weight: bold;">This is a Rich Super Deluxe Chocolate Cake soaked in syrup and brandy and enrobed in dark chocolate ganache.<br /><br />Looked prreeeety goooood too!<br /><br />Swirls of the deepest, darkest, most luscious chocolate with fondant flowers, buds n leaves in white, beige n chocolate....<br /></span><span style="color: #ffcccc; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #ffcc99;">KNOCKOUT! (-:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #ffcc99;">Here's how to make the magic!</span><br /></span> <br />
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Ingredients</h2>
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Cake:<span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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4 oz sweet/semisweet dark chocolate<br />5 eggs<br />¾ cup sugar<br />½ cup vegetable oil<br />1 cup all-purpose flour<br />1 teaspoon baking powder<br />1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />3 tablespoons water</div>
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2 tablespoons brandy<br />1 tablespoon strawberry syrup<br />1 tablespoon icing sugar<br />6 tablespoons water</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Preheat oven to 180 deg C and line a 12 inch cake tin. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with the water in a double boiler. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Separate the eggs. With an electric mixer whisk the eggs whites until forming stiff peaks, add gradually half of the sugar while mixing. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">In a separate bowl whisk the egg yolks with the remaining sugar for one minute using the electric mixer. Add gradually the vegetable oil, one tablespoon at a time, whisking well between each time oil has been added. Add the melted chocolate and mix thoroughly. Transfer to the bowl containing the whisked egg whites. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Sift in the flour and baking powder, add vanilla extract and fold everything carefully together using a spoon or a rubber spatula. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Transfer to the cake tin and bake for about 45 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Remove cake from tin when cool and brush over with a mix of brandy, icing sugar, strawberry syrup and water.</li>
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Frosting - Ganache:</div>
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8 oz cream<br />1 tablespoon butter (optional but makes it stay really shiny even after refrigerating)<br />1 oz sugar<br />12 oz chocolate</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Break chocolate into 1/2 oz pieces and place in stainless steel bowl.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Heat cream, butter and sugar to boiling. Pour over chocolate and let stand 5 minutes. Stir from center out until smooth. </li>
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<span style="color: #ffcc99; font-size: 100%;">After refrigerating 1 hour, use to ice your cake by spreading (allow to cool to room temp first).<br /><br />This is an amazing cake, not my own recipe, both these I found on the net and tweak them every once in a while. Credits :Chocolate Cake- http://www.cacaoweb.net/ Chocolate Ganache- http://cakecentral.com/</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-22400628830133959862008-08-13T01:20:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:54:10.459-07:00Zack's Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #33ff33; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">Zack from Rubicon was the happy recipient of this lot of cupcakes...he had done some neat photography work for us ( People for Animals,Chennai) pro bono. He loved them cupcakes ... told Shiranee that he'd be most happy to do anything for us as long as we paid in the preferred currency...cupcakes!</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: #33ff33; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">The design was inspired by Isha, my 4 n half yr old- its quite an accomplisment getting stuff done when u have 10 sticky little fingers itching to stick themselves into every batter n mix n demanding to help..with her on a stool next to me, peering over my shoulder n raring to participate, i wanted to make the design simple .. something that she could relate to n think was cool</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-17729187664987372502008-08-13T00:48:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:54:28.375-07:00Chocolate Indulgence<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #00cccc; font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Bama had come down with Cheekoo n brood in May for her dad's birthday...made this 3 kg-it was huge- wacky cake with pure dark chocolate frosting n choc-dipped strawberries..everyone was suitaby impressed....pic taken against the bedspread at Tiger's (my dad's) place</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-82167815646828024492008-08-13T00:43:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:55:01.517-07:00Art Deco Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ff6666; font-size: 130%;">Made this for Vijay's (the tubbyhubby aka F</span><span style="color: #ff6666; font-size: 130%;">atboy,Gundu,Fatty,Bastard Boy,etc,etc.etc.</span><span style="color: #ff6666; font-size: 130%;">) colleague's mom...went overboard with the decadent look.. atrocious, bright pinky peachy frosting with fondant rosebuds n leaves n silver balls. needed a classy background so put the curtains in the front room to good use n draped them over the poufee and set the stand on them!</span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-78400936209384647882008-08-13T00:39:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:55:24.382-07:00Mummy's Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Made this last year for mummy's birthday... absolutely yummy...rich chocolate cake soaked in rum n syrup, decorated with cocoa n chocolate frosting and white fondant rosebuds..the cocoa frosting was quite messy, so i cheated n covered it up with swirls n chocolate sprinkles...my mom - my worst critic- was totally floored!</span> </span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-63669721417150300752008-08-13T00:32:00.001-07:002012-05-15T09:56:03.650-07:00Girly girl Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #ff99ff;"><br /><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">This was soo much fun to decorate ... m pretty crazy bout swirls, n went pretty overboard! Made this for a 16 yr old. her mom told me she was very girly n feminine so went all out for a girly n cool look. Chk out the silver balls in between n diff sizes ....pretty cool huh? The kid loved it, thought it soo pretty n did'nt want to cut it!</span></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4253367125039843116.post-88919146475232830632008-08-13T00:19:00.000-07:002012-05-15T09:57:03.418-07:00Elegant Cupcakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: white; font-size: 130%;">jus luuurrve to dress up cupcakes...n of course the fav strawberry n chocolate drizzle ... i swear everyones gonna get fed up!</span><br />
<span style="color: #ff99ff; font-size: 130%;">had to t</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx2JRpTXAexiDrn5fgB_UWhC3ajjambyFV59j0W2gZEtDH1r2Fd1KPy2Y8_qWnVtrYnhd95jL-bGVrdK_tTLFvHk9unHCKnrUQoJIq5CU9uSZQlBsxuNCIZTv9ihGV8OlVJqAJTmQDzQ/s1600-h/1+normal_120989722635773+copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260769006745084098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOx2JRpTXAexiDrn5fgB_UWhC3ajjambyFV59j0W2gZEtDH1r2Fd1KPy2Y8_qWnVtrYnhd95jL-bGVrdK_tTLFvHk9unHCKnrUQoJIq5CU9uSZQlBsxuNCIZTv9ihGV8OlVJqAJTmQDzQ/s400/1+normal_120989722635773+copy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #ff99ff; font-size: 130%;">ake close-ups...double-click on pic for a lil glimpse of heaven...the pink version was beautiful...</span><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">.<span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;">...n the wht ones were seriously elegant</span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 130%;"><br /></span></div>marieenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01661654495389472595noreply@blogger.com0