out with 2010 in with 2011

hey there. its been quite awhile since i've posted anything. i know im such a slacker. well let me catch you up on what ive been doing lately. i made a pumpkin spice layer cake when i went to a mary kay party .. delicious!!

now christmas has come and gone and new years is coming up in a few days. hubby bought me the best christmas gift ever! a kitchen aid stand mixer!!!! woohoo. i broke my hand mixer let me tell you how. so hubby came home and informed me i was making a cake for another sailors wife since it was her birthday. well i was like ok give me the details for how many what flavor and what not. i was to make a confetti cake for a lot of people. uhhhh ok how many is a lot. we were supposed to cut it with the whole ship but for some reason that didnt happen. anyway i made a 12 layer cake. it was crazy took a whole lot of time too. a 12 layer confetti cake with chocolate frosting. well since it was kind of my first time making that frosting and i didnt know to add a little milk, the frosting was too think and poof RIP hand mixer lol. sorry for the picture the wifes husband decided to leave it in the trunk of my car for like two hours before he decided to show her the cake. it was melted and all blah because of the heat.

i hadnt baked in a long while after that since i had no mixer and hubby didnt want me to waste $20 on a hand mixer if i wanted the stand mixer. so i waited and waited and waited and then woohoo i finally got it! so the first thing i made was my baby's first bday cake with some cupcakes. or was it tortillas?? hmm....

for christmas i went on a baking spree. i made mexican wedding cookies, red velvet cupcakes with peppermint cream cheese frosting, coconut crunch cookie balls and red velvet whoopie pies with peppermint cream cheese frosting. needless to say i love it!

my next project will be to make more mexican wedding cookies, maza for tamales, and pink champagne cupcakes for new years. i can't wait.

pictures for this blog post:

baby's cake with blue snowflakes that look like flowers lol

12 layer cake

yeah imagine that hunk of cake we got

red velvet heart peppermint cream cheese filling

red velvet & peppermint cream cheese frosting

coconut crunch cookie balls

left: dipped pretzels middle: mexican wedding cookies right:coconut crunch balls

pumpkin spice layer cake

cupcakes for breakfast?

thats right cupcakes for breakfast i so want to try it but i have yet to find them. not that i really need these since i am trying to lose baby/post deployment weight, but i cant help myself. hopefully one day i will find them and taste the goodness it hold within the box. :P

fall is here

Fall is here and I can start to see the changes. Halloween is around the corner followed by the other major holidays. Today is a cloudy day, I guess it rained outside earlier this morning because when I looked outside the ground was wet. I baked a spice cake and its sitting on the counter cooling off and making the house smell very good. *scratch and sniff* lol. Later I will be making cupcake pops for the command get together on Sunday. Since I didnt know if I would have time on Saturday to do them, I figured I'd start now. I'll post pictures later of the final pops.

better late than never

After thinking about it for what seems like forever, I have finally decided that I will be going to baking and pastry school. Now just trying to figure out how and when. I've requested info so now just waiting for a call back. Let's see what happens. Wish me luck!