Monday, April 1, 2024
Candy cascade cake
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Shirt tie cake
Shirt tie cake for my brother’s birthday. It was a plain vanilla cake with chocolate ganache icing.
"Dressing well is a form of good manners." - Tom Ford
My brother is pretty suave and well dressed in a traditional and rather old fashioned, British style. He wears these three piece suits accessorized with pocket watch. He refuses to wear comfortable jeans and sweats so popular in this day and age. I think this dress shirt reflects his personality quite well.
"A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life." - Oscar Wilde
Monday, January 29, 2024
Roller bag cake
After an early retirement from a biological research
career I work hard at avoiding periods of sedentariness. Now that I have time,
I have dedicated myself to see the world and perhaps cross off some of the destinations on my bucket list. I love the adventure
of travel; I love flying despite the inconvenience of body scans and pat-downs.
I have no qualms taking a leap of faith, and imagination
when I board a plane for some faraway land, hoping, for a taste of the inexpressible.
Travel is one of the few activities we engage in, not knowing the outcome on
the contrary we revel in that uncertainty. We eagerly squeeze into a seat to be hurled at
frightening speed to a distant place of unfamiliar language, architecture,
geography and customs---- All at great expense. If we stopped to calculate the
cost vs benefit; we’d never go anywhere. Yet we do. Travel brings the best educational experiences; it enriches our lives in ways no books, blogs or vlogs can.
After our pandemic of disappointments I believe we
appreciate travel more today. We tolerate the inconvenience of body scans and security
checks for the privilege of transporting ourselves to novel locations and
exotic experiences. Ibn Battuta said “travelling leaves you speechless then
turns you into a storyteller”; Boy
do I have stories to tell!!!
This cake is for a fellow adventurer; a carry on roller bag cake. It was a plain vanilla cake with a cannoli filling.
Monday, January 1, 2024
Channel purse cake
"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."- Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. She famously lived her life according to her own rules declaring "I decided who I wanted to be, and that is who I am". In the early 1900s she was a pioneering designer who simplified silhouettes and freed women from corsetry. Her garments infused menswear sensibilities into her patterns and fabric selections. She was first to use cotton jersey in womenswear, introduced the little black dress, and made bouclĂ© jackets and skirts a style staple. Now, more than a century since she opened her maison, Chanel’s legacy continues to inspire.
This was a Channel inspired purse cake for a dear friend's birthday. It was a vanilla cake in different shades of pink with cannoli filling.
Coco Channel's fabulous quotes are super inspiring.
"Fashion changes, but style endures."
"You can be
gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your
life."
"Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside."
"You live but once; you might as
well be amusing."
- Coco Chanel
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Pink purse cake
A lovely pink purse cake for Mom’s
birthday on December 25, 2023. She loved bright colors and pink was quite her
favorite. It is suggested that pink symbolizes love, nurture and compassion;
perhaps this color made her feel comfort?. This was a vanilla cake with whip cream
filling. The design is made with pink whip cream- Yum!
Friday, November 24, 2023
Rocket Cake
A rocket cake for my lovely niece Hana. To achieve the
height, I got a wooden dowel from Home Depot and screwed it to a strong base;
then I built the cake around that. The tip of the rocket is all dowel and
fondant. It was a vanilla cake with nuts and craisins. Yum!
Time has passed so quickly and is passing faster and faster every day with no possibility of slowing down. Shall we stop thinking we can slow down time and accept that the progression of time is inevitable and what makes life interesting? Shall we live in the moment; take advantage of time and own it? Let’s use our time to strive for achieving our goals. Let’s make good memories, such as the day I constructed this cake.
“Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but
today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” – Bill Keane
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Treasure chest cake
Pirates of the Caribbean
Treasure is hoarded wealth. It is also something of great worth or value or a person esteemed as rare or precious. I believe treasure depicted in this cake is not what we strife for in this day and age. The treasure of freedom and a life without fear and sorrow is something not everyone is blessed with.
The biggest treasure of my life are my friends and family. List of our loved ones changes over the course of life as our priorities change, nevertheless friends bring special characteristics and qualities in life. We need our friends to be good listeners, defenders, confidants, encouragers, realists, motivators, counselors and cheerleaders. They are truly one of life’s treasures.
“Infinite riches are all around you if you will open your mental eyes and behold the treasure house of infinity within you. There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract everything you need to live life gloriously, joyously, and abundantly.” Joseph Murphy