Adults are often way too hard on themselves in their creative endeavors. I saw this in my Wilton cake decorating class, and I deal with this myself.| The Cake Flake
My son's 3rd birthday was in the beginning of November. I was planning to make the Milk Bar Birthday Cake, and even had all of the ingredients. Unfortunately, I had a fibromyalgia flare, which causes pain and fatigue. And . . . I went with a mix!| The Cake Flake
I'm trusting Cook's Country on the Texas part, as I've only visited once and didn't eat anything exciting. It's really a casual blueberry cake. | The Cake Flake
One year ago, I started taking cake decorating lessons to learn to make birthday cakes for my kids. Here's Liam's eight birthday cake| The Cake Flake
I haven't made many cakes since my mother got sick, but I made some eggs this morning. I wanted to make "The Perfect Omelet," according to Cooks Illustrated. I have modified the ingredients and procedure a bit. | The Cake Flake
This is a favorite recipe I've modified from the very, very good book Slow Cooker Revolution (affiliate link). I've adjusted the seasoning and sweetness to my taste, so feel free to do the same for yourself. I start the oats late in the evening, before bed, or prepare the dry ingredients ahead in batches and freeze.| The Cake Flake
I've wanted to make a chocolate peanut butter cake for a while, but I've only seen a few peanut butter mousse recipes. In Rose's Heavenly Cakes by Rose Levy Berenbaum, she has a recipe for chocolate peanut butter ganache. During my water yoga class, I had a flash of inspiration: bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate.| The Cake Flake
This is a gum paste rose on a chocolate-chocolate cake for Valentine's Day. I made the rose in the second class of my Wilton Fondant and Gum Paste class. | The Cake Flake
First, big news for the Cake Flake! My mother bought me a Wilton class at Joann, and I'm starting Fondant and Gumpaste on February 4th. I've been spending a lot of time trying to get the equipment and ingredients together. The class is pretty inexpensive if you catch a special, but the supplies run about $100, which my mother include in her gift. Thank you, Mom!| The Cake Flake
This is a new, original chocolate frosting recipe I am very happy with. I made it by accident when I ran out of powdered sugar, but I liked it so much that I used it on my own birthday cake.| The Cake Flake
I'll admit, I'm a little burned out from all the baking I did for Christmas—mostly cookies.| The Cake Flake
The Cake Flake is on Facebook! I post picture of cakes that I haven't written about, as well as post news about taste tests. | The Cake Flake
When I first started the blog, my dad gave me a really nice checkerboard cake pan set. I've been using the pans, but this is my first checkerboard cake. | The Cake Flake
Not many pictures, as time was tight. These are from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook. I did not adapt these enough that I feel comfortable posting a recipe.| The Cake Flake
It's December 1st and our Christmas Tree is up. I started to get really excited about Christmas baking, and I thought I'd share my thoughts.| The Cake Flake
I wanted to try something special for Thanksgiving. I was reading Momofuku Milk Bar and I liked the idea of the Apple Pie Layer Cake. I decided to make a Pumpkin Pie Cake. | The Cake Flake
I had some credit at Amazon, so I actually bought Momofuku Milk Bar, which was quite expensive for this church mouse. But I'll say it again—Christina Tosi is a genius, and I have, as they say, drank the Milk Bar Kool-Ade. | The Cake Flake
This was a lesson in humility.| The Cake Flake
Picture from Wikipedia| The Cake Flake
I have been planning a taste test of chocolate cakes for a while. I was feeling a little stir crazy last week, so I started baking, and baking, and baking.| The Cake Flake
How many people does a 9" cake serve? It seems like a simple question, but it can get very complex.| The Cake Flake
I take back anything the slightest bit catty I might have said about Momofuku Milk Bar. Christina Tosi is a genius, and her corn cookies are amazing.| The Cake Flake
Frederick, Maryland has several orchards and we get great apples. I asked for a recommendation for baking at the Farmers Market and bought a half bushel of 2nd Jonagolds. I'm not up on my old measurements, but a half bushel is a LOT of apples. I just can't resist 2nd produce, which is produce too ripe or unattractive to sell at full price. You usually can't pick your amounts though.| The Cake Flake
Frozen buttercream transfers allow you to put an image on a cake. It allows you to use images from online or books, which is important because many people are not comfortable drawing freehand. Also, the transfer technique allows you to work slowly and correct your mistakes as you go. This works very well for cartoon characters for children's cakes.| The Cake Flake
A very good friend of mine was having a baby shower, but she doesn't eat sugar or sugar substitutes. I made a "cake" out of fresh fruit for her, and everyone loved it.| The Cake Flake