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Category Archives: confections

Collection of posts about all things confectionary

new: photofolio

As I slowly learn how to add new features in WordPress, I’ve started a “Photofolio” where I display photos of recent projects and orders. I have only featured post-Nikon pictures, since the photo quality before that wasn’t so great! You can’t access the site unless you click on an individual post – then the option to view […]

cupcakes for mom!

girly cookies and cupcakes

For a girly get together this weekend, I made some vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, in cheetah and zebra cupcake papers with a hot pink fondant flower! I also made some lovely lavender sugar cookies. This time, I changed my sugar cookie recipe a tad. Instead of vanilla extract, I substituted a whole vanilla […]

cake balls: success!

This weekend, my friend Nan had a girly get together so I obviously brought some sweets (see the latest post). I had a few cupcakes and frosting left over, so I decided to give cake balling another try. I included multicolor wafers in my last Bake It Pretty order. They are great for small batches […]

new logo

Sadly, the current Kara’s Cakery logo will be no more once the new website is up. (Yes I know I’ve been saying this forever but I promise the new website is coming soon!) Back before Kara’s Cakery started, I whipped up a logo in paint. It turned out to be the logo I used… but […]

pw wednesday – project wedding has been slacking

I know I haven’t posted any “Project Wedding Wednesday” posts but PW’s been slacking a little with the real weddings. I check their homepage every morning, hoping for a new and inspirational real wedding, but I have yet to be satisfied. They like to put up photo galleries, so here are some of my favorite […]

useful tip tuesday: tutorials and youtube

I get so many questions about how I learned to do all of the baking and decorating that I do and people are surprised that I haven’t had any professional training – except for my Wilton Decorating Class #1 of course. First of all, you have to have an genuine interest in learning how to […]

how to make: my raspberry brandy filling

I know I know… I’m actually going to tell you how to make one of my original recipes. This one is actually pretty easy because it only has three ingredients: raspberries, raspberry preserves and brandy. Raspberry is a great go-to filling because it’s tartness goes well with so many sweet cake flavors. First, you will […]

peep sushi

If you are looking for something more challenging and original than dying eggs this Easter – here is a great alternative. Peep Sushi!   Find the instructions at Serious Eats.

the mystery of grocery store cake frosting

The one thing that I remember most about ordering my birthday cakes at Farm Fresh when I was little was the emphasis my mom put on “buttercream frosting.” What she really meant was “don’t use that whipped crap!” (Pardon my french). If you’ve ever ordered a cake from your local grocery store bakery, you know […]