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Category Archives: confections

Collection of posts about all things confectionary

NEW WEBSITE WOOHOO!!

Well not quite yet, but I am so close! I’m still working out a few details and I have some pages to finish, but I’m so excited I figured I’d push it through. Once I finish, it will be back on my domain, so when you type in www.karascakery.com, it will show up instead of the […]

happy fourth!

lots of color

I may not be a hoarder by clinical standards, but I like to buy/collect/hoard anything colorful and related to crafts/baking. I don’t decorate our home with rainbow colors, or wear rainbow colored clothing. I just like to decorate colorful confections and create colorful paper products. I have a giant box of multicolored cardstock. It may […]

kara’s incredible peanut butter dipped brownies

After rave reviews of a recent batch of peanut butter brownies – I figured I’d share the recipe with you since it isn’t a secret or anything. Here is everything you will need! 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/3 cup margarine, soft 2/3 cup white sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla […]

poker, peanut butter and a yellow reception cake

In addition to being on vacation, I’ve been a little busy with a few orders. The first was a birthday poker cake. I went back and forth with the idea of painting the poker pieces with gel color and actually piping on the details. I decided to pipe the details. Next was an order for […]

marshmallow fondant tutorial

While I cover hardly any of my cakes in fondant, that doesn’t mean I don’t like to make it or use it. I just prefer simple buttercream cakes. However, I recently covered a wedding cake in fondant and decided to make my own so that it tasted better. I had one of two options: marshmallow […]

the competition: community canteen take 2

So I decided to give Community Canteen cupcakes another chance… or maybe it’s just because I start Weight Watchers tomorrow. Anyway – I picked a mini vanilla one. APPEARANCE: They put it in the same box as the standard ones – so being a mini size, the top didn’t get squished. But it did take […]

i love this cake!

from Style Me Pretty

blue and green cake

Here’s a pretty spread over at PW! It would be lovely for a small wedding or gathering. Enjoy!

sneak peek at the new website…

I am so excited to give you a sneak peek at the new website. Half way through updating, I completely changed my mind and decided to create a Flash site (hence the reason it is taking forever to get my updated site up and running!) The new site will feature slide show photos as well […]