Category Archives: Fancy cakes

Biscuit Brothers Holiday Cake

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Kimberly Chapman

I’ve been remiss in posting photos of several of my recent cakes. Since the guys asked me to post these, though, I’ll at least put up pictures of this cake that was donated to The Biscuit Brothers for their annual … Continue reading →

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Gobble Gobble Gobble

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

The turkey cake class got cancelled due to insufficient sign-ups (and then enough people tried to sign up after it was cancelled…figures…), but the cake club’s loss is Ace Academy’s gain since it left me with more time to make … Continue reading →

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Turkey Cake Class

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

I’m about to go make the store model for my November Turkey Cake Class (all proceeds benefit Capital Confections, I do this strictly as a volunteer). I’ll post a photo of the sample cake when it’s ready. Older versions with … Continue reading →

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Zombie Skin: Let’s Bite ’em Back!

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Zombie apocalypse got you down? Hordes of the greenie-gutses trying to storm your compound and eat your tasty, tasty brains? Well I did some experimenting and I’ve found a way for you to bite those undead back with Zombie Skin … Continue reading →

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How To Make An Accordion Cake and How To Create For Celebrities

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

On Saturday I posted a quick pic of the accordion cake I made for Weird Al Yankovic. Here are more details about that, including some in-progress photos so you can learn to make your own. First of all, let me … Continue reading →

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Accordion Cake for Weird Al

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Super fast post since we have to get ready and go, but here’s what I’m taking to drop off at the box office of the Weird Al concert we’re going to this evening (having already obtained permission from the venue … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Cake Disaster

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

You know how easy it is to sit around watching cake shows on TV and then imagine how you’d have done better and ensure your cake would never fall over? Yeah, about that… I had a cake fall over yesterday … Continue reading →

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A Week of Baking

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Kimberly Chapman

Right on the heels of Sunday’s gummy class (about which I’ll post separately later) came a week of baking goodies for my husband’s workplace, Enthought, which was hosting some training seminars for which they needed some desserts. They offered to … Continue reading →