Been A While

I have run out of room on my blog to add pictures, so I have been posting on Facebook under Violets Custom Cakes.

Summertime sweets...

 Butterfinger cupcake...

 And a cinnamon roll cupcake...

Chocolate Lattice Wedding cake

It was fun to try a new technique on this one...The bride and groom picked this style from a photo. It is vanilla cake with raspberry filling and chocolate cake with cream cheese filling. Congrats!

Dylan and Kaylena

 5 tier wedding cake with cherry chip cake and cream cheese filling. Decorated in fondant.

They also ordered 6 sheetcakes in different flavors for the reception. Flavors are vanilla with lemon filling, German chocolate, pink lemonade with strawberry filling, chocolate with chocolate filling, vanilla with vanilla filling, and lime cake with cheesecake filling. Congrats to the new couple!!

Return Missionary Cake

This cake was made for a missionary who recently returned from California on his mission where he spoke Mandarin Chinese. It is a vanilla cake with chocolate filling, and a chocolate cake with vanilla filling. Welcome home!!

40th anniversary cake and cupcakes

Keyanna

Dallon

Some cake for a super cute little friend!! His favorite superheros are the Hulk, Spiderman, and Ironman...so here is the combo. It is chocolate mousse with chocolate cake. Happy Birthday Dallon!!!!

Baby Shower

 This cake was on the top of a cupcake stand, with cupcakes on the lower tiers. The top cake is chocolate with german chocolate filling...

 Coconut Pineapple cupcakes...

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Chocolate cake with raspberry filling...

Sugar High

So, I REALLY LOVE sugar...like I'm an eat-dinner-to-get-to-dessert kind of person. I thought I would share one of my favorite recipes with you. I got it from a friend who is an AMAZING cook and only make it when I can share so I don't eat the whole pan myself and get sick ;)

Tiffany's Caramel Brownies

Brownie:
1 Cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa
4 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking pdr.

Melt butter and combine with cocoa, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Mix well.  Then add flour, salt, and baking powder.Mix until combined.  Bake in a jelly roll pan at 350 for 20-25 min.

Caramel:
1 cup butter
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
Combine in saucepan and boil for 5 min. while stirring. Pour on baked brownies. Let cool 30 min.

Melt 1 package of chocolate chips and spread on caramel layer. Let cool completely before cutting...enjoy.

Kelsey

Vanilla and Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling. The lillies are made from gumpaste, and  the scrolls are hand painted with food coloring. Congrats to the new couple!!!

First Communion

Vanilla cake with fresh strawberry filling, and chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling.

Cale

 Some "Cars" themed cupcakes for the birthday boy. Toy cars were placed on the empty cupcakes later for the birthday boy to keep later...

Coconut Pineapple Cupcakes

I was getting a little experimental here...it is a coconut flavored cake with a coconut sauce poured over it...buttercream icing with a dollop of coconut/pineapple filling on top, and drizzled with a pineapple sauce.

Kobe 7 Basketball Shoe Cake

 Banana cake with chocolate frosting. Decorated in modeling chocolate and fondant. Happy Birthday Scott!!

Emma

 For a cute little princess's birthday! Princess themed cupcakes. Each one representes a different princess...Rapunzel

 Sleeping Beauty...

 Bell...

And Tinkerbell...(who I guess technically isn't a princess, but one of the birthday girl's favorites).

Rolo Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with a caramel sauce poured over them, a cooked caramel frosting on top with chocolate drizzled on it and topped off with a rolo...yum!

Dylan

Cherry chip with cream cheese mousse filling. It is decorated in modeling chocolate. Happy Birthday Dylan!!

Kelsey

A first birthday cake with a butterfly theme...vanilla cake with caramel filling. It is decorated in fondant and the scrolls are hand painted in food coloring.

Rachael

Vanilla cake with caramel filling. Happy birthday Rachael!