Baking my way through the trials and triumphs of life!

I’m super excited to share with you one of my favorite blogs, Pink Little Cake. I think I first navigated to the site because of the name ~ Pink Little Cake… It was the pink that grabbed my attention (well, the cake part too). Pink Little Cake belongs to Kathia from New Jersey.  She has one kiddo and a pup (sound familiar? okay not the New Jersey part). I have a list of blogs that I follow for great baking  ideas. There are a few blogs on my list that I’ve grown attached to. Those are the blogs in which the voice of the writer comes across so well, that you not only read follow for great ideas, but also because you’ve made a connection with the writer. This blog is much more than articles on the screen.  Kathia’s family is her number one priority, and her love of life comes through in her baking creations. She also happens to be the most humble blogger I know. One of the tag lines on her blog says “Pretending to be a cake designer one cake at a time.”. There is no pretending. She is amazing. Her creations are true works of art.

Take this, for example… That adorable shoe below, she created out of gumpaste. But you have to check out the shoe box cake that went with it. (This clearly is not someone pretending to be a cake designer.) This is why I wasn’t a bit surprised when the TLC network asked her if she would consider being part of their “Cake Crew”.

Guess what happens when your mom is a cake designer? You get this for your birthday party. How cute is that? Cakes aren’t the only thing she’s an expert in, she designed a whole dessert bar that coordinated with her daughter’s Minnie Mouse cake.  Click here for all of the details.

Oh, I didn’t mention she’s also a cookie designer (which goes far beyond being just a cookie decorator). Look how beautiful these are.

Kathia has just kicked-off  a blogging series that will take us right up until Halloween, called, “28 Days of Sweet Halloween Ideas”. She’s invited 28 bloggers to guest post and share a sweet Halloween treat with her readers. I was flattered and excited when she asked if I’d post on her site (wouldn’t you be?) I’ll be posting over there the first week of October. Be sure to bookmark Pink Little Cake so you can follow along.

Happy Friday! Have a fabulous first weekend of fall!

If you haven’t visited the blog Sweetopia, it’s a must bookmark. Marian is an amazing artist. Her canvas is sugar. I have learned so much from reading her blog and always leave her site inspired.  She shares amazing tutorials including what to do when air bubbles pop up in your royal icing, how to make gum paste flowers, and how to create a marbleized design on sugar cookies. Look at her beautiful cookies below. She walks you through step by step how to achieve this look, and will make you feel like you can attempt it.

 Marian also has this amazing projector called the Kopykake. She has developed a great tutorial showing exactly how it works. When you see what she has made with it, you’re going to hope that the baking fairy makes one appear in your kitchen. Her frog prince cookies are one of my favorite cookies that she’s shared on her blog.

And you have to remember to visit Sweetopia around the holidays. Marian’s gingerbread creations will get you in the holiday spirit. After I designed the gingerbread dog house last year for the Discovery Science gingerbread competition, my appreciation for all of the little details Marian adds to her houses went off the charts. See this amazing house below… Marian even designed the inside of the house. Go see her beautiful pictures here.

Spend some time searching Sweetopia. You can’t help but be inspired!

Have a great weekend everyone!