Romy's Baking and Cake Decorating

  Flamingo cake My birthday is only 6 days after Bubbie's.  We're almost twins!  This year we had lots of leftover pistachio cake.  Not only was there cake left over from his party, but I had several cake layers in the freezer, left over from when I tried Preppy Kitchen's pistachio cake recipe .  I also had leftover gluten-free cake mix from the cupcakes I made for his Bubbie's party.  I even had leftover freeze-dried raspberries. There was no need to shop or to bake anything and I was free to focus on the most fun part: decorating! I'd been wanting to make a Flamingo Cake for a few years now and decided to try it for the occasion. I made the head of the flamingo several days in advance. It was made out of colored and shaped fondant with CMC powder added for firming. It still took several days to dry. The day before decorating, I colored some fondant green and made the monstera leaves using  this mold  that I had at hand. A small amount of f...

Pistachio Cake with Raspberry and Lemon My Bubby turned 21 this year!  Whether or not we're living in a Simulation the passage of time, ever faster, is the only thing we can count on.  It was a joyous occasion and celebrated with a cookout attended by folks from all areas of his life, including friends and teachers from high school and now college.  He hasn't been this excited and happy since, well, his high school graduation a year ago!  For the occasion we "inaugurated" our new patio, though with a bit of trepidation because thunderstorms were in the forecast.  We set out chairs on the patio, and figured the rain would hold off long enough to grill, but we didn't dare set out the food and hold the entire party in the yard. This worked out nicely enough since in our house you can easily transition from living room to sunroom to patio.   With the threat of rain, we put the food out on a table in the sunroom.  There were peanuts, in a beautiful Pol...

  Easter Carrot Cake Once again for Easter, we were headed to Grandpa's house.  Once again, time to make Carrot Cake !  Some year when we stay home I'd like to try a different flavor recipe, but for now carrot cake is pretty much what the family expects. I wanted the cake to be small yet tall enough to decorate.  The past few years I've divided cupcake recipes into two 6" cake pans and it's worked more or less, but with the oven causing more and more inconsistent baking, I decided to look for a proper recipe.  I went with  this one  from Chelsweets.  It not exactly what I'd call small, because it has the same amount of ingredients as what you'd bake in 8" pans. But because of this, it did yield the tall layers I was looking for.    I followed the recipe to the letter, and it baked in 34 minutes. I frosted the cake with a simple cinnamon American Buttercream.   I wanted to do a Spring Pastel theme, because I was happy that this ...