Sunday Red Velvet Cupcakes

This will be one delicious red velvet cupcake bunch with cream-cheese icing

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Chocolate cake with buttercream

Delicious semi homemade chocolate cake with raspberry and buttercream filling and icing, topped with fresh raspberries and shaved Velrona chocolate . I added 1/2 cup of quinoa flower to a recipe of dark chocolate cake mix , used 1 cup of milk, 1 stick of non salted butter, 1/4 cup of sour cream full fat, 3 eggs, 2 tsp of real vanilla extract.
It turned out delicious !
For buttercream recipe, view my LaPetite Baker blog

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Key Club Cake – Chocolate and Butter cream

The final cake was a rectangle, easier to cut and you get more slices – and ew did get a lot, plus I even brought some cake back home.

Took me about 3 hrs to decorate, just because I have to do it all, cut the cake, clean-up after each step, make the icing, different colors, pipe it, cut the gum paste for the logo — etc – but it turned out great. Everyone loved the look and taste!

Mission accomplished 😉

Key Club cake - chocolate and butter cream cake

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Preparation for Florida Key Club Cake

I have been changing my mind about a cake I have to make for a Saturday barbecue for the Florida Key Club.

First, it was going to be a yellow sheet cake, then I saw the round logo on the web site and decided to make a 14″ round cake to fit the logo design, but decided the cutting would not be as friendly as a sheet cake, plus we might not have enough pieces for 30-35 people, or they will be too skinny. Now, I went back to the sheet cake, chocolate with one of two layers of butter cream …. aahhhhhh. I sometimes drive myself crazy!

Well, check back next week for the cake pictures 😉 and find out what was the final cake verdict!

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Baby Shower Cake – Super Mom-to-be

I made this cake for a long time friend that is having a baby shower today! She wanted the cake to be similar to the baby shower invitation and it came out pretty good. It’s a chocolate cake with buttercream icing. Yummy!

I added the Super Mom-to-be cake topper because Mel is always so busy and doing 50 things at once, and now she will have a baby to care of too – she will be Super Mom!

I can’t wait to deliver the baby shower cake and enjoy the party with her; oh, it’s a girl!

Visit Mel’s online classified business site at http://www.listasaurus.com – this is just one of her jobs – that’s why I called her super mom!

Baby Shower Cake for a Super Mom to be

Email after the baby shower – from Mel:

“I can’t thank you enough for that amazing cake!! It was the best cake I’ve ever eaten. No joke!! I’m going to put a blog post as soon as I have a minute to breathe.”

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Delicious Chocolate Cake with Swiss Run Buttercream

I decided to try a chocolate cupcake recipe as a cake for my husband’s birthday. It turned out delicious, almost like a brownie but not quite. And, the best part was that I used a different buttercrram frosting recipe made with egg whites and a lot less sugar, added a bit of rum and voila. It’s one of my best cakes ever! I haven’t tried this type of buttercream icing before; but it’s delicous! Similar to this Swiss Meringue Buttercream but I added 2-1/2 tbsp of dark run.

Chocolate cake with Swiss Buttercream frosting

 

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Happy Birthday Boss!

Made this cake for my cool boss – she loved it!

See more Flower cake gift box pictures at www.webbyzard.com/la-petite-baker/

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Baking on Sunday – Cupcakes, wheat bread & more

This Sunday I had in mind that I would finish a lot of the stuff in refrigerator, like ½ can of cranberries and ½ can of crushed pineapple. So, in an effort to not let the food spoil; I was never a fan of it and specially now with the tough economic times, I hate to see any food go to waste, I decided to bake some yummy desserts and have it for the week. And, to add to it, I also wanted to bake some nice homemade wheat bread.

So, I got my baking gadgets and started my adventure. First, was the wheat bread; just because while it set I was able to work on the pineapple cupcakes. Then, secondly, I worked on the cranberry chocolate chip bar. The recipe was from the can of cranberry and the pineapple cupcake was this medium size pink cupcake recipe book I have. I added a few more things like roasted coconut flakes and added moist with condensed milk glaze.

All I can say is that it all turned out delicious, again! I am so proud of myself; I was never interested in any kitchen activities until about 2 years ago. So, it’s true that people can really change! Baking became one of my favorite hobbies. Also, I have to say that my husband inspired me to start learning about cooking as well. Now, he can’t complain even if he gets fat LOL!!!

pineapple coconut cupcake

cramberry chocolate chip bar

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My Test Kitchen – Having Fun Baking

These are just a few pictures of my test kitchen in last few weeks. Ah, I am lazy and take pictures with my phone, not a real camera. Then, email myself, edit a few things and post on the blog. Even though the pictures are not the best, I can assure you the chocolate torte and stacked cookie were both yummy and delicious!

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Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day Honey! Brownie Heart

I made a chocolate brownie, heart shape of course, for my husband and a nice gift. I got this beautiful 24 k gold rose! Hopping everyone can have a great Valentines Day and enjoy your loved one 😉 

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