Tag Archives: vanilla cake

Chocolate-Frosted Layer Cake

January 1, 2013 by SugaryWinzy · 4 Comments

I started out the first day of this New Year with two different kinds of fruit salad, one made of blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. The other made of cantaloupe, honeydew and pineapple. After having taken in all that antioxidant goodness, I had a hankering for a slice of this layer cake frosted in luscious chocolate. I also baked a cake a year ago today frosted in chocolate, which was equally good, but this cake is an entirely different recipe. The year went by so fast that it’s hard to believe we’re starting another one. So what are my resolutions? Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes. Tagged with chocolate, chocolate ganache, fudge, fudge frosting, ganache, vanilla cake, yellow cake.

Blue Mannequin Cake

November 25, 2012 by SugaryWinzy · 6 Comments

Just a quick update, many thanks to Notes on the Road for the wonderful write-up. Much appreciated!

Making this blue mannequin cake was akin to playing with paper dolls as a kid. I found it quite enjoyable, to say the least. If only for the amusement I derived from making it, the effort was well worth it for me. It is a rather elaborate way of decorating three cupcakes and a couple of cake rounds, and the most it can serve is two, maybe three. It would well serve as a centerpiece. It’s the kind of cake I would make for a friend, as a fancy way of giving an individual cake portion or a couple of frosted cupcakes. My earlier mannequin cakes, the pink mannequin cake and the chocolate mannequin cake, required thicker cake layers. Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes, Mannequin Cakes. Tagged with buttercream frosting, doll cake, mannequin cake, vanilla cake.

Pink Cake with Yellow Roses

September 2, 2012 by SugaryWinzy · 1 Comment

Pink cake with yellow roses. Since the many months I started baking as a hobby, I’ve always wanted for the longest time to enroll in some kind of cake decorating course where I could learn the proper techniques in frosting and decorating a cake. Imagine my excitement just around a few weeks ago, in early August when I found out our local craft store was offering a Wilton decorating course. It cost only $25 for four two-hour sessions every Saturday morning. Pretty reasonable rate considering all the time you get, plus the instruction was excellent. Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes. Tagged with buttercream frosting, pink cake, vanilla cake, yellow roses.

Retro Vanilla Cake

August 23, 2012 by SugaryWinzy · 4 Comments

I call this a retro vanilla cake because I love anything vintage, anything from the past. Add to that watching old movies, shopping in antique stores and poring through old magazines. My grandmother once kept a huge stack of magazines she subscribed to back in the 1930’s through the 1950’s, such as McCall’s, Good Housekeeping and many others. Continue reading →

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