Celebrate Your Kids!

I don't know about you, but kids' artwork is some of the most imaginative and vibrant out there... I love they way my kids are limited only by their imagination as to what they can put on paper... Give them some markers, crayons or paint... a canvas or some paper... and let the creating begin!

I thought this would be a wonderful way to recognize their special talents... put their art... on cake!  Edible images are easy and fun.... it's a great way to personalize a cake without having to be Rembrandt yourself...

What a great surprise for your little one to find their art turned into dessert...  Here are some samples... they make some of the best edible images...

My daughter's class turned their names into art...

Tropical Sunset by our sweet friend Merry

Flower Pot also made by Merry

Lord of The Rings - artwork by the amazing Ellie :)

The ideas are endless... a Grade "A" report card, special award, recognition, or certificate.  Anything can be made into cake... consider one of these for your next celebration... it doesn't have to be a birthday:)

Sweet Heart Cakes are Here!

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What better way to show that special someone just how special they are!  
These six inch heart shaped cuties are the perfect size to share with that 
certain someone….  Three decadent flavors to choose from…
each only $25 (tax included)….

• Carmel-Pecan Chocolate Decadence: Rich, chocolate cake filled with caramel sauce and toasted pecans.  Topped with caramel Swiss buttercream…. Creamy, rich and decadent.

• Magnolia Strawberries & Cream:  Magnolia vanilla cake filled with strawberry Swiss buttercream, iced with our special buttercream blend and topped with two white chocolate dipped strawberries.  It’s like strawberry shortcake elevated to a whole new level.

• Chocolate Ganache & Raspberry Indulgence:  Rich, chocolate cake filled with raspberry filling, topped with a semi-sweet ganache and finished with a single rose made from our blended buttercream.  Perfect indulgence for the ultimate chocolate lover.

Each cake is wrapped with a bow and a special message  you can customize to your valentine...

 But Wait!  There's More... ;)

For the die-hard chocolate lover... you can't go wrong with these.  Triple Chocolate Espresso Walnut Cookies - heart shaped for Valentines Day Only...  $18/dozen or $10/half-dozen.... 

It's not really fair to call this a "cookie"... decadently rich and chocolaty with toasted walnuts and a hint of espresso... topped with a dark chocolate covered espresso bean.... oh my....

Ordering is simple!  Just call or email and 

reserve your cake today:)  

elaine@edgedesserts.com       512-565-4965

(Austin & surrounding areas only)

Whether You Love Obama or Not... This Story Should Give You A Laugh...

So this is actually a Facebook post I wrote in July of 2010.... It also qualifies as a "Random Things From My Dad" post, as he is the one responsible for the now infamous Obama hat...

A dear friend of mine, who shall remain nameless (you know who you are) contacted me a couple of weeks ago. She also makes cakes for people, and she has one customer in particular for whom she makes a 6" italian cream cake every year for her wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, my friend was going to be out of town and wasn't able to make the cake this year. I agreed to make the cake and deliver it for the stellar price of $15. After all, it was a favor for a friend, right?

So today is the day I am to deliver this cake. Kids are home, it's rainy outside, and everybody's a little whiny and cabin feverish. After finally getting the kids dressed, cake boxed, and address in the GPS, I am frantically searching for my hat (definitely a hat day, folks.... too much rain and not enough product for this hair to be hatless). I see my hat in the office, grab it and put it on quickly as we're walking out the door.

We are about two blocks from the delivery address when I notice the flashing lights in my rear view mirror. Crap! I couldn't believe I was getting pulled over and would most likely get a ticket for something while delivering this $15 cake to Pflugerville. As the officer approaches the car, my kids are bellowing "are you gonna go to jail, Mom? I don't want you to go to jail... who will take care of us?" The officer was very polite, informing me that I had no inspection sticker on my car. What??? I knew there was something wrong because I had my car inspected in April.

Then the humiliating truth reared it's ugly head.... I did, in fact, have my car inspected in April. I also renewed my registration in June (which had expired in May, btw). Apparently, when applying my new registration sticker... rather than remove the expired registration sticker, I had removed the current inspection sticker. So now I'm driving around with an expired registration sticker, a current registration sticker, and no inspection sticker.

I was able to find my receipt for the inspection, so the officer was very kind and gave me a warning. As a bonus, he gave the kids each a coupon for a free ice cream cone because they were properly seated in their booster and car seats.

Now, this may seem like it should be the end of a funny little anecdote, but it's not...

I arrive at this lovely lady's house to deliver the cake. She's very kind and appreciative as she takes the cake and gives me the $15.... All the while, however, she is looking at me rather strangely. I figure I must look like someone she knows or something. I thank her and head back to the car.

When I get to the car I notice something odd on my hat in my reflection in the window.... then I notice my hat! I thought I had grabbed my Texas State Aquarium hat... an unassuming, neutral colored hat with very little embellishment. The hat looking back at me was anything but unassuming. This was a hat my dad had bought shortly after the most recent presidential election. This was an Obama Hat.... Em-blazed with vibrant red, white and blue embroidery with "Obama" hugely written across the front.

Now don't get me wrong, some of you may find this offensive but I actually am an Obama supporter.... this is just an outrageously ornate hat and one I would never choose to wear regardless what the words on the hat were. And it was one of those "tall" hats. You know the kind I'm talking about... they look like you're smuggling something on top of your head under that hat.

But here it is folks.... the final humiliating blow to the tiny fragments that remained of my dignity..... The tags were still on the hat.... hanging from the top. And not small tags, either... big tags... at least 4 inches long and 1-2 inches wide. And this is how I looked when the officer pulled me over... and the lady accepted the cake from me.

I replayed my encounter with the police officer and the lady I delivered the cake to... what must they have thought of me. Probably thought I was off my nut.

So this, my friends, is why I will definitely have to think twice about making a cake for $15 as a favor for a friend... :)

Here's the hat, in all it's glory... I have to say, this photo does not do the hat, or the tags, justice:)

Groovy Girl Skating Cake

What a fun cake this was to make!  I was inspired by "The Next Great Baker" when their had an episode where the contestants had to create as many Groovy Girl cakes (apparently a popular design at Buddy's bakery)... I thought it was so fun, and a perfect pairing with the roller skate theme!

And might I also add that Miss Charley (the birthday girl) is, indeed, quite the "groovy girl":)

Film Reel Cake - A Perfect Milestone Birthday Cake

Celebrating the Decades...

 Milestone birthdays are always so much fun.... as we get older, we tend to not celebrate our birthdays with a lot of hoopla and ceremony... but when we reach a milestone birthday (30,40,50......) it seems to warrant a  more elaborate celebration.... the beginning of a new era in our lives... we have earned a certain status, respect and are more comfortable in our own skin as we grow into ourselves.

There are a lot of "over the hill" cakes out there, but honestly, I prefer to celebrate the person and not create a cake that implies the best of their life is behind them.  I think this film reel cake is a perfect way to honor and celebrate someone special as they enter into a new decade of age, wisdom and maturity.

I recently had the privilege of making a cake for a dear friend's 40th birthday.  She is one of the strongest women I know... she works hard to maintain a career (in law enforcement no less!)... She is a great mom to two extremely awesome boys.... She is a loving wife... a wonderful friend... and an inspiring woman.

This cake celebrated her life, her family, her beauty, and yes... it even poked fun (a little) at the things we find endearing about her.

Her name is Jackie, and I have no doubt she will ROCK her 40's.  Happy Birthday, Jackie!

Adding edible images is a fun way to make a cake uniquely about that person...

Here we poked a little fun at Jackie... apparently, her husband says she looks like Dora the Explorer when she wears a backpack and sports a ponytail...

Photos celebrate her , her family and her awesomeness

It's hard to tell from the photo, but this is a T-Rex saying "T-Rex hates wall balls"... apparently, this is an ongoing love-hate relationship Jackie has at the gym with wall balls...

So HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Jackie... once again.  So blessed to call you my friend:)

Rainbow Cake - Love it, or not so much?

I have seen this cake pop up again and again, on television, pinterest, dessert pages, blogs, websites... I actually saw Kaitlin Flannery of whisk-kid.com make it live on the Martha Stewart Show (Martha couldn't resist putting her two cents in every chance she got...I'm not sure I could have performed with the composure that Kaitlin did... she was incredibly calm and confident)...

I have yet to make one, but I'm intrigued by it nonetheless.

What are your thoughts?  Do you absolutely LOVE this idea?  or are you more of the "meh" opinion.

I think the wow factor of cutting into this cake would be awesome.  When I think about it from a practical standpoint, I picture nine bowls of batter that require washing, as well as nine cake pans....

It is gorgeous though...   

So... what are your  thoughts?

Rainbow Cake

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Random Things From My Dad - Post #6

So....  Here is how a conversation with my dad went on Thursday...

DAD:  "I'm going to Costco tomorrow... do you need anything?"

ME:  "I do need some powdered sugar, but only get it if they have the 20lb bag... I don't want you to have to lift the 50lb bag and I don't especially want to have to deal with it either.  But some powdered sugar would be great.  Thank you:)"

DAD:  "Okay... anything else?"

ME:  "No... nothing else.  But would you mind just checking the price on their butter per pound?  DON'T buy any... just let me know what their price per pound is."

DAD:  "OK."

Any guesses as to what he came back with?

A 50 pound bag of powdered sugar (apparently, he didn't hear the part about NOT a 50 pound bag?)... 85 packets of Cascade dishwasher capsules, a can of roast beef (hmmm???)... 2 bottles of Cupcake Vodka... a Bottle of Barefoot Merlot... 2 lbs of mushrooms... some strawberries.... and......(drum roll please) 24 pounds of butter.  

The bottles of Cupcake Vodka were too awesome not to include their own photo...  Aren't those bottles simply gorgeous?

And, of course, the 50 pounds of powdered sugar.... (Man that was fun getting in and out of the car... but I am set for quite a while on the powdered sugar front!)

I had to count these at least three times to be certain I was right... it is, indeed, 

24 pounds of butter.... wow...

But wait... there's more!  

My mom gets an honorable mention in today's haul...

We had been shopping earlier today and I mentioned I was looking for some new kitchen towels because a lot of mine have just about worn out their usefulness... of course, when we get home, she shows me a drawer in the guest bedroom FILLED with dish towels, tea towels, and dish cloths.  The too, too cute white ones with red on them she embroidered herself... So I've got Easter, Valentines Day, Christmas and New Year's covered as far as tea towels go.

And the goodies off to the right?  She was making cinnamon rolls (from scratch... this apple didn't fall too far from the tree).... She asked me for some help.... in return I  got a pan of the delicious treats ready to bake in the morning.  Yum!

Yes... today was a bountiful day at the Edge house.... better get to baking!

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