Cake Portfolio

Here are some cakes I have made over the past few years!

My first wedding cake!

German chocolate cake with coconut pecan frosting

With chocolate frosting in the middle and chocolate shells

The cupcakes were carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
and chocolate with chocolate frosting

My Second wedding cake! Vanilla cake with white chocolate butter cream frosting. The frosting was soooo tasty! Chocolate shells.

My third wedding cake!

                                           Made myself this sunflower cake for my birthday.

                                  Baby shower Winnie the Pooh cake for a co-worker. Carrot cake!

                                                             Sunflower cupcakes!

Giants cake

                                                                     Owl cupcakes!

This was a practice for wedding cake number 2

Halloween cakes

Frankenstein cake

Halloween Cake, Lemon cake with buttercream frosting

Lemon cake with cream cheese frosting

Thanksgiving cupcakes

My first fondant cake 

Vanilla cake with chai frosting

Birthday cake for my sister, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

San Francisco Giants Swedish Princess Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles

Chocolate and peanut butter. These are two things I crave just about every minute I am awake. In a successful attempt to indulge my cravings, I decided to see if I could create a peanut butter coated chocolate truffle. 

The end result was as delicious as I had hoped, maybe a little dreamier. I took them to work and they were a hit. 

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER TRUFFLE RECIPE (makes about 4 dozen):

TRUFFLE: (Taken from Taste of Home)

I took the chocolate truffle recipe from the Taste of Home website: 

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Chocolate-Truffles 

3 Cups              Semisweet chocolate chips
1 (14oz) Can    Sweetened condensed milk
1 Tbsp              Vanilla extract

Directions:
-In microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk; stir until smooth. Add vanilla and stir. Chill the mixture for 2 hours or until it is easy to handle.
-Roll into 1-in balls (or bigger if you would like) and refrigerate. 

PEANUT BUTTER COATING:
1/2 Cup       Peanut Butter Chips
1.5 Tbsp      Smooth peanut butter of choice (I am a Jiff fan)

Directions:
Add the Peanut Butter Chips and peanut butter into a microwave safe bowl. Melt together in microwave, checking and stirring every 30 seconds until you can blend them together into a smooth creamy mixture. 

Take chilled truffles out of the fridge. Place one on a fork and dip into the peanut butter mix and roll around so that it is completely covered. Roll back onto the fork and lightly tap the truffle until the excess peanut butter has fallen off and truffle and place on wax paper. 

Repeat. (If you like the extra kick of salt, sprinkle salt on top of finished truffle while peanut butter mix is still wet or add some salt to the peanut butter mix before dropping in the truffle)
Keep in air tight container in refrigerator. 

Enjoy!