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Ok everyone, there is a new blog out there that you all are going to love.

Just to give you an idea... do you love to bake cookies, make pizzas, eat vegetarian food and cook delicious recipes. And along the way look at delicious pictures.

Here is the answer to your prayers: http://www.thecookingphotographer.blogspot.com/ .

So, take a look and let's start cooking.

Angel

I found this beautiful image online and I wanted to send it to all of you, you know just for protection..

Lavander Birthday Cake

I created this lavender cake for my dear friend Lauretta, she is my best costumer so far, she always nice and polite, eats my cakes with no complains ( even if they are dry, like the one I made last week). Tha's my girl! The cake wasn't for her, it was for her cousin, they wanted a French style cake, since I have no clue what french style means my friend got me a picture of a cake and this is as close as I was able to get ( to the pic, maybe not the style). I don't know if it has the style they were looking for, but what I can say is that I had so much fun creating the gumpaste flowers and the bow. Inside the cake is one layer vanilla cake and one layer chocolate with vanilla bean buttercream. I also made 16 cupcakes using the same flavors, no French Style though!! I attached the loops to a piece of gumpaste. I also used royal icing to make them stayed firmer.

Double Birthday Cake

This cake is one layer dark chocolate cake, one layer vanilla cake ( wish unfortunately turn out a little dry) and vanilla butter cream. This ruffle border was pretty hard to accomplish. It is way too war from the one I learned to make at my past class with Collette Peters. The fondant should be very thin and you have to work very quickly. I little hard for me to do. Not to mention that is uneven.

My hand writing is pretty shaky all the time, so I am particularly proud of this one.

Gumpaste Flowers

I am getting ready for a Birthday cake that I have to decorate on Friday night. Here I made some loops for a bow. Then I wanted to practice some of my unknown gumpaste skills. These are my first roses. Of course, they are not botanically correct, but I will get there (some day..maybe?). I will be taking some classes with Ruth Drennan next month. I am very excited, she is very famous for her gumpaste flowers and one of the starts of "Amazing Wedding Cakes' in We channel.

Here the roses/unknown flowers are drying. I will paint them with pearl luster dust once they are completely dry.

Cupcakes Galore

I haven't had time to breath, rest or do anything fun. But of course I had to bake these yummy cupcakes to take to the city tomorrow for the girls at the Embassy. I am taking my tests tomorrow, so I am going to start biting my nails.

Am I Going To Survive?

This week will be completely crazy. Work all day Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday only half a day and Thursday I have to go to the city to take my test. Saturday recover...

Book Lover Birthday Cake

I have been working on a project for quite some time. One of my good friend's birthday was this week and she loves books, she is really smart and she pretty much knows everything. I thought it will be a great idea making a cake book, well it turn out that she is not a fondant lover, so I did change my strategy for something a little more simple. I bake a 7" chocolate cake , I covered with fondant and use the gumpaste figure that I had made last week. I had the gumpaste books, and paint them with luster dust and the cake turn out really nice. Here is the cake with chocolate frosting,before I covered with the lavender fondant ( she really likes that color).

Just to be clear..my friend is way prettier than the figure.

I also made 12 chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream to go with the cake.