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Category Archives: cakes

pw wednesday – project wedding has been slacking

I know I haven’t posted any “Project Wedding Wednesday” posts but PW’s been slacking a little with the real weddings. I check their homepage every morning, hoping for a new and inspirational real wedding, but I have yet to be satisfied. They like to put up photo galleries, so here are some of my favorite […]

useful tip tuesday: tutorials and youtube

I get so many questions about how I learned to do all of the baking and decorating that I do and people are surprised that I haven’t had any professional training – except for my Wilton Decorating Class #1 of course. First of all, you have to have an genuine interest in learning how to […]

the mystery of grocery store cake frosting

The one thing that I remember most about ordering my birthday cakes at Farm Fresh when I was little was the emphasis my mom put on “buttercream frosting.” What she really meant was “don’t use that whipped crap!” (Pardon my french). If you’ve ever ordered a cake from your local grocery store bakery, you know […]

new website coming soon

  The Kara’s Cakery website should be updated very VERY soon. It’s taking a little longer than I hoped, but there will be lots of new info and much better pictures!

bacon on your cupcakes?

It seems that adding bacon to your standard confection is pretty popular right now. Chocolate covered bacon, bacon dessert bars, cupcakes with bacon crumbles – you name it, it is probably been made. I assume people like these combos for the same reason I like nuts on my hot fudge sundae – the saltiness and […]

spring is here and a new gadget!!!!

I made a birthday cake last week with lots of spring flowers and colors, as per request. I hope this means that spring is getting here SOON. Here is a picture and that leads me to my exciting new gadget news… This will be the last ugly, poor quality picture on my blog! Woohoo!! No […]

gluten free baking

Upon being asked to make gluten free cookies, I set out to find the perfect gluten free flour substitute. Gluten is found in wheat, rye and barley and therefore, in flour – one of the most important ingredients in baked goods (hey at least is has nothing to do with the sugar…). Flour acts as […]

fiesta, fiesta

I’ve been excited to blog about this project for awhile!! I had the honor of providing the desserts for Chuck’s farewell party (a dear co-worker) at the office.  My task was to create a red chili pepper shaped cake, a cactus shaped cake and some sombrero cookies! While any confectionery task for over 80 people is quite […]

PW wednesday: bio of the week – liz & andy

I’ve always thought a wedding with a peacock theme would be original, but most of the pictures I see from those themed weddings are either tacky, or too overdone. Project Wedding featured a spotlight on Liz and Andy’s Peacock and Damask wedding. Interesting combination, but it worked! My favorite part is the cake. While I am […]

birthdays and more snow

Unfortunately, mother nature decided to spill three more feet of snow on us this past weekend. But that’s okay because I had an oven and some cakes to make! It was Brandon’s birthday and he requested either a cookie cake or a ice cream cake. I went with the first because it was so yummy […]