Madonna Learning Center 2010

Had a blast this past weekend at the Madonna Learning center's annual gala and auction benifitting children with Down Snydrome.... My school along with Le'Cole Culinaire helped prepare and cook the food for the event along with working the actual event.

Chef Will and Chef Bryan

My instructor Chef Leake

A beautiful young lady that I met =)

Its a boy!!!

Did this cute cake for a friend of a friend this past week... her request: blue and brown with a duckie... annnnnd.... tah dah=)

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Did these yummy chocolate covered strawberries and oreos for a friend of mine to give to her husband... love helping my friends do sweet things for their spouses =)

Welcome Baby Addie=)

Just me and my crew... and then some!

Along with Febuary comes our yearly Madonna Learning center event that my school helps host. All proceeds go to benefit children with Down Syndrome. The pic below is of my classmates and I and some of the finest chefs in Memphis at last years event! =)



Also, to see my class in action... check out this video! Im the one in the back at the very begining with a red hat on. So glad he didnt come over to me!!! =) haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOYdprqS9-c

Chef in the making... =)

Last semester, here I come!!! Lord willing, I shall graduate this May with a degree in Hospitality Management/Culinary Arts!!! =)

Christmas Banquet

We had a Christmas banquet at church after our Christmas musical, "Sing Joy!" This is one of the delights of the night! Im glad everything turned out so beautiful... I was sooo nervous! =) Hope everyone had a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! =))))

Dear Friends,
Just in case you were wondering... I want this cake for my 21st birthday!!!
Thanks!
Amber
p.s It's April 29th! ;)



Or maybe this one... if you wanna make it more sophisticated. =)

Much Love.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Hey guys! Hope you are having a wonderful Holiday season!!! =)

Happy Birthday Myiah and Corley!!!!

Did two cakes this week and will be doing another one this weekend! The first one for my boss's daughter Myiah's first birthday. And the second one was for Corley's birthday. =)

Baby Sesame Street

Corley's Reese's Cake
Cake was chocolate, with a Reese's peanut butter filling, covered in chocolate icing and then coated with an orange peanut butter icing. =)



***Just as an added side note... this Reese's cake has become a hit! I have had three orders for it in the past two weeks!!! Everyone LOVES it! =)))

Ice sculpture

This is a beautiful ice sculpture that my teacher did for our church's Women of Virtue Ladies Conference... He did such an awesome job!!! I took his ice sculpture class this past spring and loved it!!! He's an amazing teacher! Thanks Chef Leake!!! If you live in Memphis or the surrounding areas and need an ice sculpture, he is the man to call!!! His website is http://www.premiericesculptures.com/


Our butterfly ice sculpture...

Michael Jackson b-day cake

Did a Michael Jackson cake this weekend for a little boy's birthday. I have to say that this was probably one of the hardest cakes Ive done so far. But I thought it turned out pretty neat! =) Its covered in Marshmallow fondant with a cream cheese icing underneath. I painted the glove with an edible silver and covered it with silver edible glitter crystals. =)

Tis why you dont let the guy pick out the cake...

I saw this picture and couldnt help but shudder... LOL This is definitly a unique cake... and no I didnt make it... =) Just thought I would share it.

Addalynn's Cinderella cake

I did this cupcake cake for Addalynn this weekend. Turns out to be one of my favorites, but Im just partial to Cinderella!! =) I was aiming for facial features on Cinderella... but after the third try, decided she would have no facial features. I can draw her face with a pencil... but havent quite figured out how to draw her face with icing... but Im going to keep practicing... and maybe one day I will be able to. =)

Hey Guys, Just wanted you to know that I am still here! =) Sorry I havent posted in awhile... but with school starting, I find I have very little time! I gave my blog a makeover... hope you like it!!! =) I do have a cake coming up this weekend and I have another order coming up in October... so I will post new pics asap!!! Thanks for your patience! =)

Amanda's baby shower cake

I did this cake for Amanda's baby shower. It turned out really cute! =) It was a chocolate cake with cookies-n-creme filling. I tried something new this time. I made my own fondant out of marshmallows... it turned out pretty tasty for fondant.
Welcome Baby Bryden!!!





I thought I would share a little behind the scenes with you... =)

These are the stars and buttons made out of the marshmallow fondant

The choo-choo train =)

The makings of the bow made out of regular fondant to insure that it would hold its shape.

A close up of the finished bow... =)

a lil bit of detail to the stars

and the finished choo-choo train... =)

Kayce's puppy birthday

I did a pull apart cake this weekend for my cousin Kayce's 8th birthday. She had a puppy party and was suprised with her first puppy. I bought the My littlest pet shop Happy Birthday party set along with a few extra puppies... to give it the puppy look. Happy Birthday Kayce! =)

Sushi!!!

Ok I know this has nothing to do with cakes... but it does have something to do with food... GOOD food!!!! =) I have never had sushi before but I have alot of friends that LOVE it. This past week I finally got the opportunity!!! I went with a guy and girl from church to Sakura's. He is a big sushi fan but us girls were quite nervous and very unsure of what we were supposed to do. LOL He ordered for us... and we were so glad he did!!! They were all very good and now Im constantly craving it!!! Thanks Jeremy!!!! Sushi+Friends= a great Thursday night!!! =)

Heres a pic of two of the rolls.

TVC's marriage conference

I made this cake for Tabernaculo de Vida Cristiana's marriage conference this weekend. It was a single layer chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, chocolate drizzle on top and chocolate drippings on the sides. It was decorated with tuxedo strawberries and sugared strawberries and grapes. Heavenly... =)

Happy June Birthday!

I got the request to make a small cupcake cake for an office party at Hilton Corp. this week. They were celebrating all the June birthdays in the office and asked me to come up with something summerish. With temps in the 100's this week... all I could think of when I thought of June was HOT! LOL Therefore I came up with this original cake idea (just kidding =) ) But I thought I would share it anyways!!! =)