Cakes by Steph http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:39:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NEW BLOG SITE! http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2011/02/17/new-blog-site/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2011/02/17/new-blog-site/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:51:11 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=223 I am happy to announce that the Cakes by Steph blog has been moved to its own domain!  The new location of all of my cake creations will be:

A Sweet Cake


I will also be adding tutorials, how-to’s, recipes and more in the near future.  I’d love to hear your feedback on what you’d like to see!  Check it out and let me know how you like the new design.  I’m still tweaking things to make it more user friendly and adding info but all of the old cake blog posts are there – plus some new ones! :)

Hope to see you there!

Steph

]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2011/02/17/new-blog-site/feed/ 0 Blue Basket http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2011/02/12/blue-basket/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2011/02/12/blue-basket/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:51:45 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=219 Two tier 8″ and 10″ basket weave cake with flowers. All buttercream…

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]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/fancy-nancy/feed/ 3 Mod Monkey Cake + Smash Cake http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/mod-monkey-cake-smash-cake/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/mod-monkey-cake-smash-cake/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:40:42 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=211 This cake was made for my sweet little niece turning 1.  The main cake is a 6″ – 8″ tiered cake with buttercream icing and fondant accents.  The smash cake is a 1 layer 6″ cake with all buttercream.  Monkey face is gumpaste.

]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/mod-monkey-cake-smash-cake/feed/ 0 Cinderella http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/cinderella/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/27/cinderella/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:38:29 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=209 This cake was for a little girl who love Cinderella.  The cake is a 6″ ball, fondant covered with gumpaste accents. Along with this cake, went 30 chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing and blue sprinkles.

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]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/21/halloween-candy-dish/feed/ 0 http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/08/203/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/08/203/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:21:01 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=203 This was a bridal shower cake done in buttercream.  Cakes are 10″ & 12″.  The color was a pool blue color with dark brown scrolling and a monogram on front.  Included below is the pic of the dress I color matched off of.

]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/10/08/203/feed/ 0 Bridal Shower Replica http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/09/17/bridal-shower-replica/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/09/17/bridal-shower-replica/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:54:37 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=200 This bridal shower cake was based off of another cake of mine (green and pink).  This time I did it in a merlot and gold color scheme to match the wedding colors.  All fondant.

]]> http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/09/17/bridal-shower-replica/feed/ 0 Shades of blue http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/09/02/196/ http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/2010/09/02/196/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:52:10 +0000 admin http://www.halderman.net/cakeblog/?p=196 This cake was for September at my husband’s work.  It was based off another cake I had seen online.  All fondant with gumpaste flowers.  I used my airbrush to give it a gradient.    Cake sizes are 4″, 6″ & 8″.

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