Lemon Logs

Occasion:
New Years 2002

Theme:
Lemon

Flavor:
Lemon sponge cake

Cake details:
Two full size rolled lemon sponge cakes decorated with yellow sugar, and hand carved lemon peel. All designs on these were hand cut contiguous pieces of Meyer lemon peel. I personally prefer Meyer lemons for sweet applications. They have that wonderful tartness you want form a lemon, but are mild and have a nice natural sweetness to them. Rolling sponge cake by hand can be quite challenging. We used flour sack towels and managed to be very successful, only having one break out of the 4 cakes we rolled in the 2002 holiday season.

Photos:
Photos show the front and back of each cake.

Mocha Birthday Cakes

Occasion:
Christmas/ Grandmother's Birthday (Late 90s, or early 2000s)

Theme:
Mocha

Flavor:
Chocolate mocha cake, mocha filling, mocha frosting, chocolate accents

Cake details:
Two, 2 layer, 8 or 9 inch rounds. The mocha cake was made with a blend of cocoa powder and instant coffee granules. I prefer to use Taster's Choice in my cakes, especially because you can get it in the individual packets. If instant coffee is not a product that you often use I would highly recommend something packaged this way. That way you can reserve the unused portion for later without the flavor changing from it having been opened. These cakes were made following Finnish tradition where an item (usually a bean) is baked into the cake. The person who find it gets a second slice! In this case a coffee bean was used.

Pictures:

Rose Chocolate Scroll Cake

Another I don't remember the occasion on. Decorated with solid chocolate scrolls, and a dried rose.

Butterfly Cake

I can't remember what we made this for. I seem to recall it was one of my birthdays.. but not sure which one. lol Butterfly done with gel frosting and edible glitter on a half sheet cake.

Driver's Ed Cake

I made this one to celebrate my friend Beverly learning to drive. Obvious chocolate frosting on this one. Other decoration with yellow sugar, orange cone candles, and die cast car. Not the fanciest cake, but a quick small one for a small group in a relative hurry. And still lots of fun. :-)

Millennium Cake

I will be adding more cakes that I have done through the years as I get photos scanned in, and organized, or as I find more! A lot of the more specific information on older ones won't be included because I simply can't remember all that! lol But I would still like to share the photos.

This cake was made by me with my fried Janet for the millennium, new years 2000. She had never made a cake before. I was shocked, so of course we had to make one for our celebration! I designed the mirror ball out of sequined fabric.

First Cake

Just wanted to share my first cake. My mommy baked it, but I helped! And I did the decoration. Completed for my daddy's birthday in February 1989. So I was about 4 1/2.