Our contributor, Erica OBrien, is back with a new fall cake technique. Fall in New England, where I live, is a special time of year. The changing colors of the leaves is a sight to behold. The air gets a wonderful crispness to it, and we light our fireplace for the first time in months, bringing a coziness to the house that is unparalleled. It’s time for sweaters and boots, apple picking, pumpkins and Thanksgiving. I love fall-inspired cakes, and wanted to create a cake to ... Continue Reading
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10 Cupcakes to Bake this Fall
Autumn is officially here and I could not be more excited about the change of season! There's just something about the crisp chill of jacket weather and changing leaves - fabulous tall boots and football season - that gets me every year. But the best part of fall simply has to be the baking season. From now until January, there's just so many opportunities to bake up something delicious! Today I wanted to share some of the cupcakes recipes that I'm personally eyeing this year. A few of ... Continue Reading
FREE : Fall Kitchen Art Print
We're thrilled to welcome our newest contributor, Jessica Kirkland of Pen N' Paper Flowers! Jessica will join us each month to share one of her original art prints, as a free download created exclusively for The Cake Blog readers. Jessica's inspirational art is sure to warm your heart and bring joy to your kitchen. Happy Fall Ya'll!! I'm Jessica, from Pen N' Paper Flowers, and I am so thrilled to be here on The Cake Blog as a new monthly contributor. My contributions each month ... Continue Reading
Fall Wedding Cake Inspiration
Today's feature is one of those posts that I simply cannnot wait for you to see! It's packed full of pretty and just bursting with beautiful details. It comes to us from Paloma Efron, owner of Coco Paloma Desserts located in Austin, Texas. If you don't already know Coco Paloma -- you're seriously missing out! We've been a fan of Paloma's cakes for years and I'm so excited that she's stopping by the blog today! Not only are these designs elegant and stylish but Coco Paloma Desserts was ... Continue Reading
DIY : Fall Flowers Centerpiece Cake
Our contributor, Miso of Miso Bakes, is sharing a new DIY just in time for Thanksgiving ... With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I am sure many of you are busy devising menus and tidying up your homes for the big feast you are throwing. Slowly, but surely, things are being crossed off the To-Do list. However, you're still unsure of what to create for dessert aside from the usual assortment of pies. You want to create something that impresses your mother-in-law or steals all the ... Continue Reading
Guest Post: Enjoy Friends With A Fall Fete
I'm so happy to be your guest blogger for Carrie, today. I'm Chris Nease from Celebrations At Home, and my blog is dedicated to showcasing the latest trends, inspiring 'real parties', and easy DIY projects for entertaining. I also style real parties for clients, as well as design upscale children's parties. But enough about me...today I'm sharing an inspiration board for a fun Fall gathering with friends. This is the perfect time of year to plan a soup or chili party when the chill in the ... Continue Reading
Guest Post: Hawaiian Fall Wedding
Being a huge fan of Half Baked – The Cake Blog, I was delighted and honored to be a guest blogger while Carrie is attending to her newest sweet creation. My husband Rick Reichart and I own a cake design company called cakelava, located in Kailua on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. cakelava is a Top Tier vendor on Half Baked and Rick’s designs have been featured on the site a number of times, including their “Fabulous Cake Friday”. When I found out the theme for my blog post would be anything ... Continue Reading
2022 Gift Guide for Bakers
This post contains affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy. Thanksgiving is just one week away! As we celebrate a day filled with family and friends, we count our blessings for yet another wonderful year. Turkey and pumpkin desserts will flow and the holiday season will be underway. So today I’ve rounded up some of my favorite tools which will certainly be put to good use over the holiday season. I love using #18 to bake bacon in the oven. Yes, you can bake bacon and it's the best ... Continue Reading
Piped Hearts Valentine’s Cake
Piped Hearts Valentine's Cake - how to pipe buttercream hearts full of texture and color. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. When it comes to Valentine’s Day cake decorating, hearts and pink color palettes are tradition. Today I’m going to show you how to put a modern spin on these classic Valentine’s Day cake decorations with one of my new favorite piping techniques, wholly inspired by one of my favorite Instagram cakers @frostedfujicakes! Whether you want to make a cake ... Continue Reading
Penguin Cake
Penguin Cake - a sprinkle coated penguin cake that is too adorable for words! A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. This precious little penguin cake is the perfect treat for a winter birthday or small holiday celebration. The idea for this guy was born from my sprinkle girl cakes. I imagine they’re all hanging out together in some fabulous sprinkle universe. Just like his sprinkle girl cousins, your sprinkle penguin cake can be customized in a number of ways. ... Continue Reading
Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake
Winter Wonderland Snowflake Cake - a sparkle coated layer cake topped with snowflakes and frosted trees. A new cake decorating tutorial by our contributors, Mary and Brenda Maher of Cakegirls. This year we set out to make a classic cake with show stopping qualities that could easily be the centerpiece at your next holiday buffet. We went round and round with ideas and it wasn't until I took a snowy walk in Chicago that it seems so obvious. The streets and trees looked like the inside of ... Continue Reading
Leopard Print Buttercream Cake
Leopard Print Buttercream Cake - how to make a pink leopard print cake using buttercream frosting. A new cake tutorial by our contributor, Erin Gardner. A quick scroll or spin through the fall offerings of any clothing or home goods retailer this year will have you seeing spots, literally. Leopard print is back in a big way! For some of us it never left (eh, hem). As most of you know, trends that pop up in clothing and home goods almost always make their way onto cakes. When ... Continue Reading
Shag Cake
Shag Cake - how to make a fuzzy textured buttercream cake inspired by 70's shag carpet. A new tutorial by our contributor Whitney DePaoli. If you’ve been following cake trends on Instagram, chances are you’ve seen shag cakes popping up on your feed. Named for their texture being similar to the shag carpets of the 70’s, these retro looking cakes are not only captivating, but so easy to replicate with the right color palette and piping tips. I’m going to show you everything you need to ... Continue Reading
Sueded Buttercream with Sprinkle Snowflakes
Sueded Buttercream with Sprinkle Snowflakes - how to make a suede like texture on a buttercream cake plus the prettiest sprinkle snowflakes. A new cake tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. I’m going to share with you a little bit of my journey down the rabbit hole to sueded buttercream, because it’s a good one. It all started while watching a YouTube tutorial on how to “bake” concealer. (I know, I know.) Basically, it’s when you heavily dust your freshly concealed under eyes with a ... Continue Reading
2018 Holiday Gift Guide for Bakers
Thanksgiving is just two days away! As we celebrate a day filled with family and friends, we count our blessings for yet another wonderful year. Turkey and pumpkin desserts will flow and the holiday season will be underway. This year my family is finally within driving distance of extended relatives for the first time in TEN years. Grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all within reach, which is such a blessing. Our house is the official destination for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years ... Continue Reading
Pumpkin Cupcakes 8 Ways
Pumpkin Cupcakes 8 Ways - Eight ways to decorate a pumpkin cupcake with buttercream frosting. Learn how to pipe rosette pumpkins, short pumpkins, tall pumpkins, easy pumpkins and frilly pumpkins! Even though Halloween has come and gone, there's no reason to end our relationship with everything pumpkin. Especially when Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. We have a vast selection of pumpkin recipes here on the blog and more than a few delicious pumpkin cupcakes (like this classic ... Continue Reading
Caramel Apple Decorated Cookies
Caramel Apple Cookies - how to decorate caramel apple cookies. A fall sugar cookie tutorial created by our contributors, ellenJAY. Once the air turns crisp we know fall is on our doorstep and apple season is finally here! And when we think of apples we can't help but dream of apple pie, homemade apple donuts, comforting warm apple cakes straight out of the oven with a huge scoop of ice cream and of course, caramel apples! Our caramel apple cookies are the perfect treat for fall ... Continue Reading
10 Apple Recipes to Bake
Everywhere you look, there's signs that autumn has arrived. The heat is finally breaking and lower temperatures are slowing appearing in the forcast. Football fills our weekends and the apple selection at the market is overflowing with abundance. Now is the perfect time to head out to an orchard for some apple picking! I have to admit, this is the first year in quite a while where apple picking is not on our family bucket list. Since moving to Austin, we're still adjusting to the the lack of ... Continue Reading
10 Football Party Desserts
Football season is officially here! And I, for one, could not be more excited! In my house, we're big fans of college football and everything that goes with it. The rivalries, the tailgating, the fanatical superstitions that seem crazy (unless of course, they work) and the general excitement that comes when your team dominates. It's one of the best parts of fall and this past weekend we dove right back in. Now, I know not everyone is a fan of football. But you have to admit that any ... Continue Reading
Hamburger & Hot Dog Cookies
Hamburger & Hot Dog Cookies - how to make adorable hamburger and hot dog cookies. So fun for parties and BBQs! A sugar cookie decorating tutorial created by our contributors, ellenJAY. With the holiday weekend approaching, it's time to fire up the grill! There’s nothing better than having an outdoor BBQ on a hot summer night with friends and family in the back yard. And of course our go to favorites to throw on the grill are hamburgers for the adults and hot dogs for the kiddos! ... Continue Reading
Sunflower Cake
Sunflower Cake - how to make gorgeous sunflower cake decorations using melted chocolate and a knife. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. I love chocolate flowers (newsflash) and I love sunflowers. However, I’ve never really loved making chocolate sunflowers or using them to decorate cakes. The flat flower shape always felt limiting. My options were either stick the flower directly onto the side of the cake or perch it flat on top looking like some sort of futuristic ... Continue Reading
Pinwheel Cookies
Pinwheel Cookies -- red, white and blue pinwheel cookies on a stick. A fun Fourth of July dessert, created by our contributors, ellenJAY. Cue the Red, White and Blue because we’ve got the perfect Fourth of July cookies for you! Our playful polka dotted and striped Pinwheel Cookie Pops are a sweet addition to your Independence Day celebrations. Inspired by pinwheel yard spinners and these pinwheel cupcakes, these whimsical cookies are perfectly patriotic with a modern twist on the ... Continue Reading
Chocolate Lily of the Valley
Chocolate Lilies - how to make Lily of the Valley cake decorations with chocolate. A new tutorial by our contributor Erin Gardner. After months of snow falling outside my window, the first day of spring came and went. While it still does not feel like spring, these delicate chocolate lily of the valley are helping to make me a believer. They would certainly warm up a spring birthday, shower or Mother's Day brunch. The technique for these tiny blooms was inspired by the ... Continue Reading
Coconut Cupcakes
Coconut Cupcakes - fluffy coconut cupcakes made with coconut milk and topped with smooth coconut buttercream and coconut flakes. A triple coconut cupcake recipe, created by our contributors, ellenJAY. Living in the south our chance of having a cold winter is pretty slim. If we have to grab our coat to go run errands you know it’s COLD outside. And that white powder that falls from the sky -- most of you know it as SNOW -- well that’s pretty much unheard of here in Mobile…well that is ... Continue Reading
Best of 2017
We're taking a moment to reflect back on the best of 2017. Plus we want to hear from YOU as we plan for 2018! Happy New Year! I can hardly believe what I’m about to type… but 2018 is here! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to kick off another new year. Personally I like to start each year with a little reflection and some goal setting. Even though it sounds cliché, this is something I've been doing for more than 15 years now so it seems very natural to me, but I ... Continue Reading
Sprinkle Ornament Cake
Sprinkle Ornament Cake – how to make sparkling ornaments for cakes and cupcakes using chocolate, cookie cutters and sprinkles. All that glitters is my sparkly sprinkle appliqué Christmas ornament cake! I’m giving this technique the fancy title of “sprinkle appliqués”, but it couldn’t be easier to make. I’ve used this layered sprinkle idea to create gorgeous cake flowers and other elegant shapes, like in the Lux Layers cake in my book, Erin Bakes Cake. With my sparkly ornament ... Continue Reading
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