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DECORATING  YOUR CAKE  What you'll need: lots of icing: store bought or ingredients for icing recipe long bread knife (to level cakes if doing multi-layer or to cut into shapes) big and small spatulas to ice with icing gel for words icing smoothing tool (if you want to be really official) whatever else you want/need to decorate with: food coloring, fondant, sprinkles, candies, themed figurines, etc.  There are tons of easy icing recipes out there but also lots of delicious store bought options. My personal favorite is a store bought vanilla buttercream. You can use food coloring to create desired colors or buy ready to go icing pouches found in the baking isle of your local grocery or craft store. If you're doing a multi-layer cake you definitely want to use a knife to level off the top of the cake that will serve as the bottom layer. Then be sure to use a generous amount of icing on top of the bottom layer, which will be between the cakes, before you...

This is an argument to make your own cakes!  You can save a ton of money making it yourself and still have a great tasting cake with whatever 'theme' you like. My husband always says that his grandma told him, "if you can read, you can cook," because if you can read, you can follow a recipe. Well same goes for baking. Also, it doesn't need to be from scratch. There are tons of delicious and affordable box mixes that you can buy. The box mixes are a great route to go if you don't already have a tried and true recipe that you want to make or if you're not an experienced baker. I have made lots of different store bought mixes and let me tell you, they are easy and truly yummy. Every.Time. If you're skeptical, read on and I will break down in detail for you below. First, you'll need to make sure you have the following: box mix or all ingredients for recipe if from scratch cake pan(s) spatula(s) non-stick spray additio...

I dug this blog up today and wow! Cracked me up to read what I wrote some 10 years ago. It's comforting to see that so many years, and three kids, later some things never change. I still have a great love for reading, writing, "The Bachelor" franchise, and planning. Ha! I also love fitness and trying to stay healthy while doing my best to parent and raise good humans! If anyone actually reads this...I have a feeling I'll be back again...Until then, cheers!