So...do you do anything besides bake?

:o)

Sometimes I ask myself that same question.

And then I remember about why Mark and I lose so much sleep: School.

And then I want to go back into the kitchen to bake something to relax.

Baking is the silver lining to my life of studies.

And Mark :o)

Ok, Ok! Mark wins the silver lining contest! :-D Had to clarify in case there were any who were wondering :o)

More cakes!

As Mark and I were driving back from Muncie to West Lafayette, I leaned back, sighed contentedly, and told Mark:

"I think my baking tooth has been satisfied for a while"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. I think that wedding cake will tide me over for a long, looooong time"


Little did I know what I would be doing two weekends later!

I have a short memory. Or maybe I'm a glutton for punishment? he he, its probably more subconsciously somewhere in the middle. :o)

For the Girls Camp Fund Raiser, we did a taco dinner again. The girls moms cooked the food (AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS FOOD) and I made the cakes, and heather made cookies, for the dessert auction. I think I made ~25 cakes in 2 days. It was SO FUN! :-D Our kitchen, however, was not as excited. Once again it was coated in a thin film of powdered sugar, flour, and chocolate. :o) Poor Mark! Good thing he really really loves me!

Here is a slide show of the damage :o)




I had. SO MUCH fun. :o) And everyone who came was super, SUPER generous. We were very blessed. Thanks so much!

Mr. and Mrs. Heavilon

Yay! I had never met Karlas husband before the reception. Karla I knew and LOVED from getting to spend time with her in the Spanish branch. She is so stinking neat. I don't know what it is about her, but I just loved her right when I met her. She is super duper great. :o) He is one lucky guy! She thinks that he is pretty super duper great too :o) I am glad that they are happy :o)

They were sealed in the Idaho Falls Temple on March 14, 2009 (3-14....pi day!! :-D) The weekend after, they had another reception in Frankfort Indiana (where they now live!)

Kim Davis did their pictures and they look GREAT :o) I, however, did NOT take pictures, and only have some of the cake that I bribed Mark into taking for me (he is so great!) and some of them lovingly feeding each other cake. :o) Really, it was sweet. No face smashing for them!


here is a close up of the lace and the flowers, although you really cant see them that good in the picture:



here is a picture of the hot-glue temple I made for them to top the cake. I wanted to have a little temple on the top since Karla was SO excited to get sealed there (note all the whiteness, eh, eh? Pretty nice huh!) anyway, by the end of the night...Mornoi melted over :o( Sad day. We had left in in the hot of the car for too long on the way up :o( But never fear! Karla fixed it! :-D



And here is the happy couple feeding each other cake!



Congratulations you guys! We love you!

Karla's Wedding Cake!

Let the games begin! :o)

There was. So much cake. Everywhere. Not to mention powdered sugar, covering every surface of my in-laws kitchen. Holly Molly.

I must say the shopping trip preparing for the big bake was the funniest shopping trip I have ever made. I am so paranoid about running out of stuff so my basket was STUFFED with cake mixes, eggs, oil, shortening, powdered sugar, eggs, eggs, and more eggs. Not to mention a mountain of powdered sugar.

Come to think of it, one of those bags of powdered sugar exploded on me without my noticing! I was merrily filling my cart with bags and bags and bags of powdered sugar and then went off to find mark.

He started laughing as soon as he saw me :o)

"Teandra! What happened?!"

"nothing, I was just getting some powdered suga- HOLLY MOLLY! I'm a MESS!"

It was everywhere. On my rain coat. On my shirt. All over my pants. In my hair.

And I don't even know how it happened. :o) I think sugar and flour are magnetically attracted to me. Or confectionarly attracted to me (you know, since they are not magnetic and all)

ANYWAY, the lady at the checkout looked at my stuff, and it kept coming, and coming, and coming...and coming :o)

"you own a bakery?"

"oh, ha ha...ha. nope. I just making a wedding cake is all"

Here are some pictures!









Karla wanted white-on-white for her wedding cake. White cake. White chocolate filling. White frosting. White fondant covering. We decided on doing square cakes, offset, with white trim, white bead work, and white flowers. Actually, the white flowers were dusted with silver luster dust, and the white trim was "fondant lace" that had been brushed with luster dust. Pretty cool stuff and lots of fun to make. I think it turned out lovely. But you'll have to wait for the next post to see the results!

Off to Muncie!

Marks parents were kind enough to let us spend our Spring Break at their house destroying their kitche-er, I mean, making Karla's Wedding Cake :o)

THANKS MOM AND DAD!

The pans wouldn't have even fit in our oven :o) he he!

We set off in the evening and were blessed with a gorgeous sunset to send us on our way



so lovely.

Practice Cake #2

So! This cake was one that Kelli asked me to make for the Sociedad de Socorro Birthday party. I decided to practice making dots! And fondant trim! Killed two birds with one stone with this cake I did :o) I felt efficient





Please note that I was NOT practicing writing, OR frosting smooth OR levelness of the cake. Just to make sure we're clear. JUST practicing the beading and the fondant trim.

Clad we went through that ;o)

Practice Cake #1

So! My friend Karla Jensen asked me to make her wedding cake for her and I was THRILLED. She is such a cool lady :o)

Since I am kinnda silly like that, I planned a series of practice cakes to try things out. For this cake, I was trying the type of filling out.



I cut off a slice and handed it to Mark to hold while I got the camera to take a picture of it while it was plated:



Guess the temptation was to great! He couldn't wait! :o)

Here is another slice to see the colors in it:



The verdict:

The filling was a liiiiiitle too sweet, and I would like it better with no seeds. (Ok, ok, it was a LOT too sweet, and I had a sugar headache after eating half a slice. But, that is what a practice cake is for!)

When hiding Brownies

When hiding brownies, one should select a location that is safe and remote.

When the safe and remote location happens to be an oven, one should make sure that there are not any pending baking plans.

When there are pending baking plans, one should make sure that the other parties involved with the baking plans is aware that the oven is "occupied" before commencing preheat.

When the preheat is commenced while the oven is occupied, one should make sure that there are not any plastic cooking utensils in the pan while the oven preheats.

If not...



...be prepared to purchase more plastic utensils :o)

They don't hold up to well at 425. :o)

Mickey Mouse!

I have always wanted to meet him.




This was lots cheaper than flying anywhere

:o)

I still hope I can meet the real one someday. Not the edible pop-corn kind.

Yoga Mat

I like doing yoga. It really helps me to feel lots and lots better. Relax. Re-energize. Nap. (oops! did I say that?) It also helps my back from feeling all wierdy.

Anyway, my sister Nani gave me her yoga mat since I used to steal it from her all the time. Thanks Nani! I love it still.

My uses for it have changed a little since coming to Purdue though:



Well, at least I'm still using it, right?

:o)