My Cake Baking Adventure

I plunged into another adventure in baking and this time "it's to bake a cake".  I have in so far learned and tried baking cheesecake.  Now, I want to bake me some cakes not just for me but for the family for all occasions and hopefully for friends and relatives . . . {hopefully}.

Here are the results of my 1-day cake baking adventure . . . . I've learned so far to bake 4 kinds of cake:

Mocha Chiffon Cake & Cupcakes with Mocha Buttercream

Sliced Mocha Chiffon Cake

Butter Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting and Heart Sprinkles

Sliced Butter Cake

Yellow Cake with Italian Meringue (Boiled Icing) and Sprinkles

Sliced Yellow Cake

Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge

"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" for Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #104: All Thing Girly

Kaboodle Doodles' Challenge #104 is "All Things Girly".  You could submit any project as long as it fits the challenge theme.  Winner to be drawn randomly with sponsor prize of $10 voucher from Little Miss Muffet Tues, Feb. 7, 2012 at US timezone.  Participants have until Sun., Feb. 5, 2012 to link their entries at the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.

I decided to go for a circular shaped LO for this challenge.  All I can think of as inspiration was to dig into my baby photos.  And not long, an idea formed when I saw this wallet sized toddler photo of mine with my mom.  With Nikki Sivils paper plus prima flowers and of course Little Miss Muffet's "Quinceanera daydream" image, the layout was formed in no time.  The hardest part was looking for the perfect photo and finding the right inspiration.

Challenge Entered Into:
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #28 - Love, Valentine or Anything Goes with Miss Muffet Digi Image

Yours truly,

Design Team Member

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog (KD)

CropStop's Challenge #55: Time

It's the 4th challenge for the year 2012 & the last for January for CropStop.  This week's Challenge #55 is "Time". . . .  It's your chance to win a $15 gift certificate from CropStop's online store.  Come and join us!


It's my month's off & I'm bidding everyone goodbye at CropStop . . . though I still have (1) more project submitted for February 2012, thus:

I would only like to share with you a CropStop 10% off with (no minimum purchase required) discount code: CTCH-2.  Use the discount code when checking out your puchases.  To shop at CropStop, click here.

Winner of the Challenge #55 will be announced Fri., February 3, 2012 at US timezone (EST).  

Around Always,

Kath B. Hernandez

CropStop Challenge Blog & CropStop Online Store

Creative Team Member

 

"All I Want for Christmas" LO for Kaboodle Doodles Challenge#103: Thankful for Gifts

Kaboodle Doodles' Challenge #103 is "Thankful for Gifts".  You could submit any project as long as it fits the challenge theme.  Winner to be drawn randomly with sponsor prize of $12 voucher from A Day for Daisies Tues, Jan. 31, 2012 at US timezone.  Participants have until Sun., Jan. 29, 2012 to link their entries at the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.

I think it's the 1st Christmas I had a photo of me opening my gifts. lol  How I wish I was a kid again so that I'd look cute in the photo. =D

For this LO, I made use of old Christmas paper from my stash and decorated it with some popped up Ling Design's (European brand) die cuts and some Christmas decors.  I cut up the Xmas decors to fit in on my page and journaled all around my photo, as much as I possibly can.  Here's the result:

SUPPLIES: Pattern Paper: Creative Imaginations; Cut-outs: Ling Designs, My Mind's Eye; Pearls: Queen & Co.; Journaling Pen: Parker; Other: Christmas Trimmings, Red Foil;  Tools: Craft Punch: Carl.

Yours truly,

Design Team Member

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog (KD)

Thanks for your Votes . . . .

Hi friends & fellow crafters!

I would like to thank everyone who voted for me last Thursday at the Practical Scrappers Layout Contest (Round 1).  It's with a sad note that I'd like to tell everyone that I didn't make it to Round 2 of the said contest.  I was really hoping to get to Round 2 or even to Round 3 but I guess it did not happen.

Anyway, I would like to share with you the layout we were asked to prepare in advance for Round 2 but didn't get the chance to join the ranks of the Top 25 or 27 selected to compete for the next round:

This layout was prepared also for the upcoming month of February 2012 celebrating Valentine's Day and my parents' wedding anniversary.  This was lovingly created for them. 

Practical Scrappers' Inspiration Sketch

Thanks Practical Scrappers & Liz Chidester for the inspiration and paving the way for this creation.  =)

OTHER CHALLENGES ENTERED:
Rosey's Bling Me Challenge at Sketches4All


Thanks and regards,

Scrapbooking.com January 2012 is out with 3 of my works published

Just want to share Scrapbooking.com published articles featuring (3) of my LOs on their January 2012 ezine's issue:

• "D 1st Pyromusical Competition" LO Scrapbooking.com Article:  http://scrapbooking.com/article/76574
• "My Scrappy Life" LO Scrapbooking.com Article:  http://scrapbooking.com/article/76547
• "Winter in Beijing" LO Scrapbooking.com Article:  http://scrapbooking.com/article/76501

Baking Experiments: Chocolate Crinkles & No Sugar Lemon Cheesecake

It's time again for another post on my baking experiments.  This time I had a hand on chocolate crinkles which everyone who were able to taste it were hands down on my choco crinkles baking result.  YAY!!  I just need to perfect baking it in the right and uniform size if I were to offer it for Valentine's Day.  What do you think? ;-)

And as per request of a former cheesecake customer of mine, I experimented on baking a No Sugar Cheesecake.  I decided to bake a No Sugar Lemon Cheesecake and made a go on splurging on a sugar sweetener which was a little tough but it's all right on my budget.  Unfortunately by the time I was able to bake it, my requester was no longer interested and asked to pass up ordering one.  Darn, I baked (2) No Sugar Cheesecakes thinking that she would like to give it a try.  Luckily my aunt dropped by to visit and delved or eagerly dived into my  No Sugar Cheesecake (which by then I decided to add cherry toppings for my family to be able to eat it).  My aunt's family found it yummy!!  Thank God!!

Photo of my No Sugar Lemon Cheesecake w/o d Cherry Toppings yet