Another view :)

Happy Birthday Miriam!

Made a 3 tier cake for my friends surprise party :). Top cupcake is Vanilla, Middle cake is Keylime and bottom is Chocolate :). Was as yummy as it was cute! :)

My 1st Darth Vader

Well...I'm so tempted to criticize myself. I wanna rip that DV apart right now. Point out everything that's not right.
I do that. Its what I do.
#1 Critic = Moi.
But not tonight. Not on this one. For once, I'm gonna keep my nagging to myself and be proud of the fact that I had no time to research tips and tricks because I was asked to do this cake yesterday...mid day....and I have my boys with me...so I've put about 6 hours into this cake. Again, I've never watched Star Wars. I'm not familiar with this character. It was a challenge.
I just hope 9 year old Jedi Jad likes it :)
BD.

Darth Vader Part 2.

Shaping it to the best of my abilities.
Can I just add here, that I think its important that you all know, I have NEVER....EVER.....ever seen a Star Wars movie *ducks and runs for cover*
For real.
I'm told that's a very unfortunate thing. Ill take their word for it lol.
Part deux.

Darth Vader Part 1

So here are all the complete parts. And I start!

Wish me luck!

So remember my last post, I said to come back soon, as a new cake would be posted......Well....soon means today.  I am SO nervous about finishing the cake tonight! O M G!!

I'm sure you're all dying to know what cake I'm making tonight.  You ARE??  You REALLY wanna know?!?!?

Ok, so here's what I'm gonna do.  I'm gonna TELL you what I'm making, AFTER I show you the "parts".

So here are the parts I need to build my cake

Does this give you a clue??  All 3 of those cakes will be used.  Plus another cylinder shaped one.

No? Still no clue what tonight's cake is?

Alright alright, I'll tell you.  I am going to transform these cakes, into... *drum roll*

A DARTH VADER HEAD!!!!!!!

I know eh?!?! So crazy!!!  I am SERIOUSLY nervous, but excited all at once!!  I can see it coming together!!  Hope it turns out as nice as I expect it to!!

Well, my faithful followers, come back tonight or tomorrow morning, to see what the final product looks like!  And as usual, feedback is always appreciated.  I am still very much learning, so give it to me!

BD

*Happy sigh*

Well, today was seriously like Christmas!!

Today I got a facebook text asking if I could make a snake cake for end of April.  I came up with SO many ideas!!!  It's for a little girl, they're having Little Ray's Reptiles over to their house, so a cake snake is sooo fitting.  I was thinking of making a girly one...a little head with a tiny little pink bow :)  We'll see, i still got some time to do more research and pick what I'll make :)

Then I got to the mailbox...and WOOHOOO!!  SO many stuff that I ordered off Ebay came in!!!   A butterfly Cake Pan, my 6 mini 3-tier wedding cake pans, my Hello Kitty cake pan, my icing bag holder tray, MY BUSINESS CARDS (which were created in collaboration with Mags)!!!!  O M G!! THEYRE PERFECT!!!  Sooooo fun and purty and just....I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!  I'm going to hand them out SO much!!  Hopefully that picks up some business :) :) :)

I am seriously floating.  Seriously.  This is so cool :)   I know it won't always be like this...I'll have not so good times, but I need to keep my head on straight and realise that all the "bad times" are learning curves.   I'll just learn, pick myself up and dust myself off.   I'm not Buddy the Cake Boss.  I'm the single mother of 4 boys trying to make life a little easier.   I'm a single mother of 4 boys, living her dream.

How blessed am I?  Let me count the ways..... <3

Please come back soon, a cake post is around the corner!

BD

Happy Easter

Well, I decided to make a cake for today's family dinner. Hopefully they enjoy the cake and mini cupcakes :)

New Blog Design

I changed up my blog design because I'm currently working on my own website (yay!) which will be http://www.babydollskitchen.com/

I'll let you all know when it's up and running :)

For now, enjoy this new design :)

BD

Tigger Cake all Done!!

Feedback??

Tigger!

Well, tonight is THE night that I get my Tigger stuff in order.  I'm excited and scared at the same time.  I also have my sister's Low Calorie Chocolate Waffer Cake (She's diabetic) for her birthday that's TOMORROW (I'll send you a shout-out tomorrow little Sis) and I also have to make a dessert for Saturday's family Easter dinner :)  

It's weird, cause I am seeing all this unfold before my eyes, and I'm seriously nervous.  This is a DREAM.  I am very aware that not everyone's dreams come true.  Not everyone is blessed to have this happen.  I'm not taking it for granted, I can guarantee you that.

I need to put myself out there.  Get more clients.  I quit my second job at David's Bridal so I could concentrate on my BabydollsKitchen dream.  I know I did the right thing.   I'm a little overwhelmed.  So much to learn and do and so little time.  I can't quit my career anytime soon...I have my boys part time....I need to remind myself to take it slow....one day at a time...Dead Fish as my little sister would say. 

I can do this, I know I can.  I just need to keep believing....and never EVER give up.

Thank you to everyone that supports me.  Thanks to every single one of you who've visited my site.  You make me want to keep going!!!    I'd also like to give a shotout to a friend of mine, who's helping me achieve my dream.  He is helping me build a solid foundation, and he believes in me even when I doubt myself.  He's put things in motion for me to thrive at my full potential.  I am so grateful for everything you're doing.  You know who you "R" ;)

God Bless,

Chantal

And its about to leave!! I'm happy with the result!! :)

Slowly getting there!! Lightening McQueen!

NOT happy.

Well, the Mazda cake is done.

I'm not happy with myself.  I learned so much in the past 2 days of making this cake.

o m g.

I finished at 1am this morning.  I am so tired, I could cry....and for what?!?!?!

The client likes it.....but still.....makes me nervous for my Lightning McQueen I gotta make for Sunday morning.

Anyhoo....here it is.  *sigh*

My Football Cake Pan came in!!!! I'm so excited!!!!

CARS!

This morning I brought in my "Tigger head" to show the kids at daycare.  The twins couldn't wait to show their friends.

Of course that lead to "You make cakes...can you make me one" I LOVE IT!! :)
So I got asked to do a Cars cake.  For THIS friday.  The SAME Friday I need to give the Mazda cake.

I'm sweating....but I've got this. ;-)  I can do this! :)

Stand by! :)

BD

T-I-G-G-E-R!!!!

Sooo that cake request I got, for Tigger?  I did his head.  I'm liking it :)

Here ya go!

Sooooo whatta ya think? :-D

BD

Another Cake order

This one is for June :)  A little girl named Audrée :)  I can't wait to try to make this one :)

I'm seriously loving this! :)

BD

ORDERS!!!

I just got another order to make a Tigger cake!!!  I'm so excited about this one.  It's gonna be a challenging one and I can't wait!!

So this is what I'm going to attempt to reproduce

So the plan is to make the body out of cake (and the #1) and I'll make his head out of Rice Crispies!  If I make his head out of cake, it'll be too heavy and risks falling off (I don't want the 1 year old boy to be traumatized!!)

I can't wait to see what mine looks like!!!  I wanna go home NOW and give it a try! lol  But I work till 10pm tonight.  Sigh.

Of course I'll post pics of the one I make :)  Stay tuned!!!

BD

Home made buttercream icing cupcakes!

Sugar Cream Bliss

When I started this blog, I wrote about Recipe to Riches and my Sugar Cream Bliss.

I just wanted to share a picture of my presentation :)

And yes, I do sell my Sugar Cream Bliss.  In individual portions as seen on the picture.  $25 for 50 pieces.

Enjoy!

BD

2006 Mazda 3 DEMO

A coworker (at my 2nd job) was talking about a cake she wanted to have made.  She had asked around, but no one gave her a defenitive answer, so, being the "go to girl" that I am, I offered to give it a try.  I told her that I wouldn't be offended if it wasn't what she was looking for.

I bought a car mold, and went to town.  From the cake pan, to the almost finished product, this is what it looked like.

My "real" cake will be so much better.  I took many notes of what to do and what not to do.  She needs it for March 30th.  I can't wait to redo it!!!! 
How much did I charge her?  $40.  She offered $50.  I came back with $40 and a referal letter.  DEAL!

I will post the REAL cake at the end of march.

BD

Winnie the Pooh and friends!

For my youngest son's 2nd birthday, I wanted a Winnie the Pooh cake.  When I inquired about a cake I found on a website from a lady in Ottawa, I was shocked that she quoted me at $75!!!! 

$75 FOR CAKE?!?!?!  WHAT?!?!

Being a single mother of FOUR boys, I don't have that kind of money to "eat".  So, I decided I was gonna give it a try.
While I don't have a picture of the finished cake, I do have pictures of the caracters I made.

TADA! My fancy Winnie the Pooh and friends!
I apparently need to work on making arms lol  Remember, I am self taught! Must "youtube" more tips and tricks!!

BD

Welcome!

Well hello there!!!

Welcome to my Kitchen blog.  I will write about baking, cooking and creating.  I'm a self taught hobby baker/cooker.  I've discovered that I can pretty much make anything if I give it a try.  As for the name Babydoll....that's just my pet name.  And since I spend all my free time in the kitchen (and will now be blogging about it) I figured, why not Babydoll's Kitchen!

I recently applied for Recipe to Riches and received a gold ticket.  I received a call telling saying that unfortunetaly, I wasn't making it to the next step (which was filming the show).  Yes, I was totally bummed adn still heart broken, but the fact that Laura Calder, Tony Chapman and Dana McCauley LOVED my Sugar Cream Bliss, is a huge accomplishment and made me want to dig deeper.  I decided to throw myself into the unknown, and see what I was capable of doing.

Stay tuned, you're about to salivate! (At least I hope you do!)

BD