First cake with the Kitchenaid
Okay! I was a bit intimidated at first. You know, I was used to working with a hand mixer and all. But then, after cautiously getting everything ready, I turned it on… and WOW!… The Kitchenaid mixer is amazing! It works so good – I even felt guilty for a minute (or more like a few seconds) like I had taken all the fun out of baking because it was doing all the work. Then, memories of my arm aching quickly knocked me back to my senses.
Oh… and I love the handled bowl, too. I even have a pink Kitchenaid spatula (another Christmas present) to go with it. The only thing I am wondering is why didn’t I get one of these before now.
Anyway, here’s the first little cake with my new mixer. I used some lovely artwork created by my niece as the inspiration for the decoration.
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Oh my, that is so pretty!! I’ll bet it’s yummy too.
So glad you are enjoying the mixer!
January 9, 2008 07:01 PMThanks Rachel and thanks for stopping back by.
January 10, 2008 03:25 AMI love that you used your niece’s art for inspiration – bet she did too!
April 17, 2008 02:07 AMShe really did! I should get her to draw some more.
April 17, 2008 02:34 AMHello-
May 6, 2008 02:07 PMlove what you do on your site–delicious! I gave a shout out to you and your niece (and her artwork!) on my website, The Cupcakes CLub…a children’s book series.Take a look here:
http://www.thecupcakesclub.com/blog/community Hope you enjoy and thanks for all your creative work!
Thanks, she’ll be thrilled!
May 8, 2008 04:18 AMOh my goodness… that is so adorable!
January 22, 2009 09:55 AMonly 8 comments? i thought there would be more. this cake is awesome and so is that artwork!
September 27, 2009 02:32 AMbtw, thx for the e-mail. my mom is thrilled :)
September 27, 2009 02:33 AMWOW! and she’s adorable..
October 1, 2009 06:28 AMwow, for some reason I can never get my frosting smooth enough to do something like that! i always have a ton of visible marks from the spatula, or the frosting slides around, or both (usually both). im curious, is it a technique you use, the intrument (knife, spatula, etc.) or the frosting? (or all three) … i bet its the frosting because im still using store bought stuff (not quite confident enough to make my own….yet). can you help me out a little?
Thanks for your time =]
October 13, 2009 10:56 AMI would say a big part of it is the frosting. Store bought frosting is really too soft. Frosting is super easy to make, especially a cream cheese frosting. My favorite tool of choice is an offset spatula. I like using a smaller 5″ one from Wilton because I have more control over it.
November 13, 2009 01:58 AMDip your spatula in hot water before you smooth out the frosting and you will get that finished look you want. Don’t get the frosting too wet, though.
December 6, 2009 12:34 AMyour cake is so pretty I love your cakes you are amagazin
January 9, 2010 11:31 AMYou’re so good at piping. Do you have any tips? I’m great with the baking part but I tend to mess up decorating. lol
March 29, 2010 04:52 PMyou are so cool Aunt Bakerella to use her art work WOW
April 24, 2010 05:41 AMI love that cake.Did you use fondant
June 25, 2010 04:31 PM