Hello All-
I have decided to start a blog, obviously! I never have done this because I never had anything to write about. There are so many mommy blogs, and I am not the most conventional mother. So my mommy blog would be: Today Aiden said his prayers and thanked God for beer and wine. I don't think I really want the world judging my mothering skills!!
I have really taking up baking and cake decorating as a hobby and my goal is to make it something more. I want to use this blog to reach out to other bakers, other mommy's who have started a business out of their home, and of course friends and family.
My goal is to bake three days a week. I want to practice something new at least one of those days. The other days I bake and send it with my husband to work to leave in his breakroom. So I will blog about my experiences. The other days I will list some of my perfected recipes, and baking tips I have discovered along the way. There might be some mommy and wife moments thrown in along the way. I would really love to learn from other people along the way as well.
My long term goal is to start a baking business from my home, the main reason is because I love to bake and I want to be home with my kids. I decided to name my little business FireStar cakes. The reason is because Aiden name means "little fire" and Stella's name means "star". If a third kid happens to ever come along, I guess they are out of luck!! I am thinking of reaching out to local restaurants to see if they would like to sell my cakes, like I mentioned above I am sending cakes with Corny to work to entice his co-workers to buy cakes for me, and lastly I will make up flyer's and take them into local business. Any other ideas??
So today I baked an Italian Cream Cake (minus the coconut and pecans, because Corny doesn't like them) and I will make buttercream frosting. Today is my practice day. I need to perfect the buttercream frosting, I have not once made any that I am proud of. I will blog tomorrow about how it went! I am also seeing if the cakes turn out okay if I separate the cakes on the racks. So 2 on top and one on the bottom. They don't fit well on one rack, the sides burn a bit, so I am hoping they will still bake evenly this way. Aiden got to help today because it is practice. He gets so upset when he sees me making cakes for people and cannot be involved! The cake is in the oven now, and I love the way it makes the house smell!
Until tomorrow..........
PS I am going to try and load pictures of my previous cakes. Lets see if I can :)






8 comments:
If you have a third child, you'll just have to name one of your "specialty cakes" after it. :) I have a pretty good buttercream recipe that you could start from in your quest to create the best icing recipe if you're interested.
Shannon
If you make cakes like you made for mine and your mom's wedding you will get your own tv cooking show. Follow that dream.
Joe
Thanks Joe! A cooking show would be a real big dream! And Emily, I would love to try your recipe. Send it over!!
I love how you came up with the name Firestar! so sweet and clever! How did you end up in CA?
Hey Brooke- I will try and cut the story down :) I spent a summer in Mexico interning for a missions organization and the other intern turned out to be my husband. He was from southern california. I had already signed on to spend the next year doing a missions program in the inner-city of oakland (northern california). So during that year we decided to get married and he got a job up where I was. And we have been here for 8 years!
Wow-that's awesome! Happy Baking and maybe I'll see you at the upcoming reunion!
i love your blog!! your cakes are so great!! i cant wait to see everything you make. i love to bake too but i am so sucky with the decorating stuff. i love all your cute ideas. i am so inspired!! i cant wait to hear all your recipes and tips!
your cakes look awesome--except the
"G" one. If that's for Greenbay then that cake sucks. I guess if it's for the Giants then it might be ok...maybe.
am excited about a blog that integrates baking with marriage and parenting!
--jana
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