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News, news, news!!!

By Annie Holland / July 28, 2008

Hi all!!!I have been so busy!!! We finally painted the kitchen, it put a hell of a fight, but so far we win! 🙂 There is a lot of finishing work we need to do, but it is getting there! 🙂 Imagine my surprise, when I saw that under the wallpaper we had there, there…

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Painting fever – the new living room!

By Annie Holland / June 30, 2008

Hi guys,I’ve been busy, busy, busy! This weekend’s project was the living room ( long overdue).Before we painted it was eggshell color and in my opinion it wasn’t painted at least 4-5 years, because the walls were in horrible condition.Unfortunately, I don’t have a picture ” before” that can show how bad it was, only…

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June news

By Annie Holland / June 17, 2008

Oklahoma Sugar Art show and Wedding cake competition, does that ring a bell?If not, wait until October 2008 and I’ll show you what I am talking about 🙂I really REALLY and I mean R-E-A-L-L-Y hope to go! If I do, I’ll provide you guys with updates and pictures 🙂 I promise!If anyone per chance has…

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June news

By Annie Holland / June 17, 2008

Oklahoma Sugar Art show and Wedding cake competition, does that ring a bell?If not, wait until October 2008 and I’ll show you what I am talking about 🙂I really REALLY and I mean R-E-A-L-L-Y hope to go! If I do, I’ll provide you guys with updates and pictures 🙂 I promise!If anyone per chance has…

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The long overdue cake recipes- part 2

By Annie Holland / June 14, 2008

Here is the second recipe I used in the Buzz Lightyear cake , the recipe for the Devi’s food cake is again from Christopher Kimball’s ” The dessert bible”. Devil’s Food Cake ( IMPORTANT: This is a single dose recipe! For the Buzz Lighthyear I used 2 pans 9″/12″ and I doubled the recipe!) Ingredients…

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An old recipe with a new flare to it!

By Annie Holland / June 14, 2008

This is a recipe I’ve used for Kalin’s famous Buzz Lightyear cake, but we liked it so much, that after more than a year, I decided to make it for Ellie’s Tinkerbell as well. The difference is, that this year I shot step-by-step while I was making it, so here it is now with the…

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The long overdue cake recipes

By Annie Holland / June 14, 2008

I know, I know…It has been almost a month since I promised to post the recipes for the cake layers of the Buzz Lightyear cake.Now tonight, even if I am half asleep, I’ll post them!I used 2 basic recipes – a Devil’s food dark chocolate cake layer and All purpose yellow lemon cake. Both are…

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The long overdue cake recipes

By Annie Holland / June 14, 2008

I know, I know…It has been almost a month since I promised to post the recipes for the cake layers of the Buzz Lightyear cake.Now tonight, even if I am half asleep, I’ll post them!I used 2 basic recipes – a Devil’s food dark chocolate cake layer and All purpose yellow lemon cake. Both are…

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The suffering of my Lightning McQueen cake

By Annie Holland / May 27, 2008

I have never thought I could feel so sick and be able to actually do a fine work as a fondant figure!A friend of mine asked me to make her son’s birthday cake and I was happy to do it, until I got sick( not contagious thing, no worries)! I could barely stand on my…

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The suffering of my Lightning McQueen cake

By Annie Holland / May 27, 2008

I have never thought I could feel so sick and be able to actually do a fine work as a fondant figure!A friend of mine asked me to make her son’s birthday cake and I was happy to do it, until I got sick( not contagious thing, no worries)! I could barely stand on my…

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