Carolyn Braden: Strawberry Lemonade Cake

I created this as a Mother's Day/Birthday cake for my mother-in-law. It was truly delicious. 

Get the recipe at myrecipes.com. Search for Southern Living's Strawberry-Lemonade Layer Cake. It will be your new favorite cake! 

Carolyn Braden's Under the Sea Cake

I created this Under the Sea cake for my friends 1 year old. It was her first birthday so it had to be special. It was 3 cake layers that were each 4 layers of fresh strawberry cake with lemon zest and homemade strawberry lemonade jam. I also dyed it bright pink to match the white chocolate sea candy I made. I dusted the candy and fondant "pearls" with an edible shimmer powder. I love having an idea in my mind come to life and look even better! It was my first try at the ruffled fondant and I love the look. I dyed the fondant so it would have an ombre look. I put took picks under the ruffles to keep them 3-D as it dried. 

Here was Brinley's own cake. I made this with buttercream icing so she could easily eat it. She loved it. 

Carolyn Braden: Spider-Man Cakes By Me!

I created these Spider-Man cakes with some inspiration from Pinterest. 

Carolyn Braden's Monster High Cake

I created this Monster High themed cake for my niece. I added a touch of shimmer dust as everything looks better with a little sparkle! 

Carolyn Braden's #Firetruck #Cake: #Birthday

Here is my version of a firetruck cake. I created it for my nephew's 3rd birthday. I haven't made a fondant cake in a while but it still turned out exactly the way I wanted. It was a fresh strawberry cake (I pureed strawberries and added them to the batter) with sliced strawberries as the filling.

Carolyn Braden's Jungle Pals Cookies

I am truly enjoying cookie making! Thanks again to www.sweetopia.net for all the helpful tips!

Tie-Dyed Cookies?

I had some extra shortbread dough and icing left from my recent cookie creations so I decided to try some icing techniques. I call this the tie-dye icing technique.

The Gift of Brownies

Try cutting your brownies with a circle cookie cutter. They make for a clean and simply beautiful presentation.

Elegant Birthday Cake

A cake once again inspired by the pastry chefs at Whole Foods. I melted chocolate on a wax paper covered cookie sheet to create the flat chocolate pieces to create the "crust."

Carolyn Braden's Giant Oreo Shaped Cake

My sister gave me a Nordic Ware Creme Filled Wafer cake pan set for Christmas. My cousin's birthday is today and when asked to make the cake, I was excited I could use this pan set. I made a chocolate cake and the filling was my whip cream icing. I can't wait to reveal this creative confection tonight!







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Carolyn Braden's Yummy Banana Nut Cake

With only making cakes for friends and family now, I enjoy having the freedom to create my own ideas. My grandfather's birthday party was last weekend and I made him this mini banana nut cake with cream cheese icing. My little cousin asked if I could make him a batch of just the icing sometime because he loved it so much. It really was yummy! I made cupcakes too.


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Carolyn Braden's Cupcake Cake and Cake Pops

I made a giant cupcake shaped cake with star cake pops and red, white, and blue cake pops for a Fourth of July birthday party. Cake pops are a hit with kids!
















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Carolyn Braden's Strawberry Whip Cream Cake

My mother-in-law's birthday cake looks so yummy! It's my fresh strawberry cake with my own recipe of whip cream icing.


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Carolyn Braden's Winter Wonderland Cupcakes!