It didn't turn out as well as the filling made with real sugar so we are going to be experimenting with half Splenda, half real sugar. We'll have to update ya when we try it out again.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
A touch of Cutler-ness
The other day I was introduced to the age old Cutler family tradition that we will one day whip our children into doing...canning! I've heard many a story of the young Cutler children being whipped by Carolyn (the favorite child) into stirring jam on the stove top. Well, Steve had an itching to can some pie filling the other day, so I got to learn the process. Carolyn had recently made some blueberry pie filling with the help of my lovely husband and he loved how it turned out. Since we are trying to be health conscious we decided to make it using Splenda. Here are a few pics from that night.
It didn't turn out as well as the filling made with real sugar so we are going to be experimenting with half Splenda, half real sugar. We'll have to update ya when we try it out again.
It didn't turn out as well as the filling made with real sugar so we are going to be experimenting with half Splenda, half real sugar. We'll have to update ya when we try it out again.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Nathan's Thomas Cake
*UPDATE: Click here to see my cake on the Coolest Birthday Cakes Website!
Yesterday we celebrated my nephew Nathan's 4th Birthday. Carolyn asked if I would like to make the cake...of course I said I would love to. We decided that I would make a Thomas the Tank Engine cake. I researched the best way to make it because I wanted it to look really cool. This was going to be my first 3-D cake. There were lots of different ways to do it, but I chose to make two loaf pan cakes and one cake in a corn can. Then I put all the pieces together and used scraps for the side pieces next to the can cake. 
After I put all the pieces together I put a "crumb coat" on. It helps when you've been sculpting to not get any crumbs in the top coat of frosting. 
Then I put the cake on top of a grass covered cake and frosted it to look like Thomas. 
The smokestack is a marshmallow. Before everything I made Thomas' face out of fondant. I learned most of this from a great tutorial here. The face came out a little big, but otherwise everything went pretty well. I spent about 6-7 hours on the cake, not counting the baking. 
But it was worth it, Nathan loved it. I'm just happy it made it all the way to North Salt Lake without totally toppling over. 
The last step was to cut it up. Nathan loved the disgusting tasting fondant face. Yumm!
Later when we got home Steve decided to decorate the leftover cake. He did such a good job! 
Isn't he so cute!
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