Sneak Peak

Here is a little sneak peak of what’s to come this week. These are gum paste circles, with hand painted by me, batman villains using edible food color!

I’ll have another sneak peak tomorrow! It’s a FUN week of cakes!

Round Cake Cutting Guide

I am often looking for different ways to create simple boring sheet cakes and when the the design allows it, I like to make round cakes. I think that it adds a different dimension to the simple sheet cake. However, the most common question is “How will I cut that cake to get the right number of servings?” Well, Wilton.com has a wonderful guide to cutting round cakes. So, next time you order a cake think outside of that rectangle and into the circle!

These little treats

I was searching my books and discovered this book I forgot I had. The Original Gourmet Doggie Treat Cook Book and with a new dog who is learning to behave with treats, I got to the kitchen and baked!

The Basic Bone Recipe is very simple….(this recipe was found online)

4 cups Flour ( I used Whole Wheat)

1 cup Oatmeal (regular or quick cooking)

1/3 cup of oil (or meat drippings)

4 Bouillon cubes

1 1/2 cups of hot water

dissolve the bouillon in the water. Then mix all ingredients. Roll 1/2 thick and cut with a dog themed cookie cutter. Bake at 300 for 25 minutes.

Then I made Peanut Butter Biscuits and Cheese Sticks both recipes can be found in The Original Gourmet Doggie Treat Cook Book.

Each Recipe made about 2 dozen dog treats, so I bagged them up and a few furry friends will get them!

WELCOME!

 

For months now I have been telling myself and you, that I would start a blog. TA-DA! I will include pictures, recipes, dessert idea’s, product reviews and so much more for your tummy to enjoy. This is also a GREAT place for my past and current students to ask questions and look for idea’s!

My website will still focus on the business of cakes, this blog will focus on creating the perfect desserts and FB will do a little of both!

I hope to soon have a few sponsors and have some discounts and maybe a few free gifts for my followers, I will also from time to time offer FREE CAKES from the The Happy Cake Lady! (If you have a product or service you think my fans would like contact me today!

Yours in decorating-

Jaclyn

As smooth as ice: part 2

If you missed Part 1

Remember my hair air dried before:

Air dried after the treatment:

Can you believe it??? I can’t, I wish you could feel how soft and smooth it is. I normally can only get my hair this soft after I blow dry with a round brush, flat iron and product.

Here it is styled: A you can see it still has “jersey” body but is so soft, I only used the round brush for my bangs, the rest was used using a regular brush.

I LOVE Melissa Lobaito!!!

As smooth as ice….

This week I treated myself to a 3 hour pampering session with Melissa Lobaito. After several years of wanting different hair, I decided to try the Keratin Complex Smoothing Treatment.  Could I really have different hair?

The process took about about 3 hours, she shampooed my hair, dried it, applied the Keratin, let it sit for about a half hour, then dried it again. Then Melissa used a flat iron to activate the treatment.  I left with the most amazing silky smooth hair. But…. Did it work and how much difference would there be if any?

A few things to consider… You can’t wash or get your hair wet for 72 FULL hours. If you sweat or get it wet, you MUST dry it and flat iron it, immediately. No pins, clips, ponytails or hats. The hair must remain flat for the 72 hours. After the 72 hours is up, you can return to using your normal products, clips pins and hats. Another thing is you need to use “special” sodium chloride and sulfate free shampoo and conditioner. 

Here are pictures over the 3 day “process”.

PLEASE NOTE: I normally have oily hair, so it was no surprise to me that my unwashed hair was greasy.

Before Treatment:

This is my hair air dried.

This is my hair styled. My hair is soft and smooth but I used a huge round brush and flat iron to remove and ringlets.

Right after treatment: It was so soft, smooth and silky. No ‘fly away” hairs. I was shocked to see my hair this perfect!

24 hours later: It was still soft, I did flat iron it in the morning, I sweat while sleeping. But it still looks and feels amazing.

48 hours later:

Bacon anyone, lol! It’s not wet it’s greasy, ewwww.  A price to pay for beauty.

72 hours:  Losing it’s beauty and oily but it' still was very soft.

Shower time…… I’ll update results later.