Vintage Betty Crocker

How cute is this? Grandma Kiwicakes recently gave me this Betty Crocker vintage cook book for Boys & Girls. The graphics on the front cover, remind me so much of a story book I had as a child called "The tiger who came to tea". I really loved that book I even have a new reprinted copy of it for my children.

And what did I find inside?

Tigers!

(click on photo of book to make larger for viewing) The head is a cheese carcker, the body is an American "animal cracker" coated in chocolate. I can't quite imagine what a cheese cracker coated in chocolate tastes like. I'm not sure I want to try, but they look pretty darn cute.

Great new Kiwiana Cakes book

This awesome new book is just perfect for all those Kiwi mums, dads & grandmas priced at only 24.99 it's a must have for your cake library.

Fondant Quilting

I often get asked how to do quilting on fondant - I just saw this snazzy wee post on Wilton for how to Click to go to Wilton's how to It uses the fondant cutter embosser tool and this great tip is one of hundred in the book Celebrate with Fondant.

Cake Wrecks

Jen Yates of Cake Wrecks has a new book available for pre-order at Amazon. The title is titled: Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong.
According to Jen, 80% of the material in the book is new and she has saved her “best” stuff for the book. It will be hilarious for sure.

What is a Cake Wreck? (according to Jen)
A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.