experimentations gone right

The two recipes that I worked with for these were complete experimentation.  However, with that being said, they turned out AMAZING!!!! Definitely keeper recipes. :)

Chocolate Almond Biscotti:

 (I still cant figure out why some of these are going sideways when they are saved in the upright position.)

Chocolate Oat Chip Cookies:

Gumpaste Flowers

I went to a Wilton Seminar to teach us instructors how to make the gumpaste flowers for the Advanced Course that we get to teach starting in February.  I found out that I LOVE these flowers and I can sit and make them all day - granted that my wrist doesn't give out on me, lol.  Here is a sampling of what we learned this weekend.  I cant wait to make more :)

The Stargazer Lily - my ULTIMATE favorite :)

 Bouquet (aka: Spray of flowers) Has the stephanotis flower and the bud, the blossom flower, the sweet pea flowers, and the ivy leaves.

 The Briar Rose.  Beautiful flower. :)

Smash Cake #2 and a couple other cakes :)

I am loving the progress that I have made lately.  I love decorating cakes but normally dont have a lot of "creativity" for ideas.  However, these cakes were definitely my ideas, lol. 

This is one that I made for the crew at Michael's Arts and Crafts where I teach the Wilton Class.

 The baby cousin's first birthday cake

 Smash cake #2 - baby cousins birthday

 I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this owl. :) Was a challenge, but I think that I got through it well.

 Completed cake - not sure why they are turned sideways here, they are saved right side up in my folder.

Halloween pumpkin cakes

I absolutely LOVE the turnout of these little cakes. I see some things that need improvement but I am still impressed with how easy they were. :) The second picture shows the size in relation to my hand.