Vacation...

Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I went on a cruise with the hubby to Mexico. We had never taken a cruise much less left the country. It makes you so thankful once you see how little the people on these countries have. Just the simplest thing such as drinkable tap water. Most of the country is in such a state of poverty the are lucky to even have food and water on a daily basis. The places you see when you get off the boat are just like any other tourist trap. We decided to take a cab and see the whole island. After you get a mile or so from town you see the real island that you don't see on all of the pretty brochures. Most of the house look more like shacks, and the people lives in conditions as bad as some of our homeless citizens. So be thankful for the things you do have. This economy has hit us all hard, but if you are warm at night and you know where your next meal is coming from you have so many things to be thankful for.

My next post will be some neat ideas for Easter treats and desserts that you can make to delight your guest at Easter dinner. I will also be starting a youtube video series for the beginner cake artist.
Let your dreams be your limit. Never stop dreaming!!

To bake (from scratch) Or not to bake....

Scratch recipes take a lot of work, all of the measuring, special ingredients, much less the extra baking time. I have notice it you are just baking a basic white or yellow most customer seem to associate scratch cake with pound cake. Most people have eaten box cake mix so much that they automatically assume that is how cake is suppose to taste.
There are endless ways that you can tweak a box cake mix, such as pudding, extract, sour cream, and the list go on. Next time you take an order for a cake or just have some friends around, do a taste test of scratch versus box and see what reaction you get. I can almost bet they will pick the box cake mix if you put frosting or icing on the cake samples.
The human is a creature of habit, so unless they have a very versatile pallette they will go box.

If you ever have a question please feel free to comment and I will get back to you asap.