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About lynndaviscakes

This blog is for everyone who likes to try something new craft projects, easy holiday crafts for the entire family, decorating cakes and cupcakes, to all of books published on Amazon.com. The books are on the cakes and crafts but also adventures stories from children to teens. I have retired from the corporate world and now enjoy taking adventures with my grandchildren and going on adventures and learning new things that I will share with you. I hope you enjoy some of these posts. All the best, Lynn

Little Race Car Cupcake


This little race car was made with two cupcakes, some fondant and Nilla Wafer for wheels.  The little boy was made with fondant.  I used a grass tip for the hair.  Cut a gumdrop for the steering wheel and head … Continue reading

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Hearts


These hearts have a fun surprise inside.  Gripz are tiny like chocolate chip cookies.  They are no bigger than your pinky finger nail but they are full of flavor and fun to use on cakes,  cupcake and even chocolate hearts.  … Continue reading

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Hot Air Balloon Cake


This Hot Air Balloon cake was made in an 1982 Wilton pan I found at the local thrift shop.  With this new pan to my collection (75+ pans) the sky is the limit.

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Heart Doughnut Pan


This new doughnut pan I purchased at Michaels.  I have also seen it at JoAnn craft stores.  It’s great for doughnuts but also for brownies as shown here.  See what you can do with it, there is endless possibilities.

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Flower Brownie Pops


These brownie pops were made in a Silicone flower pan.  Once your brownies are out of the oven and cool, insert the stick then take it out and pipe in a little bit of icing in the hole then reinsert … Continue reading

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Lightning McQueen Cake


Lightning McQueen is always a great cake for any Cars fan.  With a lot of character cakes it is hard to write out Happy Birthday, so I made some little checkered flags with the writing on them.  Make sure you … Continue reading

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Valentine Chocolate Chip Cookies


The next time you make chocolate chip cookies try putting them in a silicone mold.  The shape will hold and you can decorate with a little bit of buttercream icing for a sweet treat.

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Mini Apple Valentine Tart


These mini tarts are made with puff pastry in a mini cupcake pan.  Roll the dough out and cut circles and put in cupcake pan.  Add your favorite fruit filling and I put a small puff pastry heart on the … Continue reading

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Lemon Loaf Cake


Dusted with powdered sugar and a little bit of buttercream lemons and leaves and this lemon loaf cake is ready for your morning coffee.

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Butterfly and flower brownies


These were made with silicone pans and just the thing to bring a smile to your Valentine’s face.

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Valentine Bracelet and Ring


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Rose Cake & Matching Cupcakes


The flowers on the cake above are made from fondant.  I purchased the class book at JoAnns then ended up taking the class.  You can make these ahead of time using gum paste or fondant.  They are easy and really … Continue reading

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Lip Suckers


I can’t believe Christmas is over and they are putting out Valentine Day stuff.  Naturally I had to check out to see if they had anything new.  I found the lip sucker mold at Michaels Craft store.

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New Year’s Cake


 

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2012 in review


The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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