Happy Presidents Day

Presidents Day was set to be celebrated on the third Monday of February as it falls close to President George Washington's birthday. Thinking of our nation's first president reminded me of this cake which showed up four years ago (the last year we had a presidential election) at the Tennessee State Fair. We will all probably see a lot of donkeys and elephants this year, albeit not in cake form.

This is one of my all-time most viewed photos, as it was linked to by the immensely popular blog Cake Wrecks. It wasn't actually shown on the blog, as it's not fully a wreck, but since it got honorable mention in a political cake discussion, they linked to the photo and over 10,000 people took the time to click on the link.

Happy New Year 2012!

Happy new year!

I hope you enjoyed your evening of dancing the night away, listening to tunes, or watching your favorite ring-in-the-new-year TV special. I will presume you stayed up really late and you didn't wake up until noon. However, It's all good - I wrote this post two weeks ago.

I don't suppose people really have new years cakes. However, today is my birthday and I'd like a birthday cake - not that you particularly care. :) This cake was one of the amazing cakes seen at the Tennessee State Fair in 2009. The Tennessee Chapter of the JCES (and I don't know what that stands for) had many wonderful cakes from their members on display that year! The card in front says Mary Jo Manis designed this one. Great work, wherever you are. Buttercream Gum Paste never sounded so good.

With the new year, I have a new feature for the blog that will roll out tommorrow, so If you are a regular reader, stay tuned!

2009 Tennessee State Fair: "Carrot" Cake

The Tennessee Chapter of the JCES (and I don't know what that stands for) had many wonderful cakes from their members on display at the 2009 TN State Fair. I thought this cake (which is really a chocolate cake) was the cutest. The groups that had the cake displays also give classes. I might as well give them a plug at Sweetwise.com.

The State Fair opens today, although I don't know how many cakes and other bakery contests they will have compared to previous years.