Saturday, May 22, 2010

ZillyCakes

For Christmas Jake gave me a gift certificate to take a cake decorating class from a cute local bakery here called Zillycakes. Well, it took me a white to settle in to Buffalo, so by the time I called to schedule a class they were already over for the season and I had to wait till May to take one! I finally took a class this week on buttercream piping and loved it! Zilly taught us how to cut through a baked cake to layer it and how to frost it and then we got to play around with the piping. I never knew that the only real way to cut through a cake and frost it on a turn table! Now I know! Here is my creation...I was going for a rockstar princess look.







Sunday, May 16, 2010

New Apartment!

A little while ago Jake and I moved into a larger apartment in our same apartment building. The move has been wonderful! When we were moving in Jake and I naturally went to our respected areas of the apartment and put our things away. Life really is better without having to share closet space! I wanted to get settled in before posting any pictures of our new place, but here they finally are: