Peachy Keen Cupcake





Gluten free, Egg free, Dairy free cupcake. Filled with slices of fresh Michigan peaches and topped with a peach buttercream with marshmallow fondant leaves.

Gluten free, Egg free, Dairy free cupcake. Filled with slices of fresh Michigan peaches and topped with a peach buttercream with marshmallow fondant leaves.

Fresh Peaches for Gluten Free Peach Tarts





Fresh peach tarts available now for 4.50 ea.

Fresh peach tarts available now for 4.50 ea.

By Grace Cakes is Ushering in Fall with Gluten Free Apple Fritter Bread

We will be offering gluten free apple fritter bread at the farmer’s market today. I know some may say, “But it’s still summer!”.  Yes, but the apples have arrived at the farmers market. The apples that I used for this weeks bread were as white as snow inside. God made them so beautiful. It reminded me of the pureness of Christ and how He washed our sins away and made our hearts white as snow.  With all my shortcoming, I sometimes forget how I have been made perfect in Christ.  If we were to dwell on that all day, how could it not turn our frown upside-down:).

Apple Fritter

Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Nut Free Mini Rainbow Cupcakes

These cuties are for my cute niece Ash’s class. Rainbow buttercream will top them off:)

Gluten Free Chocolate Raspberry Cupcake





Filled with fresh, tart Michigan raspberries, this is the pre-frosting view of the gluten free, dairy free chocolate raspberry cupcake.

Filled with fresh, tart Michigan raspberries, this is the pre-frosting view of the gluten free, dairy free chocolate raspberry cupcake.

Great is His Faithfulness

The Bay City River Roar was a great successes. Thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement. The Lord really blessed. My husband, Adam, was a huge blessing. He went and manned the tent on Saturday, all by himself, and he was able to had out 500 business cards, which also have Ephesians 2:8-9 on the back. So in essence, he was able to hand out 500 tracks right out side of the Alice Cooper concert (or whomever it was playing). I think that was the most exciting blessing about the entire thing! So please be praying that the Word will be working on the hearts of those that got a card and that this business can continue to be used to be a testimony of Christ. (And that goes for Adam and I as well). And thank the Lord for all that He has bless us with thus far!

Here is one of the cookie designs I had for the Bay City River Roar and a cake that I made for a display (which means I covered Styrofoam cake forms).

 

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We had so much fun! Other than a sudden short downpour, the weather was great! The humidity was so very high, but there was a strong breeze coming off the water, which made it nice. One important thing that I learned between the Midland Antique Festival and the River Roar is this: for our humid Michigan summers, the only way to keep a run sugar cookie from bleeding it’s royal icing colors into each other, is to paint the cookie. At the Antique Festival I had made run sugar cookies and flooded different areas to get the desired affect. The icing color bled into each other after a few hours in the hot outdoors. For the River Roar, I applied the base color of royal icing to the cookie and let it dry 24 hrs in advance, especially since it was black on white. Then I painted on the checkered flags and it dried very quick. I would recommend this to anyone in Michigan that will be outside for a weekend show.

Please keep me in your prayers this week. Pray that all of my cakes come out fabulously as I have three very special birthday cakes to complete and I want their birthdays to be extra special!

Happy Baking!

 

Ruffle Cake

Here is a simple way to dress up a white buttercream cake. By adding marshmallow fondant ruffles your cake turns into a tasty, gluten free piece of art. You can do horizontal ruffles, ruffled roses, buttercream or fondant ruffles, but I chose a more avant-garde approach.

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Take a little edible luster dust and switch your cake from the demure to the dramatic.

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Gluten Free Ombre Petal Cake

I have been seeing all of these pretty petal cakes on pinterest, so I had to make one of my own.

First, here is a the basic petal cake.
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Now, here is the basic petal cake sparkled up.

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Happy Baking!

Gluten Free Cake Pops

Here is a look at our latest creations. I say our because God is the designer and I just throw things in a bowl and stir (and even that is by God’s grace). Posted below are just a few of the things that I made for the Midland Antique festival. By the way, cake pops can last 7 hours in 82 degree weather before they melt. In case you were wondering:)

 

Willy Wonka Cake Pops

Willy Wonka Gluten Free Cake Pops

Yellow Flowering Gluten Free Cake Pop

Yellow Flowering Gluten Free Cake Pops

Pink Flowering Gluten Free Cake Pop

Pink Flowering Gluten Free Cake Pops

Patriotic Gluten Free Cake Pop

Patriotic Gluten Free Cake Pops

And I know this isn’t a cake pop, but it’s pretty:).

Pink and Yellow Rose, Gluten Free Red Velvet Cake Pop

Pink and Yellow Rose, Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcake

Go to the Order page for prices.

Thanks for stopping by!

Gluten Free Cupcake Bouquets

DSC_2005I recently had an order for a red velvet cake flower bouquet. The icing is all buttercream, with the exception of the chrysanthemums, which are marshmallows. I would not recommend buttercream for a humid or hot day, but for a short period of time, these make a beautiful display.  The Lord blessed, and I was very happy with the result.

On information on how to order this bouquet, please select the following link: Gluten Free Cupcake Bouquet.

 

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