Johnsons and more...

I had a great time in Utah but it felt natural to sink back into my baking world. Been making candies and all sorts of goodies all week long. Next week?? I have a practical involving a tempered chocolate box, orange squares, and jellies. Followed by 5 whole days of structural gingerbread work, using atleast 10 other recipes(Fondant, Marzipan, gum paste,Pastillage, the works). I am really excited.

We hung our Christmas stockings above our fireplace and are just starting to get everything out of storage to go holiday crazy.

Picture Frenzy:

1.Some of my chocolates....filled with cinnamon white chocolate ganache....yum...



2.You are officially classy if you have a fireplace...



3.Our stockings...



4.My nephew Jax at Hy's family farm.....



5.Picture of Grandpa and Grandma on our way out of town...



6.My favorite Hulk....



7.The large ones are white chocolate peanutbutter filling...



8.Lily was passed out on the couch with Hy...



9.Filigree for class... assigned daily...

Southern Utah

I am leaving southern Utah tomorrow morning and heading up north to spend the night......before we head back to Portland and back to our every day lives. YAWN.


I have been spending lots and lots of time with my sweet 3 year old nephew. Hy and I have been driving around taking pictures of my hometown and that sweet little boy. I have so many pictures to share but am only showing a few. The rest will be my own little stash.

Wedding Cake Project

The cake is high-ratio lemon cake and the filling is lemon butter cream. I drove it all the way home to Hurricane from Portland, and we put a bunch of candles on it for my dads birthday...which is Monday and which I will be missing. I got an A on it!

My life....in numbers

1.5-days left until we leave for our Utah Thanksgiving vacation!

19-months that Mr. Johnson and I have been wed

27-amount of papers I have had to write in the last 4 months

1-adorable puppy sleeping in my bed

4-time of morning I have to get up Monday- Friday

6-layers of cake in my wedding cake that I am bringing home for Thanksgiving

0-number of children we are currently expecting-haha

1- classes left until I am elligable to graduate from College

4- days of vacation before having to return to my chocolatier class

Today in class

I made a celebration cake for my girlfriend Cassandra and her soon to be baby girl!

The cake is high ratio white cake with French buttercream and raspberry filling. Draped with Marzipan and covered in hand made poured Fondant ( crazy crazy crazy). Then I placed lots of marzipan flowers and side decorations with buttercream hand piped flowers for a fun girly little cake.

We start more wedding cakes tomorrow!