Thanks to everyone for your sweet comments about my niece’s birthday cake! I had a great time doing it and it is so nice to receive such lovely compliments from all of you. As a fun reward for being such a great blogging community I am going to do another giveaway (the real thanks goes to the “Baked” marketing team for giving me the books…THANKS!!!) So make sure and check out the end of the post to get all of the details!
Before I share my mouth-watering photos of their salted caramel sauce I made I first wanted to show you the cute purse cakes that my students made last week. These cakes were filled, frosted, sculpted, and decorated in about 3 hours, so props to them. Also, this was the first time most of them had attempted a carved cake, so I was doubly impressed! Hope you enjoy the photos!
Now onto the giveaway! I have to say that I am absolutely smitten by the Baked cookbook! The whole book is filled with gorgeous photos and mouthwatering recipes! It has been by my bedside for the past month getting looked at over and over again. I recently had the chance to try out their salted caramel sauce and I have to say that it is my new favorite flavor…this sauce will knock your socks off! Here are the tempting photos I promised! I will post the yummy recipe on Monday when I announce the winners!
I forgot to mention that I am giving away TWO Baked cookbooks so get excited because your chance of winning just went up! All you need to do to enter the contest is name the type of purse that you think I should make for my new purse cake that I am making next week! Remember the deadline is Sunday night…can’t wait to hear all of your ideas!
Tags: Baked cookbook giveaway, cake decorating classes long beach ca, cute girl's cake ideas, purse cakes, salted caramel sauce, sculpted purse cakes
Hmm. I’d like to try to win one of the cookbooks, but I don’t know about purses.
Sure, I have a couple. But the most “brand name” I get is a black with white polka dots purse I got from Target. And my other purse is one I bought during one of my town’s yearly fairs. Someone had a booth with homemade bags and such. So I bought a black and white bag made of a bunch of pieces of different fabrics.
I honestly have no idea about purses. I carry around a nice bag I got at TJ Maxx. It’s large enough to hold every piece of paper I’ve ever touched. I don’t know what the bags are called at Target, but they’re really nice. They also have nice clutches. I bought a nice clutch that kinda looked like black snakeskin and it had hot pink satin inside with a sparkly closure. Could be a cute cake!
BTW–Your students are AMAZING!
My pick would be a Louis Vuitton handbag. That would make a great cake. Great giveaway. Throw my name in the bucket, would ya?
If you’re doing a purse, you have to do the ultimate, quintessential dream purse – the Birkin by Hermes!
I see pretty crocodile embossing & silver accents. You’ll do Hermes proud!
(I am so totally jealous of your students, any chance you would travel to FL to teach a class or two??)
Wow all those cakes look absolutely amazing.
I think a cake just like a disco bag – covered some how in sparkles and sequins – would be absolutely stunning! Fingers crossed for the giveaway x
I’m with Amy – shiny crocodile would be awesome.
A Sassy CLUTCH! maybe a knock-off of your black/white stencil cake [pun intended
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(your Blog is SO AMAZING!!)
how about a Louis Vuitton Monogram Vernis Roxbury Drive??? just off the top of my head
The cakes are very impressive! That’s some serious work in just three hours!!! I love the Coach Madeline Handbag… I think it would make for a fun cake. Good luck with which ever one you choose!!!
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I wish you had a class closer to where I lived! Your students are so creative!
How about the tokidoki bags by LeSportSac? they have so many colorful characters on them!
p.s. when are you coming out with a book?
Great cakes! I love the black & white clutch with the pearls. I am impressed with everyone’s cakes. They all did a great job!
I so wish I was closer to take one of your classes!! I’m a Kate Spade fan – but I’m sure no matter what you do it will be cute!
Those cakes are lovely! The first one is my favorite.
Personally, I think Giuseppe Zanotti bags would make great cakes. They have pretty colors, and their shapes aren’t overly complicated.
A nice Kate Spade handbag!
I wish I lived closer so I could take one of your classes!!!!
these are way to cute! How about making a Prada bag.
Maxx New York bag, the patent leather type. They have so many cute styles to choose from and you brush gel on the fondant to give it the shiny patent look. They have one bag that has diamond pattern on side.
Wow…salted caramel sauce sounds decadent, that’s for sure. Those cakes are very impressive! Purses…where to begin? I am thinking a Louis Vuitton would be a classic choice, even if we are talking about cake!
A Dior gaucho saddle bag..
Hi there! Would love to see the Dooney & Bourke giraffe print purse! How fun would that be? Have fun whatever you do…will be in your neck of the woods once again visiting the fam. Looking forward to some great weather! Have a great Thanksgiving!
I love the first one! So classic.
I think a Dooney & Bourke heart-print purse or the classic D&B print where the initials are interspersed with diamond and circle shapes, etc.
i’m sorry to say that i don’t know the first thing about fancy purses–mine’s a good ol’ target buy.
i’ve at least heard of kate spade, though, so let’s go with that.
I love the look of Kate Spade bags! So elegant! Great Site!!!
Cute, cute bags and I especially love the Chanel bag! You are a wonder of creative talent and I am always impressed. Your students are lucky.
Wow, those purse cakes are so fun!!! I think you should make the Coach Sabrina bag since the pink one reminds me of cake anyway! I NEED that salted caramel!
Beautiful purses Melody! The details and overall effects are amazing. The Prada “Pochette” would make a great cake: dusty pink with fuschia tangerine flowers. Thanks for the giveaways – I hope to be one of the lucky winners…Take care, Michele
Hey there! What great students you have! They did a fantastic job. I would love to see a Coach girl…
Don’t really know that much about purses but I’d have to agree with others who said the Chanel bag. Thanks for the opportunity to win such a popular cookbook!
Those purse cakes look amazing!
I’m really interested in the Baked cookbook! It looks like a good one!
Hello there, nice job on your purses! I think you should go for a Louis Vouiton, thanks…Gina
Well, I’m picturing like a purse the flappers had, with all the fringe and stuff. It would probably be kinda hard, but has the potential to look awesome.
The purses look great! How was the gold vintage flower pattern done on the fifth? An awesome purse cake would be one with beads, i have this ooold small purse that has a whole forrest scene made with beads … think gobelins, but with colorful small beads
… it would be loborious, but it would also look like a million bucks! 
These are the difficult questions of our time.
I kind of like the idea of a Johnny Cupcakes purse (http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/design/845/KitchenHandbagWhite) – a cake based off a purse from a cupcake-themed clothing company. Though, that’s a much-patience-required kind of project…
The cakes from your students are just fantastic! And extremely impressive. I’m somewhat partial to the last purse because I love the chains and the loops, but then again I like the M too. (And then again I love that gold (stencil?) design, and the Chanel purse, and…)
love the chanel purse! so cute… if you’re looking for a new one, i’d try a classic coach bag. great job!
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There is no question..Louis Vuitton!!!!!
You have some VERY talented students!! You should be proud!
A denim purse!
They are all so cute but I think the 1st is the cutest.
I love the purse themed cakes. How about a satchel purse?
Which is more expensive? The cake Chanel bag or the real Chanel bag?
I am obsessed with my hot pink Kate Spade bag. It’s a pink bag with black straps. Gorgeous!
I LOVE the silver purse with the star! That is my pick! Amazing as always!
It’s been said before but anything Kate Spade… Or maybe like your Anthropologie newspaper bag from years ago… that would be a challenge!
You can bet this will be by my bedside too. Immense creativity in your student’s creations!
and my favorite is the silver one at the end!
Those look amazing! I say go for a Coach purse, for sure.
I don’t know much about name brand purses but one with jewels on it would be so pretty to show off all your talent. I wish i could do as well as your students did with these purses.
I’m thinking a Hermes Birkin bag would be gorgeous made into a cake.
It’s got such a beautiful classic shape and the simple lines would be really striking.
You’ve got such great skills with fondant and getting the edges so perfect, this style of bag would really suit your decorating style!
Cuuuuute purses! Love them.
You should make a gold Prada purse…
A Chanel purse would be lovely. So would anything else, though–these purse-cakes are gorgeous!!