Best Dam Bike Tour

We did it! On Saturday we got an early start to avoid the heat. Russ, Sarah and I rode together for the first 40 miles. At that point they took the 100 mile route and I stayed on the 75 mile route. I had my best time yet this year. I was done by 1:30 which was perfect because I missed the hottest part of the day and had time to visit some of my favorite places in Logan.


I ditched out of the Sunday ride. I know it's terrible. I just wasn't feeling up to it. Russ and Sarah did complete the 75 mile ride on Sunday.

Famous Faces

I'm usually the last to stumble across these silly Internet games. So if this has been around for years please don't roll your eyes at me.

This site is pretty funny. You upload your image and it determines which celebrities you look the most like. You can also upload pictures of your kid and see which parent he/she resembles the most.

Here's my results.



Here's Dave's. That's funny, I've always told Dave I think he looks like Topher Grace. I'm not sure who a lot of the other guys are though. I hope people don't think he looks like Bob Saget. Yikes!

Ganache Cake

Here's a little cake I made awhile ago. I covered the cake in ganache. Ganache is basically melted chocolate and cream. So freaking good. I think I'm going to start covering everything I eat in ganache. But then I'd have to ride more than one big bike ride a year and I'm not interested in that.

So back to the cake. It's covered in ganache then I used some leftover fondant to make polka dots and a bow. I always have left over fondant. If you store it in something airtight it can last for a month or so.

If you choose to mix ganache and fondant be careful. Ganache is very runny and messy. Once you place your fondant on the cake that's were it will have to stay. No second guessing yourself with the method. If you can call it a method.

Trip to Vegas

Kimber moved to Vegas earlier this month. I left on Saturday to go see her new home and got back almost in time for work this morning. We had a really good time shopping, talking and watching movies. Kimber's turned into quite the cook and I was lucky enough to try her culinary creations.

Yesterday we went to a cactus garden. Here's a couple of pictures. Please ignore my squinty eyes.

Here's my cutey nephew Chase. He's such a good little boy.

Thanks Kim for such a fun weekend.

Little Golf Cake

My little sister, Kimber, asked me if I had any ideas for a golf cake that would be simple to make. Here's one that I created a few years ago. Very little fondant was used for this cake and you could definitely omit it. I used a tip that resembles grass. It's the same process as the car cake I made a few months ago. I made the golf ball out of fondant but you could use a real golf ball instead. The flowers are fondant but it would be cute with real or silk flowers. Maybe add a flag on top for a more complete look.

This cake was pretty tasty. Fondant has a weird flavor to it. Sometimes I prefer a cake with regular chocolate and/or butter cream frosting.

MS Jerseys

The MS Ride is sneaking up on me. I only have two more weeks to prepare. Yikes.

Well the jerseys I designed finally arrived. Here is what I came up with for this year. Since the ride is in Cache Valley I wanted to design something reminiscent of the beautiful scenery. The tire tread on the side of the jerseys is actually the Cyprus logo repeated.

You can donate through MS' website on my behalf.

The Meanest Man in Jefferson County

My grandpa was the self proclaimed "meanest man in Jefferson County" or on a special day the "best looking man in Jefferson County." He always made me feel like I was his favorite grand kid. But now that I think of it, he made all of his grand kids feel that way. I've always felt so lucky to be so close to my grandparents.

Dave and I visited two weeks before Grandpa passed.


My brother Russ and my cousins were the pallbearers.

Golfer Cake

Sorry I haven't blogged for so long. I was in Idaho last week for my Grandfather's funeral. I'll post about that later this week when I have more time. I rushed home on Friday and started work on this cake.

I made this cake for my friend Jessica's mom's 50th Birthday. I hope that it's obvious that the two cakes resemble a "50" with a golf theme on top.

Tin Foil Dinners

Nick and Hailey came over on Saturday night for a tin foil dinner cookout in our backyard. Despite how much I hate smelling like campfire, I have to admit that tin foil dinners are one of my favorite summer treats.



I had no idea that Dave was so good at making s'mores. He has a talent for roasting marshmallows and melting the chocolate to the perfect point.

Cooking Group Last Night

I went to the fourth cooking group activity last night. The theme was Japanese and Korean cuisine. I originally wanted to make Korean BBQ Short Ribs (Gal-Bi) but I wasn't sure how they'd turn out and I didn't have time to experiment. So I decided to make a salad with ginger dressing. Not very authentic but pretty tasty. Below is the recipe for the dressing, it's supposed to taste like Benihana's.

Hailey gave us a demonstration on rolling sushi. Everyone did a great job and it was sooo good.

Benihana Ginger Salad Dressing

10 min 10 min prep SERVES 12 , 1 3/4 cups
1/2 cup onions, minced
1/2 cup peanut oil (I used canola oil instead)
1/3 cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
2 tablespoons celery, minced (I left this out)
2 tablespoons ketchup
4 teaspoons soy sauce
2 teaspoons sugar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Combine all ingredients in a blender.

Blend on high speed for about 30 seconds or until all of the ginger is well pureed.

Flower Cake

This little cake is for my boss's birthday. I wanted to make her something sweet and pretty. So I thought flowers would be nice. This is my first attempt at gum paste flowers.

Oh Davey

Today Dave and I have been married for 5 years. We met when I was finishing my degree at U of U and he was studying flight technology at SLCC. The two years we dated were some of the funnest times in my life. We had a great group of friends and always something exciting to do.


After we got married we moved to Logan. I worked while Dave finished school at Utah State. After Dave graduated we moved back to Salt Lake where Dave was a flight instructor and I got my job as a graphic Designer at Cyprus Credit Union.

Dave has been working for Skywest Airlines for the last couple of years.

After five years of marriage we feel very lucky and blessed with all that we have, including each other.

Scrabble Pendants

I'm in love with these Scrabble Pendants I found on Etsy. I bought of few of these to put on a Scrabble rack on my dresser. I'm sure I'll be able to incorporate them into my wardrobe too. Shh, nobody tell Dave. He hates when I buy stuff like this.

My most disturbing cake yet

Tracy and Andre own a production company in New York. Last summer they created ads for Scion. You can view their ad below. They are fans of my cakes so I wanted to make them something unique as a "thank you" for letting us stay with them. I decided to make a Deviant from their film.

I made this cake right before we attempted to catch the red eye on Thursday night. It was a pain carrying in through security twice and on two long flights. Assembling it in the cab was hilarious though. I wanted to have it put together when we met Tracy at her office. I had to put the cake on the platter and attach the horns and ears. Because of the constant stopping hard and speeding up fast the cake was sliding everywhere. The cake miraculously arrived safely.

We met the Mets... barely

After almost 24 hours of trying to get to New York (flying standby isn't as great is it seems), we made it to the Yankees game. Unfortunately the game was rained out. Here's Dave sitting in our seats pouting a bit.

Since we were in the stadium, we thought we'd take a look around anyway.

The Mets and the Yankees played again on Saturday. Dave's Cousin Tracy and her boyfriend Andre decided to come with us. Our seats were even better for this game. We were behind home plate in the bottom box.


It was an exciting game and the Mets won. We witnessed a few fights between Yankees and Mets fans. We didn't start any of them, I promise. Here's a video Dave took. You can see how close we were to the action.



We stayed with Tracy and Andre who have a swanky apartment in Tribeca. They were so nice to take us around on Saturday to their favorite spots. I'm still dreaming about the corn on the cob with queso fresco I had at a little Cuban/Mexican restaurant in Soho.