A Bountiful Harvest Gluten Free Blog

Guitar Cake for Graduation

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:10:31 +0000

In the middle of the craziness of May weddings we proudly had the high school graduation for both of our sons. We threw a big party and of course made them cakes! Kyle is heading to MTSU to major in recording industry and appropriately we decided to make him a guitar cake that was a life-sized replica of his own guitar. I think the guitar came out looking really good and everybody was amazed by it but unfortunately, we were so busy that week that we didn’t have but a couple of hours before the party to actually cover the cake and add the details. A cake of this scale really needs way more time but considering the time we had it came out good. I would have liked to have made edible strings with gumpaste or sugar but time was against us so we had to use real wire which proved impossible to straighten the kinks out of and there were a lot of details from the headstock that we didnt have time to add.

We’re finally open!

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:00:51 +0000

After weeks of hard work the new store is finally ready and approved by all inspectors and we have finally opened! Stop by for Chattanooga’s best cupcakes & brownies….fresh daily now! And of course we have chocolates and other fine foods!

5228 Hixson Pike, right next door to Abba’s House/Central Baptist and across the street from Maxi Muffler.

We’ve moved!!!!

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:47:08 +0000

We are excited to finally announce that we have moved. Our new bakery & store is located at 5228 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343. For local customers we are right next door to Central Baptist Church/Abba’s House across the street from Maxi Muffler. We are currently setting everything up and hope to be re-open very soon. Watch this space for details about our grand opening!

Cute as a bug…Ladybug Birthday Cake

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:00:21 +0000

We got a call from a sweet young lady named Victoria looking for a special cake for her little princess Calleigh who was turning and she was on the hunt for someone to make a really great tasting cake for her to enjoy. Due to some medical issues mom was a little delayed in ordering a cake but she apparently found us through a google search fell in love with a lady bug cake we had previously made and read all the reviews about us and really wanted to have this cake made for her daughter. I was able to squeeze her into the schedule and this is the end result. The sheet cake was vanilla bean cake with fresh raspberry coulis and Italian meringue vanilla bean buttercream. The two lady bugs were Belgian chocolate cake with Italian meringue vanilla bean buttercream. The lady bugs, flowers and banners were all covered in or made out of our yummy vanilla fondant.

As you can see by the second photo, Calleigh was checking out her own little lady bug before diving in. It looks like she wasted no time digging in! How sweet is this next photo…this little princess is indeed Cute as a ladybug!!!!!

Old MacDonald had a Farm…Farmyard Cake

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:32:48 +0000

So we got a call during the insanity of the Christmas rush with a request to make a barn yard cake for a sweet little girl from Florida who would be turning 1 just after the new year…Yippee not another Santa or snowman! Don’t get me wrong I love making Santa and snowmen but after weeks on end of holiday cakes it was a nice change. After speaking with both her parents about what they wanted this is what I came up.

Everything was edible, the barn was constructed of Belgian dark chocolate cake with fresh raspberry coulis and chocolate buttercream and the base was vanilla bean cake with Italian meringue vanilla bean buttercream. All of the animals, flowers and farm bits were hand sculpted from our yummy vanilla fondant.

As you can see by the look on Princess Ella’s face she really enjoyed her very first birthday cake! Isn’t she just adorable!

Get Married Magazine Feature

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:40:00 +0000

It’s been a very busy holiday season with little time to post updates and pictures of any of our new cake designs but they will be uploaded soon. We are very excited this month to be featured in the new issue of Get Married Magazine. Check it out. It’s in stores now.

Dinosaur Cupcakes

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:14:22 +0000

Some updates on recent creations. We recently made some dinosaur cupcakes for Ike who was turning 4. We made both chocolate & vanilla bean cupcakes and topped each one with miniature dinosaurs made out of fondant.

Chattanooga Cupcakes, Gourmet Cupcakes.

X-Box 360 Cake

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:48:29 +0000

This week we created an X-Box 360 Cake complete with edible controller & games for a Groom that is a big fan of the Fable game & Football games. The game covers were printed on edible paper with edible ink. Check it out.

Kimberly’s Storybook Birthday & Graduation Cake

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:07:59 +0000

One of the most fun cakes we have made recently was a combination of Birthday & Graduation cake for Kimberly who was going to be visiting Chattanooga from Atlanta and spending the weekend at the Chattanoogan. We made a 2 tier hexagon cake which was decorated with a different aspect of her life on each side. We sculpted a miniature Kimberly out of fondant and dressed her in a black dress but put a softball glove on her hand to represent the years she has played the game. On each side of the cake we included various interests and achievements such as her recent graduation from Georgia Southern University, her new career as a teacher, her love of fashion and shopping, music, surfing, sports and her puppy Bella.

View more pictures here

Gluten Free Vendor Fair - Atlanta - Oct 17th 2009

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:35:59 +0000

The 3rd annual Gluten Free Vendor Fair of the Atlanta Metro Celiacs Group will be taking place on October 17th at the Doubletree Hotel, 1075 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA 30076. Click here for more information. We will be attending again this year and will be bringing plenty of gluten free & dairy free goodies to purchase, we look forward to seeing you there!