Nuriyyeh's Cakes

Twitter Ahh, Twitter Up until last week I have managed to avoid Twitter. I have evaded it with the most amazing skill. I have dodged it like it's Kale. But no more. This week we learned about Twitter. We had to make a post on Twitter using our articles. I used my article about GBBO and posted it on Twitter. It took me a few tries at it because I kept not liking the way that it would turn out. We learned about how Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media have different specs for their layout. Each one has a different size that they want different images to be. I went in to use Canva, tried to experiment with that a bit, but it made me feel a little angry so that will be a song and dance for another time. I think my Twitter post came out ok. I included the dreaded hashtag #stillnotafan #nothanks #onlyforclass as well as the link and a photo. It looked nice and directed people right to the article so I would say that's a success. Maybe Twitter will gro...

This past weekend was a busy one, two cake orders one for an anniversary cake and one for a birthday cake.    This birthday cake was a Vikings cake for someone. I am in no way shape or form an artist. Sculpting? nope! Fondant and I do not get along! So I went to the store and got an edible image printed. I did my research on how to get it put on and everything else so I felt pretty good about it. I didn't have to attempt to make a viking out of fondant and it would look great! And then it went on purple icing And it turned pink I was livid. I was cursing (in my brain of course so that my two children couldn't hear it) and trying not to cry. I had been so excited about it and it looked terrible. The client still loved it, I made her some cupcakes as well because I felt so bad. But that was a not so pleasant learning experience for me. This cake was for someone's 25th wedding anniversary. They had never had a wedding cake and this was what they asked f...

Facebook was the topic of the week in class. Every member of the class was added to a group facebook page. This was something that I had not worked with before and was a great learning experience for me. I posted a link to my article located in my blog and figured out attaching a picture. I also ran into some problems on Blogger, not being able to change my heading and make it stick with my Facebook post. I re-posted the article again and was able to fix that. Whether that is the correct way to do it I do not know but it did work for what I needed. I also broke down and started using hashtags for the Facebook post. I have fought them a lot in the past, for some reason it drives me a little crazy. Maybe it is because I have friends on Facebook that use way too many hashtags on one post but I have been very against them. I have been learning, however, how useful and helpful they can be.

The Great British Bake Off has left BBC and joined Channel 4. With millions of loyal viewers, many people seem to have concerns about the switch. For anyone who has never watched Great British Bake off, let's give you the rundown. Great British Bake Off, or GBBO as it is fondly known to many, is a British baking competition which brings in amateur bakers and selects the best one through a process of elimination. If you have watched a show such as MasterChef it is the same basic premise. GBBO, moved from BBC to Channel 4 for selective reasons. While these reasons are being guarded, it has been rumored that money was one of the leading reasons for the switch. While BBC offered a good amount of money, it simply was not enough and Channel 4 swooped in and purchased GBBO for 75 million.   When GBBO was on BBC there were no commercials. While many people are used to sitting through commercials while watching TV, faithful BBC viewers pay extra to not watch com...

It cooled down! Finally! I am so excited! It hit high 50's yesterday and the first thing I did (after my happy dance) was pull out the cookbook and bundt pan. I should say, I do not enjoy pumpkin spice flavored ANYTHING! I will not judge someone who does, it's just not for me. Pumpkin bread however I am a big fan of. I took a trusted banana bread recipe and subbed pumpkin for banana and it worked perfectly. I had to eat some before I took a photo I couldn't help myself. Here is the recipe! Enjoy  Pumpkin Bread 2 cups flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups sugar 1 cup mashed pumpkin 3/4 cup oil 3 eggs (lightly beaten) Preheat oven to 350 and grease bundt pan. Whisk dry ingredients together. Mix wet ingredients. Mix wet and dry together. Pour into pan and bake 40-45 minutes. 

In class today we watched a documentary called "How Facebook Changed the World". This video was incredibly interesting to watch, especially as someone who uses Facebook mostly to look at cute baby pictures and save cooking and baking videos. The video looked at the revolt of government in Egypt and Arab Spring. The government was controlling and the people wanted both of the rulers out. The leaders of the protest used the internet as their form of communication. Both of these places had internet that was being controlled by the government. In this day and age though many people did not have trouble getting around the attempt to censor and hide the information. We discussed Facebook in class as well. I thought that it was interesting how Facebook can be used for more than baking videos and cute baby pictures. I also thought it was interesting that Facebook can take the things you like and look at and then coordinate your news feed accordingly. It seems a little strange...

This week in class we learned about Linkedin accounts. I had never made a Linkedin account before, though I had heard of them. I signed up and started to set up my profile and I realized that I had a couple problems to work through. First was, I needed a photo. This is not too big of a deal for many, however, being a stay at home mom for the last four years many, if not all, of the photos that I have of myself include my children, or, include my run down worn out mom clothes. I managed to find one photo of myself in a relatively nice shirt to use. One problem down. The next problem I ran into was the fact that, technically, I have been attending CMU for almost 10 years. I first came here back in 2008 when the school was still called Mesa State College. I will say, it has not been a steady 10 years of going. I left more than once for multiple reasons which I will not bore anyone with, and I have earned my Associates degree, but still. Having a Linkedin profile with the date for CMU ...

I made a cake. Now, with who I am, this news shocks no one. I love making cakes, especially decorating them. This cake, however, was different. I just wanted cake. Chocolate cake, chocolate filling. I had to have it, been craving it for almost two weeks. I tried to fight it to no avail. Here I am, sitting at a table, trying not to devour an entire cake. Now this cake, I must confess, was made from an altered box cake mix. *GASP* I know, I know it's horrifying. But what's even worse is, I am not ashamed of it. Most of the time I will gladly and happily make a cake from scratch, I love to do it! However, with the whole family being sick lately and my son starting preschool I felt way too exhausted to spend the time and energy to make a cake from scratch. I always keep a few boxed cakes on hand in case of an emergency and, well, this chocolate craving definitely qualified as an emergency. So, without any more useless story or chatter, I give you the boxed cake fix u...

So I am writing an article for class and have decided to write it about The Great British Bake Off. I am guilty in the fact that I have never watched this show! I know, I know it's crazy! With 2 kids under the age of 4, being in my last year of school, and trying to complete an internship I don't have much time for television. I went on YouTube and found a link to The Great British Bake Off that I wanted to share. The Great British Bake Off Moments I think that first moment is pretty funny!