Monday, February 8, 2010












2 cakes for an 11 year old boy whose dream is to join the Army one day. 9x13 sheet chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream in a camoflauge pattern. It was actually easier than I thought. The Army patch and dog tags are fondant. The helicopters were some toys I picked up at the store. The cookie cake is an 11 x15 double chocolate chip chunk cookie cake. I used the same Army colors to finish this one off. Heard through the grapevine that he liked his cakes.







Cupcakes for a sweet little girl turning 2. The big cupcake is carved from 2 strawberry 5" cakes. Its hard to find cupcake cups to fit that so a coffee filter had to do. Sometimes you just use what you have. The little girl wanted pink a licious and I hope I succeeded.




This family was celebrating some fall birthdays. I thought a tree with the leaves falling off would be cool. Saw this idea somewhere else. I was really pleased with how it came out. 9 x 13 sheet Vanilla with vanilla buttercream. Royal icing leaves on a chocolate buttercream tree and fence.
















Another fun cake for the boys. Thomas the train and the Island of Sodor. Used black licorice to form the train tracks. Made wooden cross pieces and rocks out of fondant. The sides of the cake are fondant hills with clouds. The trees are fondant as well. Vanilla Poundcake with vanilla buttercream. I think the tunnel is a cool aspect too. The number 3 is carved from 2 12 x 18 sheets stacked on top of one another. Hope the little boy liked this one. I'm sure he was glad to get his train back too!











Wahoooooo!!!!! We made it to the 100th day of school. I made this for the whole Kindergarten at my son's school. All of the classes got together to celebrate and every student helped in counting to 100 that day. 2 11x15 sheets pushed together. Vanilla with vanilla buttercream. Fondant accents on top. I loved seeing the excitement on the kids faces when I wheeled it in. It was cool.










Oh the things we do for our children....... So after a trip to Monster Jam, our son wanted a Grave Digger for his birthday. Not to mention that we got to see this one up close and personal and got to meet the driver. I'm sure that had something to do with it. So this is a 9x13 sheet with chocolate marble cake and chocolate buttercream. The truck is carved from poundcake, covered with chocolate buttercream and covered with fondant. The tires are rice krispie treats. All of the icing on the truck is royal. There are a few things I would do different next time but when the birthday boy comes in with a huge smile and says thats the best cake ever and thank you, it just makes your heart melt and you know you would do it all over in a heartbeat.



2 vanilla cakes with cream cheese icing. I made about 75 violets with royal icing and the violet leaves. These were for a women's gathering at our church called CRAVE. It is awesome and we had 5 other yummy cakes that night that included coconut, caramel, strawberry, and chocolate.

Monday, January 11, 2010



Simple sheet cake. 9x13 poundcake with vanilla buttercream. Quick fondant flowers.







For all you hunters out there, here's the best I could do. 9x13 sheet cake, vanilla with chocolate buttercream. The deer is rice krispie treats. Everything covered in fondant. The antlers I made from wire and covered in gumpaste. The leaves and acorns are fondant. I enjoyed working on this one.







A christmas eve I-phone cake. I did this for a friend who was going to surprise her boyfriend. 9x13 sheet cake with chocolate buttercream and fondant overlay on top. All of the buttons were handmade from fondant then I drew on them with thinned buttercream. The party was on Saturday the 26th at 6:00 hence all the buttons and clocks stating this. I hope I did this one good enough. Heard the birthday boy liked it so thats a good sign.




Another cake for my son's class. We didn't need a lot of cake so the bottom 12" is a dummy cake. The 8" was vanilla with chocolate buttercream. The snowman was fondant and the trees were ice cream cones with royal icing. The castle pillars were the castle kit. The turrets were rolled in colored sugar. M&Ms, Dots, and other colored candies were used to decorate the castle. The class was so excited when I walked in. Had to make some repairs when I got to school, it was pouring rain and I had to run across the parking lot so some of the turrets and pillars fell over. Hence all the candy on the baseboard. But would do it all over again.
















This one really had the detail on it. There is fondant grass all across the layers. It took 3 hrs just for that part. The bees, snails, caterpillars and the Bee itselft are all fondant and gumpaste mix. The cakes were chocolate and vanilla with buttercream. The bee hive I carved out of a dome pan. The Bee Movie was this little boys favorite, so I hope he liked it. The big bee also took several hours to make. His shape needed to be just right. Still all in all had fun making all the pieces for this one.







What a special cake! This was for the celebration of an adoption day( also known as gotcha day). This was a chocolate chop cookie cake in the shape of interlocking hearts. The small heart on the top is a sugar cookie cake. Everything covered in vanilla buttercream. Felt very honored to have been asked to do this one. It touched my heart.




Mickey Mouse Clubhouse come inside its fun inside!!!! 3 tiers Devils food and vanilla cakes. Covered in vanilla buttercream. All fondant/gumpaste accents. The Clubhouse was made from styrofoam balls that I covered in fondant. Making the mickey mouse head was harder than I expected, but the birthday boy loved it nonetheless. That is all that matters.


I was very pleased with how this one turned out. Chocolate cake with cream cheese icing. Yummmmmm! Grass was buttercream. Flowers I found at the cake supply store. Had 3 cakes this week and wasn't sure I would have enough time to do the flowers. Butterflies were from Hobby Lobby. It turned out better than I expected.







For a very special 1st birthday. The crown cake matches the decorations. It was chocolate with vanilla buttercream. The smash cake was vanilla with vanilla buttercream. I thought the flowers and banner with all the pink made it very girly. So cute!!!







My first ever Barbie cake!!! I just love getting to do new things. Made her dress using a Pampered Chef bowl. It was chocolate chip poundcake. Covered in buttercream then covered in fondant. Made small flowers and put on dress as well. Was pretty pleased with how this one turned out, especially for my first one!

Wanted to do a Haunted House for Halloween, but ended up doing something non scary for my son's class. The house is made from rice krispies covered in fondant with a brick imprint. The cake is vanilla poundcake. Pathway, pumpkins and ghost are fondant. The fence around the front I found at a craft store. I really enjoyed seeing the kids faces when I walked in. It makes it all worth it.