My Baby Turns 3!!

For my daughter's birthday she requested a "baloo pincess tate". Or, in other words, a blue princess cake. I used candy coating for the bodice of the dress, and didn't quite match the color of the frosting to that of the candy, but that's o.k., just this once. :) I also used blue and silver pearl sprinkles for a little something extra on the skirt. :) The cake was a white confetti cake with vanilla buttercream.

Mom's Birthday!

Waaaaaayyyy back in January I made this for Mom's birthday. I didn't have much time, so I used royal icing flowers that I had on hand. (I make batches of them here and there and save them for times when I need to make a cake fast.) :)

The cake was a spice cake with cream cheese frosting.

Chameleon Chameleon!

Tiernan wanted a real Chameleon for his birthday, but that wasn't really an option, so I gave him the next best thing. A chameleon cake, of course! I made a white chocolate cake and colored the batter green, blue and yellow and then swirled it just a little bit in the pan before baking. Then came the fun part - decorating! It was kind of a pain to carve a cake that isn't dense like a pound cake and the mouth looks ridiculous because it started to cave in (it's supposed to be open) and I was a little worried that it wouldn't look very good but in the end I was pleased and T loved it. :)

Happy Halloween Birthday!

We had a combined Birthday party for Justin/Halloween party on Halloween and I made this cake for J. It was Buttermilk Devil's Food cake with Bavarian cream filling and butter cream icing. Deeelish! I made the haunted house by hand from candy melts. (The idea for this cake came from the Wilton website but this is a scaled down version of the one they made. The house would've had a "cleaner", smooth look w/ royal icing, but it wouldn't have been as tasty and I thought this looked more spooky anyway.)

Carrie's College Graduation

I made this for my sister's college graduation luau celebration! The cake was a white coconut cake with sweet lime curd filling, frosted with vanilla buttercream. This was my first attempt at making a person out of fondant, so please pardon the feet. And the fact that none of thise is proportionate. :) I had fun making this cake and all of the little personal things surrounding her, like her daily planner, and one of her favorite books, the Count of Monte Cristo. And of course, the can of Diet Pepsi with Lime. :)

Cake at Tiffany's

I made this Tiffany Box cake for a friend of mine for her Bunco party.
The cake was Devil's Food with vanilla buttercream, covered in marshmallow fondant. My hand was totally shaking when I piped the words, and I didn't make them very straight or uniform in size. :(

Going Bananas! Monkey Baby Shower Cake

I made this cake for a friend's baby shower. It was a banana cake, of course, with vanilla buttercream.