Cake-tastic!

Cakes from the month of April!

2010-05-17T13:14:00.001-07:00

A lady at work has a grandson who really likes duck hunting so that was the theme for his cake!

Bunny cake for Easter at our friend's house! And also a cake for a bridal shower at work!

A birthday and two baby showers!

2010-03-30T05:55:00.000-07:00

The first cake was my mom's birthday cake. She loves purple and dolphins (hence why there is a dolphin next to a birthday cake. LoL). The second cake was a little cake and cupcakes I did for my friend Lindsey for a baby shower they were having for a girl she works with. The last cake was a baby shower cake I did for some very good friends of ours, Chuck and Kristen. They're little girl should be here in the next couple of weeks! : )

Happy Birthday, Aunt Cyn!

2010-02-01T08:01:00.000-08:00

This cake was for my Aunt Cynthia's 50th birthday party this past Saturday : ) It was so much fun to make and it turned out great! The top tier was yellow cake with chocolate buttercream, the second tier was Chocolate WASC cake with cookies and cream buttercream and the bottom tier was WASC cake with cookies and cream buttercream. All of the accents are either fondant or fondant and gumpaste mixes.

Christmas cakes!

2010-01-13T16:53:00.000-08:00

These are the cakes I did for various Christmas events. The first cake was for my family on Christmas Eve; it had everyone's name on it. The second cake was for my Mother-in-law's birthday; she really liked it. It was my first time trying a bow and I think it turned out pretty well! The last cake was for my friend Jason's birthday. I love to make penguins!

Most recent cakes/cookies

2009-12-14T13:47:00.000-08:00

Most recent cakes!

2009-11-12T09:36:00.001-08:00

I've been really bad about updating this blog, but here are the cakes I've done from the last few months! Cookies, too! : )

Caterpillar!

2009-09-10T12:59:00.000-07:00

This is the cake I did for a retirement party! I was really excited about how it turned out! Thanks to my friend Beth for making the awesome truck on top and decorating the top tier!

Lots of cakes!

2009-08-24T05:58:00.001-07:00

Pictures from the last month or so that I have yet to post!

Three birthdays and 4th of July.

2009-07-06T07:55:00.001-07:00

Tom's Birthday cake!

Lindsey's Birthday Cake!

4th of July cake!

Dan's Birthday cake!

It's a jungle out there!

2009-06-02T12:42:00.000-07:00

Cake for my little cousin, Julia, for her first birthday. Jungle themed. I had some fondant issues with the top and middle layer and tried to cover it as best as I could. Everyone loved it, though! : )

UK graduation!

2009-05-12T16:47:00.000-07:00

UK graduation cake. Bottom layer devils food, middle layer is yellow, top layer is white. ALl with buttercream. All accents fondant. This was my first time trying the bow and I think it turned out really cute. The grad cap is a cupcake upside down covered in fondant.

All-Star Birthday!

2009-05-04T16:55:00.000-07:00

Cake for a 9 year-old boy. He plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks for his little league team and wanted that for his birthday. The bottom layer is yellow cake and the top layer is chocolate. The hat is made of rice krispy treats and is covered in fondant. It was fun to make but it was really hard to get that burgundy color!

Star Wars!

2009-04-27T06:05:00.000-07:00

This is the Star Wars cake I did for a man's son at work. He told me that he loves Star Wars so I made Yoda and R2-D2 and Light sabers. I also wrote around the bottom "The Force is Strong with Evan." I hope he likes it! It's a white cake with buttercream frosting. The black is buttercream and the blue is fondant. All the accents are fondant.

A baby shower and three birthdays!

2009-04-27T05:51:00.000-07:00

This is the cake I did for Beth's baby shower. This is cake one of FOUR that I made last Thursday. Needless to say, I didn't get to bed until well past 2:30am. I was quite pleased with all of them, though, and the recipients sure seemed to like them, which is the best part!

This was the cake I did for my brother's birthday. Stewie turned out alright, but he could have been better. It was a banana cake with cream cheese frosting. Overall, I liked the cake.

This is the cake I did for my cousin Tony. He wanted a Texas Hold 'em table. It was also banana with a cream cheese frosting.

And this is the cake I did for my Uncle Mike. I'm not sure why the picture won't turn, but it's being stubborn. It turned out awesome and I really liked it and so did he : )

Happy Easter x's 2!

2009-04-12T09:10:00.000-07:00

Easter cakes! I made an Easter cake for work (the one with the chick) and an Easter cake for when we go to our friends' house for Easter dinner (the bunny cake). They both turned out really well and I am quite happy with them! I even got to try some new things (i.e. the curly cues on top of the cakes, the cut out bunnies, the bunny and chick on the tops of the cakes). Overall, I feel like I'm getting progressively better. The hardest part for me is getting the main layer of fondant on the cake over the icing; it's a pain!

Oh well. ENJOY and Happy Easter! : )

Cake #4

2009-04-01T06:03:00.000-07:00

This cake went pretty well. It is a practice cake for a cake I will be doing for the daughter of a woman I work with. She told me that she loves pink and green and polka dots and that they are going to Disney World for her birthday, so I went with it. I'm glad that I am doing these practice cakes and trying different techniques so I know what I have to do to improve for the next cake.

One more thing...

2009-03-26T05:44:00.001-07:00

I forgot to say that the cake is a banana cake I made from scratch and the frosting (under the fondant) is a homemade cream cheese frosting!

Not great, but pretty good...

2009-03-26T05:25:00.000-07:00

Here is my first attempt at a poker table cake. I didn't cut the hexagon shape straight, so that is a little off. Also, the black dye really dries out the fondant and makes it a little harder to work worth, so the sides aren't entirely smooth. I know what I need to do for next time, though, to get it to look nicer. I am making this cake for my cousin Tony's birthday next month and want it to look just right! Also, here are some pictures of the characters and animals I have been trying... It will only get better.

Will be making more attempts sooooon!

Figures...

2009-03-23T06:06:00.001-07:00

Because I will be making cakes for a couple of different kid events, I wanted to try and make the figures that I will most likely be using on the cakes. I tried Winnie the Pooh and Tinker Bell this time. They're not exact, but I think you can tell who they are. I will get better as time goes on and I have more practice. This was a first attempt, mind you.

I think they turned out cute. Pooh even has a party hat! LoL.

2009-03-21T06:48:00.000-07:00

As I said in the last post, I am doing a cake for a baby shower next month and wanted to do some trial runs before the big show. I had found some great ideas on this awesome website http://www.cakecentral.com/ I really wanted to try the baby clothesline so I gave it a shot. It turned out alright, but I believe that it will look much better on a) a bigger cake and b) if I don't make the "clothesline" droop so low.

The teddy bears are of my own design and turned out really cute. The multi-colored blanket the top bear is sitting on was made after I initially cut out circles to put on the top layer and changed my mind so I rolled all of them together and it made a cool tie dye effect. I wanted to use it so I made it into a blanket and put the one bear on it. As for the baby banner, I probably should have just colored some buttercream and written it on there with it, but I wanted to see how this would turn out and it was late. LoL.

My first of many...

2009-03-19T10:08:00.000-07:00

So, I have always been facinated by the cakes designed on all the wedding shows and, of course, on Ace of Cakes on The Food Network. I always wanted to try working with fondant and now I have! My first attempt went pretty well. Of course, my lines could have been straighter and the balls around the base could have been rounder, but hey, I'm going to cut myself some slack. I made both the fondant and buttercream from scratch, but the cake mixes are from a box (I will be testing out homemade cake recipes next!). I dyed the fondant the different colors, rolled it out, and cut out the strips and shapes.

I'll be making a cake for a baby shower and I've got a lot of great ideas. I'm going to be practicing so I'll be sure to post new pictures as soon as I can! I'm also doing a few birthday cakes and I have ideas for those, as well. I'm hoping this turns into something, assuming I can make them all look pretty.

Here goes nothing!