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The pressure is on when you are making a cake for an artist! I hope this meets the standard!




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New Products, New Ideas

Minecraft is the new rave right now so it was no surprise that Cade wanted a Minecraft cake.  The idea was simple enough, but basically creating a mosaic with tiny squares sure is time consuming!  But of course it is all worth it to make my little guy's 7th birthday special!

I love when I get to experiment with new products!  While it is exciting, at the same time it can make me a little uneasy since the need for the new products to work as I have planned is crucial to the success of the cake.  With this cake I used 2 new products.  I used tinted piping gel to create the "water" and I used gum-tex in some fondant to make it harden.

Happy birthday, son!

Cameron's birthday has rolled around yet again.  He's turning 9 years old!  So hard for me to believe!  His passion continues to involve WWE wrestling so nothing less than a great cake for him!  I had a great time creating this wrestling ring for him.  Love you, buddy!

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Peace

I made this cake for a cutie who is turning 8 years old.   I made a cake for her 5th birthday which is hard to believe was three years ago already!  Happy birthday, Lola girl!

Thanks

It is so sweet to know your costumers love your cakes!

Neon is Back

I love seeing the neon colors of my childhood coming back.  Too funny!  This cake was inspired by those 80s colors, but with a modern twist with the zebra stripes. 

Chocolate Lover

This 9 year old must LOVE chocolate!  Happy birthday, Makenna!

My cousin's daughter, Kelsie, celebrated her 18th birthday with this cake!

Dora the Explorer is my nightmare.  I made several attempts to add her to this cake, but either my creative juices weren't flowing or the details of her eyes and body truly are difficult to recreate with fondant.  Whichever it is, I just couldn't pull it off with the quality I would have been happy with.  Instead I created a cute cake for a cute birthday girl.

A Busy April

A Busy Season Hits

60th Birthday

This cake was the first time I experiemented with marzipan.  I made the numbers with this almond paste and was hoping to stand the "60" up on the the cake.  The marzipan dried as planned and would have been capable of standing, but my support systen was not sufficient.  So I will have to continue to experiment.

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This cake was fun to make.  A little different design than my normal tiered cakes with the square on the bottom.  It is also hard to tell in the picture, but it is a mini-tiered cake ready to feed about 16 people.

Angry Birds

Peace

I LOVE this cake...so fun!!

Ahoy Matey!

This was an interesting cake for me to make in light of my recent complaint that so many boys' apparel has skulls on them.  From our recent family viewing of the Pirates of a Caribbean movies, Cameron and Cade have taken a liking to pirates.  Knowing my own children, the skull and crossbones seems innocent and playful.   But perhaps I have learned a lesson about judging the clothes someone might select for their children to wear.

Cakes Galore

It has been awhile since I last posted the cakes I have been making so I have a few fun ones to share.

This cake was super fun!  I tried a new product...edible glitter!  The picture doesn't make it real obvious, but the black stripes are super shimmery!  This eight year old diva had a great cake!

 The Chicago Bears is a love of this little girls so she got a super fun cake!

A Boston Red Sox fan at heart recieved this cake for his birthday!

Boy or Girl?

These cakes are for an expecting mother who is leaving the surprise of the gender until the birth!

Start Your Engines!

This little race fan got a special cake for his 8th birthday!  Happy birthday, Dylan!

Music Fun

Graduation

Graduation + last week of school + packing up classroom + Eric being gone + baseball schedule = 1 busy mama 

Phew, now I am ready to have a relaxing Memorial Day weekend!

Baptism

My first baptism cake!  Two young girls at my church made the decision to go public with their decision to be a follower of Christ.  I am so proud of them!

S'more Fun

For Cade's 5th birthday we celebrated with a camping theme.   I couldn't think of anything more appropriate to make for his cake...

For My Grandma

Today we are celebrating my grandma's 90th birthday!  I love you, Grandma!

Sweet 16

My cousin ordered this cake for her daughter's Sweet 16!  The birthday girl even designed it herself!

Getting Messy

A little girl plans to get messy with this cake when she digs into it on her 1st birthday!!

Yum!

I was so happy with the colors on this cake.  I was able to match it perfectly to the themed decorations for a baby shower.

Even More Stripes

Zebra cakes seem to be a favorite.  This one is super cute!

More Stripes

Animal print is trendy right now, but for our community it has its own meaning...it is our school mascot.  Yep, we are the ZEBRAS!  This lucky little girl is celebrating in style!

Celebrating 40 Years!

Eric's office coordinator recently celebrated her 40th year with Farm Bureau Insurance!  Wow, that is amazing!  Eric recognized her by presenting her with this cake.

Faux Cake

Wow, I was honored to be asked to make this cake from a friend who owns her own boutique.  The store is celebrating its 5th anniversary and this weekend is also the store's Christmas Open House. 

The cake was my first "faux" cake so I went into the project on a learning curve.  I must say that decorating with foam dummies is actually easier than with real cake.  I enjoyed making this cake and am glad I had the opportunity!

Baby Girl

My chic client did not want a traditional baby shower cake!

May the Force be With You

I made these lightsabers for my son's seventh birthday.  He chose to have a Boston Creme Pie so I made the lightsabers out of Rice Crispy treats. 

More Toy Story

A Little Surprise

Cameron, Cade, and I are working our way around Eric's new offices to meet all of the employees.  While we are there to introduce ourselves, we are leaving behind a little treat for them to enjoy!!  These chocolate truffles are soooo sweet!

Happy Birthday Babe!

My husband just celebrated his birthday and this is the cake Cameron and Cade made for him.  Boston Cream Pie is his favorite!!  The boys enjoyed tricking daddy into thinking they were helping me wash dishes while we were working on the cake.

Happy birthday to my amazing husband!!