A bridal shower Cake

A co-worker of mine has been looking for an excuse to order a cake from me for a while now. One of her friends is getting married this summer, finally giving her a reason to order a cake!

She wanted a cake that would include the bride and groom's wedding colors, moss green and chocolate. We decided to keep it fairly simple with stripes and a bow.

Both tiers of this cake were chocolate. The top layer was filled with chocolate ganache, and the bottom layer was filled with a chocolate chip cookie dough filling.

Sorry that the photo is a bit out of focus! I was in a rush to get out of the house with it.

Shannon, I hope the shower was a great one!

It"s a boy!

I had the pleasure of making a baby shower cake for one of my best friends this weekend. She knew that she was having a boy so her sister's set out on a blue, green, and brown shower theme.

We talked about a few styles of cake and ultimately decided on a more modern cake look that would match the party decor. Below is the final product!


This cake was a vanilla cake that was tinted blue. The top tier had strawberry filling and the bottom tier was filled with banana cream. Yummy! The polka dots and stripes were made of fondant and the bow was made of chocolate and fondant. Yummy!

Happy birthday Mom!

I know that lots of people say something similar, but my mom is the best there is! She has such a huge kind heart and really does whatever she can to make sure that those around her are happy and comfortable. We all are so lucky to have her!

She always makes sure that our birthday's are special to us kids so we decided that it was time for her to have a wonderful day! We decided to throw her a surprise birthday party this weekend. We didn't have an invite or specific party decor for me to model a cake off of so I spent quite some time thinking about what kind of cake to make for her. Ultimately, I decided on a purple, black, and grey present cake. Anyone who knows my mom knows that she is the present wrapping QUEEN! She has an obscene amount of wrapping paper and fancy bows. Oh, and her favorite color is purple.

I decided to do a multi loop bow this time I did it this partly because I wanted to try something new, but also because it's just something that my mom would love!

So here is the cake I made for her. It was a white almond cake with a strawberry filling. I covered it in fondant and then added the multi loop bow that was made from a fondant/ gumpaste mixture.

Here's a bit of a closer picture of the bow and details on the cake.

What do you guys think of this new bow?

Happy birthday Mom!

More swirls and bows

My neighbor enjoyed the first cake they ordered from me so much that they ordered a second cake for their other daughter. It makes me happy to know that they liked the first one so much.

My neighbor was having some trouble coming up with what she wanted the cake to look like since she wasn't doing a birthday theme. I showed her some of the past cakes that I've made for inspiration and she loved the swirly one that I made for my friend's niece. I asked her if I could change the colors up a bit for the sake of my "rule" (which I suspect is going to have to go out the window soon) and she agreed. She even said that I could do whatever I thought was best. Fine with me!

So, here's the cake!

This cake was a french vanilla rainbow cake with a strawberry filling and a vanilla buttercream frosting. The bow and the lettering are made of fondant.

Happy 2nd birthday, Amy!

Another present cake!

One of my co-workers is turning 25 this weekend and asked if I would make her birthday cake. I was honored! She wanted a hot pink present cake with a black bow on it. This is what I was able to come up with for her:



This cake was a red velvet cake with whipped cream cheese and walnut filling. It was covered in fondant with a fondant/gumpaste bow. Don't mind the wax paper rolled up under the bow. I put those in there to make sure that the bow survived delivery. I'll let the birthday girl take those out when she is ready. What you can't really see is that the hot pink part has a happy birthday imprint with balloons.

The bow that I made for this cake was different than the bows that I usually make. I thought it looked more realistic even though it's made of a fondant/gumpaste mixture. What do you guys think?

Happy birthday Lee! I hope you have a fabulous day!

Minnie Mouse

My neighbors say they are tortured by seeing me carry all these cakes out my door and never being able to have a taste of any of them. To solve the problem, they ordered a cake for their daughter's 3rd birthday.

She just told me that they were having a minnie birthday and to make a cake that would fit in with that theme. So this is what I was able to do for them.

This cake was a french vanilla with 1/2 strawberry and 1/2 banana filling. The frosting around the base was whipped cream and the polka dots, 3, ears, and bow were made of fondant. I hear the birthday girl really enjoyed it! Happy Birthday, Emma!

Happy Birthday Dad!

Our family celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday. This is a guy who hates when his family make a big fuss over him. I've gotten to the point where I know better than to ask him what he can use or what he wants for his birthday. He just won't tell me!


Anyway, We love to celebrate him but he never allows it. This year, he made it pretty easy on us by calling his brother and sisters over for a Labor Day BBQ. Little did he know that we had other plans! After dinner, as we all sat around catching up and spending time together, I brought out his cake and we all sang happy birthday to him. What do you get the guy who never lets you get him anything? A cake in the shape of a present! I hope he enjoyed it! Happy Birthday to the best dad a girl can ask for!

Now for the details on the cake! This was a white almond cake with strawberry filling. Everything that you see in the picture was edible and made of fondant.

Becoming a teen

To those who know me, it's no surprise that I love bright (and sometimes borderline obnoxious) colors. I think that's one of the reasons why I like making kids birthday cakes so much. You can be creative and bright and it's ok!


A friend's niece turned 13 this weekend and asked me if I would make a cake for her birthday party. The birthday girl requested a chocolate cake with strawberry filling. She also wanted the cake to be "hot purple" and mentioned that her other favorite colors were blue and green.

This is what came of it:

Front view-

Back view-

This cake was really fun to make even though my hands are still purple and blue from tinting the frosting. It's so bad that I wonder if they will go back to normal. How did I make such a mess?!

Want to know what's scarier than purple hands? Delivering a cake! It's especially scary when you need to cross over train tracks to get to the house. Stress, stress, stress, but the cake and I made it in one piece!

Anyway, Happy Birthday, Jordan!

Where it all began!

Alright! Want to see some cakes? I'll start from the beginning with my first cake that was decorated beyond store bought icing, sprinkles, and a candle or two. Don't laugh....it was my first cake! Thankfully, I've learned how to keep the cake crumbs out of my frosting, how to cover my board, and to not stick random utensils into the cake if I run out of hands ;-)

My second cake that I made was for my mom's birthday. It turned out a bit better. It was a yellow cake that I dyed purple inside. The things at the bottom are sweet pea flowers and NOT feet- thanks for that Dad!

Third cake for class was cute and a lot of fun! My daughter couldn't wait to dig right in! Notice her arm in the background. Daddy had his work cut out for him trying to keep her away so that I could take a picture!

And my final cake! I had a ton of fun figuring out how to use fondant. My present cake- isn't it cute?