Sunday, June 19, 2011

Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake -- 06/11/2011





This is a 14 in round double layer white cake with the Mickey Mouse head cake stacked on top. This is a huge cake. I absolutely loved how it turned out. It was ordered for a 2 year old little girl's birthday party where the theme was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. One dozen matching cupcakes completed the order. Doug snapped a quick picture of me doing what I do while I was busy working. I have to admit, while it's stressful, I love the process - getting everything just so and the look on the kids faces when they see their cakes - priceless! :)

Soccer Party Cupcakes -- 05/20/2011

I whipped these up for Noah's soccer party at the end of his season. White cake with buttercream 'grass' icing and soccer ball picks. Lots of fun!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes -- 04/26/2011



These are definitely a favorite at our house! I was thinking one day, what if a reese's peanut butter cup came in cupcake form? I set out to make my own. YUM! The results were happy ones - for me and all the women in my family. lol These cupcakes were made for my sister's 35th birthday.



Disney Princess Birthday Cake -- 04/17/2011





This cake was made for another friend's little girl's 3rd birthday. She asked for a Disney Princess cake with lots of pink and purple icing - and that pink trumps purple. So cute. :) Two tier double layer strawberry cake with buttercream icing. I boxed this cake up to make a 2 hour drive to Ashville, North Carolina - I was so glad to hear little Elise loved her cake and that it was her favorite part of her day! Mission accomplished!


Phineas & Ferb Rollercoaster Birthday Cake - 04/16/2011

I made this cake for a friend of mine's little boy's 8th birthday. You might say this is the most challenging cake I have ever made. Wow. Phineas and Ferb rollercoaster cake made out of yellow cake and buttercream icing. They found a picture of a rollercoaster cake online and asked me to make a similar one with boy colors. Getting the top cake layers (the actual rollercoaster) in just the right places and getting it iced just right (by my standards) was tedious. The rollercoaster cars are made out of sugarwafer cookies that are iced and have the characters stuck in with toothpicks. All I can say after making this cake is - Whew! I'm glad that one is over! lol
Original Cake idea here: http://family.go.com/2010-cake-contest/animals_and_characters/phineas-and-ferb-rollercoaster-cake-23388/




Saturday, June 18, 2011

Farm Birthday Cake & Horse Cake -- 03/27/2011







These are the cakes I made for Kate's 2nd birthday. She is really into 'horseys' and 'cows' right now, so I went with it. :) She seemed very pleased when she saw her cakes. The 2 tier cake is white cake with white icing 2 layer cakes stacked. I then added Duff's cake 'tattoos' with the bandana and cow print - those are so neat! It made the perfect farm themed cake and her farm themed sand and water table we got for her came with the perfect cake toppers. I always try to make a chocolate cake to go along with the white cake and the horse seemed to go perfect. These cakes were a lot of fun to make and made our birthday girl very happy!

Birthday "Tea Party" Cake -- 03/19/2011







I made this cake for my neice Emma's 7th birthday - a Birthday 'Tea Party'. Such a cute theme. It is a two tiered cake with each tier made of two layers with buttercream frosting. The top tier was chocolate and the bottom tier was white cake per my sister's request. Carnation flowers were added to the top and sides for decoration. Matching cupcakes with flower picks that my sister added after I finished frosting them. Loved how these all turned out!

Baby Shower Cake -- 03/26/2011

This is a 2 tier cake made for a shower for a sweet new baby girl. My friend wanted the cake to match the invitation so I went with pink baby feet and a rattle on top of the cake. Everything was hand piped - loved making those little feet! So cute! Also included in the order was 2 dozen cupcakes made with matching icing.