Mother's Day Cake - May 13, 2012

I made this cake for my mom for Mother's Day this year. It is a dark chocolate cake with chocolate icing surrounded in pirouette cookies and topped with fresh strawberries. My husband said I should have taken a picture of the inside of the cake (yes, I should have...) : ) to show how yummy it looked once it was cut. All the components went well together and were delicious!

'Ruffle' Birthday Cake for Christina -- April 27, 2012

 I made my sister Chris a 'ruffle' cake for her 36th birthday. It is such a pretty cake and Chris loves all things 'froo-froo'. It was fun experimenting as I had never made one of these before. I think it turned out pretty good. White cake - 9 in 2 layer cake on the bottom and 6 in 2 layer cake on top. 'Ballet' pink buttercream icing. I added the bunting first and then added fresh flowers to match the colors in the bunting. So much fun to make. I want to do another and cover the top in fresh roses...

Sesame Street Birthday with Elmo Cake! -- April 1, 2012

 I admit it, this birthday theme is very near and dear to my heart.... All three of my kids had a Sesame Street or Elmo themed birthday party. Noah's first birthday, Rachel's second and now Kate's third birthday have all been celebrated with the muppets from 'the street'. I knew this would be our last chance for it and was glad she was still in love with all the characters. Even though we had the full themed party, I knew she had to have an Elmo cake - she had only been talking about it since November at Rachel's party... So an Elmo cake she had -- 14 in round single layer with the Wilton Elmo pan cake on top. I also made rainbow colored cake pops, rainbow fruit kabobs, rainbow jello cups with cool whip and colored sprinkles, Elmo candy pops using a chocolate mold, and Cookie Monster's chocolate chip cookies. I had so much fun with this party! I also served Big Bird and Elmo juices and decorated lollies with Sesame Street wrapping paper as a part of the party favors. The birthday girl was thrilled!  She had a great day and I say 'mission accomplished!'.  Here is a picture of our cute little 3 year old enjoying her big day--

 

Star Wars, The Clone Wars Birthday Cake & More...

 12 in round, 2 layer cake with buttercream icing -- My son wanted Star Wars, The Clone Wars again this year for his birthday. : ) He decided he wanted some of his favorite characters on top this year to do things a little differently. No problem! I made white cupcakes with light saber toppers, red, green and blue (light saber colored) cake pops and also 'light saber' pretzels to go along with the cake. He couldn't have been happier!

Baseball Birthday Cake & Smash Cake

I made this set of Baseball cakes for a little guy turning 1. It's a 12 in round, one layer cake on the bottom with the Wilton Baseball Mitt pan on top. Glove is iced in Chocolate buttercream, with dark chocolate for the laces. Smash Cake is a 6 in round 2 layer cake.

Christmas Cupcakes -- December 20, 2011

Christmas cupcakes made for an office Christmas party -- these were a lot of fun to make. Chocolate and Vanilla flavored cakes with assorted decorations for Christmas. Candy canes on swirled icing, Peppermints on sprinkles, Santa hats, Christmas trees with sprinkle 'ornaments', gingerbread men, and of course, the favorite- Peanut Butter Cup cupcakes.

Christmas Cupcakes -- December 10, 2011

I made these cupcakes for my sister Chris to take over to the Radiation department at UT Hospital. It was her last radiation treatment and I know she was so, so relieved to be done with it all. She wanted to do something special for the people there that had been so kind to her. There were Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes, Vanilla cupcakes with candy canes and Andes Mint cupcakes (chocolate mint flavored cake with mint buttercream icing, chocolate drizzle and an Andes mint on top).

A Dora the Explorer Birthday Cake -- December 15, 2011

These Dora the Explorer cakes were made for a sweet girl turning 3 years old! She wanted a Dora doll cake and also a regular Dora cake. Very cute and sweet! Both cakes were vanilla cake with buttercream icing. Dora's hair was done in dark chocolate icing to get the just the right color.