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/

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.

LEGO Birthday Cake - 02/20/2011

I made a LEGO cake for my son Noah's 8th birthday. He loved it so much and I was so happy that he was so happy with it. Legos are made from chocolate compound so the entire cake was edible. The kids loved the legos and even tried building with them. I also made LEGO crayons and gave Lego hard candy as favors - All the LEGO details were a big hit!

LEGO Cupcakes - 02/19/2011

...and for the chocolate lovers out there (myself included!)...

I made these LEGO cupcakes for my son Noah's 8th birthday sleepover. He celebrated with several of his friends from school the night before his birthday with these cupcakes. They are completely edible - the legos made from chocolate compound, melted and poured into a silicone mold or ice cube tray shaped like lego bricks. So cool to make and yummy too! The kids absolutely loved them and Noah was super happy with them. Love the smile they put on my boys face. :)