Baby Blessing

This is a cake I made for my son's baby blessing on Jan 7, 2012

Leftovers

Have tons of leftover frosting? I know the feeling. Seems like I always have leftover frosting or fondant somewhere. Mostly on my hips, but that's another story. This story is about a butter ball turkey and how he came to be in our Thanksgiving feast. In the few weeks before Thanksgiving, I had done a few cakes and my mom requested a do another cake for Thanksgiving. Isn't Thanksgiving all about pie??? Apparently not this year. Well, I didn't particularly have my heart in the project this time. So I made a small 6 inch cake and frosted it with leftover purple icing from my grandma's 75th birthday party. Then I had some leftover fondant from something or other, I can't even remember. I decided to make a little turkey out of fondant and place him on top of the cake. He actually turned out really adorable! I still had a little fondant and I can't seem to make any cakes without a border, so I cut maple leaves out with my cookie cutter and lined them up around the edge. The cake turned out so cute and everyone enjoyed it.

Grandma's 75th Birthday

I had planned on making just a small cake for my Grandma's 75th birthday, but then my coworker asked me to make her wedding cake and so I used Grandma's cake to practice on. I tried making my fondant a big firmer and that helped a TON with making it smooth. I also need to make more fondant when i cover the cakes because i had to patch a few spots on this cake. No one really noticed or cared, but I do! Plus they will notice on a wedding cake. It was a great opportunity to practice with fondant.

50th Anniversary

I love this cake! It is one of my favorites, even though it has many many flaws. We decided to throw my grandparents a surprise party for their 50th Anniversary this year. I fell in love with this cake and it's simple elegance. The vine and flowers form a family tree. Each member of our family is represented by a flower and so we can see how much our family has grown. As for the cake itself, this was the first time I dried decorations, so I learned that it is hard to stick dried fondant to dried fondant. Dried to wet works or wet to wet, but not dry to dry. I also learned how to use the painted on food coloring. That was pretty cool.

Christmas in July

Our Girl's Day party had a Christmas in July theme this year (actually a few years ago). I have been wanting to try out the giant cupcake pan for a while, so I borrowed it from a friend. I had extra batter so I also made some normal sized cupcakes. I iced the cakes in buttercream, but I really wanted to do a fancy bow, so I made that in fondant. Once again I made the fondant too soft so it was hard to work with, but I got the look I wanted in the end.

Opening Day!

I have a family full of avid hunters. Every October life stops for a while during the big HUNT! In honor of this tradition I created this cake for the guys. I really had to search for the elk to put on top!

Party Girl!

This was made for our Girl's Day party a few years ago. We did a Treasure Hunt. I would consider this particular cake one of my flops, but it's still fun to see!





I made this cake for our family's Murder Mystery dinner on New Years 2008. We did a western theme and the PR stands for Prickly Rock.

Ladybug and Family Tree

This is a cake that I helped my Grandma make. She baked the cakes and frosted the base layers, all I did was the grass, flowers and dots. Still, it turned out super cute!



This was made for a family reunion and I took the idea from my Wilton cake class book. Everyone loved it!

For Friends

My little cousin was baptized and asked for an angel cake and this was the creation I came up with. I swear the hardest part of this cake was getting that doll's hair to look normal!



I have a girlfriend who when I first met her wore high heels EVERY day, rain or shine. For her birthday I made her this cake with a high heeled shoe. It was originally an open toed shoe, until I messed up. Thankfully I was able to fix my mistake by making it a closed toe shoe instead.

Beginnings

I am doing a cake for someone in my ward and she asked me for pictures of my cakes. I decided that a blog would be much easier than emailing pictures every time. These are my very first cakes! These were done in early 2008 and I have learned so much since then. Most of my cakes have a specific technique that I am trying out or theme that I want to portray. In these cakes I learned how to use piping gel to trace an outline (rainbow) and how to make roses. The Valentine cake was my very first cake. I made it for my husband and it's a good thing he doesn't care much for looks, because this one is a wreck! It's fun to look back and see how much I've grown.