Recent Bakings

I have been working a lot lately and not much time for a lot of baking, but I have gotten SOME in, :)

Chocolate Fudge Cake Bites

German Chocolate Cake Bites

Red Velvet Cake Bites

Strawberry Cake Bites

Lemon Cake Bites

Wilton Class 1 - Teaching piping gel transfer

Owl Baby Shower Cake

Cake Bites and Fondant Critters

I had so much fun playing around making these little critters.

I have the opportunity to sell some of my baking products where Josh works.  Here are some cake bites that I made.  More pictures to come soon.

Chocolate Espresso Crunch

Orange Dreamsicle

Red Velvet

I still have to take pics, but I also have lemon and chocolate fudge cake bites made.  :)

New Cakes

Here are my latest cakes.  There are aspects of each that I am proud of, lol.

This one was designed with a piping gel transfer.  It was pretty easy and fun to do.

For a 2 year old's birthday party.

I love how the grass turned out on this one.

My writing is atrocious but they like it, lol. Josh told me that those didn't look like balloons either, hehehe.

Vertical Layered Cake :)

I watched a YouTube video on this and just HAD to try it.  :)  Here is my Easter Cake.

Of course by making this cake you wind up with two separate cakes.  I have one in the freezer ready to go for another cake later. :)

 I didn't get a picture until half was gone.  But you can see the layers.  For those that dont like a lot of icing, this is a good cake because there isn't any on the inside at all, lol.

turtle birthday

My husband's cousin hired me to make cupcakes and a cake in turtle theme for her little girl's birthday.  I think they turned out adorable.

The turtle on top of this cake was a new technique that I learned how to do.  It is buttercream and done as a transfer of sorts.  I need a little more practice to keep the black from running into the other colors, but all in all I think it turned out really nice. The turtles on the sides are thin fondant cutouts.

These turtle toppers were too cute.  I found a picture online and sorta went from there with fondant.  The kids loved them.  Not sure many ate them vs taking them home, lol.

End of 2011

OK, so November and December have been really busy, which I think is the norm for most people.  I had a lot of personal stuff going on as well, such as trying to heal from the death of my daddy.  One thing I like, is that I can forget about things while I am decorating a cake. I get so engrossed that nothing else can penetrate when I am in the midst of a cake project. I am actually working on one last project for the end of the year, and pictures of that will be forthcoming.  Here are some pics of what I did the past few weeks.

This cake was a combo cake for one of my best friends.  She graduated in December from the Art Institute, but not only that, she graduated on her birthday.  I incorporated both ideas into this cake for her.  The flavor was key lime, and it was a big hit with everyone except a 5 year old little boy.

I made these mini sweet tarts for Thanksgiving.  I made a batch for Josh's side of the family, and again for my side of the family.  Both sides loved them, and thought they were the perfect size for after a huge meal.

This cake was leftover batter from the following cake pictures.  The flavor is peppermint, and the topping is the Andies peppermint crunch that is sold only during the holiday season.

These cake and cupcakes was made for my mother in law to take to work for her Christmas party.  The flavor is peppermint and I made fondant trees and candy canes for decoration.  On the cupcakes I used sprinkles to give it that extra little ooomph.

There will be a couple more pics of my last project that I am working on, but those will not be uploaded until after the new year.  I hope each and every one of you have a great New Year filled with loads of good desserts :)

A cake special to my heart

Here is a cake that I made this past week.  My father is very ill and not expected to make it for very long.  He and my (step)mom decided to renew their wedding vows and asked me if I would make the cake for them.  I told them I would be honored.  The only thing they asked for was to have something simple decorated, color pink, and writing on top saying: Forever Together Amen. I know that I have done some great cakes, but this one was special to me.