The First Wedding Cake - and a Thank You/Birthday Cake

Here is my first ever "for sale" wedding cake.  I have a wonderful friend who referred me to a local caterer who needed a last minute wedding cake done.  She said that she needed something very simple.  White fondant on a white tier and a chocolate tiered cake.  Simple blossom flowers and balls either in fondant or buttercream around the bases.  I think I gave her exactly what she was wanting.  :)  I am so very proud of this cake.  Now, the caterer said that she was going to come to me for more cakes. Win-Win situation for us both.  Below the wedding cake pic, you will see a thank you/birthday cake for my friend Jason, who referred me.  His birthday was the same day as the wedding. :)

Cupcakes and Cake Bites :)

Wow, have I been busy lately.  Not really busy doing too much baking, but still very busy none-the-less.  However, I did find some time to bake some goodies.  :) Look out for my next post: my first wedding cake :)

Funfetti Cupcakes for AWANA boys :)

 Brownie bowl dessert

 Praline Brownie Bites - MAJOR HIT!!! :)

 Funfetti Cake Bites - as much as I LOVE chocolate/brownies, these were actually my favorite of the two.

Key Lime Cake & Cupcakes

These turned out amazing.  I am loving this experimenting and having it come out GREAT, lol.  :) Both the cake/cupcakes and the icing are key lime flavored.  I also added lime zest to the icing to give it that little extra umph, lol. Shame I couldn't get the gumpaste/fondant flowers to be lime flavored too, lol.

Have I said how much I am LOVING making cupcakes?

One of my best friends helped me come up with the idea for these cupcakes.  And then I was asked to make something for a church social in the morning.  I figured that I might as well experiment on those I really love, lol.

These cupcakes are called "Miriam's Maple Goodness Cupcakes" - named after the wonderful lady that helped me with the idea.  :)  They are definitely a hit and will be made again.

Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

I had the recipe to try for these, and I knew that they just HAD to be good.  However, I have to say that they came out a lot better than even I had hoped for.  These are definitely a keeper.  :)

Cupcakes

Here are some cupcakes that I have made in the past few weeks.  :)

Fourth of July

 White Velvet

 Caterpillar

 Drop Flowers

 Fish

 Flower

 Oreo

 Rosettes

 Shaggy Mumm

 Swirl

4th of July Cake

Things for baking lately, since graduation, have been so slow.  And because of that, I am so glad that there are holidays that I can play in the kitchen for. Here is a cake that I made to bring to our church cookout. :) The only thing that I kind of wish I had done a little differently is cut the size of the cakes down.  It is over 7" tall, lol.