Double sheet cake for my co-worker's surprise baby shower.
I did my best to copy the napkin/invitation design.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Katie's "Salon Vanity" Cake
My sister Katie recently celebrated her 1 year anniversary since opening her beauty shop, Salon Vanity.
Her shop decor includes purple/black/zebra print and chandeliers. I thought that this chandelier stencil would be the key to making her the perfect cake, but it turns out that cake stencils are WAY harder than they look! I had to scrape the icing off several times and start over (which is why it isn't very "smooth"), and finally settle on this one when I ran out of time. I know it could have been worse, but I was disappointed that I didn't do better. Stencils is just NOT going to be my specialty!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Friday, December 9, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tangled/Rapunzel Cake for Maelie
A Rapunzel doll cake for my niece Maelie...with an ice cream cone tower!
My inspiration :-)
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Sugar Glider Cake for my Animal Care Team
I made this for the students who help take care of the animals in my classroom. Below are a couple of pictures of our sugar gliders.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Tyler's 18th Birthday Marine Corps Cake
Here's what I had to go by:
And, the finished cake.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, except that my lettering is off.
(Hard to judge where to start and stop on a circle - if I had it to do over, I would have done the lettering first and THEN added the eagle/globe/anchor.)
It was a BIG cake.... that silver plate is actually a pizza pan! (It is sitting on a kitchen stool.)
Later at the party... I thought it looked neat with 18 candles on it :-).
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Gwen's Penguin (PenGWEN!) Cake
This was a request for a friend's daughter, Gwen. Gwen loves penguins and her nickname is Pengwen!
She especially loves the movie Happy Feet, so I used this guy for a model.
(The one on the left is the one I made out of fondant.)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
"Ants on a Picnic" Cake
I just finished making this cake for a BBQ tomorrow at our friends' house.
I was inspired by some cupcakes that I saw in a book.
The ants are made of chocolate covered almonds. Mmm.
And the watermelon slices are made from fruit candies:
One cut and a quick "switcheroo" of the red and green pieces.
(Plus some chocolate icing for the "seeds".)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Caitlin and Carl's Wedding Cake
My first (and probably only!) wedding cake...
There are some imperfections that bother me (we are our own worst critics!), but Caitlin and Carl were happy with their cake and that makes me happy!
The odds were against us..
I baked the cake in my mom's 25+ year old oven that:
(a) I wasn't used to, and
(b) does just fine for fixing dinner but (I learned the hard way)
does NOT bake cakes evenly.
I had to remake several layers and did not even go to bed that night.
And then, there was the delivery!
I assembled the cake first (probably a bad idea!) and rode in the back with it while my mom drove as slow as possible with her flashers on.
But we had to go up a hill. A BIG hill.
The cake layers were separated by cream filling...which sloshed back in forth in the car with every bump and turn. It looked like the Leaning Tower of Pisa and I prayed outloud that it wouldn't fall over compeltely!
It didn't. Thank you, God!
The best part of the cake (for me) was the delicious new recipes that I found.
Carl likes strawberry cake, and I didn't want to just use a strawberry mix.
This one uses REAL strawberries and has a delicious strawberry filling. Here's a picture of an early stage:
The other tiers were french vanilla with a Bavarian cream filling,
also a new recipe and equally yummy.
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