To Infinity and Beyond!

I just finished this cake today, and I have to say, I had a blast making this one.  I tried something a little different than I normally do.  I cut the shape of buzz out of fondant and then handpainted all of the detail on him.  Then I placed him on the decorated cake.  I was so happy with how it all turned out.  Hope you enjoy!

Strawberry Shortcake

I just finished this precious cake today.  As you can see, it is a Strawberry Shortcake themed cake.  The bottom layer is a chocolate cake with buttercream filling and the top is vanilla with buttercream filling.  I then covered and decorated the outside with fondant to give it that smooth finish.  I was very happy with how it all turned out, I loved the polka dots and stripes!

"Poppin" up some birthday fun!

For my daughter's birthday this year we celebrated at the movie theater. What better treat to have than a tub of popcorn! This tub of popcorn was not ordinary though, it was a cake! I made a red velvet cake with a cream cheese filling. I decorated the sides to look like a popcorn tub and then topped it with my very own buttered popcorn...(marshmallows) The kids loved it and it was the perfect centerpiece.

These are the popcorn cupcakes that I made and sent with her to school on her birthday. I wanted to practice making the popcorn before making the cake. They loved it!

All the little girls love Tinkerbell. I made this cute cake for a sweet friend of mine's little girl. It was a chocolate cake with buttercream icing. Have I mentioned that I love making cute children's cakes? :-)

This cake was one my husband and I worked together on back in the summer. It was quite the challenge, but something we wanted to try. We were going for the "real tree" camo look, and felt we accomplished it pretty well.

A friend of mine was in need of a pretty, yet simple cake, and I said I would give it a shot. It resembles the one I made for mine and my husband's 10 year vow renewal (which is posted down below) Because I made that one for myself, I felt confident that I could do it again. I also made two sheet cakes that you can see off to the corner of the picture. It turned out so beautiful, and the flowers that they had to place on top really made it pop! The cake was a lemon cake with a lemon cream cheese filling in two of the layers, and a raspberry mousse in the middle layer. It was iced in a lemon buttercream very subtle, yet fresh flavors.

I've been so busy making these cakes the past few weeks that I have just now gotten around to posting the pictures. I love making children's birthday cakes, I especially had fun decorating the Hello Kitty cakes. I enjoy every chance I get to use the bright colors like I did on this cake. For the sports cake I had to dig in to find my inner sports fan and remember what each sports ball looked like...soccer balls are not easy to draw with icing! I have to say, I was happy with how it turned out, I did not want to disappoint! :-) The last two cakes that I have shown were made for some friends of ours whose daughter was baptized in the creek at their house. It was such a special day for all who were there, and I made these to help celebrate the amazing display of how much God loves us! "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son, that who ever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Super heros and Puppy dogs

I had so much fun making these most recent fun birthday cakes. I made the Warning cake for a sweet friend of mine whose husband had turned 40. She wanted something fun but yet not too doom and gloom, I felt the Warning sign would be fitting. The Spiderman/Hulk cake was fun for me, it was for a 3 year old who had a favorite pair of undies with this image. We thought it would be cute to put that on a cake for him. It was my first superhero cake, and I was so thrilled with how it turned out...I think he was too! :-) Finally the puppy dog cake was a new challenge for me. I had seen cakes like this and wanted to try making one for my friends daughter. I carved a puppy out of chocolate cake and covered it in fondant. It was so much fun and the birthday girl was so excited to see her puppy cake.

Circus Cupcakes

Here are some photos of my newest creations. A friend of mine

had a Circus themed birthday for her 2yr olds and asked me to
make these cupcakes for them. I had never done anything quite as involved as these. Although they took me a while to decorate, I was very pleased with the end result. Aren't they cute!