Aggieland Mommy Bakes: 2008

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Lauren's Tinkerbell Cake

Lauren turned 4 today and she insisted on having a Tinkerbell birthday party. We went over the top with this party. For more on all the activities, visit my family blog in a few days.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Have you seen this?

Click here to see the funniest, yet ugliest, cakes ever! Thanks Julia for sending it to me.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Saturday, July 12, 2008

I was asked to do this one for a friend's little boy's cowboy party. It fit right in with the decorations and neat games she had set up. I've been asked to make another one for a party next Saturday. Check back!

Cake # 30F-45E

Saturday, June 28, 2008

A Special Cake for a Special Boy

We went to a big celebration today. It was a celebration for a little boy named Elias who just finished his last cancer treatment. When I heard that his mom was planning the big event, I offered to make the cake. Elias likes Super Heroes and he has even created his own, "Super E" and this is how he said he wanted his cake. I got a little worried when the RSVP list was up to 122 people. Altogether, this cake took me 9 hours. I have to say I'm a little sad about how uneven the icing looks in this picture but every time I tried to smooth it out, the cake started to come up. I need to practice. Also, I had this cake up super high so my kids wouldn't touch it, you should have seen me standing on a chair, hunched over to write the message.

If you want to learn more about Elias, click on his mom's blog. She hasn't had time to blog lately as you can imagine but I'm sure she'd love to hear from you. Or you can click on his Care Page for a full story on his roller coaster ride with cancer. Also, if you can support their financial bills, they would be so grateful.

A Baby Shower Cake

A friend asked me to make this one and she was going to put a topper on it. She didn't get a picture of the finished cake but I found a pitcure of the topper so now the cake should make sense.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Aidan's 1st birthday cake

I was so proud of this cake. We made it in Aggieland and transported it all the way to Mansfield with no problems. Once we got to Mandy's house, Stephen took it out of the car and tripped over the curb. His thumb went right in. You can see the smudge next to the candle. Other than that, it turned out great!

Valentine's Day Candy Bouquet

Monday, May 19, 2008

Abby's Baptism Cake

I decorated this cake to resemble the invitation. There are polka-dots on the invitation, you just can't see them. I forgot how hard it is to frost the cross cake with all the odd angles. The next time I make this cake, I will use fondant or all stars.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

New pans

A lady at work gave me 5 cake pans today! Now I am adding these pans to my list:
Care Bears
Mickey Mouse holding a pencil
butterfly
puppy
Popple Bear

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Abby's Baptism Cake

We are having Abby's baptism this Saturday. Even though the movers are taking away all of our things tomorrow and we are moving into our new house on Thursday, I am NOT going to miss baking her baptism cake. I made my niece and nephew's baptism cakes as well as the cakes for Lauren and Caleb. I'm a little strong willed that way!

I'll post pictures next week.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Cookie Bouquets

Don't know what to get Mom for Mother's Day or Dad for Father's Day? What about saying 'Thank You' to a friend? How about a cookie bouquet? The first bouquet I ever made was for Heather when she had her first little girl, Lexi. I'm not sure if I even remembered to take a picture.

Well, my OCD gets out of control once in awhile and I actually made a list of all the possible bouquets I can make with all my cookie cutters. Here's a picture of my favorite bouquet so far!

This list is really for me....for my sanity.

Aggie: Texas, thumb, boot, bonfire, helmet, jersey, flag

Baby shower: baby, bib, blocks, bottle, diaper, duck, footprint, name

Baptism: cross, gown, chalice, rosary

Beach: flip-flops, sun, drink, sunglasses, palm trees, ball

Birthdays: balloon, star, cake, present, party hat

Boss's Day:

Bridal Shower: cake, dress, tux, monogram

Christmas: candy cane, peppermint, present, reindeer, sleigh, stocking, toys, tree, wreath

Communion: cross, gown, chalice, rosary

Confirmation: cross, gown, chalice, rosary

Easter: rabbit, eggs, carrot, tulips, daisies, cross

Father's Day: tools, crown

Friendship: flowers, butterflies

Game night: poker chips, club, hearts, diamond

Gardening: flowers, packet of seeds

Get Well: flowers, band-aid, medicine bottle,

Halloween: bat, candy corn, eyeball, Frankenstein, ghost, haunted house, moon, mummy, pumpkin, tombstone, web, witch's hat

Mother's Day: flowers, hearts, butterfly, hats

Music: note, piano, staff

Patriotic: flag, star, heart, fireworks, USA, liberty bell

Pets: dog, bone

Princess: crown, wand, castle, shoe

Promotion:

Retirement:

School: ABC, 123, kids, apple, chalkboard, child face, star, school, flowers, crayons, pencil, ruler

Secretary's Day: flowers

Sesame Street: Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover, Ernie, Bert, Oscar, Count

Sports: golf ball, soccer ball, tennis ball, baseball, football, megaphone, helmet, volleyball, basketball, and more!

St. Patrick's Day: shamrock, hat

Sweet 16: driver's license, road signs, cars, keys, traffic light, cone

Teacher: ABC, 123, kids, apple, chalkboard, child face, star, school, flowers, crayons, pencil, ruler

Texas: Bluebonnets, Texas, Boot, Cowboy Hat, star, flag, cactus

Thank You: flowers

Thanksgiving: cornucopia, pilgrim, indian

Transportation: cars, trains, firetrucks

Valentine's Day: X, O, hearts, flowers

Western Theme: hat, boots, Texas, bandana, cactus

4th of July: flag, star, heart, fireworks, USA, liberty bell

Any more ideas? Leave them in the comments section please.

Cookie Cutters

If you read Aggieland Mommy, you must know that I'm an Obsessive Compulsive list maker. I have a list of almost all of my cookie cutters so I'll know what I have (unless Lauren has added it to her Play-Doh collection). See, now I can throw away the paper copy! I love blogs!

apple
baby bottle
bat
bone
boot
bunny face (lg)
butterfly
candy cane
carrot
Christmas tree
Christmas tree (lg)
club
cross
daisy
dog
double heart
duck
egg
elephant head
ghost
hat (cowboy)
heart
heart
heart (ripple)
heart ripple (md)
heart w/ arrow
huge heart
kid
leaf (lg)
lion face
parrot
peanut
Pooh set
pumpkin
reindeer
rocking horse
sleigh
square (lg)
star
star 8 pt
stocking
stocking (mini)
Texas
tulip
turkey
US
whale
wreath

giraffe
cornucopia
train cars
bell
Santa
4 leaf clover
ghost (min)
snowman (mini)
pilgrim
Indian
Easter basket

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

More Pictures Are on the Way

Thanks for stopping by to see pictures of my work.

I am looking for pictures of more cakes I have done. I think they were all taken before digital, can you imagine? So once I find them, I'll have to scan them in.

I know I have:
Spiderman- Hyla's son
3-D teddy bear for Caitlyn's 1st birthday as well as a shower
Bonfire
Another Texas
Aggie ring
Car cookies for co-worker's son
Aggie football jersey

Stephen's birthday cake

Poor Stephen, his birthday is November 27 so it usually gets overlooked due to Thanksgiving. In 2004 I asked him what he wanted his cake to look like. He had no idea. I knew I wanted to try something with these 3 colors. I like how they look, I wish I would have been more creative on top but when you have a 3 month old and you are at your parents' house, you do what you can with what you have.

Heart Surgery

I didn't have much time to plan this one. I wanted to make a cake to take to Arlington for my father-in-law's heart surgery in Sept. 2006.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Candy Molds

This is where I'll document all the candy molds I have

Cookies and bouquets

This is where I'll post all the different cookies I can make.

Cake shapes

This is where I will post all the pans I have and the possible shapes i.e. T-shirt pan...makes onesie

Lauren's 1st birthday cake

I wanted this cake to match the plates but as usual, I ran out of time to detail the top. See, we travel to Fort Worth to have the parties with our closest friends and family. This was her first cake but I have since learned to start the cake before we leave town.