Baptism

Lauren's First Communion

This was the first time I made this cake so let's just call it a "test" because I know that the next time I make it I 1) won't cross the letters, and 2) will get the gold to show up better. Working with gold isn't easy so I need to do my research. Overall it was still a beautiful cake.

Sports Cookies

Lauren's 7th Birthday Mermaid Barbie Cake

My daughter loves the Barbie movies so when she said she wanted a Barbie cake, I spent hours looking at ideas online. I was really disappointed when she said she wanted a Barbie mermaid cake. It took awhile for the idea to grow on me, but when the cake was done, I was pleased.

Abby's 3rd Birthday

Spencer's Baptism Cake

Lauren's 6th Birthday

Lauren designed this cake.

Caleb's 4th Birthday

Caleb, my lover of all things Thomas the Tank Engine, agreed to have a 'Cars' party this year. I was thrilled that I got to make a different cake this year! This one took about 5 hours from start to finish.

Abby's 2nd Birthday- Pooh Cake

I LOVE to watch Ace of Cakes because whenever I see their cakes fall apart, I feel much more normal. You can't tell from the picture but Pooh had a little "junk in the trunk" if ya know what I mean and he started leaning backwards. I had to stick wooden dowel sticks through his head and then push those forward with a folded piece of cardboard. Also...see that little pond next to Pooh? That wasn't planned. I ran out of green icing! I was too tired to make more so I improvised. Now you know.

Valentine's Day Treats

These were all made at home, with my kids. I can see how precious they would be wrapped up with ribbon. They could be done for any holiday.... oh the possibilities.

They tasted even better than they look.

Shamu

We took the kids to Sea World in July and Lauren fell in love with Shamu. I was horrified when she said she wanted a Shamu birthday party...how on earth would I make a Shamu cake? I looked at some pictures online and became even more terrified when I realized I was going to have to make Shamu out of Rice Krispie Treats and FONDANT! The first time I used fondant was for Lauren's 2nd birthday and it just didn't go well so I haven't touched it since then. I never even posted the picture of that cake. I was nervous all the way up until Shamu was completely done. Lauren told me how she wanted the bottom cake decorated and she went with the decorations on the centerpiece.

Not too bad I have to say.

Family cake

This isn't anything special. I was in a major time crunch because my daughter's 5th birthday fell on the first day of school so on top of all the back-to-school hub bub, I was making her class some cupcakes and preparing for her party that weekend. I decided that we also had to do something on her actual birthday so I literally threw this one together.

Special Agent Oso

My daughter absolutely loves Oso. I used the leftover icing from the Pluto cake to make this one just as a practice cake.

Pluto

A friend asked me to do this one. I used some Mickey Mouse sprinkles in the filling. She had the figurines that went on top. I like the way it turned out.

Cars

A few car cookies that a friend asked me to make for her son's pre-school class.

Summer Fun

I have been looking everywhere for these pictures. My husband was going through the pics on his computer and transferring my pics (family pics vs his business) to my computer and here they are!

Park Cake

I was so disappointed in myself on icing the cake. I really need to take some classes. The top of the cake was fine but I ran out at the bottom and tried to spread it out. Well, it was too thin and the next day I tried to add more and all that did was pull up the original icing. GRRR! So you see the bush and sandbox? Those were cover-ups. Also, I thought I had done half chocolate and half white before but apparently I was dreaming because the white cake rose much higher than the chocolate. AS a matter of fact, the chocolate cake was perfectly level. I didn't have the heart to shave some off of the white cake so the left side was slightly higher than the right. Double grrr! Otherwise I was very pleased with the cake.

Thomas the Train Birthday Cake

This is my 3rd Thomas cake. I made it for my friend's little boy's 4th birthday. I think this one is the best of them all. Click here to see the first 2 cakes.

Spiderman!

This is a cake I made for my best friend's little boy. I think it was his 3rd birthday so this would have been February 2002.

Thomas the Train Birthday Cake

My son's 3rd birthday party. Thomas turned out much better than last year.