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.

Abby's 1st birthday

Abby's smash cake

Abby turned one on December 20 but that was such a busy time of year for all so we opted to have her party in January. Amazingly, 2 families were still traveling to celebrate Christmas with their families so next year we may have to pick a later date. The cake was a big hit, we ate every last bite!

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.

Have you seen this?

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

Batman

F-25 E-35

One of my favorites so far

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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