Number Seventy

January 16th, 2010.

Madalyn's Princess Cake

Finally! I made a princess cake. For a princess party! The birthday girl LOVED it.

This was a rice krispies cake, with fondant detail. (We made chocolate and vanilla cupcakes for serving.) I certainly hope there are more of these in my future. It was so much fun!

Number Sixty-Nine

January 9th, 2010.

Logan's 4th Birthday Cake - Lightning McQueen!

Logan's cake was made to his request this year - "only chocolate", and Lightning McQueen. I made cupcakes to serve to the kids at his party (much easier than dye and fondant everywhere!)...

This was a chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream, topped with fondant. The cupcakes were chocolate/vanilla, with chocolate/vanilla buttercream, sprinkled with sugar crystals and "dirt" crumbs.

Number Sixty-Eight

December 26th, 2009.

The Puppies Birthday Cake

This cake was for a baby's 1st birthday - so naturally, there was a little cake for he baby to match. This was a 2-flavor cake: chocolate and vanilla, filled with chocolate frosting and topped with vanilla buttercream. The baby cake was vanilla cake, injected with chocolate frosting, and topped with vanilla buttercream.

Number Sixty-Seven

December 24th, 2009.

The Christmas Cake

This is a family tradition now - every Christmas we enjoy this amazing treat. How could you not? This is a moist chocolate cake, filled with delicious chocolate truffle loaf, coated in rich chocolate buttercream, topped with silky ganache and silver dragees.

Number Sixty-Six

November 26th, 2009.

The Thanksgiving Dinner Cake

For Thanksgiving dinner with our family, I brought this cake. It was a huge hit! This was a two layer cake - vanilla and chocolate, with buttercream frosting, finished off with fondant & various details.

Number Sixty-Five

November 12th, 2009.

Baby Shower Cake

This cake was for someone who attended Carin's baby shower, and really liked the gift box cake idea. The couple knew they were having a boy, so we tied in the pastel green and blue along with the brown ribbon. This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting and fondant details.

Number Sixty-Four

October 29th, 2009.

The Halloween Cake

This is a cake for someone my husband works with - and I decided to use a little 'artistic freedom' with it. :o)

This is a red velvet cake, with buttercream, and fondant details. The pictures below illustrate the hand-planted wheat field, all the way to the lit Jack-O-Lantern on top.

Spooooooky!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Number Sixty-Three

October 23rd, 2009.

Eleanor's First Birthday Cake (Party)

This was the real birthday cake. It was the same as the baby cake - white cake (colored hot pink), and strawberry cake layers - with buttercream. Topped with fondant, and decorations in various materials.

Number Sixty-Two

October 23rd, 2009.

Eleanor's First Birthday Cake

This is the baby's individual cake - separate from the party cake. It is a white cake (colored hot pink), and a strawberry cake - frosted with buttercream. Details in piping gel.

Number Sixty-One

October 21st, 2009.

The Happy Baby Birthday Girl Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes so we would have a little cake tomorrow, on my daughter's official first birthday. We're having her birthday party on Saturday, and I'm making a cake for that too - but she needs to have cake on her birthday birthday! :o)

And that is how the Happy Baby Birthday Girl Cupcakes came to be! These are chocolate cake, with buttercream frosting and sugar sprinkles.

Number Sixty

October 21st, 2009.

The Impromptu Thank-You Cake

This was a surprise cake for a man who helped get a new business going - so the cake has their giant logo on it! This was a white cake, layered on chocolate cake, filled with buttercream and topped with fondant.

Number Fifty-Nine

October 17th, 2009.

Autumn Bridal Shower Cake

This cake was two flavors - bottom tier: chocolate, top tier: vanilla. It was finished off with details in buttercream and fondant.

Number Fifty-Eight

October 10th, 2009.

Carin's Baby Shower Cake

This was such a fun cake! I loved the idea of a gift box cake - and with a few tweaks, made the cake match the shower themes and colors in every way. This was a banana cake, filled with layers of bananas and buttercream, and frosted with buttercream and fondant details.

Number Fifty-Seven

October 3rd, 2009.

The Spiderman Birthday Cake

This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting and fondant - filled with a mix of fresh strawberries and strawberry "pie filling". Yum!