Superhero cake

This is a cake I made last weekend. The only thing the little boy carried about was that is was superhero. Superman and Batman were two of his favorites, so that is what I went with! The cake was chocolate and the filling was strawberry! Hope he was happy!

Buzz Lightyear Cake

With a new baby due any day, we planned a very simple Birthday party and cake for Pack this year. Lately he has been in LOVE with Buzz. So I searched around for some simple and easy ideas and found this perfect cake for him. The planet was vanilla cake, the cupcakes were chocolate. He loved it. P.S. Don't mind the cheesy smile!

The cake took me less then an hour to make (perfect for a 9 month along pregnant lady!)

There were more craters, but buzz's legs were blocking them...should have taken a better picture at a different angle.

Pirate's Be Comin'

Here are two little cakes I made for a Birthday Party order. It was for a 4 year old boy who wanted a pirate cake. I thought up some ideas, and this is the option they picked. It was so fun to do and I hope the Birthday Boy loved them!

A cake from long ago...

I recently got an email from someone who came across the blog. He asked if I had ever made a white shirt and tie cake. I thought it was weird that he asked that because I had made one and I thought it was on my blog. I looked at my blog history and realized that I hadn't ever posted pictures of it (I forgot my camera that weekend, and so my Sister had taken pictures and I forgot all about it since I didn't have the pictures on my computer). I made this cake a few months ago for my nephew. He turned 12 and in our Church that is when he gets to be ordained a deacon. I made this cake for his ordination day. It is also a fun cake idea for a Doctor (you do a blue shirt and a white jacket with a stethoscope,) for a missionary (you add a name tag) or for Father's Day!

Grandpa's 90th Birthday Cake/Party

This past weekend was busy with a lot of celebrations! Grandpa Gale is turning 90 this coming week and, so for him, we had a family reunion that involved a huge Birthday party. Friday night was a family reunion BBQ with about 120 of his posterity. There were a lot of his posterity missing, but there was also a lot of them there! Keith and I counted and there were all of his 4 children and spouses there, and all but 4 of his blood Grandchildren there. The main part of his posterity that was missing was Great-Grandchildren, Great-Great-Grandchildren and spouses to the Grandchildren. The reason I am posting this on my cake blog is because I made Grandpa Gale's Birthday cake. He had a party were everyone and anyone he ever knew (who are still alive) was invited. I think we got about 250 slices out of the cake, and we only came home with about 5 pieces left (it was a BIG party!)
Here are pictures of the cake and some from the party (they uploaded backwards, so you see the pictures of the detail and back of the cake before you see the front...sorry!)

My Parents and all but one of their kids (We missed you Emily!) We are in no order what so ever, I think my Mom was just happy to have everyone standing in one spot for a picture!

Can you tell what type of shoes our family prefers?

Me and Grandpa with his cake.

Up close detail of the flowers and the frames. The flowers were Gum Paste and the frames were chocolate painted with pearl dust.

The back of the cake (sorry again that you are looking at the pictures in a funny order!)

The cake front. The bottom layer was Chocolate with Raspberry filling. The top two layers were white cake with Strawberry filling. For those of us who don't like fondant, there was butter cream icing under the fondant. All the pictures were from Grandpa's childhood.

My Sister took some more pictures with her nicer camera, when I get those I will post another picture if you can see the cake detail better.

Topsy Turvy Strawberry Shortcake

I made this cake today for my Niece. She wanted a Strawberry Shortcake Cake and I have been wanting to make a topsy turvy cake, so I made a Topsy Turvy Strawberry Shortcake. The carving of the cake was actually pretty easy, the hard part was getting the fondant to stick on the different funky angles. Over all it looked pretty good and didn't fall over, so I think it was a success! (sorry for the blurry parts on the pictures, our camera is dieing...something we should probably fix/get done, before the new baby comes!)

Basket of Berries

Here is the cake I made this last weekend. It was a white cake, strawberry filling and chocolate butter cream icing. This cake was three, 8 inch round layers, so the cake would cost $20-25 depending on if Strawberries are in season.

Class 4 Final, and I Got Hired!

Here is the cake I made for my final. I made it just a few hours before leaving town, so I made it for my Mom. She wanted lemon cake and cream cheese filling. I hear it was really YUMMY! I used yellow candy melts to help tint my fondant and to also get the chocolate fondant taste. To my surprise it worked pretty good. This cake was an 8in. round covered with fondant so for my pricing it would sale for $20.00

Wilton Method Instructor

I just heard from both Wilton and a Roberts Craft store. Turns out I have been approved to be a cake instructor and I will start teaching course one in June. It should be fun!
I also have a lemon custard cake I am making tonight to decorate for my course 4 final tomorrow night. My Mom loves lemon, so this cake is for her!
Stay tuned for pictures.

Happy Birthday Alyssa

This is the cake that I made yesterday. It was for my Sister's little girl, Alyssa. She turned one yesterday, so that is the reason for the little party hat cake with the big cake. Can I just say, Chocolate fondant is 100 times better then normal fondant! So if you want a fondant cake and also want a yummy cake, pick something brown :) This cake is a 8in. and 10 in. round cake covered with fondant. This cake sales for $50.00. On all first birthday cake orders the "smashing" cake comes free with the order.

Barbie Cake

This is the Barbie cake I made for my nieces 4th birthday. It was so fun to make for her, and once again I learned a lot! The dress is fondant, the drop flowers are royal icing, and everything is stuck together with butter cream. The cake underneath is strawberry (of course.) I think I will be dreaming in shades of pink tonight! Because royal icing is so flammable (learned that the hard way!) I made another small cake, covered in pink fondant, just big enough for 4 candles and the words "happy birthday." I took pictures but they were blurry and it isn't too exciting so I left it off the blog.
Barbie Cake Prices: If you provide the Barbie or want a stick Barbie (a Barbie without legs, that would have to be returned to me later) the cost is $20
If I provide the Barbie (you keep the Barbie) the cost is $30
* Please note that due to the shape of this cake, this cake doesn't come with a filling.

Barbie Cake

This weekend I will be making a Barbie cake for my niece who is turning 4. It will be a real Barbie and the skirt is cake. I have high hopes for it turning out really cute! This cake will be extra special because last year we didn't know if this little girl would make it to her 4th birthday. We are all so thankful for the good Doctors at Primary Children's, and the right chemotherapy that has allowed this little girl live to be 4 and want a Barbie cake!
I am off to make the fondant...stay tuned for some cute Barbie cake ideas!

Basketweave and Course 2

It has been awhile since I posted any cakes I have done, and that is because I really haven't done a lot of cakes lately. As some of you know, I am pregnant and not feeling really in the "cake making" mood! Luckily I have been getting better the last few weeks and I was able to attend and finish my Wilton course 2 class.
It was a fun course, we learned a lot of flowers, color flow, and worked with a lot of royal icing. The final night we learned Basketweave, and made our final cake with our flowers, the rope boarder, and the basketweave siding. I learned a lot on the final night...the thing that I had to learn the hard way was that the rope boarder was not as big as I thought, and so I have a little gap between my basketweave and my boarder! Oh well...now I know to take the basketweave all the way to the top and bottom, even if it will just get covered...always better safe then sorry!
Here are pictures of my final cake. I will get posting more cakes soon, promise!