Woody, Frog Pond, Pink 1st Birthday

Half sheet chocolate cake covered in vanilla and peanut butter frosting. I printed off a picture of Woody from the internet and traced around the body and then free handed the rest.

Full sheet cake that is half chocolate and half vanilla. The frosting is vanilla buttercream icing. To make the bank is chocolate cupcakes covered in frosting. The pebbles are made of tootsie rolls and so is the dock. The fish are Swedish fish candies. Frogs are non-edible.

Ayana has the most carefree mom in the world. She didn't care what flavor of cake was used or the decoration of the cakes. Heck she didn't even care if it was cakes or cupcakes. She did send me the plates and napkins that would be used at the party so that is what the decorations are based off of. The "1" is a strawberry cake and the cupcakes are yellow chocolate cookie dough cakes with chocolate and vanilla frosting.

Waddle It Be?

I had the pleasure of playing a large part in my sister Whitney and her husband Brian's baby reveal celebration. I had came up with the idea of them finding out the sex of their baby with friends and family instead of in the doctor's office.

I looked to the internet for some inspiration and found the "Waddle It Be" them. They mailed me the sealed envelope with the baby's gender and for a whole week I knew what they were having. It was a little secret between me and the doctor. And for the record this cake maker can keep a secret.

Their favorite cake is carrot so the bottom cake is a three layers of the most delicious and moist carrot cake covered in cream cheese frosting. The duck was vanilla cake dyed BLUE and covered in vanilla buttercream frosting.

If you didn't catch it....the baby is a BOY.

Grooms Golf Cake, Spiderman Cake

Three tiered golf themed grooms cake.

Half of a 3D ball, 6 inch and 8 inch tier. Cake is frosted in vanilla buttercream and has some fondant accents.

Half sheet spiderman cake. Half vanilla/half chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting.

No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk…

This is what the mother of the bride told me this weekend after informing her that her daughter’s wedding cake had fallen over during transport. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. A beautiful four tiered wedding cake toppled in the back of my Honda Pilot less than a half mile from the final destination. All we had to go was 4.4 miles and the cake did not make it.

I was completely devastated and EXTREMELY pissed that my 30+ hours of work came crashing down in a matter of seconds. The cake was salvageable and turned into a three tiered cake with roses cascading down both sides instead of the original plan of a four tiered cake with roses cascading down one side. Probably only 6 servings were lost and you almost couldn’t tell from the front that the back had some issues. If I were a guy I probably would have punched a wall or thrown the cake on the ground…but I’m a girl so I shed some frustration tears and came home and drank a whole bottle of wine.

The next day I called the bride to apologize repeatedly. She informed me she wasn’t a bridezilla and not to worry about it. I still fill guilty but, luckily, I (with some help from the groom’s mother) was able to salvage the cake for pictures. Plus the cake was still edible even if it didn’t look like the original.

In all honesty, I have been waiting for disaster to strike on a wedding cake for some time. They are by far the most stressful part of cake making. They also result in the most satisfaction once delivered in one piece. I just love seeing the pictures of the bride and groom sharing a special moment with one of my cakes.