Happy New Year!

I hadn't made a cake in awhile and I was really itching to so I decided to make one for when I went to visit my family in Oshkosh.

I posted picture of it on Facebook when I was done and my cousins saw it. When I pulled up to the house my cousins daughter, Grace, was peeking out the window, checking to see if I had the cake. I was greeted at the doors by my cousins being all excited because the cake actually cake with me. They werent sure if I was bringing it with me or if I had made it for a different occasion.

It was a big hit, even baby Stella loved it!

Grace loved eating the fondant pieces, apparently she is a sugar addict like me!

There was a lot left over but Grace and her brother Sam were more than happy to take a bunch home with them!

This was the first cake I took pictures of with my new camera. I am still terrible at taking pictures but they seem a little better than they did with the camera I bought in college. :)

Hello Kitty

I made this cake for a young lady turning 6. She is very girly and loves Hello Kitty and pink. This was my first time doing a Buttercream cake without covering it in fondant. It was more time consuming but well worth it! The cake is half chocolate half vanilla. Just baked 2 13x9's and cut them in half and stacked on each other.

Hello Kitty in her pretty pink party dress!

Flavors!

To date I can make the following

Cake Flavors :

White Almond Sour Cream Cake (WASC) - Basically a moist white cake with a little pizazz

Chocolate Almond Sour Cream Cake - A moist chocolate cake with a little pizazz as well

Red Velvet Cake - Super moist cake

Vanilla Sugar Cookie Cake - A thicker cake with a taste very similar to a traditional sugar cookie

Marble Cake: A mixture of White and Chocolate cake for those who can't decide


Frosting Flavors:

Vanilla buttercream - A sweet very basic icing that goes good on most cakes

Chocolate buttercream - Ideal for those chocolate lovers out there

Cream Cheese Frosting - A super sweet frosting, goes very good on the Red Velvet Cake

Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting - A sweet indulgence loved by everyone that adores sweets and cookies

White Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting - A sweet frosting with a hint of white chocolate

Fondant - A dough like covering that can be place over frosting to give the cake a smooth apperance.

Fillings:

Raspberry Sauce Filling - Homemade raspberry sauce filling perfect for a fruit lover

Miscellaneous Fruit - Love fruit in your cake, let me know which kind!


I am always looking for new flavors and recipes to try out. If you have a request just let me know and I will do my best to accomodate your needs!

Kelsey's 14th Birthday Cake!

My cousin Kelsey was born on Thanksgiving 14 years ago. It was November 28th and I was 10. We were at my aunt Wendy and uncle Dave's house. Kelsey's family was not there of course because they were at the hospital awaiting her arrival. Kelsey requested that I make her a cake for her birthday and bring it to her on Thanksgiving.

I wanted to do a funky cake since 14 year olds are pretty easy to please and I have yet to do a real funky cake. Admittedly I got lazy with this cake. I carved it and it looked like an upside down pyramid. It may not look like it in these pictures but it has really steep sides. I had forgotten how to make nice looking bows so I had to watch my old trusty Youtube videos. It was a pretty fun cake before it cracked down the middle after the 2 hour car drive :(

Playstation 3 Cake

The crowning moment of my cake career thus far? Will I be able to carve a cake to look like a Playstation 3? I guess I can! After several nerve wrecking weeks leading up to the cake's deadline, I finished the cake early! The whole playstation is made of cake and the controller is made of Rice Krispie Treats covered in fondant. My scuplting needs more work but my carving is coming along nicely I think. Joe helped me out by painting the words Playstation 3 for me. I was too scared of messing it up. Overall it was a lot less scary than I anticipated :)

Seeing Double?

About a month ago I went to my mom's for the hometown festival. While we were there we ran into her good friend. Of course my mom had to rave about my cakes. I had to get my phone out and show her them. She saw the one from Chloe's Birthday and asked if I could make it for her daughter's 16th birthday. Of course I can!
Here is the pretty little lady. She turned out better than the first time proving that practice does make perfect! I wish I would have redone the bow but oh well. I will next time. My boyfriend Joe even helped me out with all those polka dots! This was my first time using the letter cutter outer thingies. They were annoying at first but I got the hang of it now?

Zebra Striped Purse Cake

In preperation for the PS3 cake I knew was coming I wanted to carve a cake. My mom and my aunt's birthdays are on the same day and we were having a little get together. I decided I would make them a purse cake since both of them love purses and shopping. The zebra stripes on the purse are painted on and the ones on the board are fondant. I think I am digging the painted stripes a lot more!