Talent Show

Here it is finally.... it only took a month to post it. This cake was for our ward talent show. The theme was "Every good gift is from God." which was written on the tag hanging off of the gift box bow. They wanted all kinds of talents showcased. It was a lot of fun to do and a lot of work. I took these when the cake was put together at home so it looked better when we got there. When they announced that it was time for cake there was a line before we even got there to cut it. They were all very excited to eat it. There was a strawberry cake with whipped buttercream and pinapple filling (SO GOOD) and a lemon with rasperry filling, and chocolate with fresh strawberry filling. Notice the artist pallet as the cake board. Gabby again. The crazy one.

V's Baby Shower Cake

Here's my somewhat pathetic attempt to copy Heather's cake. I loved making the fondant and it turned out great. I just wish I would have flavored it with an oil to give it just a little more flavor. I also messed up on the baseball trying to make it look "dirty". Oh Well. It was fun to make and I was a little pressed for time. V liked it alot. We had lots of fun at the shower talking and eating. Steven was carrying it into the house for me and got a "loud" education about not carrying the cake out in the rain. Grrrrrr! Fun times.

P.S. Thanks Gabby & Heather for putting up with me and guiding me through my first fondant making. I bow to you!

owl baby cake

Christmas Wedding

Here is a very small cake (68 serv) that I did on the 19th of Dec. It was cutting a little too close to Christmas for me. It was done with whipped icing. I loved the glittery red ribbon that I used on it. I got the roses from Sam's club...way better than the one's at Costco. They were beautiful.

The best compliment I got was from the bride, she said..."My mom & I think that is the most beautiful wedding cake we've ever seen"

Mosiac Wedding Cake

Here is the wedding I did in August. I was happy with the way the mosiac & gumpaste letters turned out. But I felt really rushed on the shape and smoothness of the frosting. Oh Well! It was hard to walk away from this cake without trying to do more to it because it felt so plain but it was what the client wanted so....here it is.

may wedding

Here's a cake I did back in May. It's weird to even say back in May, it really didn't seem like it was 3 months ago. Anyway, typical wedding cake but I know you were asking me Heather where the pictures were. I still have to get pictures for 4 other cakes I've done recently.

Bee Cake

Here is the Bee cake from last night.

I know its not perfect. It was definatly a learning experience.

What I learned:

Dont put too much frosting on under the fondant - such a mess

Dont spray the fondant with water unless you want spots

Use a firm cake for carving

Chill, Chill, Chill the cake

Make sure your cake stand is big enough

If it doesnt look right do it over again

If you use cheesecake as a filling freeze it to set not refrigerate

If you are doing a 3 layer cake it is best not to put too much filling in so that it doesnt all squish out when you layer it.

Do everything up to your crumb coat the day before and get a babysitter

Lemon-Lime Cheesecake Cake is the best flavor combo in the world!!

Cakes, cakes, cakes!

30th Birthday...of course. Would have looked MUCH better in fondant but the client really wanted buttercream.

Lizzy's 6th B-day

Malianna's Cake

Jacob's Dad's cake. It's a replica of his trailer that he loves

These are all the cakes that I've been busy with lately and have not posted.

Alvillar Wedding

Here's the final product! Their open house was beautiful very simple and classy. Hope the cake lived up to the bride's expectations.

Con"Grad"ulations

This is a graduation cake I did last month. I didn't want to post it until I got a better picture. As you can see that didn't happen, oh well. So as usual I am taking the picture at the last minute as I am delivering it. It was a pretty fun cake to make, I actually enjoyed it.

My First REAL Wedding!!!

...sort of. It's actually a dummy cake. The bottom two tiers are styrafoam then fondanted and decorated as usual but the top tier is actually cake so that the bride and groom can do the ceremonial "cake cutting". I was pretty happy with it. I'm glad it was a dummy cake because I would have been stressed out of my mind worrying about it melting in that 95 degree weather! Sorry about the bad photography. I was frazzled and didn't check the pictures that my Jacob took. Hopefully I can get a better pic from the photographer later. I'm just so glad it's over!

It's fun to put a new picture in your Portfolio

Except I can't seem to get decent pictures of my cakes. I don't know what sort of dark forces are out there trying to keep me from taking these pictures but it happens every time. The thing is I had my camera right there with me when I finished setting up and all the lights were still up. Sure enough I ran out of there with my XD card empty. Shhheeesh! It's so frustrating. Anyway this is what I got after I went back to the reception and attempted to take a picture with low lights. This is how bad the light was, the roses on the cake are hot pink, not red. Then I had to hunt down a cupcake and take a picture of it on a piano bench in the other room. Pitiful I know! Well I have a few other cakes to post but won't get to it until I get better pictures.