Happy Birthday to my amazing daughter!! She turned 5 yesterday…I can hardly believe it! She wanted a princess dress cake, so that’s what she got! I wanted something a little different than the traditional barbie doll princess cakes, so I went for a 18th century inspired dress form cake…on a pedestal! There was more detail […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
Is the sea monster gone? Remember my last post of the sea monster?? I changed up the scallops by making them one ribbon like piece and then aligned them together instead of off-setting them. Plus I made the ribbon black instead of white…for some contrast. I think this works better! Although it gives me more […]
Celebration Cakes
When a design goes wrong…this is what it looks like! According to my dad, “a one-eyed sea monster!” My mom and dad were visiting today and I had that naked cake sitting in the fridge. So, during nap time I got it out and my mom and I sat together and played “cake girls”! It […]
Celebration Cakes
I have been neglecting the blog lately…sorry friends! I’ve actually had a few secret projects I’ve been working on for a new magazine coming out and I can’t publish any of my work until a month after the issue is on the shelves! I’ve been doing stuff…I just can’t show you yet! Cake Central is […]
Birthday Cakes, Cakes, Photo Tutorials
This was a super fun, last minute cake!! One of my sweet sweet friends wanted to make a cake for her daughter’s birthday party tonight and she was struggling what to make her! Her daughter wanted a basketball! I’ve actually been wanting to make one of those, as well as try a few other techniques […]
Birthday Cakes, Sculptured Cakes
I saw some adorable cupcakes on this website (Sugarbloom Cupcakes) and now if you go to flickr and type in “tall cupcakes” there are several people making these. I tried making one to see how long it would take, and even though they take some time I think there are SO many options!! It’s funny […]
Celebration Cakes, Cupcakes
I made this cake! LOL!! I look at it and seriously laugh! I took this pic towards the end of November last year – and I was so proud of my first attempt with fondant. This was my very first attempt at baking a cake, stacking it, filling it and covering it with my very […]
Celebration Cakes, Funny
Happy December! And, Happy Holidays!! I had the pleasure of creating a cake for a friend of mine at church who is teaching a bible study to the college girls through Proverbs 31. This Saturday the teaching is based on Proverbs 31:16-19… how woman can bless their families with the talents and skills God has […]
Holiday Cakes
Happy Birthday Julie!! I’ve been wanting to try to mail a cake for a while now and finally had a good reason to try! My girlfriend in Seattle (about 200 miles away) had a birthday last weekend, so I figured, she’d be my guinea pig!! – I knew she wouldn’t mind getting a smashed up […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials
I had the privilege of hang’n with five wonderful girls this morning! Emily is turning 16 in just a few days and wanted to decorate cakes for her birthday! So, I brought over 6 purse cakes (that I had already crumb coated), all my decorating supplies, fondant, rollers, cutters, etc, and we went to town […]
Birthday Cakes, Sculptured Cakes