Last night my husband’s school, St. Thomas More, held its annual fund-raising auction at a beautiful location downtown Portland. Last year I had created the Latin Lady cake for their themed event and raised $600 for the school! This year they asked if I’d take part in the dessert portion again, so of course I […]
Celebration Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
Today I said good-bye to a sweet friend who is moving away next weekend! I made her a suitcase cake to celebrate their new adventure that awaits them as they transition south about 5 hours from us. I have been wanting to make a suitcase for a while and had a 9″ single round from […]
Celebration Cakes, Sculptured Cakes
Happy Birthday Gabby! A great friend of mine and long time work associate’s daughter turned 3 today! I had done her second birthday cake last year (the tea pot cake) and Darin asked me if I’d do her third birthday cake this year. After he told me what the theme was and what they wanted […]
Birthday Cakes, Sculptured Cakes
Here she is…my Latin Lady! I made this cake for my husband’s school auction last night! The theme of the night was “Bailamos” (which is Spanish for “Let’s dance!”) It sold for just under $600 and fed a CROWD! It was huge…the size of my five year old daughter!! This is my biggest and toughest […]
Sculptured Cakes
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
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 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
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY AMAZING HUSBAND!!!!!!!!! I have THE best husband in the world!!! I am SO blessed that God allowed me to marry this man – he is the man of my dreams!!! He is the best daddy, the most loving and patient man I know!! I love you and wish you the best […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes, Templates
My mother-in-law called and asked me to do another knitting bag cake for her sister who just retired after working for the railroad for 40 years and is sooo excited to go into all things knitting!!! Inspired by all things Amy Butler, I came up with this design for a more realistic knitting bag cake […]
Birthday Cakes, Sculptured Cakes
I was delighted to make this sweet garden birthday cake for a little 3 year old girl from Corvallis! Her mom is a friend of mine from college and I remember 3 years ago visiting her at the hospital when Bekah was born very prematurely. She and her mommy had lots of complications and we […]
Birthday Cakes, Sculptured Cakes