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Fall Wedding Cake

2008-11-27T10:12:00.000-08:00

Yeah! Finally another cake to do. This one was requested for a wedding reception held in a backyard with a fall theme. There were two sheet cakes (one Chocolate w/ Marshmallow Creme Chocolate filling, and the other White w/ Fresh Strawberry filling) and a two tiered (Choc top and White bottom). I used the basketweave technique for the sides and used fresh flowers for the decoration. I think it turned out pretty nice.

Kitty-Kat Birthday

2008-10-03T19:49:00.001-07:00

This was a fun cake to make and for a great cause....my niece Lexi's 3rd Birthday. It was a two layer pink cherry cake w/ cherry buttercream filling covered in Buttercream.

Retirement Party!

2008-09-14T20:24:00.000-07:00

This was request for a Retirement Party of my sister's co-worker, who worked for Mesa Public Schools. I was going for a replica of an old-school house. The building side was a Marble w/ chocolate Marshmallow creme filling and the front and roof were chocolate cakes with fresh whipped strawberry filling; all covered with Vanilla and Chocolate Buttercream.

Birthday Beer Cake!

2008-09-14T20:18:00.001-07:00

This was a request for a cake for a guy that loves beer! It was a Chocolate-Chocolate (cake and buttercream) and turned out pretty cute!

For a Chunky-Monkey!

2008-08-13T20:43:00.000-07:00

For real, my friend Jasmyn is by far my best customer...Thank you again and again Jaz! This was for her son's 1st Birthday party. He is known lovingly as their Chunky-Monkey and it was a perfect opportunity to get a cute monkey pan. He sured seemed to enjoy it.

Baby Shower

2008-08-11T20:37:00.000-07:00

Thank you again Jasmyn for asking for a second cake! This was for a baby shower at a beautiful home and the sex of the baby was unknown. The pink block was 3 layer Red Velvet with Chocolate Mousse covered in fondant; the green block was 3 layer Chocolate with Oreo Buttercream in fondant; and the base of the cake was a two layer Lemon w/ Fresh Strawberry whipped mousse in butter-vanilla buttercream.

School Year 2008

2008-08-05T16:08:00.000-07:00

This was a cake for the Staff meeting at East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center. Teachers went back today and enjoyed a 12x12 Marble Fudge Cake w/ Marshmallow Creme Chocolate filling iced w/ ButterVanilla buttercream. Teachers and School staff deserve a lot more, but for now...let them eat cake!

Baby Boy Shower

2008-07-26T20:18:00.000-07:00

I had the opportunity to make this cake for a baby shower being thrown by an old friend from high school...Thanks Jasmyn! She requested a two-tiered round. Bottom layer: Chocolate w/ Strawberry filling decorated in brown w/ green polka dots, and the Top Layer: Red Velvet w/ Chocolate Mousse filling in green with brown polka dots. I hope they like it...both in looks and flavor!

Country Themed Slumber Party

2008-05-30T13:32:00.000-07:00

This was a fun one. This was for a girls-night-out of going to a country concert (for Kenny Chesney, hence the 'KC') and afterward a slumber party. This was my first attempt at a bed cake. It was a Vanilla/Chocolate/Vanilla layered cake w/ Cheesecake filling covered in almond buttercream and decorated w/ Marshmallow fondant. The pillows were RiceKrispies and the headboard was granola bars.

Wedding Cake....Sort of....

2008-05-13T11:21:00.000-07:00

This was actually a cake I made for my sisters' co-workers wedding. I made her Bridal Shower cake (which I think is a little too raunchy to be posted), and she requested me again for her wedding cake. In doing this cake, I realized just how much of an amatuer I really am. She asked for a 3-tiered Chocolate cake covered all in black fondant! Yikes! I tried my darndest, but with the humidity in our house at that time (August) and the amount of food coloring that had to go in it, it just didn't work out and at the absolute LAST minute, I opted for piped swirls in White Buttercream. Ugh. It was a good cake though, and ultimately, if a cake doesn't taste good...what's the point?! The cake was Chocolate pudding dense cake with raspberry filling, almond filling, and chocolate mousse filling. Covered in Chocolate Buttercream and decorated w/ White almond buttercream. The flowers are Cherry Blossoms out of Royal Icing. Here's a few shots of the progression and the finished product:

Ladies Luncheon

2008-03-29T13:06:00.000-07:00

Finally...a cake to make! Thank you to my sis-n-law Liz who asked me to make a cake for a get together/luncheon in the theme of a tea party/jane austen-esque. This was a simple two layer 8in round with the top layer a vanilla pudding white cake and the bottom a bakery recipe chocolate and a thick filling of Oreo Buttercream. It was crumb-coated in a vanilla buttercream and covered with Marshmallow Fondant. The decals was just store bought pre-made fondant. This was a cake redemption for me, due to my last fiasco with making a wedding cake covered with black fondant (Yikes!) so THANK YOU Liz...I had a lot of fun doing this one!

Healthier??

2008-01-25T16:20:00.001-08:00

My current craving...Carrot Cake. (Say that five times, fast) This was a 'Doctored Up' white box cake mix, then I added whatever I had in the fridge that I thought would be good in it: Pineapple bits, walnuts, carrots (of course), cinnamon, nutmeg, a small instant vanilla pudding mix... However, I'm ashamed to admit that I used just canned frosting. The craving was calling...what could I do?

Baby Shower

2008-01-16T19:37:00.000-08:00

This past Saturday my sister had her baby shower. I decided to try out some new 'Cake-Cups' and they were a hit. I used a special bakery mix, Chocolate, with extra whipped Vanilla Buttercream (home-made, of course).

21st Birthday

2007-12-17T10:37:00.000-08:00

A favorite of my sisters boyfriends is the Stewie Griffin character from Family Guy. Thus the reason for the cake. This was a 12x12 dense Swiss Chocolate Fudge cake with chocolate frosting for the base and the same flavor cake for the head with Almond Buttercream.

Thanksgiving Cupcakes

2007-11-29T10:03:00.000-08:00

Every year for Thanksgiving, we all get 'assignments' on what to bring. Since there are so many of us, it gets kind of interesting as to what we are asked to bring. For example: my cousin Mandy was asked to bring 3 cans of olives. I know, weird. Anyway, for my task: Creative Cupcakes, and yes, that is exactly how it was typed on the email I got. Well, I wasn't able to take a good picture of them before people dug into them, but here's what I did.

Halloween

2007-11-01T08:45:00.001-07:00

Basic Chocolate cakes (bakery recipe) with Almond Buttercream

Ladies Get Together

2007-10-04T13:01:00.000-07:00

This two-tiered cake was for a gathering of former and current Mesa Jr. High teachers at my mom's house. It is a 10in double and 8in double white cake with Raspberry filling, buttercream crumb coated and covered with Marshmallow Fondant.

Birthday Cake Pt.2

2007-10-01T11:24:00.000-07:00

Three of my nephews all have birthdays in May. This was made using a Wilton pre-shaped pan and a funfetti cakemix and buttercream.

Birthday Cake

2007-10-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Me, my two sisters, and my sister in law all have birthdays in April. Thus the reason for this cake. This was a 10in round double bottom using Red Velvet and White cake with Vanilla Buttercream and a 6in round double top using Lemon Cake and lemon filling with vanilla buttercream. The embellishments are cut-outs of fondant.

This was my inspiration for the colors that day.

Stacked/Tiered Cakes

2007-09-30T18:00:00.000-07:00

This was my attempt at 'stacking'. I made this for our Easter family party and used the same technique with the basket weave and flowers. This was a 8in round double bottom and 6in round double top.

Basket Weave

2007-09-30T17:56:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at the basket weave and Royal Icing Flowers. This is an oval, two-tiered, coconut cake with coconut filling and almond buttercream. All the flowers (and birds)were piped using Royal Icing (very hard and crunchy).

My Sweet Peas...

2007-09-29T14:39:00.000-07:00

8in round, white cake, white buttercream. In was for practice with the Sweet Pea flower.

Clown Cake...

2007-09-29T14:32:00.000-07:00

This was a practice cake. 8in round, lemon cake with lemon buttercream. Since having cakes every week was getting, well...pretty FATTY, I made this one for my neices Lexi and Maddie, and nephew Payton.

Early Creations

2007-09-28T14:03:00.000-07:00

This was a 6in round, single layer lemon cake with Buttercream (practice cake)
This was for my sisters place of employment 'EMECEC: East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center'. This was an 8in round, strawberry cake with buttercream to practice the star tip and image transfer

Total random cake. Practice cake right at the time of Valentines day.

This was to practice writing. This is a 6in round, single layer cake with White Cake and Berry filling using buttercream

The Small Print...

2007-09-28T13:59:00.000-07:00

I love cake...I mean come on, who doesn't? But I have recently discovered that not only eating them brings me joy but making and decorating them does as well! So I've taken some classes, will be taking more, and am starting this fun hobby of cake decorating. I am still very much a novice, an amatuer, prematurely talented, but I love it and if you ever find yourself needing a cake, I may just be your gal. Enjoy!