Skylar's Puppy Cake

A co-worker's daughter is turning 9 years old.  she wanted a puppy dog cake.  i had fun with this cake! it turned out pretty cute.  i think she will love it. and i was excited to do paw prints.  the only piping is the writing and the grass.  everthing is made out of Fondant.

i love the puppy with the hole he dug and the little bone!

Halloween cake

I did this cake for a gal at work. Since i had left over icing and decor from the previous cake i did a very smililar theme.  turned out great.  love the house!

Happy Halloween!

I love this cake! i totally got the idea from a picture i saw on line. but it turned out great!  love it! the topper is a thin craft foam and i just cut out what i wanted. 

i will be doing another cake similiar to this later in the week. look forward to that!

I made the pumpkins from fondant! they came out so cute!

The WEDDING cake!

So Danny and Jaime got married on Oct 3rd. they asked me make their wedding cake. I did it as a gift to them. Danny was able to take my wedding pictures and didnt charge me anything. so it was only appropriate we trade services...4 years later. It was a lovely wedding jaime looked beautiful!

I baked the cake at home and transported it to Elberton, GA. I iced it at the cabin we stayed at. Then i assembled it and decorated it at the church Fellowship Hall. I didnt know how else to do it. im not very good a assembling a tier cake that is already decorated, i need to be able to touch the sides of the cake... it only took about an hour to decorate at the church. the leaves are made out of fondant that i made at home in advance.

the base of the wedding cake was provided by a friend of jaime who has a catering business. it almost didnt happen though! i was placing the second tier on the cake and as i almost set it down some one yelled, "stop!" and he ran in with it. it would have been fine with out it but it gave it an extra boost.

Patrick and Andrews birthday

So patrick's birthday was Oct 1st. Patrick was out of town for work that week and it was the weekend of Danny and Jaime's Wedding, so I told him weeks in advance that he wasnt getting a birthday cake. Patrick's parents and i were planning to do a family celebration the following sunday, and they were going to make the cake, but it didnt work out and finally we did Patrick's and Andrew birthdays together last weekend. Andrew really likes the big cookies and i like them b/c they are easy to make.

So the story behind the gun on the cake..weird i know. but patrick decided to buy a gun for his birthday. He told me about his on his birthday, over the phone, that he bought this 500 dollar gun. i was pissed. he bought it weeks prior and just told me. he told his family, in fact they had all been to the shooting range with it. he probably waited till he was out of town and over the phone so i couldnt hurt him.
so i promptly cancelled his birthday present i was going to get him and he got nothing from me.

Tar Heels

I know im really behind in posting.

This is a cake i made for a gal at work. Her husband loves the Tar Heels.

She also requested a yellow cake with a peanut butter filling. the filling was really good, thick and rich. She said it tasted great with a big glass of milk!

the top of the cake is a solid piece of color flow. it took a long time! but turned out pretty well. it was the only way i could have gotten all they detail on there! i made it weeks in advance and bascially just placed it on top.

Labor Day Cake

Here is the cake I did for work, since we at the clinic have to labor on Labor Day. i couldnt think of a great idea. so as it was a National holiday i did this. I knew i didnt want to do a flag b/c i would have been very OCD to get the flag perfectly symmetrical, so i just took the flag theme.

CVT's!

Kelly and Theresa at work passed their certification test. They are now Certified Veterinary Technicians. In honor of this, i made two big cookies to celebrate at our next staff meeting.

Work Summer Party

We had a summer celebration party at work. I made a cake for it. I could not decide on a theme, so after discussing it with several people, i decided to do a 'pool party.' there was no pool BUT there was a slip 'n slide!

I used mini chiklets for the tile around the pool, i had to use tweezers to place them.

and i hate doing grass!

Sunflower Cake

We celebrated Patrick's moms birthday Sunday. She requested a sunflower cake. so i relied on the trusty internet to see how to even attempt it. and this is what i got. not my fav, but a valiant effort, i think the next sunflower will come out better, the flower it self came out huge. but sunflowers are big flowers...

i used sprinkles for the middle part of the flower. i liked how that looked.















and the next picture, what everyone is waiting to see...



patrick writing on the cake!!!

not to shabby of a job for patrick's first time. he participated in my hobby. does this mean i have to try golf??

i put the next picture last. she doesnt like to say her age, so we werent 100% sure how old she would be, so we made a good guess.....

we were right!

Tiffany's jungle baby

so cute!!! i love it. the animals are made from 'color flow.' you outline what you want, and then fill in the lines. it creats a pillowed effect. it tastes pretty good, it like royal icing if you've ever made a ginger bread house or eaten the icing on those.
i love these guys! they were pretty fragile though. i make 4 of every animal and about 8 palm trees. i was so scared they would break during transportation. i assembled it at the destination. none broke during the trip!!
and i love the little fondant flowers. they really added just a touch of color.

by the way..its a boy. i figured we all know Tiffany's pregnant, why try and write something like welcome baby. ;)

Good luck Jeremy!!

this is a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. it was aggravating finding a good cream cheese icing recipe that would work well. this was the second cake i had to make b/c the icing on the first cake was melting off the cake.... the WILTON cream cheese icing recipe sucks!

Teresa Diane's birthday cake

I made this one for Reese. it took less than 3 hours including baking and cooling time! yea! first time i've used ribbon. we'll see how it turns out.

Fathers day cookie

I made this for patricks dad for fathers day. i got tired of cakes so i tried a cookie. it took about 20 mins. it was so nice! giant cookies from now on!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha

tier cake

made this for a class. it looks weird b/c the top is fondant and the bottom is buttercream. i really wanted to practice the fondant. the roses are made out of royal icing, so they are dried hard.

Gift cake

made this for a class 'final' covered in fondant, with fondant bow and flat fondant flowers.

ryans birthday

i made this for patricks brother ryan's 21st birthday! hahaha. i looks like a big cake b/c it is 12x18. i had to see how that size pan worked for another cake it did. it worked out well though. ryan took most of it back to school for his room mates.

Na Na's birthday

i made this for Na Na's birthday. i wanted to try lots of techniques!

Dad's birthday

my dad's birthday. i love the swirl technique i got on the white icing. i made this after i had taken only the first class, so i was still doing simple things

St patrick's day

made this for a friend with irish heritige.

Easter

i made this for easter. love it! it might be my favorite!

JP's birthday

A friend at work son's 3rd birthday, born on st patricks day. made a fondant pot and those chocolate coins..very cute!

Mother's day

for a friend at work. I love how the design on the sides looks with a simple dot technique. i hope to do more like this

Daisy cake

I made this daisy cake for a class 'final' it is fondant covered, with daisy flowers made of fondant that have hardened.

Baby Shower

this is a baby shower cake that i did for my manager. I hosted it at my house so i didnt have to move it!!!!! it came out pretty cute. it was for a baby girl and she didnt want us to go pink crazy!

Thomas the tank cake

this is the much anticipated thomas cake. it was my first cake carving. and maybe my last?! i dunno it took a lot of work.

Dave's cake

friends husbands birthaycake

3 year anniversary

3 year anniversary

Basket weave cake

basket weave cake, with royal icing flowers and color flow bird

Ozzie

now, if only i could get him to vomit in the toilet. I would cry tears of joy.

Ozzie likes to drink from the toilet. his water bowl is not even 2 feet from this toilet.

Monkey cake.