The BIG One

So here it is- the largest cake I have done to date!! I was so excited and relieved to pull this off (with help of course!) this past weekend. It was for a 50th birthday party and the birthday lady asked for a cake "exactly" like one she had seen from Pink Cake Box. I absolutely love and admire their work, so I was excited to try to recreate one of their masterpieces. I think I pulled it off pretty well, I must say, but not without the help of my assistant (I think I can officially call her that now:) Nicole. She did ALL of the zebra stripes on the cake, and a darn great job she did! I could not have done it without her! The cake sizes were 8, 12, and 16 inches and were white and chocolate flavors filled with bavarian cream. I heard it went over very well at the party, so that was worth all the hard work!

One 'Sweet' Girl!

I had a fun time just practicing on a cake last weekend! I decided to prepare for the large topsy-turvy cake I'm doing next week by doing a 'mini' version. And considering we were going to be seeing our family for Labor Day, I thought I would see if our niece Mikayla would want to help me decorate it. She has been asking me to teach her some cake stuff (and has gladly volunteered to be my assistant a few times:) so I new she would be excited. Truth be told, I was excited to teach her!! Mikayla started high school this year and doesn't live too close to us, so I wanted to take this opportunity to spend some time with her. She's growing up too fast for me!!

Here's Mikayla with her cake. She did an awesome job with the zebra stripes!!

The finished product :)

Mikayla and her pround Auntie!!
Good job Mik, you're AWESOME!!