'Diva' Cakes

These are the cupcakes I did for my daughter's little 'Diva Dance' performance. I used zebra print liners with purple and white frosting. The stars are made of fondant, and I bought some Hannah Montana picks for others as well. Flavors were chocolate and Funfetti, all with vanilla buttercream and sprinkled with glitter, of course! These were super fun, and all the girls loved them!!

Dots and Dirt

I'm a little behind on blogging (as usual), so here's a few from the last couple of weeks...

This was for our friends Mike & Charity's baby girl Alanna.
She had a "Little Polka Dot Bikini" party :)

Matching cupcakes

Sweet little Smash cake

This was for Monica's daughter's 2nd birthday. It was a Princess theme, and I did apples and cookies to match. Turns out caramel apples are hard to keep from melting when it's 110 degrees outside!! :(

I did this cake for a friend from work. It was Faozat's friend's son's 2nd birthday. I had a blast with this cake!! (And my boys LOVED it too!)

Thanks everyone for your orders! :)

Welcome Baby Jacob!

I was in Arizona last weekend for my cousin Andrea's baby shower, which I helped plan with my aunt Sandy. Of course I had to let some creativity flow.....

Here's my beaming cousin, Andrea!
(Yes, Anj- you ARE beaming! :)

And here's the fun candy/dessert buffet I put together!

The cupcakes were red velvet with cream cheese frosting and chocolate with peanut butter frosting. Amazing!!!

The take-out boxes for candy :)

So, I had a little mishap with my original PB frosting...
but I couldn't let it go to waste!! I decided it would make perfect PB balls dipped in chocolate. All I have to say is I think we all died and went to heaven...

Rice krispie treats

And since I wasn't making a REAL cake, I decided to make a diaper one!

Thanks Aunt Sandy and Andrea- for letting me butt in and do all the froo froo stuff! You know I love it, and was so happy I could do it for you!! :) Can't wait to meet little Jake!!

Pretty Polka Dots

Here's my one and only cake for a while... sad, but kinda nice!! It was for Monica from my mom's work. She said she LOVES polka dots, and asked for a cute blue and brown polka dot cake. This one was really fun for me- super simple and cute. It was nice for a change! I wish I could've gone to her party because it tasted SO good as I was making it! (Of course I try the scraps!!!) She asked for orange flavored cake with chocolate ganache filling, covered in chocolate fondant. YUM!!!! (I still have some scraps in the fridge if anyone wants to come over....:) So, Happy Birthday Monica- I hope you liked it!!


I'm also going to be blogless for a bit- I am actually going on vacation!! So see you back the middle of August!

How It's Done

I had a couple of fun requests this weekend, the first being some fun cupcakes for Becky's daughter's birthday. She wanted something fun to go along with her "pink cowgirl" theme, so I decided to use a cowboy hat cutter I found. I made them out of pink and white fondant, and added some flowers and sprinkles to finish it up. I also tried a new strawberry buttercream recipe that was to die for!


Next was a cake for Shannon's friend's bridal shower. She had contacted me a while back to see if I could make a teapot for their tea party they were having. While I had never done one before, I was excited to try something new. I agreed, so here's some of the process for a change:

The bare cake- carved and shaped, and ready to be frosted. There was a board and dowels three layers up.

Some of the flowers as they were drying a bit...

The frosted cake ready for it's fondant layer (which I didn't get a pic of).

The finished product! I had a VERY hard time with the spout... I was NOT happy at all with the way it came out. As I was attaching it to the cake, the fondant started cracking with the pressure. Unfortunately I didn't have time to make another one, so I just had to leave it as a "lesson learned". Better luck next time, I guess, but the rest of the cake came out great!!
Hope it turned out like you hoped, Shannon!

July Birthdays & Babies

The past few weekends have been pretty relaxed, so I have no excuse for not blogging except being lazy (must be the heat)! The 4th of July weekend I had two birthdays- my mom and Jennifer, cousin George's sis. We decided it would be easier to make two of the same cakes, since they sounded SO yummy! I decided to go more with flavor over cuteness this time, and boy were they YUMMY! Jen's cake was chocolate chip cake with chocolate ganash and fresh strawberry filling, covered in whipped cream icing. It was then topped with handmade chocolate covered strawberries, and finally, finished off with Pirouette cookies around the sides. Mmmmmm... My mom's was the same, but with white cake and cream cheese frosting. I heard it was a toss up which one was better. Here's some pics...



Last weekend I had Elissa's baby shower cake. Vicki asked for a "jungle themed" cake and I thought I would do my little fondant guys again. I changed them up a little this time and made them a little more "boyish". It was chocoalte chip cake with chocolate mousse filling, covered in whipped cream icing. I actually got to sample this one- it was pretty good... :)

Cupcakes... and more Cupcakes!

This weekend was nothing but CUPCAKES! 300 of them to be exact... The first were for my good friend Gina. It was her super cute sister-in-law, Stephanie's baby shower and she wanted some cute cupcakes to go along with the decor. Earlier in the week Gina and I had put together some tags and chinese take-out boxes for the candy buffet they were doing. I will have to get some pictures of those later... I have to say, these are my favorite cupcakes I have ever done. So simple, but cute! Gina said all the decor looked really cute- I only wish I was there to see it all! Anyways, I had fun helping Gina, and can't wait to see the pictures. I will definitely post some!!

Next came my first non-family related wedding! It was for Courtney, who contacted me a few weeks back in need for a cake quick! We came up with cupcakes, and I think they came out really nice. Half of the 215 cupcakes were chocolate and the other half were rainbow chip flavors. They had handmade fondant flowers and round fondant "T" chips for decoration, as well as clear sprinkles. The top cake was chocolate with vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant. The flowers on the top were fresh tulips. They were all placed on my custom black stand. I hope they were everything you wanted, Courtney! :)

And last, but not least, were the fun cupcakes I made for a long lost friend of mine, Sarah. We had just recently come in contact again (thanks Facebook!) and she asked if I could make these for her baby girl's Baptism. I gladly said yes, of course!! They were chocolate and white cake with fondant and cream cheese frostings. I need to use cream cheese frosting more often, btw... they were so yummy!! (Of course I tried one ;) It was so great to see her and her mom, Linda. It brought back so many sweet memories... :) Thanks, Sarah, for letting me create these for you and Ava!

Here is the gorgeous set-up, thanks to Sarah's creativity...

I also have to say a serious "Thank You" to my "assistant" and friend, Nicole. She helped me with most of the cupcakes this weekend, and more importantly, went with me to deliver and set up the wedding cupcakes. I was more nervous than I thought I would be, and thank God she was there to chill me out! So THANKS, Dude- I couldn't have done it without you!!! :)