Mariana

I have known this girl since she was about four.  This cake was for her 14th birthday.  Some other mutual friends had us all over on the night of her birthday, and we wanted to make sure she had a fun birthday cake.

This was my first attempt at the rosette cake.  The rosettes themselves are pretty easy, but filling in the gaps proved to be a little more tricky.  

I also love this ombre effect.  Just make a batch of the frosting, color only half of it to the darkest color, and then use graduating amounts of the white to make each part one step lighter.

I love the look of a simple cake on a cake pedestal.  So classy!

Grandparent's Cake

This order was from one friend, for another set of friends.  They were becoming grandparents for the first time, and she wanted to honor them at a church meeting.

The cake is a 6' round.  They knew the baby was going to be a boy, so I wanted something that looked baby boy-ish, but would be appropriate for the grandparents.  

If memory serves, they later told me that these were the nursery colors, but I may be remembering something else.  Wow, I need to do better at keeping this blog up to date...

Boy, did I miss my Cricut when I made this one!!  I had to do my own piping, and I still struggle with that skill.  I didn't really have room for "Grandma and Grandpa," since the cake was 6", and I thought "Gramma & Grampa" sounded cute, but my family all laughed at that one.