Piano Recital Graduation

My daughter's, piano teacher was the first person to purchase a cake from me. It was for my daughter's recital when she was in elementary school. This week was her last recital as she is graduating and going off to college, so her teacher ordered a special graduation one for her and four other seniors at the recital. All of the decorations were done in fondant, and the "2012" was cut on the Cricut.

Devon's Birthday Cake

My best friend asked me to do this cake for her son-in-law's birthday. She just told me anything Star Wars would work, and I just went to town. The "Death Star" is fondant covered styrofoam. Star Wars was cut out on the Cricut. Devon couldn't have been more surprised!

Marissa's 18th birthday

This cake was done for a girl whose personality matches the cake! I love decorating the cake board to match the cake; I think it completes the whole look.

My daughter and some friends were surprising Marissa for her 18th birthday with a party at a warehouse.  They had video games projected on the wall, music, indoor "tennis," and more.  Needless to say, everyone had a blast!

I found out afterward, that they had decided that the birthday girl needed to blow out candles, so they put one on the cake.  It was too close to the "M" on top, and burned it.  Nothing like the smell of burnt sugar to make the party...

Gingerbread Cake

I was so excited to find gingerbread marshmallows this year, that I HAD to make gingerbread fondant! I did this cake for a Christmas party where I was supposed to bring dessert. The fondant tasted divine!

Surprise Paris Cake

Cake for my daughter's 18 birthday surprise party. Man, was it hard to hide!  I had never done the fondant drapes before, but like the way they turned out. The Eiffel Tower is done in royal icing, and the accents are done in fondant in molds. 

Cassie and Devon's Cake(s)

 Wedding cake for our best friend's daughter. We just HAD to do a groom's cake with it due to the fact that they are both HUGE Smallville fans. The bottom two tiers of the wedding cake are "dummies" (styrofoam.) to add height.  Monogram cut with Cricut.

Grooms cake was a surprise for him. The logo was cut by hand from a stencil to fit it exactly to the cake.  Superman figure is a toy borrowed from their friend.

Dahlin Cakes

I put this entry all together for a reason.  It is so fun when you find a customer that keeps coming back!  The Dahlin family is that kind of customer.

These cakes marked the first time I did a wedding cake for a bride, and then got to do her baby shower cake a few years later.  I also did her sister's baby shower cake in between those two.

The wedding cake and "boy" cake were for Ashley.  The flowers on the wedding cake were done by the wedding florist (same one I've worked with on many cakes now); the shower cake was inspired by her invitations, and I even re-created the invitation in a plaque on the cake, using my Cricut.

The baby shower cake for Felicia marked another first; the first 3-D cake I've done, and the first time using the "choo-choo train" cake pan.  It turned out to be easier than I thought.

Another reason I love doing cakes for the Dahlins' is that they LOVE red velvet cake, and I finally found a red velvet cake that is moist!