John Deere

Birthday cake for a friend who works for John Deere. Stripes and bow done with fondant and gumpaste, letters cut out on the Cricut.

Breannah's Graduation

Graduation cake for two friends. The only instructions were "leopard and zebra print in purples and/or greens. One of the graduates used to be on the drill team and had seen a similar cake layout in my photos, so that is where the structural idea came from. I hand painted the leopard print, and really liked the way it turned out! Letters, numbers, and stars were cut out on my Cricut.

Heather and Cameron's Wedding

My second actual wedding cake, done for a good friend who used to babysit for us. These can be the most fun to do, when it seems more personal! The reception was the day after Christmas, it had been snowing for three days! Fortunately, the venue is only about 1 mile from my house (whew!) It was only my second time using swiss meringue buttercream. Flowers were done by the florist for the wedding, and it was my first time teaming up with a wedding florist on a cake, but it turned out great!

Tennis Cake

Made for my son's birthday. It is his racket. Tennis lessons lasted about as long as the cake. ;) The towel and ball are done with fondant, and the wiring and writing was hand piped. 

Topsy Turvy

Wow, this cake was a challenge! It was my first attempt at topsy turvy, and I thought everything was going well until I put on the large cupcake and realized I had forgotten the dowels! The bottom tier sustained damage, and ended up cracking even after I fixed it. This photo is after I had doweled and fixed everything, but by then, my once-smooth icing was wrinkled, and it doesn't look as good as it originally did. After finally tying a bow around the cake, we called it good, but I sure learned my lesson!