Fall Bridal Shower Cake

This is a fall bridal shower cake. 

I made fondant leaves and then lightly

sprayed them with edible gold spray.

There is a burlap ribbon around the bottom

of the cake and it is "rough" frosted.

This is my first pumpkin cake and it 

has cream cheese buttercream frosting.

I love the way this one turned out.

#fallleafcake 

The Sixtieth Year of a Dear Friend

My dear friend, Janet, turns 60 today. 

Her daughter called and ordered a cake to 

celebrate this momentous occasion.

This cake is decorated with words that describe

this dear woman.

Happy Birthday, Janet. You are loved.

#60thbirthday #cakewithwords

Fall 50th Anniversary

This is a 50th Anniversary cake for Paul and Elizabeth.

The leaves are fondant with gold spray and edible dust to 

bring out the browns and greens of fall leaves. The bottom tier

 is Chocolate Rum with Chocolate Rum filling and the top

tier is White Almond Sour Cream with Almond Buttercream filling.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

#fondantfallleaves #50thanniversarycake

Wedding Cakes/Cupcakes

For this wedding I made 200 cupcakes. All of the cakes were 

Oreo cookie. Each one had either an orange or crimson

flower made of royal icing.

#cupcakeweddingcake

Daisy Wedding Cake

Each layer of this cake was a different flavor.

The top was Lemon cake with Lemon cream cheese filling.

The middle was Chocolate Rum with Chocolate Rum filling.

The bottom was White Almond Sour Cream with Strawberry filling.

There was black ribbon on the bottom of each layer

 and fondant daisies with turquoise centers.

#fondantdaisyweddingcake #everytierisadifferentflavor

Bridal Shower Cake

This cake was for a bridal shower for the soon-to-be

daughter-in-law of a friend of mine. The cake

was funfetti with edible double hearts made of 

royal icing. I am making the cupcake wedding cake

in just a few weeks time. 

#bridalshowercake

Beach Cake

This cake was for my neighbor's granddaughter, Katy. 

I think I have made all of Katy's birthday cakes since

 she was born. Her mom called me the next day and said 

that the cake was the highlight of Katy's day because

it rained all day and she couldn't have a water

fight. So, the cake was the highlight. What a nice thing to say!

#beachcake #teddygrahamsoncake

Many things to celebrate!

A friend called to ask if I would be willing to make a couple

cakes to celebrate quite a few exciting things that have

happened in their lives recently...a daughter graduated from college,

a husband turned 60 and a 30th wedding anniversary.

She gave me a picture of their original wedding cake and asked

if I could replicate it. The above shows my replication. The top

tier was white cake with peanut butter buttercream filling, the

bottom tier was chocolate with chocolate filling.

The Celebrate 2014 cake below was a cookies-n-cream

cake with vanilla buttercream filling. 

#30thweddinganniversarycake #celebrationcake

This cake was for one of my husband's co-workers who has

become a dear friend. Kim is one of those people who 

is endearing, warm, and generous. Happy Birthday, Kim!

This cake was Lemon with Raspberry buttercream filling.

The daisies are edible.

#daisycake #fondantdaisies

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Stickel

I always enjoy baking and decorating a wedding cake. 

It is particularly special though, when the you know the family

of either the bride or the groom. The bride, in this case, is the 

older sister of my kids' very good friends. It was a beautiful wedding

and such a pleasure to make the cake for this precious couple.

The top and bottom tier were Chocolate Rum with Chocolate rum filling

and the middle tier and sheet cake were White Almond Sour Cream. 

One had blackberry buttercream filling and the other had raspberry buttercream.

#rusticweddingcake #realflowers 

Two More Birthday Cakes

 Above is a Minecraft Creeper cake. This cake was for

my neighbor's grandson, Ethan. I have done all of Ethan's

birthday cakes since his second birthday. Ethan is

nine today. Happy Birthday, Ethan!

#minecraftcreepercake

This cake is for the brother of a dear friend of mine. 

I think it turned out pretty cute.

#guyinareclinercake

A Cake That Traveled to Colorado

The daughter of a dear friend was married in Colorado yesterday.

She asked if I would make her cake and her mom would deliver to Colorado.

The cake traveled there in three pieces and my friend, who has never

stacked a cake before (and who admittedly doesn't have a creative

bone in her body) stacked this wedding cake! I am so proud of her! 

The middle layer of the wedding cake and the sheet cake were

 Orange Dreamsicle with Orange Buttercream filling. The top and bottom

tier of the cake were White Almond Sour Cream with Blackberry Buttercream filling.

Congratualtions, Amy and Eric! 

May God bless you two on this new adventure!

The worst cake I have ever made.

I am posting this cake picture to prove that I will do almost 

anything that a customer asks. I am very into good grammar, so

this cake was very hard for me to do. BUT, my friend asked me

to make it for her son's graduation, so I did!

#congrationyoudoneitcake

A Compromise Cake

This cake was made for a nephew who is headed to College of Idaho

and a daughter who is headed to University of Idaho. I did a Half and Half cake

I think it turned out pretty good.

#cofiyotescake #univeristyofidahocake #compromisecake

Graduation Cakes Galore

This cake was done for a new customer. Her youngest daughter

was graduating high school. Congratulations, Kat!

 #owlcake #owlgraduationcake #oreocreamfilling

 The above cake is a spice cake with cream cheese

buttercream filling made for my friend's

oldest daughter, Emilie. Emilie was a fellow classmate of

my son, Garrett, whose cake is pictured below. 

Garrett's cake was chocolate with oreo cookie filling.

The sides of the cake feature speakers, because Garrett

loves music and the Army star because he leaves 

for basic training in three weeks. Congrats, Emilie and Garrett!

#graduationcakewitharmystar #spicecakewithcreamcheesefilling

Let's Show Her Some Support

                                                           This cake is for Melissa. She just turned 40 and needs some extra

support! Let's hear it for Melissa!

#40thbirthdaycake #bracake

Nick's 6th Birthday

This is Crusher from Skylanders. Nick is the

son of a good friend of mine. Happy Birthday, Nick

#crushercake #skylanderscake

Football Cake

This is my first carved cake cake. I have made a carved

"cake" that was actually rice krispie treats, but this one

was all cake. I made this cake for a one-year old boy

whose baby shower cake I made a little over a year

ago. My husband and I were just talking about how 

fun it would be if I made all of Jason's cake through 

his wedding cake! The bottom cake was White

Almond Sour Cream and the top was Chocolate 

Almond Sour Cream. Happy First Birthday, Jason.

#cakesthroughtheyears #footballcake

All-American and 65!

This cake was for a woman I just met recently

who is full of life and love. She is so incredibly 

friendly. She called me to make her birthday cake

and told me, "I'll be 65 and I'm and All-American Gal". 

This is how it turned out. It was a carrot cake

with cream cheese buttercream filling and frosting.

#allamericancake 

Otero Wedding cake

This wedding cake was for our pastor's daughter. Hope was in 

youth group when my husband and I were youth group 

leaders and she also babysat for us. 

This cake was white almond sour cream with raspberry buttercream filling,

chocolate rum with chocolate rum buttercream filling, and

red velvet with almond buttercream filling. It was 

quite delicious if I do say so myself!  

#squareweddingcake #bluecoralweddingcake #quiltedweddingcakepearls

Cell Phone cake

This is Ryann's cell phone cake. It was  a bundle of fun to make. 

It is strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream filling.

#cellphonecake

Andrew's FUN-raiser

I made these two cakes for a very special fundraiser. The son of 

our friends was diagnosed with neuroblastoma when he was very young. 

He only lived for about 3 1/2 years. Andrew touched many lives in 

his short amount of time here on earth. Our town came together to support the family

when they were going through treatment and through the loss of their young son.

Last Saturday, the town rallied again. The family held a FUN-raiser in Andrew's

honor for St. Baldrick's. Of the funds raised for St. Baldrick's, 82% goes 

solely to research childhood cancer. If you know anything about these

organizations, a lot of the money raised usually goes to administration

and overhead and very little goes toward the actual research, so this is a big deal.

Anyway, the Nelson's raised $50,000 through this FUN-raiser. It was a very

emotional time. I am so proud of our little town.

#conquerchildhoodcancercake #stbaldricks #andrewsfunraiser

Beach and Guitar cakes

 So, my dear customer needed two cakes this weekend. One for her sweet daddy

and the other for her spunky niece. Both cakes were spice with almond

buttercream! Happy Birthday, Pop and Lauren.

#colorfulguitarcake #guitarcake #beachcake

It's an Owl First Birthday

This cake is a first birthday cake

for a very special little girl, Harper. 

Harper's family is special to me

and I had a blast making the little owls for

her cake. Happy Birthday, Harper.

#owlcake #firstbirthdaycake

1950s Theme

This is my daughter's 17th birthday cake.

She chose a 50s theme which was a 

pleasant surprise to me. 

The top tier of this cake is White Almond

Sour Cream with raspberry filling and the 

bottom tier is chocolate rum with chocolate rum

filling. It was a lot of fun to make!
#50sthemedcake