A Cake for a Returning Soldier

I made this cake for a dear friend whose son 

just came home from Boot Camp. This cake was a 

spice cake with my new, silky cream cheese

buttercream filling. Deliciouso.

#returningsoldiercake #armycake #americanflagcake

Yeee Haw! Dukes of Hazard cake

My neighbor and her grandson were out in their front yard late one night, 

waiting for the International Space Station to go overhead when Ethan said,

"Grandma, do you think Kristi knows the General Lee?" Puzzled, my neighbor said,
"What do you mean?" "For my birthday cake!" Ethan said. How sweet!

Boy, do I know the General Lee! Growing up,The Dukes of Hazard was one of my

 favorite TV shows. What a pleasure to make a "General Lee" cake for Ethan.

This cake was chocolate with Vanilla Oreo cookie buttercream filling. Yummm!

#dukesofhazardcake #generalleecake

Fun Polka Dot Cake

This cake was done for a friend's sister-in-laws 30th (as you can tell)

birthday! I thought it turned out really well and looked like a lot of fun.

#polkadotcake #30thbirthdaycake

Cookies? What have I gotten myself into now?

Well, this is an all-new endeavor. A friend

 of mine asked if I decorated cookies. Truth be told,

not until now! But, always ready to try something new,

I accepted the challenge. She asked if I would make them for 

her friend who lives in Syracuse, NY. Her friend works for

Boxcar Press in customer relations, hence the boxcar and the 

girl at the computer!

#decoratedsugarcookies #boxcarpresscookies

Cake Pops Galore

This was the wedding of my mother-in-law's niece. 

The bride contacted me in January to see if I would make 

200 cake pops for her wedding and sent me the picture of the 

idea she had for a cake/cake pop stand. I was excited and nervous.

The most cake pops I had ever made at one time was around 50.

About a month ago, she asked me if I would be willing to make 300 instead!

I said I would. When it was all said and done, I made 322! 

On the wedding day, my brother-in-law and nephew helped me assemble the 

cake pop cake. When we were done assembling it, I walked around the 

front of the table and screamed! I couldn't hold it in! It looked just as we

had hoped it would and everything worked out so well. Praise God!

So much fun. Honestly, it brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart!

#cakepopcake

Fiftieth Anniversary Cake

Happy 50th Anniversary,

Dan and Raedean!

I made these cakes for a friend who's in-laws were celebrating

their 50th. It was a "from scratch" carrot cake with cream cheese

buttercream frosting. Yum!

Birthday cake and Graduation cake

This cake was actually made for 5 birthdays! However, the 

person whose birthday was on the day the cake was delivered 

is the one whose name I put on top. The rest of the names are around

the sides. My friend, Lynette, had dropped by earlier in the day 

and stayed to watch me decorate this cake. She had some good

ideas about the eyes, nose and mouth (which are the parts I 

have the hardest time with). So I scrapped my original plan

 and did what she suggested. I think it turned out much better than 

it would have. Thanks, Lynette! And, Happy Birthday, Allie, Evie, Kelley, 

Dillon, and Rachel!

This is a college graduation cake for my neighbor's daughter.

She is an amazing woman. A single mom, she has persevered 

through 6 years of college and is now off to be a Special Ed

teacher. She found a cake on Pinterest and asked if I could recreate

it. Honestly, and I rarely give myself props, I think I did a much 

better job than the original picture! This was  a very fun cake to make.

#polkadotgraduationcake #graduationcake