Cake Pop Practice Cake

I love a challenge. Recently, a family member asked me if I would make a Cake Pop cake for her wedding. Having never made one, I told her I would have to practice. I love practicing because it broadens my horizons and gives me the chance to try new cake flavors, which my family loves! This time I made a Chocolate Peanut Butter cake. It is delicious. Very moist. It made really great tasting cake pops.

I tried two techniques. I "glued" the cake pops on the cake with buttercream and I tried sticking them in with the lollipop sticks. Both worked. I was also thinking I might try sticking them on with corn syrup. I'll do that next time. I really need to work on making the balls a consistent size, but, other than that, it worked! Yay!

#practicecakepopcake

Birthday cakes!

 This cake was for my friend's husband who is the Den leader of their son's Boy Scout troop. I wrote the Boy Scout pledge all around the sides of the cake.

 This cake was supposed to be Duck Dynasty themed. I couldn't figure out how to make those Duck Dynasty guys out of frosting. So, I made a duck hunter and then wrote quotes from Duck Dynasty on the sides.

#DuckDynastycake #duckhuntercake

The above cake is my second fully, fondant cake. It has black diamonds and blue flowers  connecting them.

#fondantdiamonds

This cake is a Green Bay Packers cake for  a Packers enthusiast.
#greenbaypackerscake #football

A Royal Wedding...Well, Almost

This cake is my first LARGE wedding cake. It is very special to me as it was lovingly made for a wonderful young woman and her new husband. Kristie Neeser, now Watkins, was in youth group when my husband and I lead the youth group. She also babysat our children. She is now an accomplished young woman who married quite a hilarious young man. It was a beautiful wedding; an inspiration. I felt that the parents on both sides were blessed to have their children marrying such wonderful people.

The consultation for the cake happened entirely via email as the bride and groom reside in London, England. It was quite fun!

The second and bottom tier were White Almond Sour Cream with Strawberry buttercream filling. The top and third tier down were Chocolate Rum with Chocolate rum and fresh pineapple filling. That was the most delicious cake I have ever made! AMAZING!

 #weddingcake  #buttercreamwithfondantaccents #happycakedecorator



Busy December

This cake was supposed to be a surprise from a husband to a wife. The surprise was rearranged by other Christmastime goings-on. The wife, however, was still pleased. I thought the whole gesture was sweet. (No pun intended.)

This cake was for a wedding. I made two and forgot to take a picture of the other one. The other cake had a six inch round on top and was covered with filigree and silver dragees. It was so fun to decorate.

December wedding cake #1

    This is my first of three   December wedding cakes.
This cake was a spice cake with
cinnamon-sugar buttercream
filling and cream cheese butter-
cream frosting.
   When the groom took a bite, he exclaimed, "This cake tastes
SO good!" That was music to this cake decorator's ears!
   Congratulations, Brandon and Lexi!

I love this picture. This is why I love making cakes is because it makes people happy.

This is a "Welcome Home Baby" cake for my good friend, Maria, who loves any excuse to buy one of my cakes...even if it means having another baby!

This cake was for Maria's son, Zane. He made the lego bridge and put the snakes, Tonto, and the Lone Ranger on the cake. The teepee is a sugar cone. I thought this cake was a lot of fun.

This cake was for one of my favorite and most loyal customers. She has the sweetest little girl who loves Daniel Tiger. It was a fun cake because I hadn't realized that Daniel Tiger had his own show now. I remembered him from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Happy 5th Birthday, MaKenna!

 

This cake was a bundle of fun to make. All of the game pieces were made of modeling chocolate and were edible. This cake was made for a faithful customer. Thank you to all my customers. You make my job so much fun!