We had a baby shower for my cousin's wife back in the first part of December. Since then they have had their beautiful baby girl. She is so pretty and the new parents are tickled pink and the grandparents, well they are on cloud nine as is Aunt R.
I used the same cupcake stand as before and added a 6 inch cake to the top.
I've been MIA for the last month or more. It seems I unintentionally took a blog break with all the Christmas busyness. We had a great Christmas even though it was super busy. I didn't do a whole lot of cakes over the Holidays but I did do a few and I will be sharing them soon.
From our family to yours, Happy New Year!
And my boys would like to thank Santa for their new toy shot guns. They like guns. A little or maybe a lot.
I leave you with a white almond cake with chocolate buttercream icing. I made it just for my husband.
These cute little dog bone cookies were for Sassy's son whose third grade class has been reading the book "Because of Winn Dixie". The cookies were peanut butter. I haven't read the book, but apparently the peanut butter has something to do with it. Very cute idea, I thought, and my cute-as-pie niece agreed.
And then she was all tuckered out and found a comfy spot on the floor to take a quick nap.
Finally, at last, I'm sharing with you my very first wedding cake. The picture to the left is a little teaser, but first let me explain.
I was extremely nervous to do a wedding cake for anyone so my policy was I DON'T DO WEDDING CAKES. Never say never....
My aunt, after a long story with many details that I won't go into, met someone special, fell in love and they decided to get married. After years of thinking she would never marry and being perfectly content with that, God, in his amazing love, sent her someone. Someone who would love and cherish her as she does him. Someone to share this life with, to share her hopes and dreams with and to share her Christian walk with. I think she deserves this awesome blessing and so did her Father God!
So Aunt Sammie asked me to make her cake. She made me feel completely at ease saying that it didn't have to be fancy or super duper perfect. She knew that I could do it and wanted to build my confidence. I wanted to be able to bless her with a pretty wedding cake. So it was settled.
I was pleased with the way the cake turned out and so were the happy couple. The cake was all white almond (which is my new favorite by the way) with buttercream filling. I covered the cakes with beige fondant and we went with a little bit of a grape theme. So without further ado, here are a few pictures.
My mother retired this year after teaching for 35 years. That's quite an accomplishment and I'm very proud of her. We had a retirement party at church for her. The theme was "elegant beach" and the decorations were beautiful thanks to the very talented MiMi. She outdid herself as usual and I wish I had pictures, but I don't yet.
I do however have pictures of the cake.
The cake was covered in shades of brown marshmallow fondant. The coral was made from royal icing. The shells were made from candy melts and the "fish roses" were made from fondant.
My oldest son turned five earlier this month. He decided he wanted a superhero birthday party so I went with a cake that incorporated several of his favorites. The board was of course Spiderman. The bottom tier was Batman and the cake was chocolate cake with chocolate chips and fudge filling....more like death by chocolate but it's my favorite because I am definitely a chocolate lover. The middle tier was Hulk and more chocolate cake with peanut butter filling. This was a hit at the party and the first flavor to go. The top tier was Superman and yellow cake with cream cheese filling. All icing was buttercream and all decorations were fondant.
The party was fun and the birthday boy had a great time!
For a few more pictures, click here.
My youngest turned three a couple weeks ago and we had a candy themed birthday party for him complete with a candy buffet. Every kid's dream....
It was so much fun and I think the kids had a blast including the birthday boy.
I made a gumball machine cake. The gumball machine was strawberry cake with buttercream filling and covered with marshmallow fondant. The bottom square was yellow cake, cream cheese filling and buttercream icing.
Check out more pictures from the party here.
I'm a little late? Yes. But I still want to show you my Easter goodies. I hope your Easter was wonderful and a time of remembering our Saviour and His amazing love for us.
sugar cookies
bouquet
small Easter egg cakes
closer
my munchkins at church
the family
I apologize for being away for awhile, but I have been making cakes. I just haven't slowed down long enough to post them. This past weekend we had a birthday party and also a open house for my Grandmother, Nanna. Nanna is very special to me so it was an honor for me to be able to make a cake for her.
The overall theme was "springy" so this is what I came up with. The top layer is chocolate cake with peanut butter filling. The middle layer is yellow cake with cream cheese filling and the bottom layer is butter pecan with cream cheese filling. It's all covered with fondant and all of the decorations were made from fondant.
