my 1st cake since Halloween!

last fall, i made this cake for Amy, who was throwing a baby shower for her good friend

she wanted me to not only incorporate the baby's nursery theme of monkeys & blue/brown plaid (she emailed me a pic of the crib set)....but since it was a fall shower, she was decorating the party with white pumpkins & mums - she also asked that i tie those in....the cake above is what i came up with :0)

well, little baby Brock celebrated his 1st birthday today!

his mommy is still going with the monkey & blue/brown theme & requested a cake similar to several others i've done

this cake is an 11X15" - half is spice cake & half is almond....i decorated the base cake in my butter cream icing & accented it with fondant bananas & polka dots

i made the 3D monkey & tiny gift from rice krispie treats & decorated both in fondant....the standing letters & bow are gum paste

the matching smash cake is yellow cake, iced in butter cream & decorated in fondant

it was nice having a break in my cake schedule these last couple of weeks....and it was really nice only having one cake to do this weekend - my first weekend getting back to decorating

the rest of 2008 is looking similar....i've got a few requests here & there, but no crazy insane weekends that will force me to pull multiple all-nighters....i planned it that way - sooooo glad i stopped taking requests months ago - otherwise, i'm not sure i'd be enjoying the holiday season too much ;0)

i am thinking about offering small Christmas cakes & cupcakes in a jar in December (u know we can all use some extra dough this time of year!)....but this will take some planning & i'm going to have to sit down & figure out if it would really b possible for me to do, or if i'd b biting off more than i can chew....stay tuned for the verdict
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