weekend cakes...

last week, i delivered this Big Rig cake to the birthday boy's house...Charlie celebrated his 57th birthday, & his wife had this surprise waiting for him...i got a note later from Marilyn:
"Sharon, Thanks for the cake. He loved it, the only thing he has done is just look at it. I told him we had to eat it. He said I love it just like it is!"

i'd say that was a successful cake order! ;0) it was yellow cake, iced in buttercream...i made the truck from rice krispie treats, then decorated it in fondant


then Saturday, we dropped this cake off before hitting Broadway's Autumn Days...it was for a joint birthday party - for brothers, Triston & Micah...

it was marble cake, iced in buttercream (& chocolate buttercream for the dirt/mud)...i made the fence from gumpaste & the tractor from rice krispies treats, decorated in fondant...here's a note that i got from Triston & Micah's grandmother, who ordered the cake...
"Thank you SOOOO much Sharon for the beautiful cake! You are truly gifted!! they LOVED the cake!! AND it was absolutely delicious! Thank you again! You're the best!"

this cake was for my aunt, who celebrated her 39th birthday on Saturday...it was lemon - her favorite! iced in buttercream & topped with 3 fondant lemon slices

then yesterday, not only did i deliver this cake to the party, but i got to stay & serve it too!

Garrett knew exactly what he wanted for his cake this year (just like past years)...a Star Wars cake, with the Millennium Falcon up top, & SIXTEEN of his favorite characters!

the cake was 3 tiers of fudge chip, all iced in buttercream...

the ship was actually styrofoam, covered in fondant...i made all the characters from fondant...

i was a little nervous, because i'm sooo not familiar with Star Wars - so i wasn't sure how i did with the characters...but Garrett was pleased with how it turned out!

all the kiddos at Garrett's party were too (including my 3)...there were more fondant characters than there were kids, so everyone got their own! i admit, it's a little heartbreaking to see something that took me many hours to create, demolished in a matter of minutes...but it's so worth it - to see how much fun the kiddos have playing with the characters, & gobbling em down!

thx for looking!