wordless Wednesday...he's bald again - AHHH!

weekend cakes...

first up was a 50th anniversary cake for a special couple...a very popular couple too - needing a 5 tiered cake to serve all their guests! ;0) it was alternating tiers of white & red velvet cake, all iced in buttercream & accented with buttercream scrollwork...the "ribbon" border is fondant, painted with edible gold dust...the flowers are artificial

next up were these mini doll cakes...the customer requested buttercream only (no fondant), so i obliged...they're little chocolate cakes, with a Princess Polly Pockets inserted...then iced in buttercream...there were 15 in all - one for each girl attending the party! :0)

last came this cake for 8yo Austin...he wanted a tank & a few soldiers on his cake...this is what i came up with

it was strawberry cake, iced in buttercream & accented with graham cracker "sand"

i made the tank out of rice krispy treats, decorated in fondant...the soldiers & sandbags are fondant too

thx for looking!

catch up cakes...

this past weekend, i created a Winter ONEderland cake for 1yo Jarren...

Jarren's mommy gets quite a few cakes from me each year...one of my busiest customers! (here's Jarren's baby shower cake from last winter) she decided on an adorable theme for Jarren's NYE 1st birthday celebration...& it was tons of fun creating this cake!

it was 2 topsy-turvy tiers (btw, my very 1st topsy-turvy cake ever...can u believe it?!) of almond flavored cake, all iced in buttercream...the igloo is rice krispie treats, covered in fondant...i made the snowflakes, snowmen & banners out of fondant...i used edible glitter flakes all over the cake, then used my new Christmas present from Curtis (an airbrush & compressor) to paint the whole thing in edible shimmer (pics never do justice to the glistening effect on cakes)

Amy was thrilled with how the cake turned out...& it matched the party decor perfectly!

i also created this simple girly cake this week...it was for a Facebook contest winner! fudge chip cake, iced in buttercream & decorated with fondant strips & a fondant tiara...there is also edible glitter on this cake, as well as tiny sugar diamonds

thx for looking!

behind!

sorry for my lack of posting lately...of course, we took some down time over the holidays...& now, we're playing catch up at work as well as at home...gotta get all those decorations down & all the new loot put away...i'm trying to get my inbox cleaned up (mostly cake related) & get pics uploaded so i can make some holiday posts...but u know how it goes!

thx for hanging in there...i plan to get back to this regularly scheduled program ASAP!

wordless Wednesday...crazy hair day...

weekend cakes...

i had 2 cakes to do over the holiday break...the first was an Eagles Field for 15yo Forrest...he also wanted their 50th anniversary logo in the middle of the field, & the scoreboard to reflect a very important championship win in 1960...his cake was yellow, filled & iced in buttercream & accented with fondant...the scoreboard is not edible

(sorry for the crappy photo...my camera batteries were dead & had to use my cell)


then, i had the annual Rexrode family Christmas cake to create...each year, Wendy orders something fun...this year, it was surfing Santa...

the shark, Santa, & his surfboard were made of fondant (with a little non-edible support inside)...he caught a wave on top of a confetti cake, filled & iced in buttercream

Ho Ho Ho!

the digital story of the nativity...

this is SO awesome!



Merry Christmas!!!

Salvation Army bell ringers...

my mom signs up to ring the bell for the Salvation Army quite a bit during the holiday season...this year, she enlisted some help...

she split up the grandkids so that everyone got a turn (everyone that's of age anyway...of course, Levi's still too small)...

they had a great time spreading some holiday cheer & helping out those less fortunate...

& Ma says that it really did help too...folks are a lot quicker to give when there are kiddos asking ;0)

merry christmas!

weekend cake...

only 1 cake this weekend...for a very special 1st birthday party...

Shane's mommy asked for me to create The Hundred Acre Wood on his cake...including all of Christopher Robbin's friends...

the whole crew was there...all donning their party hats, ready to celebrate Shane's big day...

the cake was 3 tiers of confetti cake, iced in blue buttercream & decorated with fondant landscaping & characters (100% edible)...

happy 1st birthday Shane!

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the rest of my cake time this weekend was filled with cake truffles...for the 3rd week in a row, more & more truffles...

if i never see another truffle again...

sledding on a Saturday...

the litter police...

i took these pics a few weeks ago (u can tell by Corinn's lack of sleeves ~lol~)...but i had to share them here...she's just the cutest thing ever!

about a month ago, she commented on how much litter shows up on the back road that runs by our house...i walk the dog back this road 2-3 times a day...& usually, the kiddos come along at least once a day...

Corinn then declared herself the "litter police" and started bringing along a grocery bag on all of our walks - to collect any litter we find...

of course, she's fighting a never ending battle...jerks are constantly throwing crap out their windows...but she's definitely making a difference - the roadside looks a lot nicer these days...she's pretty proud of herself!

i'm pretty darn proud of her too!
:0)