Fl-owl-ers

Happy 9th Birthday to by beautiful twins!!!!  This year the girls decided they wanted a roller skating party, and therefore we weren't going to have a big party at the house.  We were also going to do the unthinkable...ORDER A CAKE.  After some thought (and complaining on their part), we decided to have just a small family gathering for them on their birthday and that I would make cakes for that.  

When it came down to it, they had no idea what they wanted!  So we browsed the web for ideas and came up these:

Flower Cake

For my very fancy girl, we did all flowers in lots of colors.  She was more than thrilled...and I have to admit, for someone who can't do flowers, this looks pretty cool.

For my girl who loves everything animal, we decided on an owl with an added surprise.

 

I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night

My baby, my first born is 10!  I don't know where the time went and more importantly I don't know at what point in the last year she defected to her father's side.

She is now a Kiss fan.  And despite my begging for something more cake-panish and easy for me to do, she had her beautiful little heart set on a Kiss Cake.

And to challenge me even more, she didn't want black frosting.  I called in the help of Pinterest, Google, and yes, even my husband.

I made trips to Michaels, Wal-Mart, and JoAnn Fabrics scoping my cake decorating options.

I even checked ebay for anything that might help me out on this one.

I borrowed my sister's sheet cake pan and was just going to cut out the Kiss logo, but then she showed me a cute little 6-inch pan she had.  "Stage" instantly popped into my head.  I reconsulted my husband, who suggested these cute little Lego-compatible kiss figures.

In the end, I came up with this - all on my own.  Free hand (with only a little tracing) and even made flames!  I don't think I've ever seen a kid so happy about a cake in my life.  Maybe she'll be defecting back to my side now.

You Are My Sunshine

Apparently my Easter cake was such a hit last year, they wanted a repeat performance.  On top of the pressure of being creative and Eastery, my sister demanded chocolate buttercream - her new love.

Sunflowers are springy...more summery, but Peeps are definitely Eastery and this cake makes me smile!

Dirty Zebras!

It's time for my twins to celebrate another birthday and while this pink fancy cake may look simple and delicious, it's far more.

The girls are getting into animal prints and one of them loves zebra stripes and the color combo of pink & black.  I give you my zebra cake!

The other girl just wanted a simple, delicious dirt cake, complete with gummy worms.

Fall Cake

As a cancer survivor, I walk in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Light the Night Walk every year.  Unfortunately as the years go on, it gets more and more difficult to raise money for my cause.  I decided to get creative and had a raffle - anyone who donated at least $5 would be entered into a drawing for a free cake.  The more I raised, the more cakes I would give away.  I raised just over $250.00 so I picked two winners.  One of which wanted a cake for Thanksgiving and gave me free reign on design.  I went with something simple yet elegant and got rave reviews.  Not bad for my first "public" cake.

I Love You Man

My oldest is now 9 and is getting into all kinds of different things.  One of which is tie dye.  In fact, she has a few tie dye shirts that she wears quite often.  I find it a bit comical since I was into tie dye in high school way back in none of your business.

Anyway, once again they think I'm a cake champion and can do anything so here it is, they Tie Dye cake.  I'm actually pretty proud of this cake.  It gave me a chance to dabble with decorating a cake from the inside...

I love how this turned out!!

Look What The Bunny Brought!

Word is slowly spreading about my cake fetish.  My aunt asked me to bring a cake to Easter brunch.  Oh boy, I get to do something I want to do.  Do I go easy or do I go creative?  One night at work, it was slow so I just started looking at cakes online and found a great idea.  A basket cake!  And let me just say that I used chocolate buttercream and that mixed with the kit kats are heaven!!!