Wonder Woman

When my oldest turned 4, she was into super heroes (probably because of her dad...ok, ok, and me).  She had a bunch of 12-inch figures so I started my ebay search for a super hero pan.

Who knew these pans became collector's items?  I got the Wonder Woman vintage 1970-something pan at a whopping $30 which was cheap compared to the other ones AND mine came in the original box with the original directions!

This was was difficult.  While it came with a face, I didn't want to have a plastic face - I thought I could do my own face and I did.  The nose however, was a bit on the difficult side.  But again, - she's 4 and it tastes delish!

I now am in love with buttercream!

Twins's 2nd Birthday

My mom made our twin's 1st birthday cakes.  On their 2nd birthday, I didn't want to bog her down with the responsibility, and I certainly didn't want to pay for two cakes. I started researching.

One of the girls was Mickey Mouse's biggest fan and the other didn't have anything that really interested her yet.  I googled "Mickey Mouse Cake" and came across a picture quite similar to mine...on a less cool plate.  I thought, "this looks pretty easy", so I ordered a Mickey pan off of ebay.  It didn't come with instructions so I had to download them.

After studying them, I took a trip to Michaels and got some frosting colors, tips, and frosting bags.  I was nervous, but figured they're only two and you can't really screw up Mickey Mouse...that bad.

Still not knowing what kind of cake to make for the other girl, I pooled my resources....same colors, same tips, same pan, and whala!  Minnie Mouse!

Love at First Bake

My first experience with cake decorating came in 2006, when my husband and I planned a trip to a haunted house with our friends and a small party afterward for his birthday.  Ho can you not have a birthday cake for such and occasion, and since it's so close to Halloween, this was the product.  The spider is rubber...I was a beginner sheesh!

Anyway, from this cake grew my love of cake making...that and not wanting to buy two cakes for my twin's birthday every year.