Ma Cake

My ma LOVES buttercream roses, but I'm no pro so when she asked me to make her a pistaschio birthday cake, I mimmicked a cake I previously made for one of my daughters, but used three shades of green for the frosting.  She was so happy, and that's all I can hope for.

I took these pictures on the picnic table outside trying to capture some natural light, but it wasn't working out too well for me.

A Bigfoot Cake for my Main Squatch

That's right, my hubby just turned 40!  He was super blah about this birthday, so I threw him a party. Once the invitation was out, I started brainstorming cakes.  While trying to research bigfoot (and I say trying because there's not a whole lot of bigfoot party supplies), the only cakes I would come across were foot cakes.  And then it hit me - picture cake!  I found a few places to order the picture sheet from and a friend of mine did a nice little photoshop job for me.  Once I ordered the sheet, I got really excited!

My mom just so happened to be going to Door County for the weekend so I asked her to bring me some chocolate rocks.  I then decided chocolate footprints were necessary.  I ordered a footprint candy mold (probably for baby showers, but whatever) and put them all around the cake.  

And finally....trees.  They had to be edible.  They had to be cool.  Sugar cones, dipped in chocolate, rolled in green rice krispies - YES!

Of coarse you can't just have a bigfoot cake. 

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.