The Mad Hatter

This cake was for my roommate's mad tea party birthday. She is a little mad in the best sort of way so this was the perfect cake for her. 

To create the hat I stacked 9", 8", and 6" cake rounds on top of each other and carved them down to get the tappered hat. I then rolled out foundant to create the rim. The 10/6 card is made of royal icing that I let dry and harder so that it would stand up and out away from the cake slightly. The tea cup and dormouse are also completely edible and molded out of dyed foundant. 

It looks relatively simple but you would be surprise how much time goes into even basic shapes and designs. I always know when the cake is finished becuase I start involuntarily jumping up and down and yelling, "AHHH! I love it, love it! EHHH!" Haha. There is nothing better than a finished cake that turns out just how you imagined. 

The Big Apple

My good friend Crystal is leaving for her mission to New York, New York South on Wednesday and after taking my own trip to New York this week I had lots of inspiration. I thought she should "Start spreading the news" with a cake just for her before she set off for the Big Apple!


The cake was baked in two separate pieces to create the apple shape. I then frosted it with three different shades/layers of red and piped a stem, leaf, and New York City Skyline to finish it off. I also printed an area map of where she will be living in New York and cover the cake board with it so the giant apple could be the "You Are Here" symbols for her new city:)

Pink Champagne

Happy  Birthday Camille and Mary! The girls threw a Mocktail party so I though I would keep with the theme. It is chocolate cake with champagne frosting, tinted sugar beads which are supposed to be the fizzing bubbles of the drink, and of course some virgin pink champagne holding up the top tier. Everyone loved it and it was a great night! Thanks for having a birthday girls.. I sure love you guys!

Happy Birthday Lolo

This was my birthday cake so I used my favorite tips on the 3 tiers. 

Boo! Happy Halloween!

I had a small leftover cake in my freezer and we were having people over to carve pumpkins so I thought I would pull it out and have a Halloween treat to reward all the creative carvers. 

It was a red velvet cakes with cream cheese frosting. The spider on top is a little marshmallow covered in chocolate. 

More Motorcycles

Once you know my family it's not hard to guess why there is more than one motorcycle on this blog:) I made this for my darling nephews who had a combine birthday this summer. And yes that is my favorite rider, James "Bubba" Stewart, winning the race. The table top is out off Rice Krispies and the whoops section is licorice covered in cookie crumbs. 

Happy Birthday Karen

Karen's favorite dessert is Boston Creme Pie so I made a yellow cake, with vanilla custard filling, chocolate frosting, and a cherry to top it all off. Everyone at work was so sweet with all their ooohhhs and awwwhhs when they saw it.