Fall Cake

Shannon, a new co-worker, asked me to make a birthday cake for her husband. Her only request was to be sure it had lots of buttercream...a girl after my own heart!!! We decided to go with a fall theme since they would be celebrating with their book club. I had so much fun making the leaves and using ribbon in a different way.

Jackson's 2nd Birthday

Jackson had a train themed birthday party, and as usual Michelle ordered a challenging cake! As usual, it turned out better than I imagined something I could do! We found a few pics of cakes from cakecentral.com that were the "inspiration". As usual with the kids birthday cakes, my dad helped! He made the big 2 cake topper...and did a great job! Olivia also helped by cutting out the different colored circles.

Jackson loves to share...so sweet!

Sorry Michelle it took me a month to post the pics :(

Jeremy's Sax Cake

Jeremy, one of my new co-workers, asked me to make him a birthday cake to celebrate his 30th birthday. Like most Integrity employees, he is a talented musician. Unlike most, he bought himself a new sax for his birthday...and went to CA to buy it! I commissioned my friend Kristin to make the saxophone, and I did the rest :) It was the easiest cake I've ever made...thanks Kristin!!!

September Birthdays

At work, the Label Group has a monthly birthday party for our department. This month it was Sara, Nancy, Jeremy, Bob, and Patrick's birthday, so I made a cake for the boys and one for the girls. I've had the idea to make a plaid cake and was excited to give it a try...I definitely learned a few tips for next time!

Baby Shower

Lauren hosted a baby shower for a girl we went to college with and asked me to make the cake. The nursery is in pink and green, so that was the theme. I thought the little feet on top were cute!

Mom & Dad's Birthday

I made a lemon cake with a pineapple filling and iced with cool whip for their birthday a few weeks ago. It was fun to make a non-decorated cake...and it was delicious!

Thomas the Train

My new friend Rhonda asked me to make a Thomas the Train cake for her son's fourth birthday party. I had fun making this cake and used lots of new "tricks". The round piece of Thomas (black part that his face is on) was baked in a soup can! I learned that trick from my favorite cake website, http://www.cakecentral.com/. I also used foam posterboard for the base (I've always used the Wilton "cake boards" aka cardboard from Michael's). It was sturdier and cheaper! This cake is on a full size posterboard...just to give you an idea of how big it was!





A special thanks my friend Steven who saved the day by giving me a ride in his huge Dodge truck to deliver the cake! I absolutely would have never made it alone in my Honda...maybe it's time for a new vehicle? :)