Football Cake Pops

I made these in honor of last night's Super Bowl. How cute are these!?!?! And so delicious.

Goooooo Team!! ;)

Katie's Cake

Love this one!!!

Baby Shower Cakes

Here are a couple baby shower cakes I did this weekend....

This second one needs a little explaining. lol This cake was for a couple's baby shower. In order to get the men excited about coming to a BABY SHOWER, my friend who was hosting promised that this would be no frou- frou baby shower. Beer, football and all fun tailgating "men things" were welcome. With that in mind I came up with this idea since it was a diaper shower on Super Bowl weekend...

Pampers vs Huggies in the 2010 Super Bowl!! My money is on Pampers! ;)

What an experience!!!!

What an opportunity!!!! Lots of thanks to Jamie and Brooke for getting me a spot on the PAULA DEEN SHOW!!! EEK!! How exciting!!! This past Tuesday I was given the privilege of being a guest on Paula Deen's cooking show, Paula's Best Dishes. We made a cake together from start to finish. She is soooooo fun, sweet and very welcoming. My knees were knocking I was so nervous, but as soon as I got up there with her I was completely at ease.

Thanks Paula and crew for such a cool experience!!!!!

Here are a zillion million pictures....

Cooking w/ Paula...

The whole family came along!! lol

The cake I made for display on the show... (if you can't tell it was a Spring/Easter themed show)





I took about a million pictures of MY cake in PAULA'S kitchen!!!! WOW!! How cool! :)

Sugar Cookies covered w/ Marshmallow Fondant to go w/ the cake...

What a cool experience for an amateur cake decorator!! I've only been doing this for about 7 months and I'm so lucky to have been given the opportunity to show Paula how I do my cakes! Thanks again to everyone and anyone who made this possible!!!

Alabama Hat

Mmmmmmm, cake truffles for Valentines Day!!!

Not your average Valentines Day box o' chocolates. Packaged in a cute white box with pink and red polka dots, tied up with a tulle bow. What could be more deliciously beautiful?? And sweet! :)

Pink Polka Dots

Fondant isn't just for cakes!!!

Today I tried out marshmallow fondant on sugar cookies for the first time. It was so fun, easy, and most importantly, passed the Bailey taste test!

My little sugar critic devoured her cookie in about 30 seconds and said, "Mmmmmmm, mommy that was good!! I think I want another one!!"

(followed by a tantrum b/c I wouldn't give her another one)

**rolling my eyes**

Its been a long day!!!!! ;)

Anyway, here they are...my cute little Valentines Day cookies.

Tennessee Birthday Cake

Buttercream w/ fondant accents

Macy Brooks' Dedication Cake

All Star 1st Birthday

The smash cake...

Turns out you CAN freeze a fondant cake....

So, remember the princess cake for Anna Lee? Well, kids will be kids and poor little Anna Lee got too sick to party the DAY before her big princess party. :( Her parents had to alert Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), all the guests and of course, the cake baker (that's me) ;) that the party was postponed until the next weekend. Of course me being the diligent cakester that I am, had just put the final touches on the cake about 10 minutes before receiving the call. :( GREAT! What to do now?

I researched and found that several cake "experts" said no, you can't freeze a fondant covered cake, while others gave the green light. So we decided to cross our fingers, wrap the cake up in Saran wrap and foil, and stick the princess in the freezer for the week...I felt alittle guilty about this, seeing as how she was smiling at me the entire time I was wrapping her up...she had no idea about her freezer fate...

So yesterday I took her out and defrosted Sleeping Beauty. So far so good...she's never looked better! (which was one of the main issues some "experts" had to say about freezing fondant, saying the fondant would get sticky and spotty) Perhaps it was my amazing Saran wrapping abilities or maybe marshmallow fondant performs differently in the freezer than regular fondant, but whatever it was she looks fine. No issues in appearance.

Later today Bailey and I will be attending this royal princess ball. I will come back w/ an update on how she TASTES!! (the most important detail of all!!!)



UPDATE: Just got back from the party and it tasted great!!! :) No harm, no foul! You can freeze a fondant cake...not that I want to make that a regular practice of mine, but its nice to know in case of emergencies!! :)

Curious George

Happy Birthday to little Addison!!!

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Happy Mickey Mouse Birthday to twins Sincere and Samari!!!!

All Marshmallow fondant

Dinosaur Cake

Fondant

Go Diego Go!!!

Anna Lee's Princess Cake

Sleeping Beauty

Teapot Cake

Fondant

This one I made for my best good friend, Caroline (the brunette in the picture). She loves teapots and was very happy with her teapot cake. :) We had a little birthday fiesta complete with tacos, margaritas and of course....CAKE!!!!!!!!!!

Drunk off of fondant and buttercream!!!!

Jungle/Safari Cake

Fondant

Lots of Cakes...

Purple Polka Dots and Monkeys!!

This was made for a friend's bridal shower. Made to match the invitations which were purple polka dots. I also added a little monkey bride and groom b/c Susanne is IN LOVE w/ monkeys.

Fondant

Puppy Cake

This cake is for little Blake...Happy 1st Birthday big man!!!!

Made to match the invitations...

Buttercream w/ fondant accents

The smash cake...

Black and Red Two Tier

Buttercream w/ fondant accents

Alabama Jersey

Fondant

Dr Seuss

Fondant w/ rice krispie treat hat

Smash cake to match the hat Hayden will be wearing...

Hello Kitty Cake

Top tier is fondant, bottom tier is buttercream

Thanksgiving Turkey

Chocolate Buttercream w/ yellow cake

Pinkalicious Cupcake Cake

This one is for a pinkalicious party theme...

Cupcakes to match...

Charlie's first birthday cake...

The smash cake.

Ramblin Wreck

This one will make my dad proud. :) GOOOO TECH!!!!!!!!!

Pilgrim Boy

This one I just finished for Bailey's preschool Thanksgiving Feast tomorrow. I think she is getting spoiled by seeing all these cakes b/c I just showed this one to her and all she said was, "I want it to be a girl". LOL Whatever....

Buttercream w/ fondant accents, bottom tier surrounded by yummmmmy buckeyes!

Little Mermaid Cake

Happy 3rd Birthday Aubrey!!!!

Fondant

William's Elephant Cake

Happy 1st Birthday to William!!!

Buttercream icing w/ fondant accents, made to match the invitation

Here it is w/ the two tiered smash cake...

Miffy/Nijintje Cake

Smash cake...

Minnie Mouse Cake

For my favorite GIRL cousin!! (my only girl cousin) ;)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENDALL!!!!!!!!!!!

Yankee's in the world series!!!

This one I made for my husband. He is a HUGE Yankee's fan. Heres hoping its good luck for them tonight!!!

Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant w/ chocolate icing on yellow cake (Brian's favorite!!) :)

Ellie's Baptism Cake

Halloween Three Tier

Sesame Street First Birthday

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY KIRAN!!!!!!

Kiran's smash cake

Farm Party

These are for a group of 3 year olds' farm birthday party. It is going to be a joint party and they all wanted to have their own cake. :)

Fondant animals w/ buttercream on top of chocolate

Cupcake Cake

For Haley's 2nd birthday. :) Made to match the party plates....

Black/White Bridal Shower

All fondant

Bridal Couple's Shower Cake

Buttercream w/ chocolate fondant accents

Made to match the top two tiers of the cake on this invitation...

Busy busy weekend...

Its one sweet after another this weekend!!! Just got done with these Minnie Mouse cupcakes. They're for a charity bake sale. I couldn't wait to do these cute little cupcakes!!! :)

Spiderman

Fondant

Lots 'o Cake Truffles!!!

Lately I've been swimming in cake balls! A friend of mine, Katie needed about 24 dozen for gifts to give some people she manages at work. I've made so many that I believe I've mastered them! I made a range of assorted cake truffles and packaged them up in these cute little boxes. What a perfect little gift...

These were white cake w/ cream cheese icing, covered in white chocolate. SO DELICIOUS!! I also made yellow cake w/ chocolate icing, chocolate cake w/ buttercream icing, chocolate cake w/ cream cheese icing, yellow cake w/ buttercream icing and red velvet w/ cream cheese icing.

WARNING!!!! CAKE TRUFFLES ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE!! ;)

Barney Cake