Katie's Wedding Cake

This one is for a friend I went to high school with. She found this design and asked me to recreate it. (I'm not sure where the design came from so I don't know who to give credit to) They're getting married under an oak tree so the cake is quite symbolic of their ceremony.


Happy Wedding Katie!!! I hope the weather stays pretty for y'all!!! :)

She also asked me to make cake balls for the wedding (120 to be exact) so I've been very busy rolling and covering these little guys!!

Aren't they such a handsome little treat?!

I'm actually pretty impressed!!!

I put Bailey to work on a cupcake this morning to keep her busy while I did a little cleaning in the kitchen. We tried a new technique (cookie icing instead of frosting) and it turned out pretty good if I don't say so myself.

Here she is, the world's youngest up and coming star of cake decorating....

Oh yeah, and here is the cupcake she did...

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Adorable!!!! And what a great way to decorate w/ your kids!! :)

My loss is their gain...

But it still hurts!!! Ugh, I'm so frustrated!! I tried a new recipe tonight and apparently all my attention was focused on the recipe and not the preperation of the pans! :( I greased them, but obviously not well enough. :(

This is what I ended up with....

















1/2 in the pan, 1/2 on the cooling rack. BOOOOOO!!!!! All that cake...gone.

















Oh well...there's always cake balls. :) I'm thinking this mistake will probably make about 100.

**sigh**

Anyone want to come over for cake balls?? lol


Moving on...I titled this post "My loss is their gain" because this mistake resulted in a great night for my girls (and Brian)!! They heard my frustration coming from the kitchen as I was trying to release these cakes, whining "Nooooooooooo!!" and of course they all came running in to see what was going on...

I just threw my hands in the air and said go for it, dig in!!!! (normally they don't get to even come near the cakes so this was certainly a treat!)

















Frustration slowly melting away as Bailey gave me a BIG thank you smile and "yummy", two thumbs up review. (it may have stuck to the pan but atleast it was good! ;)




























About 30 seconds after this last picture was taken I decided they'd probably had about enough cake. And boy oh boy, I thought I was frustrated!!! Our poor little Livie had a baby meltdown. She did NOT agree and felt very strongly about the fact that she didn't have enough.

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA!!!

Beach Cake

This one makes me smile. :) Made for an adorable little 1 year old baby girl. It took HOURS to create all the little details on this cake it was well worth it b/c it all came together perfectly. Made to match a Lilly Pulitzer beach party theme. So cute!!!!

The beach ball is her smash cake...

Brittney's Graduation Cake

This one is for our neighbors' daughter Brittney. She is graduating from West Forsyth High School w/ HONORS!!! (the light blue and gold tassels around the bottom of the top tier represent the honors tassels she'll be wearing when she walks)

Congrats Brittney. Auburn is about to get a fabulous new addition to their school! :)

60th Birthday

Made to coordinate with the party plates...

How do you do this w/ two kids??

That's the question I always get..."How do you find the time to do all these cakes w/ two children!?!" My response is always, "I don't know!!!" (and I honestly don't know! lol) But somehow it all gets done...I'll admit there are definitely times when I'm icing a cake with a baby on my hip while the other little rascal is off coloring on the walls or hanging from the chandelier, but somehow it all gets done. That said, since summer has started (meaning no preschool for Bailey and Olivia has now decided to drop her morning nap) I find myself really thinking HOW am I going to get these cakes done without losing my sanity??

For the most part my caking schedule is 5:30am-7am before the girls wake up and then 8:30pm to as long as it takes... Needless to say after working on my cakes and chasing around 2 little ones in between, I'm a tired girl.

Luckily for me I've got B signed up for 2 weeks of vacation bible school in the month of June so I should be OK for this month, but July is crazy busy w/ 2 kids, beach trips, lake trips, MY 29th BIRTHDAY! and pool time. Sooooo, I have made the executive decision to pamper myself and...

TAKE THE MONTH OF JULY OFF!!! :)

I'll still be updating my blog w/ cakes (I have to make some cakes, I can't help myself), parties and other creative stuff so there will still be some action on here. But for the most part I'm going to be enjoying my birthday month with some freedom from caking! :)

So there is my announcement...
July I'm off
...returning full force to my cakes in August. :)

Where The Wild Things Are

This one is for Bailey's preschool end of the year program/party. I can't wait to see what they have planned for all us parents!! :) Her last day of school is Friday and I'm excited to have a fun summer. (but also a little nervous on how I'll get anything done, especially caking, with this little monster home with me all day/everyday) I guess my wake up time went from 5:30 to 4:30!! It will all work out!! :)

Happy Summer to everyone!

LET THE WILD summer RUMPUS START!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylor's 4th Birthday Farm Cake

This one is for little Taylor's 4th birthday. Taylor is a great friend of Bailey's and she is such a sweet little girl! :) Hopefully this cake will make her smile!! (shouldn't be hard b/c I can't really think of a time when I haven't seen a smile on her face!) :) :)

Happy 4th Birthday Taylor!!!!

Hunter's Graduation Cake

This one was for a great friend of ours who just graduated w/ his Master's degree. Way to go Hunter for making yourself just that much smarter than the rest of us!!! ;)

(oh and "The Art of Ice Cream" book is relevant b/c Hunter and some of his other smarty pant MBA buddies are starting up a fabulous new ice cream company.) Really YUMMY ice cream y'all!!! And its ok if I endorse them b/c its ice cream...thats not competition right? EEK!!!

Check 'em out if you get a chance!! http://www.facebook.com/#!/highroadicecream

Beach Bridal Shower Cake

This one is for a bridal shower for a couple who is having a beach wedding. I was online and saw a wedding cake design that used little adirondack chairs similar to these for toppers. We loved the cake and wanted to do a similar design, but I could not for the life of me find any miniature adirondack chairs for under $5 each (which was the budget for this cake). So I actually made these chairs myself for under $3!!! Yippee!!! (when I was a little girl I used to make furniture for my dollhouse...who knew all that practice would come in handy in my adult years) :)

A little change...

This is almost identical to a cake that I've done in the past, but a little different w/ the baby carriage topper instead of a bow so I thought I'd post it. :)

Lo Lo's Yo Gabba Gabba Smash Cake

This was for one of Olivia's boyfriends, Logan...Happy 1st Birthday big man!!!!

Love,
Your future mother in-law

A Sweet Birthday Packaging Idea

Ok, so this has nothing to do with cakes, but it does have to do with birthdays...and its a sweet idea so it goes!! :)

I came up w/ this idea as I was trying to figure out what to get my cousin for his birthday. He just turned 10 and is into so many things that I'm completely unfamiliar with (as he is a boy and I am a girl w/ two little girls...boy "toys" are uncharted territory). So I decided instead of trying to shop for him I'd just give him some money and let him figure it out! :) But I hate giving money...its just not "fun" for me. So I decided if I packaged it in a fun way I could enjoy giving just money.

So here's what I did...

I grabbed a $20 and a few pieces of candy....

Then I went into the pantry and got a can of chicken noodle soup to make for Bailey and Olivia for lunch....

Take a sec to notice the top of this can... I chose this lunch for the girls b/c yes, it has carrots so its got some nutrition, but I also chose it b/c of the type of can it was in. ;) (the top has a flip tag thingy...not sure what you call those kind of tops) Anyway...notice the top?

Ok, stay with me, I'm going somewhere w/ this!

I turned it upside down and opened the can from the bottom (instead of using the flip top lid). I used a can opener that cuts the can from the side so that the lid comes off w/ a clean edge...

Then I took a break to feed the girls...

After that, I washed out the can, dried it and stuffed it w/ candy and money. :)

Then I glued the bottom back on w/ hot glue (you can use any kind of glue...doesn't have to be hot glue).

Once the bottom was secured, I wrapped the can w/ some cardstock...

And ended up with this...

Pretty sweet huh?

I thought this was a great way to spruce up a money gift or a gift card gift. They'd make great party favor containers too!

Oh, and yes! It stumped the smarty pants 10 year old birthday boy. ;) He was very intrigued and confused on how I got the money and candy in there. Guess I just gave away my "magic" secrets!!!

Here is another one I did for Bailey's teachers on St Patrick's Day. I used a smaller can for this one and filled it with green candy. :)