What I've been up to

Needless to say, I have be neglecting to post pictures here for a while. Boo me! So here is what I've been up to this month (along with boyscout camping, fundraising, etc.) -

Drum cake with flames - chocolate cake with fondant flames and butter cream icing.

The seasons progression - ear of corn cake for a local farmer, the umbrellas represent his winter vacation in Florida. Chocolate cake with whipped icing, candy corn, and fondant.

Smiley skeleton face cupcakes - chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting.

White chocolate 3D skull - my chocolate working skills are slowly improving.

I think that is all I have been up to - so busy with everything else I'm not sure if I forgot one or not. So, stay tuned and hopefully I will be more timely with my posts !~ ) Oh and Happy Fall, Harvest, and Halloween (in case I don't get back as soon as I plan).

Not going my way

I should have known better than to attempt this cake today, but I did anyway. It didn't turn out how I had planned but I don't think it look horrible by any means either! (Hope the customer agrees.)

Fire truck 1st birthday cake -elongated sheet cake (1/2 chocolate and 1/2 vanilla) with butter cream icing and molded white chocolate helmets. I am told yellow helmets means the fire fighter is a volunteer, you learn something new every day!

Apparently today was a chocolate day, here is something extra that I did - match sticks.

Beep, beep, beep Under construction

As I do consider putting a cake together as "construction" I never thought I would be "building" a castle. Okay, so a lame reference and now, onto the cake...

Castle cake - 1/2 french vanilla & 1/2 milk chocolate covered in butter cream.

Zoom Zoooommmm!

Cars themed race track cake - milk chocolate cake with whipped frosting.

21

What a great theme for a 21st birthday party - blackjack.

Zebra striped purse cake with fondant cards, fake diamond accents, and real poker chips. Red paper hearts have names such as friend, mother, daughter, sister, and aunt on them to represent the people who bought the cake for the birthday girl.

Have your cake and candy too!

Didn't realize how long it had been since I posted on here! Life has been hectic and I haven't been baking much but business is picking up! Happy 1st day of September to you all. This is my first cake in about a month and a half - had a lot of fun with it and as always added polka dots where ever possible : ~ P

Candy machine cake - french vanilla cake with butter cream and fondant accents.

My first ever wedding cake!!!

John Deere themed wedding - 4 tieres starting from the bottom - red velvet, french vanilla, milk chocolate, and carrot. All covered in butter cream and wrapped with diamante (fake diamonds) and diamante accents in the yellow fondant feathered rose centers.

Needless to say, if you were in Illinois today then you know it was HOT, which is death for cakes. By the time I delivered this cake it was already sagging on one side and by the time I was finished with the rose petals it was leaning hard due to the heat in the reception room - eek. Luckily it stood long enough to be cut!