Recent cakes

Here are a few cakes I've recently made. All are buttercream-no fondant. I've really needed to practice my buttercream smoothing...all cakes are chocolate cakes. My favorite! The first 2 were for friends birthdays, and the last one to welcome a baby boy into this world. I had fun with each of them and am forever learning new things with each cake!For Nicole: chocolate cake with vanilla flavored buttercream in layers and to frost cake. Used some luster dust (edible glitter) to brush a little color on top. Piped lines going up and down on side of cake from top to bottom to add some texture.


For Kinslee: Chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream in layers and to frost cake, also peanut butter cups in layers for extra crunch!

For Allisons new baby boy Maxim: Chocolate cake with cream cheese buttercream in layers and vanilla buttercream to frost cake. Used a textured towel to smooth cake...and create a cool design if you look closely. Blue dots and stars and writing done in same buttercream. I made this cake in 2 hours flat! That's mixing, baking, cooling, cutting, layering, frosting, and decorating-I was kind of proud!

Kay's bridal shower

Back in April my mom and I threw a bridal shower for a good family friend. She is getting married on May 29th in San Diego, and then having a reception here in Arizona in June. We played games, got to know each other, chatted, and ate lots of yummy food. I couldn't wait to make a cake! I wanted to try my skills at smoothing buttercream. I haven't done a tiered cake since Dan's birthday...so I thought I'd try the 2 together. Dan gave me a gumpaste flower set for my birthday a few weeks prior to the shower....I had to try something new. The bride-to-be wanted Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting. I thought chocolate sounded good too-so I did both! The bottom tier was red velvet with cream cheese buttercream in the layers, and the top was chocolate cake with cream cheese buttercream in the layers.....both covered in a vanilla flavored buttercream. Decorated with royal icing swags and gumpaste flowers. The topper was also made out of gumpaste and has both the initials of the bride and groom. It was challenging to get the buttercream smooth-but that's something I wanted to practice. The flowers were a new learning experience too-but fun! All in all everything turned out well!

Parker 9 month pictures

This is late. Parker is almost 11 months now, and growing so fast! He has already changed since these pictures were taken! I haven't been uploading pictures since my computer crashed, so I finally decided to use Dan's laptop so I could catch up on blogging. I'm so excited to show off these pictures, we just love this little guy!