Simply Delightful Cakes

The day has come and gone when my little boy turned 4! We went round and round when discussing what kind of cake he wanted. We both finally agreed on an airplane cake. Although when I planned it out, it was supposed to have two tiers, I think it turned out pretty darn cute regardless! My little 4 year old with his airplane birthday cake. The first thing he ate was the pilot's nose, followed by the airplane wings :)

While at my sister's wedding in May, I was asked by my mother-in-law to make cupcakes for my sister-in-law's wedding (which was this last weekend). Of course I agreed to make them. Though I haven't working solely with frosting, I took the challenge thinking I had a few months to practice. That didn't happen! I frosted them at the cabin...but forgot my frosting recipe so I made it from scratch and memory. Turned out pretty good! And yes, I did make more than 9...I ended up with about 45...and came up 6 cupcakes short on my frosting! Talk about annoying! They were a hit by all!

When I was asked to create this cake, I had never heard of Monster High before. I've come to the conclusion that they [the dolls] are the new Barbie. It's Mattel's new line of fashion dolls. Don't quote me, I could be wrong, after all, I'm a mom of boys... This is pretty much all I had to go off of. I tried to incorporate the stripes, though they didn't quite turn out as planned. I think I did the skull pretty well though! Happy Birthday Pam! I hope you like it!

Alright! Here's what I was stressing about for the last week! My sister Kile married the love of her life, Chris this last Saturday. A wonderful wedding and reception! Earlier this year, after I made this cake , Kile asked me if I would be interested in making their groom's cake. Without any hesitation, I agreed. And then I decided to make her bachelorette cake too! I really struggled with this cake though...mostly in transporting it! By the time it arrived at the hotel, the bride fell off the cake completely, the golf cart was in shambles, and the alter was laying down. I carefully pieced it all back together...I was so glad to be done with it! 

I absolutely LOVE this cake! But I think I say that about all of them! Anyways, I created this one for my older sister's bachelorette party on Thursday.  We had themed her party as a "Wild Night" with zebra and leopard print everywhere. It turned out great! What a beautiful bride-to-be!

My younger sister graduated from Rocky Mountain College last weekend, so last week I created her a special cake for her graduation day. This is her last textbook of her college career...until she goes to graduate school!  Here she is with her cake! She absolutely loved it! Congratulations for graduating Summa Cum Laude!

I received a call to make this cake 48 hours in advance. Little Amaya loves the skull and crossbones and was delighted to have this as her cake! I was going to do the whole thing with fondant, but opted to try my hand at frosting. Turned out pretty good, especially after I tipped the mixing bowl onto it!

I made this last minute for a co-worker turning 30. Pretty simple, nothing too crazy. I am happy to report this was my first time NOT getting upset with my fondant. WooHoo!

Here it is! The finished product! JP's tool cake! Complete with a hammer (notice the wood grain on it!), a wrench (inscribed with "Dustin Tools"), a screw driver, and measuring tape. I created the tape measure last after I had made all the tools. Initially I was just going to wrap it around some tools, but because of Hunter's little " incident " I opted to wrap it around the whole cake instead. I love how it turned out!

Long before Hunter turned 3 years old, he told us he wanted to be a fireman "and put out the fires!" As his birthday approached he decided (with my help of course!) that he wanted a fire truck cake for his birthday. I found the directions for this cake on bettycrocker.com as well, but changed a couple things around. He loved his cake! And yes, I blogged about this cake on my personal blog... But this was a monument cake for me, as I had never worked with fondant before. Here's where I got the idea:  http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/fire-engine-cake/a4c6b0d2-2347-45f2-8327-8ab7e3b328c4