Simply Delightful Cakes

Another birthday has come and gone at our house! My four-year old daughter requested a cat cake for her birthday, when we had been planning for a Minnie Mouse cake.  She has been in love with "Baby Booties" and "Mama Booties" for quite some time now so I thought it would be fun to recreate her kitties for her cake. While there were many kitties to choose from, these were the lucky ones who made the cut. Spot, Lindy, Baby Booties, Mama Booties, Ta-tas, Whiskey, and Kiki. These little guys were so much fun to make, just a little time consuming! Shh....don't tell her that Zebra isn't a kittie! It's just a kittie with a mo-hawk! Hahaha!

It's Lego Ninjago time! I was so excited to hear my boy wanted one of these cakes. I had so much fun making it. If I could change one thing, I'd add a couple fondant swords to his back, but I ran out of fondant and time. I love how it turned out regardless! He didn't specify which color he wanted, but I knew deep down, he'd want Lloyd. :) Lego cake for the win! 7 year old boys are awesome!

I shouldn't choose favorites, but this is BY FAR my favorite cake that I've done yet - simply because I didn't have any problems! The cakes came out of their pans perfectly and their edges weren't crispy, the fondant didn't give me any grief, and there was no cursing what-so-ever!   Last year my little guy was in love with Ninja Turtles, and he still is (probably more so this year) but he opted to have superheros on his cake instead - and a Ninja Turtle.   Since it was his 5th birthday, I divided the cake into five sections and let him pick the superheros to be on it. He was so confused to how it was going to look so I drew it out the best I could. I need to do that more often! I referenced it over and over during the decorating process! The only thing I'm not so pleased about is the Spiderman portion - mostly because by the time I made /it to piping on the spider, the black dye was separating itself from the frosting making it turn out more gray th...

Happy birthday to my daddy who turned the big 6-0 today! Because my sisters and I bought him a trip to Vegas for his birthday, I was going to make a Vegas themed cake, but when he's not farming, he's golfing. One of my sisters found this cake on-line, so I re-created it for her. He loved it! And it was a surprise! He came over when I was baking it, but thought I was making cookies :)

I challenged myself again with this Lego cake. Because we were on the road for my son's birthday, I told him I would make him a cake when we arrived at out destination. What I forgot to take into account was the elevation. It reeked havoc on the baking time of the cake and the frosting. (The wine came out pretty early!)  I was, however, very thankful my sister-in-law was eager to help out, once I had the cake baked and assembled. I taught her how to make fondant and had her helping me cut out all the Lego blocks for the side. We work on this all afternoon, and finished it up shortly after dinner. And he LOVED it. Mission accomplished!

This cake took me out of my kitchen and into the kitchen of my mother-in-law's in Whitefish. With my birthday and my sister-in-law's birthday on the horizon, I set to work on making us a cake.  With my other sister-in-law in town as well, I walked her step-by-step on how to make this cake. She even successfully made a couple swirls with a baby in her front carrier. And conveniently enough, we were two small rows of frosting short. I made enough to finish the top of the cake, but in my annoyance, I forgot to fill the holes between swirls. Ah well, it was consumed two hours later!  I'm not sure if there is anything more annoying than not having enough frosting and having to make more! Happy birthday to me and Em!

If one cake wasn't enough to do, I made another one once I completed the Ninja Turtles. Normally I probably would have said no to doing two cakes in a weekend because I don't like to feel rushed. However, I knew the Ninja Turtles weren't going to take too long so I figured I could squeeze another one in.   The only relatively time consuming thing about this cake was baking it....and waiting for the black fondant to set. Otherwise this was a pretty low stress cake! Hooray! These keep getting easier and easier! I was a little disappointed when I dropped the cake off. Having worked at this hotel for 6 years, I should have known the pool area was going to be humid, causing my camera lens to fog up. So I quickly became frustrated with cleaning my lens and didn't quite get the picture I wanted. Ah well.  Happy Birthday Landon!

My son's birthday is on Monday but we celebrated his birthday a few days early. And it's a good thing because he has been waiting for his birthday since October! Last year he had a guitar cake , but this year he insisted on having a Daniel Tiger (from PBS's Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood). I wasn't really feeling it though, so I did a lot of convincing! Jimmy LOVES the color green and everything that is green, so it only makes sense that he likes the Ninja Turtles too. With enough persuading, he agreed on having a Ninja Turtle cake, but Daniel Tiger had to be on it too.    So here is our version of Daniel Tiger + TMNT. I had a lot of fun making this cake too! And I practiced my ombre shading on the outside of the cake...inside will be another project! I'm not sure if he was more excited about the green cake, the Ninja Turtles, or the fact that Daniel Tiger was with the Ninja Turtles. I can image we'll be taking about this cake for months to com...

My son turned 5 years old today and requested a Wreck It Ralph cake. In my mind, I'm thinking "Oh that's going to be pretty easy. It's just a building." Ha! I officially hate square cakes...or maybe I just need more practice! Luckily I was able to cover up most of my boo-boos! In case you haven't seen the movie yet, here is a picture the cake on the movie. I think Ralph and Fix-It Felix turned out great! A lot better than what I had in my mind. Usually it's the opposite!    To prevent them from continuously tipping over on the top, they had to move to the ground for more pictures. : ) He was pretty proud! (Especially since I let him glue the shrubs to the board!)

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 :)

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!

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!