Thank heaven for little...kids!

I love doing kids birthday cakes and baby showers. The occasion is always filled with laughter and fun. From top to bottom you can see a red velvet fireman cake, a sleeping Snow White cake, and a gymnastics cake. The pictures cannot fully capture the essence of these adorable children's cakes. The fireman cake was complete with rising flames, a hose, and a hand molded fireman. In Snow White's cake she was lying in a bed next to a half eaten apple. The gymnast is surrounded by multi-colored flowers popping up out of the cake that were suspended with food safe floral wire. All of these cakes were designed to fit within budget requirements, proving that a great cake is well within your grasp.

Weddings are Wonderful

Weddings are wonderful! The only chance that some have to feel special, glamorous, and loved.

Golf

This is a golf themed 1/4 sheet chocolate cake covered in vanilla buttercream. I used a grass pastry tip to decorate the top and around the bottom. The "green" is fondant, the water hazard is blue corn syrup and the sand trap is graham cracker crumbs.

Coca Cola Cake

Here is another version of the soda cake. This time I decided to make the ice cubes clear and add a drizzle of colored corn syrup to make the effect more realistic. I liked the finished product much better than "Stella's Diet Pepsi Cake", which can be seen in my archives.

NKOTB

For those unfamiliar with NKOTB, it stand for New Kids On The Block. They were the original boy band from the late 1980's. I must admit that I was a huge fan, so I was pretty excited to get this order. Rich devil's food chocolate cake with chocolate cherry filling.

I'm Stumped

If you happen to be a logger you might recognize the special radio lying next to the tree stump in this photo. For those who aren't so into forestry, that little red radio is a way of communication for those in the timber business. This is a birthday cake for "Dan" who repairs radios like that pictures; the real ones, not fondant! The cake is chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling, decorated with fondant and buttercream. Even the mushrooms are fondant, dusted with a little cocoa.

Run for your life!

My children attend Riviera Christian School. Each year they hold an auction to earn money for school programs, classroom supplies and scholarships. At the 2009 auction I donated one of my cakes. The family who purchased the cake was looking for a volcano cake with a beach theme. It may be hard to see in this photo, but I added a small aluminum foil cup to the top of the volcano which held a little dry ice to make it smoke!