Click HERE to watch the video of this cake! Ten years ago when I was working in the corporate world, I came across something that made me really start daydreaming about a tropical vacation. One of my friends had sent out an email with a picture of a hut on stilts in Tahiti, over the … Continue reading »
Click HERE to watch the slideshow of this cake! Back in December, my aunt asked me if I could make a cake for a high school reunion that she was putting together. It was a 1950′s themed party for the classes of 1965-1970, and I was happy to do it. At first, the cake was going … Continue reading »
Click HERE to watch the slide show of this cake, with many more pictures! This year, my nephew turned 10. This still baffles me, considering I have the video footage of his 2nd birthday, blowing out the candle and keeps asking his daddy “More, more?” for him to relight it so that he could blow … Continue reading »
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SLIDESHOW VIDEO OF THIS CAKE!!! As a kid, one of my favorite memories with my middle brother was playing Super Mario Brothers on his Nintendo. He loved that game, and was good at it. I remember climbing the stairs to his room in elementary school, only to find him sitting … Continue reading »
Yay, polka dots! My sister-in-law actually sent me a link of a cake that was baked with polka dots. She claimed that her kitchen might blow up if she attempted this, but thought I would be interested. Heck yeah, I was. When I clicked on the link and saw that the original idea of this … Continue reading »
A good friend of mine is part of a dixie/country band based out of Atlanta, called the VaudeVillains. A big group of us got together a couple of weeks ago in Augusta and all went out to dinner. We don’t get to see each other very often, and earlier in the year when I was … Continue reading »
I love this cake. Even though I didn’t make it, taking a picture of it was a necessity. Tracy Kirk made this cake. She used a glass bowl to bake the yellow cake in the oven for the round shape (you can get the same shape using a half ball cake pan). We took the … Continue reading »
My sister-in-law is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, so when thinking about what kind of cake to make for her birthday, it hit me like a ton of bricks. Duh! Of course! When I was first working on this cake, I honestly didn’t know if it would make it. Came across several issues while putting … Continue reading »
My best friend and I hosted a party for Initials Inc, so I decided to make a cake to go along with the theme. I went to the website to get some ideas, and saw some hot pink carnations, along with hot pink, green and blue polka dots on the website. Bingo! The cake is … Continue reading »
Time to fish! Mary Sides made this cake for her brother’s 30th birthday. Each cake is one layer of chocolate and one layer vanilla. She made standard wilton buttercream icing to cover the cake, and the grass was done with a grass piping tip. She made most of the decorations out of fondant, and the … Continue reading »
Here we go…I had to do this one. Go carts are SO much fun! This is a 2 layer 12 inch chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Yes, even the green icing is chocolate! It actually made a nice shade of hunter green since the icing has cocoa in it. The cars are made out of … Continue reading »
Making flowers hasn’t been a real strength of mine since I started making cakes, so I decided to learn more. I signed up for a class at a local arts and crafts store, and we spent the first three classes making flowers out of royal icing. After getting home, it only seemed logical to do my … Continue reading »
I recently started taking a class on how to make flowers out of royal icing, so when I was asked to make a birthday cake for something who loves the color purple, the timing was perfect! This is a neopolitan, 3 layer 12 inch round cake with cream cheese icing in between the layers and … Continue reading »
I called my dad to ask him what flavor cake he wanted for his birthday, so we started talking. He wanted a yellow cake with cream cheese icing, a regular sheet cake. I asked him what his favorite color was, and he said, “Hmm, well I guess blue or green. That’s really what I love … Continue reading »
This cake was made for a retirement party, after the Barefoot Princess was sold to new owners. I did my best to make the cake look as much like the real boat as I could, and learned a lot from the process. This is what the actual boat looks like. Three levels, two enclosed, with … Continue reading »
