Gingerbread Train Cake

For my son's 2nd birthday we got him a train set and since it's so close to Christmas, I made a train cake with a Christmas/Wintery theme.  It was a gingerbread cake with a lightly flavored spiced rum buttercream frosting.  And it was all decked out with gingerbread men, a gingerbread train, candy canes, a snowman and snowflakes.

With cookies to match!  These were sugar cookies with a light caramel flavoring.

Apple Cookie Bouquet

Apple Cookie Bouquet II

Apple Cookie Bouquet I

I made this cookie bouquet for my neighbor friend.  She recently graduated from college and got a nice new job, so to show her appreciation, she wanted to get her teachers a gift.  :)  What a nice student. 

Addison's Owl Birthday Cake

Happy 1st birthday, Addison.  This is a 2-tiered, double-layer, white chocolate cake with raspberry butter-cream frosting, featuring a an owl design.

Hello Kitty cupcakes

These are pistachio cupcakes with a vanilla/almond butter-cream frosting.  I made them on a whim for a co-worker's birthday.  If I had had more time to plan them out, I think I could have them even cutter.  But on a whim ... this was the best I could do.  Happy birthday, Amy!

Icecream Cone Cookies

These cookies were made for my daughter's teacher's birthday celebration.  They're vanilla sugar cookies, featuring a double-scoop ice cream design topped off with candy sprinkles. 

Baby boy babies in a blanket cupcakes

These cupcakes were made for in celebration for a friend's new grandbaby. They're vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting, featuring baby boys sleeping under a blankie.

Birdie bird wedding cake

Well, here it is ... my very 1st wedding cake.  The bride is a very down-to-earth girl and she picked a cake that perfectly matches her laid-back attitude.  :)  First, I built the bronze birds (bride and groom) a fondant nest, which I high-lighted with bronze pearl dust.  Then I covered the whole cake, which was a yellow golden butter cake, in burgundy fondant.  Her florist will be arranging fresh flowers around the bottom, which is why the bottom still looks a little unfinished.

Then to go along with this earthy wedding, I made bird's nest petit fours for the kids attending this wedding.

Pumpkin Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my little cousin, Scarlett's, 1st birthday.  It was a pumpkin-flavored cake with caramel buttercream frosting with a middle layer of caramel and nuts covered in fondant.

Over-the-hill cookies and cupcakes

Over-the-hill cookies and cupcakes for my friend's dad's birthday party.  These are cookies and cream cupcakes and vanilla sugar cookies.  The 'dead' cherry is fondant covered in silver pearl dust.

Wedding Shower Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made for a work wedding shower.  Wedding dresses and rose cupcakes.

October is a busy month ...

... Especially next week.  On Wednesday, I'm making bridal shower cupcakes for work party. On Friday I'm making over-the-hill cupcakes and cookies for my friend's dad's 65th birthday party.  Then on Saturday, I'm making a pumpkin-themed birthday cake for my little cousin.  (Yes, even at this age, I have a little cousin.  One of my aunts is only a few years older than me). And then .... the Halloween Spooktacular treat making begins!!  :o)  I'm really looking forward to that.  I LOVE Halloween so very much!

And it doesn't look like November will slow down much. In first week, I'm making my very first wedding cake for a friend. EEK. Wish me luck on that!! Then I'm making my Grandpa's 91st birthday cake.  And then an owl birthday cake for my friend's daughter's 1st birthday. Busy Busy Busy!  Oh ... then I'm sure I'll be making lots of goodies for Thanksgiving.  And I'm just guessing, but I would assume with Christmas coming up, December won't slow down either ...

Well ... I better get bakin'!

Look for pictures to come soon.

Laci's Candyland Cake

Candyland Birthday Cake -- a cookies and cream cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.  This is my favorite cake so far.  It was so fun making all the little candy pieces.  I think this cake turned out really well, although I was sick the day I made this, so I think I could have done it even better if I had been feeling better.  My hands were kind of shaky, too.  Thank goodness little kids don't

Grandma's 90th Birthday Cake

This Cake was for my Grandma's 90th birthday.  She might be 90, but nothing will keep her from the casino.  Lord knows Grandma loves to gamble!  :)  And I had a real good time making this one, too.  This is my other favorite cake, so far.  I just knew with every fun little detail I put into it that Grandma was going to enjoy this cake.   And she did.   She even still has part of it frozen in her freezer.  LOL.

It was a death-by-chocolate cake with chocolate-flavored buttercream frosting.

My Mom's 60th Birthday cake

My Mom's favorite flowers are pansies.  So, I took a double-chocolate cake with chocolate and coconut butter cream frosting and covered the top with fondant pansies.  Then just for fun, I decorated the edge with cookie sticks and tied the whole thing up with a matching bow!  Mum was pleased.

My very first fondant-covered cake

This cake was my final project for my cake decorating class. 

Elmo Birthday Cake

This was a triple layer fudgy chocolate cake with with chocolate-flavored butter cream frosting.

Firecracker 4th of July Cupcakes

Chocolate firecracker cupcakes for my friend's 4th of July birthday party.

Father's Day Golf Cupcakes

Father's Day Golf cupcakes.  White chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Ant & Watermelon Picnic Cupcakes

Ant & Watermelon cupcakes for my daughter's daycare picnic.  The kids thought they were pretty cute.

Reese's Princess Cake

For my daughter's 4th birthday, we had a princess party.  A princess cake, cookies, brownie pops ... Everything was either pink or purple and all her guests dressed like princesses or wore pink and purple.  What a great day for a little girl!