Conversation Hearts

Late last night my 6th grader asked if I would make him a heart cake for his Valentine’s party at school. Hey, no thought that it was way too late to begin baking at that point—he just knew it could be done–so he asked!

A Dream Winter Cake

A cake for a “Winter hating, San Diego loving” friend! All I could wish for her was a melted snowman!

10 Cow, Topsy Turvy, Present Cake

This was an end of the year Christmas cake for a church organization.  All year long the theme had been “10 Cows”, so the cake is a topsy turvy cake made with Christmas presents, but then there are 10 cows all around the cake.  One cow is lying down, one is standing with her baby. One cow is only the hind end–he’s peeking in one of the gifts. Another cow is only the top portion—as if coming out of the present, after peeking.  The bottom cow on the right is my favorite…we actually cut way some of the fondant and sprinkled cake crumbs around his muzzle and feet because he’s actually grazing on the cake! The top gift is a little lamb, because the next year’s theme was “Of one fold and one Shepherd”.  All in all, one of my very favorite cakes to date!

Simple Flowers

This was NOT supposed to look this way. I wanted to either make a Tinkerbell cake or a Shrek cake. You can see by the flowers that Tinkerbell was my choice. But when it came time to adding the cake mushroom to the top, and the fondant Tinkerbells around the side—I really liked the simple design too much to add them. It needs a topper—but I think it’s a pretty cute little ‘change of plans’.

Last year I was at the Hobby Lobby and found these darling, whimsical cake platforms–but they were way too expensive. There were three sizes, the largest was $40.00, medium $30.00 and the smallest was $20. NEVER would I even think of spending this kind of money on cake platforms. But just a few months ago I found them on clearance and paid less than $20 for all three together. How cool is that!

This cake would probably fit into the realm of Mother’s Day, Bridal Shower or a more grown up birthday. In this house—it’s going to be for Father’s Day! So Honey…..Man up!!

Not To Be Outdone…

I have mentioned before that I LOVE the 3D Teddy Bear pan from Wilton. This is one example of why! I would love to take complete creative credit for this little bunny—but in all honestly—I copied him! I found him online, and figured “How hard can he be”-and the answer was NOT AT ALL!! Yet the ‘precious’ factor totally rocks with this one!

The secret to the plushy fur…..I piped him twice. So he actually has double the buttercream frosting as normal…but he’s so plush and yummy!