Cake Balls!!!

CAKE BALLS for Summer's sister's bridal shower.

I love love love LOVE cake balls. Actually I love cake pops more, but they are more laborious so I save that for really special occasions.

I would like to give a ton of credit for Bakerella for introducing me to the wonderful world of cake balls and cake pops. Check out her site for incredible cuteness that will probably put you in a sugar coma. :)

I don't eat much cake but I love these suckers!

Did I mention how much I love cake balls?

:)

catching up... part 3... baby, baby, baby!!!

Sam threw a baby shower for her friend... My second attempt at a bow... and my bear looked like a mouse... but sometimes we are our own critics and the same applies in this situation. Sam loved it... I need more practice with bows! And chocolate fondant? Yummieee! :)

Bridget helped throw a shower for her sister-in-law... she loved what I did for Nathaniel's car cake so she asked me to do the shower cake.... "Sure, No problem." The shower is in Indy though. So I had to make sure that its easy to assemble and can withstand a 3 hour road trip.
My BFF-since-7th-grade, Steph, threw her lil sis a baby shower and it was a jungle theme... I always welcome the opportunity to practice molding fondant animals... There was supposed to be a tree behind the animals but alas, the leaves wouldn't stand up and had to nix that idea the last minute. Lesson learned: fondant leaves need to dry for more than 48 hours or use gumpaste/fondant mix.
My mom helped throw an office shower for her coworker... No theme, all I know was that its a girl and her name is Mya... it needed to be refrigerated so I didn't want to cover the whole thing with fondant. So this is what I came up with: the onesie, flowers, buttons, letters and stripes were made of fondant... I really need practice with piping though.
Bridget's doggy baby shower cake above made it to Indy... and this cake made it to Lansing, MI! :) LOL!

catching up... part 2... more birthday cakes...

This was a small 6" cake for my mom's birthday... We had a party to go to that night and we decided to surprise her with her own cake. I love this design. I wanted to try out the quilted look and it turned out well with the pearls dragees.

This is me, my mom and my daughter, Chamryn.
This Beatles cake is for Juli's mom... She loves the Beatles and played the piano. I love the Beatles and had them playing on my iPod as I decorating the cake. :)
Feast your eyes on the cutest monkey face cake ever! Its for Erin's baby boy's 1st birthday! It was my first time working with chocolate frosting and it was very challenging! It was heavy and sticky and difficult to smooth. It turned out so cute I just wanna pinch its cheeks! :)

So I had a ton of leftover chocolate icing so my next cake was for Summer's hubby's surprise 30th birthday... I love the embossed look of the "30"... I first did it for Juli's husband's golf cake last year.... Both the monkey cake and this cake was a 12" 3-layer cake... it was very heavy!!!

catching up.... Birthday Cakes...

This cake was for Laycee... Her dad kept going back and forth between Wow Wow Wubbzy and Thomas... I had wanted for Wow Wow Wubbzy since its such a cute and easy character... and I did a Thomas cake for my nephew last year... So I thought I'd challenge myself and do a 3D version of the cake. There are tutorials online that I used, and the sides aren't exactly like the real Thomas... and the cakes sank the day after, the fondant then sagging... but you should have seen her eyes light up... It was worth it!

(sorry about the picture quality... all I had was a picture from my cell!)

This cars cake is for Nathaniel... Bridget (his mom) wrote that he was so excited and he ate the eyes, one wheel, and a headlight.
This cake is for Makenna... I did her brother's Gravedigger monster truck cake earlier in the year... The "M" was made of fondant... It did fall and break before the party, but I laid it down covered it up with pink frosting. Next time I do an initial, I will have wires under the fondant and let it dry 48 hours in advance... This is one of my favorite cakes. It was simple yet so fun!

Tutu

I wanted to make a tutu for my daughter Chamryn for Christmas. Well, 11 days after Christmas, I finally did it--and it took only less than 30 minutes. I found no-sew instructions on the web... (I heart youtube) ...and it was so super easy. Its basically strips of tulle tied into a elastic band. Super cute. She liked to dance and twirl around. I doubt its durability, but for less than $6 (if tulle is on sale), its a pretty good deal for toddler entertainment. :)

And on other news... I'm planning her 3rd birthday. It will be super easy and cheap. But will have a lot of BAM! POW! and KAZOOM! ;) Her birthday is not until May so you guys will have to wait a while...

In the meantime, I should post my other cakes that I did in December... including my mom's birthday cake, a Beatles cake, and a Cars cake! Stay tuned! :)