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! :)

Busy Weekend!!!

I had such a busy weekend... Friday afternoon, I got off work early and worked on Tomi's cake for Connie... I remember her sending me a message asking if I can do a camouflage cake. Okay. I thought I would just get a camo ribbon and tying it around a green cake... then I started searching online and learned how to do a camo pattern with buttercream... Remember the orange flower cake (last September?) I practiced with the leftover buttercream until I got the hang of it... and have learned since then how to smooth buttercream. Tomi had also asked if I can put Jackson's name on it somewhere and a lightbulb moment came to me... Dogtag!!! So here's the finished product... I also made green cupcakes to match (but forgot to take a picture of!)

Then Friday night, after dinner, I tackled another cake... staying up till 3am because I underestimated the time it took to roll out 48 rolled stripes... It was such a simple cake but with cakes "Simple" is never really simple. Its actually more complicated and difficult. You see with a "simple cake" you can't hide much with decorations... your fondant or buttercream need to be perfect... as you can see with the dent in the front of the cake... I thought about using a photo editing software to hide that blemish, but I decided against it, because I'm not trying to be perfect here... its a hobby! :)

Then Saturday night I worked on Jazmine's cake. See, Jazmine is this really cool teenager and did not want the typical Sweet 16 cake. So, with a nod to her heritage, and with her birthday being so close to Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead/All Souls Day, she asked for a sugar skull cake. (Yes, I had to google/wiki sugar skulls because I had no idea what it was at first!) Thanks Jaz for letting me do something really unique! :)