60th Anniversary Party Cakes

Pale pink and green accents with a traditional buttercream design.

Double layer sheetcakes and a 3-tiered stacked mini-style anniversary cake.

The Little Mermaid Cake

What a challenge it was making Ariel's face... especially her nose! I loved making this cake, with all the vivid colors and fondant accents. :o)

Graduation Cake

You may recognize the floral patterns from my bird house cake. I liked them so much I used the design twice!

Birdhouse Cake! Or is it... Bird House?

Very pink, but isn't a strawberry cake supposed to be? Not sure what kind of bird this is, but I had fun making him.

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Yoda Cake... Eat This Cake You Will!

My son's 8th birthday party was today. Here's what I spent all day yesterday working on...

Yoda is covered in fondant, is all cake except for his ears which are made using Rice Krispee treats.

I didn't have a mold for this cake, as you might have guessed already, I rarely use molds for my shaped cake and in fact the only cake you'll find here that was made using a mold was my football cake. :o)


Can you guess what the hardest part of this cake was? Believe it or not, his nose. I remade it 3 times and am still not quite happy with it, but since taking these photos the nose has been consumed by an 8 year old party-goer, so what can I say? lol Guess it was good enough to eat.

I learn something new with each cake I make... with this one I either would have placed a thicker layer of fondant on the cake, or I would have used white cake rather than chocolate. I think it would have turned out even better had I done either.




















In any case I had a lot of fun making Yoda and this was the first time I made a cake that I didn't want to cut! Oh, it actually hurt just a little.


Poor guy... he never saw it coming.

My Beach Party Cake

Here's how she turned out! The photos taken at the event turned out a lot better than those shot in my kitchen. We had a "Wanna Get Away?" theme and each table host decorated their tables a different way. I opted to create a centerpiece that was edible, since that's what I do! lol

Everything is edible except the tree leaves. I cheated and used tissue paper. All the starfish and shells were made using a candy mold, but are fondant made, as are the hand shaped coral pieces, the trees and the woman resting on the beach.

The sand is made using crushed Vanilla Wafer cookies. Pretty cool huh? The taste compliments a vanilla cake very well to boot!

The Making of a Beach Party Cake

Well, it's actually for a women's Spring brunch, but you get the idea! Here's what I spent the evening creating... tomorrow I'll be shaping a few more pieces, the topping off my trees, baking and frosting my cake and by Saturday morning should have the finished product for all to admire.

I'm having a lot more fun with this cake than I have most. I think that could be because it's not for any one individual and in fact is really just a centerpiece for a table. If they eat it fine, if not, that fine too! I'm just enjoying playing in fondant, sort of like a good does playdoh. Getting my hands messy is as much fun now as it was when I was six.

If you're wondering what the white powder is, that's my cornstarch spill. My daughter found it quite amusing. I use the corn starch to keep the fondant from sticking. When I want it to stick I dab it with water via my handy paint brush.

The trees are drying in a Coke class, which works very well. They're formed on some sort of tubing I've had so long I can't recall what it was designed for, but do know it's a Wilton product.

Swirly Planet Cupcakes

Nothing special... at least not as special as I'd hoped! lol These were made for my son's birthday party at school and I really wish I'd had more time. Wanted to add a little green alien to each cupcake, but obviously making 23 little green men takes some time to accomplish.