Caden's 5th Birthday Cake

Probably my most favorite cake that I made was Caden's 5th birthday cake. He wanted a rodeo area on his cake. I melted wilton white candy pieces and piped them out of a plastic bag into the shape of fences. I also did the same with the letters and brands.  The animals, people and tractors were non-edible. However in the future I will have to work on making those type of things out of fondant. I will let you know how that works.

Bryan's 10th Birthday Cake

Since Bryan is older and more opinionated he told me how he wanted to decorate his cake. He also wanted to put the figures on the cake himself.  Definitely not the best cake I've ever made or the prettiest, but he sure was happy with it and thought it was cool. I kind of think it was too!

August 2010 Wedding Shower Cakes

I made these two cakes for a friend of mine who was putting on a wedding shower. The theme was a luau. I decided to decorate one of the cakes traditionally and do the other one fun. I thought of the way I was going to do the beach cake the night before I had to have them ready. I actually decorated it a couple hours before it was suppose to be picked up. Had I allowed more time for it I would have loved to have found small lawn chairs, umbrellas and other beach items. Another idea of mine in the future will be using fondant to make 3D props.  The more traditional two layer cake I used a Wilton Buttercream frosting recipe. I tried to match the colors from the invitation, deep purple and an aqua. (At least that is what my color blind eye saw.) I'm not too happy with the writing. I need much more practice in that area!