Thomas The Train

 

 

 

This was my first time making a cake for

the wonderful charity "Icing Smiles"

they are a non-profit organization that

work to provide a cake for sick children

or siblings of sick children.

I got my call to help out and couldn't wait

to make this cake for Isaiah!

It is a 9" white cake and a 6" chocolate cake

 

 

 

Artist cupcakes...

1/2 dozen chocolate cupcakes

frosted with butter cream

and topped with my fondant

artist palate toppers.

 

Hiking Cake...

 

 

 

This is a 10" round chocolate, chocolate-chip cake

It is filled with chocolate ganache & covered in fondant

 

It was made for a girl that loved hiking!

 

Friendly Frank Cupcakes...

 

 

 

I made these cute little Frankenstein cupcakes

for my mother-in-law who runs a daycare

and was having a Halloween party for

the little kids.

I simply used a box chocolate cake for these

as kids mostly just lick the frosting off anyways;)

I had some leftover fondant from the

Halloween baby shower cake I made

a few post back

and I just used that to make the little Frankenstein

people. Of course I had 5 boy versions & 3 girl versions

so there would be no fighting! (LOL)

 

(Close-up)

(group of them)

Girlie Halloween Cake...

 

 

 

I made this cake for a friend of mine

We combined a bunch of different cake designs that

we saw online & took from those our favorite parts

& made the colors girlie.

 

I love this cake it was so fun to make & each detail

made it sweeter:)

 

The cake itself is all chocolate

The bottom tier is a 10" 2 layer with butter cream filling

The top tier is a 6" 3 layer with a 1/2 sport ball pan

to make the rounded head shape, all filled with butter cream.

 

 

 

DIY Fireman Halloween costume...

This is my son's Halloween costume from last

year...he just had to be a fireman & I didn't want

some cheesy Wal-mart fireman costume

so I came up with this

 

I got the coat from the goodwill its a mans

sport jacket.

Then I took some yellow duct tape

and did the collar, front, bottom & sleeves

like a real fireman jacket

I added the little ID badge from a dollar tree toy

and the American flag was an iron on patch

This is the back

 I used iron on letters

for his name

No fireman is complete without his firetruck

This is from a box

I painted it red added some black plates for the wheels

and yellow cupcake liners for the headlights

 

This is my little fireman on his party

 

This is him on Halloween night

trick-or-treating

while pushing his baby brother

isn't that just the sweetest?

 

 

Less messy sand...

 

What do we do on summer vacation?

we made colored sand from rice!

 

 

 

All we did was take some rice

scoop it into a baggie

and add a few drops of food color

Each kid had fun coating each grain of rice

in their desired color

 

I put it on some of my baking dishes and

we sat it outside in the hot sun to dry for an hour

then it was playtime!!

 

Here is the tutorial on how exactly to make it:

http://www.livingonacoupon.com/2012/03/fun-with-kids-colored-rice-box.html

Party time with Elmo...

 

 

This is the cake I made for my little guy who turned 2!

He loves Elmo & I made him this big Elmo cake that

was so bright & colorful  then as I was

trying to snap a picture I hit the cake board

& it went right in the floor at 2AM!!!

 

What does a mommy do? I can't have my son disappointed on his birthday

& I wasn't about to spring for a yucky Wal-mart cake with no Elmo

So this mommy stayed up all night and re-made this cake...

 

 

Happy Birthday

to my baby boy ADAM

I love you!

 

~MOM

 

Butt Cake...

 

I made this butt cake for my brother-in-law

My hubby & I knew that he would love

a raunchy and naughty cake!

 

 

The cake itself is chocolate & marble

I covered it in fondant & accent with fondant details 

 

 



The originial source for this cake

is from http://www.my-creativeway.com/2011/08/womens-thong-butt-cake-cakes-by-raychel.html

 

 

WWE & John Cena CAKE!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made this cake for my son who is obsessed with

John Cena & everything WWE!

He was very specific about how he wanted his cake

to look:)

 

 

This is an 8" marble with gananche filling

and a 6" chocolate, chocolate-chip cake with

 ganache filling!! YUMMY

 

 

The entire is cake is covered in fondant with fondant

accents & the figures on top are his micro wrestlers

I also made the poles to the ring out of straws wrapped

in fondant & ribbon as the rope

 

This is my little cuties reaction to seeing his cake

for the first time & I would say by the dimples

that he loved it!!

 

 

 

My baby blowing out his candles

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU BABY!!

 

LOVE

 

~ Mom 

Halloween theme baby shower cake...

 

This cake was ordered from a repeat customer! :)

Best compliment ever!!!

 

 

The cake was for a Halloween Theme baby shower

I was given a picture from the web that

I was asked to recreate

 

10" round chocolate

8"round marble

6" vanilla

 

 

I also made the topper

the little baby pumpkin is so cute that every time

I looked at the cake it made

me smile:)

 

railroad cake...

 

Every Year my family goes to the Appomattox Railroad Festival

& this was the 40th anniversary of the festival so

I decided to make a cake for all my family friends

to celebrate the event.

This cake is a 10" chocolate cake with ganache filling

and a 6" sponge cake with butter cream filling

both tiers are covered & accented in fondant

 

 

Batman Cupcakes...

 

Today my middle son is 5 years old & he has two loves

in his life Batman & John Cena!

Since his party is centered around the WWE I am saving the

John Cena cake for that event (watch for that post!)

 I decided to go with Batman for his class party

I scored a great deal on the plates & treat bags at

Big Lots for only $.50!!!

Since his mommy is a baker I made him & all 18 of

his little classmates these batman cupcakes & packaged

them up individually.

 

 

(close-up)

 

 

 

The cupcakes are chocolate with a Vanilla Butter Cream

& hand made fondant batman faces!

These little suckers were very time consuming

5 hours on just the toppers!

But for one of mama's babies I would move mountains:)

 

 

Every year on my children's birthdays

I get out my giant cupcake pan & make

them each their own giant cupcake that

they can either eat or dive into face first!:)

this was Caden's batman giant cupcake!!

 

 

Happy Birthday Caden

~MOM

Warning this post contains cake nudity!

 

 

This is the silly cake I made for my father -in-laws birthday!

He loves jokes & this is the perfect one for him. He

just got back from Bike Week at Myrtle Beach last week

& saw lots of these!! :) 

 

 

 

 

This is my Father-in-law after receiving his Boobie cake

He loved it & thought they were a nice pair!

HAHA:)

 

pirate cakes...

This is the cake I made for my son who just loves Pirates!

This cake is a 10" round white almond sour cream

it is filled with butter cream and covered in fondant

 

 

 

 

This cake I also made for my son we used this one

for our small family party.

This cake is an 8" round chocolate cake

its a butter cream & fondant covered cake

 

Football Party...

 

 

 

Football Sunday's is a tradition with my husband's family

They are huge Redskins fans and always watch the game

together in my in-laws garage.

 

So this cake is for our get together

its an 8"round chocolate & 6" round white almond

both are filled with butter cream & covered in fondant.

 

 

 

 

 

This is my husband, his mom & his brother

in the garage on game day last week...sadly this

was before we lost:(

 

 

I like my hubby's smiling face in this picture

Isn't he a cutie?! :)

 

blue birds birthday...

 

 

This is a 10" chocolate 2 layer & a 6" white

almond sour cream 2 layer cake.

It is butter cream with fondant & fondant

accents.

 

Minnie Mouse first birthday...

 

 

This is my favorite cake so far!!

I made this for my husband's cousin's

daughter's first birthday...lol I know that was

a long explanation!

 

Anyways Harley's mama asked me to make her a Minnie

theme first birthday cake in chocolate & she wanted

a smash cake to go with it. This design was inspired

from a pinterest find the only substitution was the color

of the number 1 and the color of the name

Harley's mom wanted them to match some of the colors

found in the party plates!

 

This cake is a 10" round chocolate 2 layer

and an 8" round chocolate 2 layer

the top layer is a 1/2 sports ball pan with chocolate cake

all are frosted in butter cream and

covered in fondant

 

 

 

 

 

The smash cake is my giant cupcake pan

the bottom of the cupcake is chocolate cake

and the top is strawberry cake.

I frosted the cupcake in teal butter cream and

added a cute pink fondant cherry on top!



Handy Manny Cake...

 

Handy Manny cake for a sweet little boy

this is a 6" round 2 layer white almond sour cream cake

with butter cream & fondant

 

The Handy Manny I hand designed as a

first time attempt at doing faces in fondant!

I must say I'm pretty pleased with his turn out

but what really made me feel good is

when the birthday boy said "look it's my

Handy Manny cake!!"

 

 

 

Cupcake Party...

 

The table with the cake I made for my daughter's

birthday party!

 

 

 

 

 

The candy topiary I made for

the table ....

this was so easy all I did was find

a pretty cup & saucer

add a Styrofoam ball

then fill away with dum-dum lollipops!

 

 

 

 

 

The Cake...is red velvet with cream cheese frosting

covered in fondant & accents

My daughter saw this design while searching around

on Pinterest & this is my re-creation!

 

 

 

Wedding Cake...

 

 

 

My 1st Wedding Cake...Love birds with vines

I was asked to re-create this cake from sugar rush confections

I made this a vanilla & chocolate cake with butter cream

both tiers are covered in fondant with fondant accents.

The birds are hand sculpted from rice krispy treats

& they also are covered in fondant

 

 

 

 

 



Back to school time!

 

This week was the unofficial end of

summer...the kids started school

& I am now the proud mama of

three kids in elementary school!!

 

To celebrate the end of their 1st week

I made them this little school theme

cake during the baby's nap time

so it's not perfect but

it totally surprised the kids!!

 



cheetah print cake...

30th Birthday Cake...

I hand painted this cake a cheetah print design

its a 10" round strawberry cake with cream cheese

filling & covered in fondant.

Swamp People theme vacation...

Last week we had our family vacation to Myrtle Beach

it was so much fun! This is our adorable little house we stayed

in for the week.

The kids at Broadway at the Beach!

  The kids at Alligator Adventure

this was totally the coolest part of our trip

we all really enjoyed seeing the alligators up close & since

my husband is obsessed with that show "Swamp People"

 it kinda became the theme of our vacation:)

See what I mean? (LOL)

while on vacation it was also my husbands birthday

so I brought all my cake making supplies & made him a

"Swamp People" theme cake!

He totally loved it & it kept with our vacation theme:)

Good-bye Ocean Lakes

we had a blast & will see you again next year!!

What will it BEE?

I loved making this cake!!

A friend from high school asked me to make a bee theme

gender reveal cake for her expecting friend.

I love this concept of having a party to announce the sex of a baby.

The expecting couple cuts into a cake and the filling being either blue or pink tells

them what their baby will be!

 This is a 10" round & 6" round chocolate cake

the filling is American buttercream & covered in fondant

with fondant accents

* This cake revealed a baby boy!

~ Congrats to the Parents-to-be:)

Girly Monkey Baby Shower Cake...

I made this cake for a monkey theme baby shower

I made a 10" Vanilla & 6" Chocolate cake

I covered them both in pink fondant

& added the fondant details



Daisy Cake...

I made this cake in the middle of a very busy cake week

It was for my mother-in-laws birthday

and she loves the old school Wilton

cake pan designs with buttercream frosting

so this is what she got a

daisy shaped butter cake with all buttercream icing

I also had to add a cute

fondant bee & ladybug:)

Spider-Man Cake ...

I made this cake for an old high school friend's nephew

He loves Spider-Man so I purchased a Spider-Man candle

from AC Moore to put on the top

The cake is a 9" vanilla cake with butter cream & fondant

I made all the details from fondant as well.

(Side view)

* The blue is more of a royal blue like Spider-Man but my flash makes

it look like this ocean blue

(Front view)

* the cake is level but sitting on a chair