my crazy week of cakery ends with this pirate bulldog cake. it’s the third bulldog cake that i’ve made for my friend kim’s youngest little guy, who is 4 today. he likes bulldogs. and pirates. and yellow. that equals this cake. last year, i made him this cake: and the year before, this one: so, […]
cakery and confections
ike’s cakery v. 6.0
here are the various cake items i made for ike’s bday. superhero cupcakes for his class. (he thinks it’s funny that the girls had to eat boy superhero logos). and his star wars angry birds cake. he wanted star wars angry birds and there was no moving him on that. i think it came out […]
the rock star.
ike’s buddy (and my friend’s son), jesse had a big 5th birthday bash today. and i got to make the cake. well, decorate it. it was a costco cake, saving me a lot of hassle. and, kim sent me a picture of what they wanted, so i really had it easy. anyhoooo…. here’s the cake. […]
twenty twelve review.
thought i would take a few minutes to look back at what went down in 2012, in terms of quilting and sewing and cakery. it’s always fun to see it all laid out in a nice little grid format. it makes me feel like i actually accomplished some things… anyhoooo… here’s the quilts. 1. Front […]
kessler’s birthday cake
made this little cake for my buddy kessler who turns three today! kessler wanted a race car cake with “fire”. which obviously means, “a sweet flaming paint job” to a 3 year old. and like all of the other things (baby, 1st bday, baby bro) i’ve made for his family, the color scheme was green. […]
tangled cupcakes.
our friend annie is having a 3rd birthday party tomorrow and she loves the disney movie tangled. i am in charge of cakery, and i didn’t want to go too crazy, since we just came back from ny and i had my own birthday just yesterday. so, today, i whipped these suckers up: the suns […]
autumn cupcakes for a friend.
my friend heather has a birthday next week. her sister ashley threw a semi-surprise party for her. semi because heather knew she was going to a pampered chef party and had no idea it was for her. it was super fun. ashley got the idea (from pinterest, of course) to have a favorite things party. […]
one fish two fish.
came out of my cake hiatus to make some seussian cupcakes and a cake for a baby shower that my college roommate was throwing for one of her friends. i am pretty happy with how these all turned out. i cut each one out of fondant with an exacto knife and then used an edible […]
fondant nurse decor
Isaacs pre-k teacher from last year called and asked if I could make some fondant decorations for a nurse cake she was making for an order. She asked for a stethoscope and some bandaids. I threw in some pills and a syringe, after perusing the wwweb for inspiration. Heres what I came up with:
yo anna anna!!!
anna kept telling me she wanted a foofa cake. (and/or a dog cake. and/or a monkey cake.) i looked around for ideas, wanting to stick with buttercream only, and came across a cute cake with the characters piped on the sides and an aquabats logo on time. instead of aquabats, i went with yo anna […]