i’ve made wedding cakes. baby shower cakes. and so many birthday cakes. i’ve made huge cakes. and very elaborate cakes. but i’ve never stressed over a cake more than this one. at the end of october, i was contacted by a family who had gotten my name from the folks i had made the baby […]
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floral cakery times two.

after making a floral cupcake bouquet an event at the quilt shop i now work at, my friend/coworker, cynthia requested a cake for a birthday party she was throwing for a friend. the thing is, she’s an amazing baker herself, so we decided upon a collaboration. she made the cake layers. and i made the […]
cookies and cream cow cake.

i haven’t really decided what direction to go regarding my little cake side hustle gig. at one point, i thought i might want to work in a bakery, but after an interview (and “audition” where i decorated a cake), i didn’t hear back from one local bakery and thought maybe i was better off just […]
boring old august.

aside from our 10 day trip to western new york, august was pretty uneventful. leading up to the trip, we were getting ready for it. and when we got back, we moved into back to school mode. nothing very exciting, so proceed at your own risk (of boredom). firstly, in baking related news, anna has […]
minecraft cake 2.0

the same weekend i made the rosette graduation cake, i also made a minecraft cake for lochlyn, hazel’s old bff, from our homeschool co-op, from way back in the pre-covid days. lochlyn’s mom gave me free reign, so i showed her this cake i made for isaac’s 8th birthday, and she liked it so it […]
graduation rosette cake.

i recently had a barrage of cake orders. a barrage, i tell you.really, i only had three, but i’m still always slightly stressed out about each and every cake, so this was all i thought about for a few weeks. firstly, my pal heather, whose daughters my girls adore, requested a graduation cake for her […]
a chicken cake for a chicken whisperer.

it’s no secret that theannababy loves chickens. so, obvioiusly, for her 12th birthday, she requested a chicken cake. we researched the internet and gained much inspiration and decided that we (by we i mean i) would make several fondant chicken figurines and accessories, to adorn the top of a yard-ish themed cake.so, early in the […]
april. 2022.

i’ve spent a lot of time trying to organize these photos into some sort of grouping that makes sense, but also accounts for the dimensions, orientation, and quality of the photos. but, april was such a strange month, fully of visits and cakes and such, so the random leftovers of april are just that, very […]
emmett and sully’s pokemon cake.

now that i feel like i’ve shaken the rust of my cake decorating game, i have put out the word amongst friends and family that i am available for commissioned cakes. first up, my pal amanda (who is a fantastic baker herself), ordered a pokemon cake for her two boys’ shared birthday celebration. she gave […]
two jude cakes.

april 1st is my friend jude’s birthday.jude happens to hail from western new york and we share an affinity for the buffalo bills.so, it seemed obvious that i would make her a buffalo bills cake to celebrate. i opted for a zubaz print on the sides. what are zubaz you ask? well, they were these […]