somehow, my pal heather’s youngest kiddo, maya, turned sixteen on christmas. it makes no sense because we were like 30 when she arrived and we are still like 30, so the math isn’t working out. but apparently it’s true. so she asked if i could make a cake for the big sweet sixteen bash, but […]
cupcakes
baby shower cupcakes
i had the honor of making cupcakes for the baby shower for my friend kim’s daughter, who will be having a baby girl in april-ish. she gave me complete free rein, both for flavors and decor, but insisted i don’t do anything too difficult. she sent me the decor color scheme and i was off […]
harry potter themed birthday confections
our girl hazel is super into harry potter this year, which works nicely, because she’s eleven and that’s the year when harry and his fellow wizards get their owl delivered invitation letter to hogwarts. anyways. i actually covered that detail in my post about hazel and her parties. for her low key family party, i […]
you’re a wizard, hazel.
well. this kid is eleven. and if you’re a wizard, eleven is the birthday that you find out you’re invited to hogwarts. so it was only fitting that this wizard have a very harry potter themed birthday celebration. or two. i wasn’t able to get a good pic before school, so had to settle for […]
inter-universal superhero cakery
hilarious. that i thought i wasn’t going to make anymore cakes. why can’t i just say no?my old pal kelley reached out to see if i could churn out some sort of cake magic for her youngest kiddo, turning four, who is a fan of many superheroes, spanning both the marvel and dc universes. and […]
an all natural gender reveal(and some unicorn cupcakes)
when some friends of ours found out they were having a second baby and asked if i would make the gender reveal cake, i jumped at the chance. they were just having a little zoom/facetime reveal with family, so it was just going to be a six inch cake for them and their toddler, the […]
easter cakery (a story of excess).
ok. so.anna and i decided to attempt one or more carrot cakes made from scratch for easter weekend. we found a recipe we liked and got started on cake number one (but made enough carrot shreds for a second round). i busted out the easter sprinkles to make it really festive and a lovely carrot […]
january.2023.
ok. so here’s the stuff that happened in january, excluding spontaneous trips to western new york to watch the bills playoff game vs. the dolphins, isaac’s 16th birthday festivities, and the one cake i made. spoiler alert. the rest is sort of boring. but here goes. lets begin with some happenings while i was away […]
christmas unicorn themed birthday cakery.
like clockwork, every year for the last nine (ten, really) holiday seasons, the christmas preparations and festivities are temporarily interrupted to focus on the birthday of one, hazel grace lidbom. this year, she insisted on keeping with the christmas vibes for her party theme, and requested a christmas unicorn cake. of course, i didn’t just […]
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 […]