Rainbow Party

May was another month of first's - birthdays that is. My friend Lyndsay had a "Rainbow" themed party for her sweet girl, Campbell Grace and once again I was asked to make the adult cake and smash cake. I have to say, this cake was one of my most challenging, but I was so pleased with how things turned out!

The adult cake was a 10" - 7 layer rainbow cake meaning each layer was a different color.  Once completed I covered the cake with white fondant and decorated it with a fondant chevron pattern.

                                      

Love this picture! 

The smash cake was equally as adorable! It was a strawberry cake covered with "rainbow" icing rosettes. 

 

And let's not forget about the beautiful birthday girl! 

Isn't she sweet?!

Dr. Seuss First Birthday Cake

My sweet friend Whitney (Modern Day Memory Keeper) has some of the cutest twins ever - ok, so I might be a little biased...but still.  However, last month they celebrated their first birthday with an adorable "Thing One, Thing Two" themed party and she asked me to do their smash cakes and some cupcakes for the party.

The smash cakes were both white cakes with white icing so as to not stain the little kiddos.  The adults, however, were fair game.  The cupcakes were chocolate with blue colored white icing and "Thing" hair.

                                      

Before the party

Charlie's cake - after 

Harper's cake - she was very dainty about her eating

I told you he was adorable

Check out those eyes - she's going to be a heartbreaker

Happy Birthday, Harper and Charlie!

A busy couple of months

So, once again, it's been awhile since my last update.  However, I can promise you that I've been busy baking and decorating.  In fact, the last few months have been REALLY BUSY! And while I'd love to do a post for each individual project, there's just too many.  So forgive me and I promise, I'll try to do better going forward.

White cake with white icing with a ninja outline

Cinco de Mayo - Margarita cupcakes

Mexican Hot Chocolate cupcakes 

Texas cake makes another appearance 

White cake with white icing for a very special graduate

Cake and Architecture

This past weekend I was asked to do a cake for an architect.  Normally I wouldn't consider this a big deal, except that the cake I was making was a replica of one of his designs - that's where the stress came in.  In my daily job I do spend a bit of time working with architects and rightfully so, they are very particular about their work.  What if my cake didn't turn out the way he had envisioned? Would the architect be offended? Would my replication minimize the design he probably spent hours working on? Regardless, I gave it my best shot and am happy to report that he was pleased with the final result!

The cake was a slightly altered 9 x 13 yellow cake with chocolate buttercream filling covered with vanilla buttercream.  I made a terra cotta colored fondant and covered the cake.  The roof is where it got a little tricky, but think it really captures the look of spanish roof tiles.  For the chimney, I have to credit my husband, they were three mint chocolate wafers put together and covered with fondant.

To see the original design you can visit: http://www.stephenarnndesign.com/projects/2atherton.html.  It's the last picture in the row at the bottom.

So I guess cake baking and architecture are more alike than people think.
Sara

Lego Cake

Not having any kids, I generally have little knowledge about the toys kids play with these days.  So, you can imagine my delight when I was asked to do a Lego Birthday cake.   It was nice to know that at least one toy from my childhood is still alive and popular! But, enough about me... and now for the cake.  All of the cakes were chocolate with chocolate filling.  The red and blue cakes were also covered in chocolate frosting and the yellow, as to not show through the fondant, was covered in a swiss meringue buttercream.
  

Here's the birthday boy - love his faux hawk

I know my mom always wished we played with Legos a little more when we were younger, I bet she never thought I'd be making cake legos as an adult!
Sara

God Bless Texas

It's hard to believe, but I have lived in Dallas for six and a half years! I have no idea where the time has gone, but all I know is Dallas is home.  I hear people complain about the traffic and the weather, but I love it here! So I was very excited when my friend Paige asked me if I could make a cake of the Texas flag.

The cake was for a party for some of her friends that are moving to Dallas.  One is from Dallas and one is from New York so they gave him a big ole Texas welcome and I was more than happy to help.  The cake was a 2 layer 9 x 13 vanilla cake with with vanilla buttercream  In order to make the colors look good, I used red, white and blue fondant strips to cover the cake with a white fondant star.  

All I can say is that I can only hope they are as happy in Dallas as I have been. 

Thanks y'all! 

Sara

Sweets for your sweet

I love Valentine's Day! I always have, even when I was single.  In college, we used to call it "SAD Day" or "Single's Awareness Day", which according to the Hallmark calendar is February 15.  Anyway, I think it's a very pretty holiday and very cheery - regardless of your relationship status.

In keeping with my New Year Resolutions, I have been trying out some new recipes and decorating techniques.  So a few weeks ago, I decided to get some Valentine's Day practice in and make some sugar cookies.  I literally spent the entire day making and decorating cookies, which is also very pretty and makes me very cheery.

Here's the entire bunch 

Love these guys - might be my favorites

Can't go wrong with sugar crystals

Again - might be my favorites 

Love the simplicity of these

And since I was in the mood - I carried the Valentine's Day theme into my cake from class this week.  It was a 2 layer 8" round covered in white fondant with red fondant accents. 

So sweet

 The cake itself was my favorite chocolate cake recipe with vanilla bean latte swiss meringue buttercream (from a new favorite blog - Sweetapolita.com)

The inside 

I hope each of you have a wonderful Valentine's Day or Single's Awareness Day! And remember, what better way to celebrate than eating cake and cookies, and it's always better to do that alone - that way you don't have to share!  

Sara