My friend Kathie called to see if we would be up for making a Little Red Riding Hood cake for her daughter Emma’s 4th birthday. I have been working all nights this last week and have three more ahead of me next week so I asked Cort and she was totally up for it. I … Continue reading
Ngati wanted a Transformers birthday cake. The cake is two 6″ Key Lime flavored layers, covered in buttercream and then Duff’s fondant again from Michaels. Cort made all the decorations and did a great job. She had to reinforce with toothpicks and skewers since there wasn’t time to let the tall pieces dry very much … Continue reading
Courtney called me at like 7:00 Monday night and announced that we had to make two birthday cakes the next day for Ngati and Ngaio (they are the children of some good friends of Jaren, Courtney’s hubby) so I started baking right away and then she came over Tuesday and we spent most of the … Continue reading
Courtney and I made this beach themed wedding cake for our friend Stephanie who got married yesterday. It was a fun cake to put together. The cake is chocolate then covered in buttercream icing and finished with white Pettnice fondant. The “sand” is graham cracker crumbs and the shells are Wilton white candy melts swirled … Continue reading
These little beauties were for my little great niece Hannah who was turning 2! Courtney made the mermaid out of fondant (she did such a great job, the mermaid is so adorable!) and I made the seashells out of Wilton white candy melts then tried a little experiment and swirled in some with blue, some … Continue reading
Courtney has a couple of friends, Whitney and Kyle, who both like to rock climb and who have birthdays within a few weeks of each other so last night Cort and Jaren had a birthday party for them here at our house and on Saturday Cort and I made this cake for them. I think … Continue reading
Remember the reveal the gender beehive cake that Courtney made for her friend Brie? Well, Brie’s friend Nina was at that shower and loved that cake so she called to ask if we would make a baptism cake for her little baby Rome. She wanted a cross so we found a Wilton cross cake pan … Continue reading
My friend Tesla asked if we would make a farm cake for her little boy Grant’s 3rd birthday, we knew this would be a fun one to tackle. We surfed around on the internet and found some cute ideas and then got to work. Each layer of the cake has a chocolate layer and a … Continue reading
I had another friend call to cash in on her coupon from the wedding for baked goods. It was her daughter Addy’s birthday and she wanted a soccer cake or cupcakes so I said why not both? I think this is my favorite thing to do for birthdays, a mini cake for the birthday person … Continue reading
Our friend Alecia graduated from UVU and got accepted to the U of U so her sister Whitney called and asked if we would make her a graduation cake. We had visions of this looking like a mountain but it didn’t quite work out that way, it’s more of a very well defined plateau! But … Continue reading
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