Here is what I found waiting for me on the kitchen counter when I got home last night! Courtney made me this Winnie the Pooh birthday cake all by herself, I’m so proud of her! Neither of us have ever made a fondant cake without the other so this is awesome. Now I have to … Continue reading
Here is our stab at a Bollywood birthday cake for Courtney’s friend Becca’s daughter Bree who is turning 15. I baked the cake in the 2 smallest topsy turvy pans I have, which are 6″ and 8″. The cake is Red Velvet so when they cut into it, it is going to be even more … Continue reading
Here is Josh and Richelle’s wedding cake. The 1st and 3rd layers are Almond Poppy Seed and the 2nd and 4th layers are Brown Sugar, all covered with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and then Pettinice Buttercream Fondant. Richelle’s colors were hot pink and blue but we decided to go with just the hot pink on the … Continue reading
My friend Josh got married today and Courtney and I made his wedding cake (see next post) but we decided to make him a groom’s cake too and since Josh works in the film business with me, we decided to make him a slate cake. The cake is brown sugar with vanilla buttercream frosting and … Continue reading
Friday was my son Zach’s 23rd birthday. He loves to play guitar and write his own music so Courtney and I decided to make him a guitar birthday cake. We found the guitar shaped cake pan at Michaels (and did an excited little dance in the aisle). The cake is the “Gram’s Best Brown Sugar Cake” … Continue reading
This black and white topsy turvy wedding cake was for Courtney’s friend Nicole. It came out pretty cute! The bottom layer is chocolate sour cream and the next layer up is vanilla sour cream (both from the “White Almond Sour Cream Cake” recipe on the blog) and the top 2 layers are brown sugar (from … Continue reading
Here’s our latest fondant cake for our friend Kali’s wedding. The layers were alternating chocolate and vanilla (adapted from the White Almond Sour Cream Cake recipe) topped with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and then wrapped with Ivory Pettinice Fondant from Funfinity. We wrapped the bottom of the layers first with a red ribbon and then a … Continue reading
It was my friend Kristi’s birthday last week so Courtney and I put together a surprise birthday cake for her. Courtney started calling Kristi “Kristilicious” several years ago at Girls Camp and Kristi loves the nickname so much (not!) that Cort decided to put it on her cake. The cake is an 8″ Chocolate Sour … Continue reading
Here is the last cake of the week! It’s been a week full of challenging cakes. This one was for Little Evelyn Belle who was turning 1 and my friends Pam (Evie’s grandma) and Shayla (Evie’s mom) wanted a Disney Princess cake or a Tangled cake so we decided to give the old Barbie doll … Continue reading
My friend LaRobyn’s little boy Alex turned 3 and she had a birthday party for him on Friday morning. Alex is obsessed with trains, he loves them so she had a pirate choo choo train party for him. Courtney and I found a 3D train pan at Michaels and were so excited to use if … Continue reading
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