Minnie Mouse Cake My Sister Made!

My sister began decorating cakes probably about a year and a half ago. She's just now taking a few Wilton classes and she is doing amazing!! I just had to brag a little!

She makes cakes for her kids, grand kids, friends and family, kind of like me. She loves working with fondant.

Here's the latest example of her work:

Great job, Teresa!!

Hot Pink Purse Cake

My oldest granddaughter, Natalie, and my mom have birthdays within 6 days of each other. Since my mom was out here visiting, we had a Tea Party-Birthday Party together for them.

My grand kids always pick their birthday cakes, but Natalie told me to surprise her this year. I have been looking for an excuse to try a purse, so here it is!

Hope you both had a Happy Birthday!!

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Thomas The Train Birthday Cake

Peyton turned two this month. It's hard to believe! Time really does fly!

Peyton is into trains at this stage of his life, namely, Thomas the Train. So there was no other option for his cake!

Here's what I came up with:

Not to be outdone by her cousin's second birthday party, little January decided she wanted to arrive in time for the party! Things didn't go quite as planned, however, and she arrived later in the evening after the party was over.

But I still had to make the cake with her mommy and daddy in the hospital. So this was a really rushed cake. And easy!!

For this cake, I used whipped frosting purchased at Sam's. I tinted the frosting for the top tier blue for the sky and the bottom tier brown. The hills, trees, shrubs, clouds and flag are all made of craft foam. The trains are all from Peyton's collection. For the number 2, I painted a wood number red, then hot glued a dowel to it and pushed it down into the cake. I told you it was easy!! My kind of cake.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Peyton!!

Girly Polk-a-Dot Cake

Here's an easy cake for you.

Whipped frosting, fondant dots of various sizes, a fluffy feather boa and multicolored ribbon!

Doesn't take much time, but it's a very striking cake. It will be loved by the little girl in your life!!

Pink & Green Birthday Cake

We just celebrated my youngest grand baby's first birthday!! Her mommy decided on a pink & green theme.

Here's what we came up with:

She had wings and everything!!

And she enjoyed her cake immensely!!

The bottom layer of the cake was covered with light pink, dark pink and green fondant stripes. The middle layer was frosted with whipped frosting from Sam's. For "Kami" we used gum paste. The top layer was also frosted with whipped frosting and the little butterflies were made of gum paste. We used my mini Cricut for the butterflies.

Happy 1st Birthday, Kami!!

Train Birthday Cake

This train cake was made for the first birthday of a little boy whose dad grew up with my kids.

The cake is frosted with whipped buttercream from Sam's. The train, mountains, clouds and greeting are all made of fondant.

Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Tristan!!

Hello Kitty Cake For Emily

Another granddaughter, Emily, celebrates her birthday the same day as Sydney!

Emily decided on a Hello Kitty cake. I used my Cricut to make the little flowers. The topper was provided by Emily's mom. It's some kind of bubble machine, but it worked find as a cake topper.

I had a bad cake day the day this was made! I knew it was going to be a bad day from the moment I went to move it and sunk my hand half way through it! It was all down hill from there. But even though it wasn't perfect, Emily loved it. It's so easy to please kids!

Happy Birthday, Emily! I can't believe you're already four years old already!

Sydney's First Birthday!

On Father's Day we celebrated our next to youngest granddaughter's first birthday. Due to a power outage the night before, Sydney's cake had to be simplified and thrown together with no time to spare! She didn't seem to mind at all!

Here are a few shots of her enjoying her own personal cake.

Happy First Birthday, Sydney!!

Balloon Birthday Cake For Shelbi!

A Balloon Birthday Cake for Shelbi.

Happy Birthday!!

Simple Balloon Birthday Cake

Here's a simple Balloon Birthday Cake I made last night.






Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Michael!!

Cinderella Cake

This cake was my first attempt at making a Cinderella Slipper! I have to say it was quite an experience.




First of all, as I found out after searching the Internet for tips, I found out that the shoe should have been made at least a week in advance in order to have plenty of time to dry. I made it two days before I needed it!




So then, since it wasn't dry, I had to get creative to give it enough support so that it didn't split in two on the cake. That's where a empty 2 liter Dr. Pepper bottle came in handy! The front part of the shoe is resting on plastic from that bottle. I didn't get any pics of that because by that time I was too stressed to even think about taking pictures!!

Here are a few pics I took while I was making the shoe. It shows a few of the different stages.








These pics were taken after the shoe was painted with white pearl dust.







My daughter came up with the idea of putting the birthday girl's name on the shoe.




I wanted to incorporate the pink sash in some way other than just laying it on the cake board. I like how this turned out.






The pearls and buttons are made of fondant.




And the magic wand!! I made it out of a straw, ribbon, a string of beads and feathers.




This was actually a very fun cake to make!! I'm hoping one of my granddaughters will decide they want a Cinderella cake for their next birthday!




Happy 1st Birthday, Rylie!!

Hot Pink Lady Bug Cakes

These hot pink Lady Bug cakes were made for a cute little girl who just turned two! I hope the color didn't confuse her!!




Here are some close up pics I took at home before I delivered them.






I know, this one is a little dark. I was trying to show the face detail.




I have made a lady bug previously for my granddaughter. You can see it here.

I hope you had a very Happy Birthday, Nadia!!