Monday, October 18, 2010

New Grand Baby!

I arrived home a couple of days ago from helping my daughter, Ruth, adjust to her first child and my seventh grandchild.




Isn't she a doll? She is a week old in this picture.

Kami arrived on October 6th. Mom and baby are doing well.

Tractor Cake

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday, Colin!!




Thank you, Kelley!

Pink & Black Princess Birthday Cake



Happy Birthday, Nicole!!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

More Baby Rattle Decorated Cookies

I made these Baby Rattle cookies for my daughter, Ruth, to take to work to celebrate her last day of work prior to her 12 week maternity leave.






I forgot to take a picture of them all in the basket.

Baby Kami is due to arrive sometime after 7:30 in the morning!!

Fall Leaf Decorated Cookies

Here are some leaf cookies I made for a fundraiser last weekend.







This is the only closeup picture that turned out. I apparently had my camera on the wrong setting!!




Congrats, OCA, on another successful fundraiser!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Tiffany Blue & Brown Wedding Cake

My daughter, Ruth, and I made this wedding cake this past weekend.




The top and bottom layers are Classic White with my dulce de leche filling. The middle layer is Devil's Food chocolate with my chocolate hazelnut filling. It's frosted with buttercream with fondant add-ons.

I made this sheet cake to get the amount of servings they wanted and maintain the size of wedding cake they asked for. It's a good way to stretch the cake and it's also less expensive than adding layers to the wedding cake.




This sheet cake was Strawberry filled with strawberry syrup.

Tuxedo Cake Update

This is an update to the Tuxedo Cake post I did last November.





When I did this cake, we couldn't get the large strawberries like the bride wanted. So she took delivery without the strawberries. A friend of mine who was at the wedding dipped small strawberries in chocolate and did this arrangement.

I thought it turned out great!! Thanks, Becky!!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Woody (Toy Story) Cake



My daughter, Ruth, and I made this Woody cake for a customer this weekend. Everything is edible except the hat and Woody.




All three layers are frosted with buttercream. We used fondant for the cow print, rope, belt & buckle and the star.

Hope you had a Happy 3rd Birthday, Conner!!


Saturday, September 25, 2010

Ruth & Kami's Baby Shower



I made this cake and cookies for my daughter's baby shower.





The cake is frosted with the whipped frosting from Sam's, with fondant addons. The bottom layer was Devil's Food with my chocolate hazelnut filling. The top layer was white with my dulce de leche filling.

The cake design is not original with me. Ruth found it on the Flickr and wanted one just like it. The original cake was covered with fondant.





The baby rattles are chocolate. The baby carriages are white. I cover my cookies with a glaze, then pipe on top of that.

Hope you had a good time Ruth! Can't wait for Kami to get here!!

Friday, September 10, 2010

Hot Pink & Zebra Cake

I made this cake for a customer's 30th birthday!!





I was so impressed. Her husband took care of all the details without her knowing a thing about it!!

Hope you had a Happy Surprise Birthday, Amy!!