What have I been doing lately?

Making cakes apparently! While I have never loved the baking part, I find the decorating part to come easily and is so much fun. Here are a couple of cakes I have made recently. I am seriously considering adding a little cake link to my web site...why not? Shoot me a line if you are in the market for a unique cake...I can do it up for ya!

Jessi just moved to CA for college and her mom threw her a fantastic party...complete with this chocolatey cake I made (that included her faaaaavorite color pink in the frosting) :o)

This one was tricky, but I was happy with the results (even though the humidity was melting the frosting on the way to the party!). When soon-to-be six year old Shannon was asked what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday party, he replied, "marble." (Apparently he was just fascinated with the idea that a cake could be two colors when you cut into it!) He is a lover of aliens, and I wanted the cake to be special. So I built a base out of dowels and cardboard, and attached some lights to the sides, creating the light-up effect. The cake itself was of course marble, but simply frosted, with little alien men stuck in all over it for the full-on extra-terrestrial effect. It was a big hit, but I think Shannon was more interested in getting the cake off the base so that he could use it to build a UFO out of legos than he was eating the cake! :o)

A Homestar Happy Birthday.

I wasn't quite sure who this Homestar dude was, but when Andy wanted a Homestar Runner cake for his 9th birthday, I looked him up online and knew this was going to be a lot of fun. a.) it was. & b.) you should check out lots and lots of Homestar Runner online @ http://www.homestarrunner.com/. The blue and red frosting turned your face colors, but all the kids approved of the lemony, sugary goodness. When presented with his cake, Andy exclaimed, "that's GREAT!" What fun. My next cake mission: create a UFO cake for a six year old that lights up. Stay tuned...

Happy Birthday, Little B!

It was my buddy Breckin's 5th birthday on Saturday and I made the cake as his birthday present. He wanted a speedracer cake, and when this is what he was presented with, he exclaimed, "but you can't see the race car driver's heads!" (He was later convinced that the cake was cool because there were real cars on it and it was chocolate...so he gobbled it up!) The pavement frosting kind of stained your mouth, but the cake was still yummy! :)