Busy, Busy, Busy!

I've been busy, busy, busy! It has really been a while since I posted any cakes I have made. That isn't because I haven't made any! I've been making a cake and/or cupcakes at least once a week for the last few months. I figured it was time to get on here, and give some updates! I actually do not have pictures for a lot of the cakes and cupcakes, but I am doing my best to remember to take pictures! :)

I made a dinner for my mother-in-law and her mother (and their drooling husbands :) ) on Mother's Day this year and this was our dessert. The bottom layer was a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and the top layer was a french vanilla cake with vanilla frosting. Simple and utterly scrumptious. Of course, they are covered in my vanilla fondant with fondant and gumpaste mix for the various white, pink, and purple flowers on the cake.

70th Anniversary Cake

My husband's grandparents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary a week in June. 70 years! Neither one of them could remember if they had a wedding cake when they got married, so we finally gave them one. This was such a fun cake to do! A 70th wedding anniversary is symbolized with platinum and diamonds. I loved being able to make it nice and elegant. Okay, so there aren't real diamonds on the cake, but you get the idea. :) I also added a random sprinkling of white fondant roses.

Each cake layer was a different flavor. The top layer was a french vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. The next layer was red velvet with cream cheese filling, and the third one, vanilla cake with cream cheese filling. The bottom and largest cake was chocolate cake with a chocolate fudge frosting. Then, each layer was crumb-coated with a butter-cream and wrapped in my vanilla fondant. Of course, I had to try a tiny sliver of each layer at the party, and they were all delicious!

Terry's Birthday Cake

This is a birthday cake I made for my brother-in-law. This is a different cake than what I normally would do. You see, my brother-in-law is weird. He doesn't like chocolate! In fact, cake is not his favorite thing. So, what kind of birthday cake do you make for someone who doesn't like cake?.... Rice Krispies! The cake on top is just rice krispies, frosted, and covered in fondant. He loved it! I made the cupcakes and mini cupcakes to appease the many children and grown-ups who were at the party.

This is just a picture I had showing my progress. It shows the mini and regular cupcakes in both vanilla and chocolate flavors. And that frosting! I was amazed that I could get it that bright of a blue!

Star Gazer Lily

This is my first attempt at making a lily. Instead of gumpaste, I actually used fondant to make this flower. Everything is made out of fondant. (except for the wires, of course!) I just used color dust mixed with clear vanilla to make a paint and painted it on all of the color. I used edible color markers to put the freckles on. It was a little time consuming, but so worth the effort.

End of Soccer Season

This year Lexi played soccer. Her coach is one of my awesome friends whom I have helped learn how to play in fondant! So, for the end of soccer season party, when everyone was asked to make something, lo and behold.... I made cupcakes!

Teacher Appreciation

Just before school got out, we had teacher appreciation week. I for the life of me could not figure out what to make for the kids' teachers. I was working on umpteen projects that week, and had just kept putting off coming up with something really awesome for them. So naturally, a few hours before school got out, I came up with these simple gifts. They are simple, yet classic. I knew the teacher's favorite cakes already, so that made this a cinch.

This one was a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. There is a cream cheese layer in the middle as well. I just used basic tips to pipe borders on both the top and bottom and wrote on the top. It's pretty cheesy, I know, but the teacher loved it!

This cake was a yellow cake with a chocolate fudge filling and creamy chocolate frosting. Again, I just used basic decorating tips to pipe on basic borders and writing. I accented it with the teacher's favorite color-green!