Pony Cake

I'm trying to be a little more consistent with my posts, so here is a pony cake I made for my niece a while back. I was instructed to use a Wilton cake pan mold, and then tediously pipe the frosting on. It took a LONG time! And my hands just aren't used to that kind of piping, so lots of breaks were needed to bring feeling back into my fingers! It turned out to be a cute cake and my niece loved it which was the most important thing!

Tennis Cake

I realize I'm quite behind on maintaining this blog and my apologies to my small following! ;) I wanted to post up some pictures of the cake I made for my brother's 18th Birthday. He is a very smart and talented kid who is now in his first semester in college. He played tennis all through high school and was pretty good from what I hear....thus the tennis themed cake.

 
Just a few more angles to show a little detail of the top. I included a picture of him on the front as well. Hope you like!

Upcoming Tiger Cake

Here is a quick preview of the tiger cake!

As I was hand painting the stripes on this tiger, I became acutely aware of how intricate their stripes really are! I've still got some tweaking to do, but I will hopefully post the completed image soon!

Sofia's Birthday Cake

So as Sofia's birthday is once again coming up, I realize I did not post her birthday cake from last year, the big 3!

Here is my silly baby girl smirking (?!) when she first caught glance of her cake for this year. I kept asking her what type of cake she wanted and she just said blue, and then she decided lady bug. So then I began to freak out trying to find out how to marry the two. I think it all came out really nicely, as did all the decor I made by hand. 

All in all the cake was a great success with friends and family ....

and especially the birthday girl!

30th Birthday Cake

So here's a quick post about my birthday cake from Grotto. It may not have been fancily decorated, but the sparkler on top made it festive nonetheless and it was delicious! Thanks to my hubby and friends for joining us to celebrate the big 3-0!

Weird Cake

Okay, so I was trying to find snapfish.com to search for cake pictures for inspiration, but I had a brain fart moment and so I googled photo fish. Well this image came up to a hoax slayer website about the above image being a fish with legs and feet. In reality it is a type of salamander called an Axolotl. Rather than metamorphing into an adult salamander as most due, it stays in its larva stage (as seen above). Well the reason I clicked on the link in the first place is because I have ALWAYS thought this was one of the cutest creatures on earth! I first saw one in my Zoobooks magazine circa 1986 (now I'm dating myself). So I read on about keeping them in captivity etc, because I'm weird about animals that way. Anyhow, so I decided I would google the term Axolotl to see about where you might purchase one...guess what image appears next..........!

An Axolotl cake! Talk about coming full circle!

This type of coincidence thing happens all the time to me, so I was just curious if others experience this phenomena (and it doesn't have to be Google based only) frequently also, or if we really are in the Matrix!

Happy Baking All!

4th of July Cake

There's always time to make a quick cake for a holiday! I whipped up this cake and let my kiddos help me decorate it for the 4th of July. It was whipped cream frosting and strawberries and blueberries make the finishing touches! Yes those lovelies are my kids...and my mom in the background!

It's summery delicious!