Under the Sea!

My nephew turned 2 a few weeks ago, and I had the privilege of doing his cake

 

 

The octopus is rice crispy treat, the rest of the decorations are fondant on
blue buttercream frosting

And some mini cupcakes to take to his friends at daycare
All buttercream

Another cake for Dad

I thought for a long time before I decided what I would do for my dad. The last one I did for him did not turn out how I had hoped - at all! It had a complete remodel. So this year I wanted to so something cool, but simple enough that I knew I could do it in the little amount of time I had. I was very happy with it and it tasted yummy! (lemon with buttercream)

It was very simple really. I found a picture I liked online and drew it the size I would need. Then I cut out the shape and did a soft outline. I always have a hard time recreating the shape on the cake, so this makes it much easier for me. Then I just started piping the dots. I like using the dots it lets you create a small and detailed picture. The side said "Happy Birthday You Will Have"

YAF Cake

I did this cake for a luncheon for the Author that came and visited Nathan's school this year. I copied a page in the book

Merry Christmas!

I was asked to do this cake for a Christmas party.

It's a big cake, enough to feed 50. Chocolate with chocolate filling. I brought out the airbrush again.

Retirement cake

This cake had to be huge and  it was so heavy. It was for a retirement party, she wanted to ride off into the sunset.

I used my airbrush for the first time on a cake. I've used it on paper, but was too chicken to do a cake. When I heard sunset, I knew it would be perfect to use for this cake.

Trick-or-Treat

I made this cake in record time for an event at school. It was the prize for the best decorated trunk at the school trunk-or-treat.

This is just a 2 layer 8" round cake. I dyed the white cake a nice orange. I baked this cake and froze it, knowing time would be limited the day of. That day I made the frosting, frosted the cake, made fondant and rice crispy treats for the trick-or-treater. It was crazy! I had to use my time extremely wisely, in between waiting for things to cool I was making frosting for 50 cupcakes I was also providing for the event. I'm really pleased with how this came out. AND, I was able to do it all in time to show up to the event early. WHEW!

(Did I mention I had to finish my costume and bake all the cupcakes earlier that day? It's not often that so many things are pulled off smoothly in so little time)

Electric Guitar Cake

It's all cake from head to base. The accents are made from fondant, the rest is buttercream. The cake was about 20 inches tall. I wasn't feelin great so Teresa(my 14 year old) made the fondant accents for me.