Twin girls baby shower cake

The ladies at the school asked if I could do a baby shower cake for twin girls, in pink and black. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I actually had it one way, and decided to redo part of it. To make it more fun, each tier has 3 layers, chocolate, pink, chocolate. I still just used three cake mixes, making the layers a little smaller.

Here are the fondant baby bears up-close

Turtle Baby shower cake

This was for a very special occasion. My sister-in-laws baby shower. We're so excited to meet this baby boy. But in the mean time we had to party and shower her with love and gifts. They themed the nursery with turtles. It's the most adorable room. Turtles are one of my brother's favorite animals, I did a turtle cake for him a couple years ago. Anyway, so naturally the invitations were also themed with turtles. So this is the cake I did. I love it, it came out just how I wanted it to. I recieved a few new tools for decorating, and it makes things so much easier. Loved it.

fondant/gum paste turtle topper

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The cake at the shower

Sushi Cake

I was making a spice cake with cream cheese frosting for my dad's birthday. But what do you do with cream cheese frosting, it's not something you can decorate with. I remembered seeing a sushi cake, it was going to be perfect, since we were taking him to Shogun, a teppanyaki place, for dinner.

It was really fun to do, and so simple. The cup has a silicon cupcake cup, cut short, with corn syrup and black food coloring. We bought the chopsticks at World Market. The rest was fondant and rice crispy treats. If I had more time, I would have made a cool bamboo looking border for the bottom of the cake, but time was very limited.

Another Baby shower cake

This is funny, because I had two baby showers using the same napkins. But this time it was just for a boy, so I left out the pink. I didn't have as much time to do this one, so it's not as detailed.

2 layer Baby shower

My sister-in-law was throwing a shower and found these adorable napkins, so we modeled the cake after them.

The bottom layer is a 3-layers, 8" round. The top is a 2-layer 6" round. All devil's food chocolate cake, with white buttercream frosting. The dots and stripes were fondant (with a hint of peppermint extract). The little duck on top was fondant.

I will admit, I really love having a napkin or plate to model the cake after. It makes it so fun to do, and I think it's fun for the host  and guests to have coordinating party stuff.

It was a crazy weekend, I feel like 10 tornadoes went through my kitchen, one at a time, and I cleaned up after each one. I baked 3 cakes this week. One for Wednesday, this one and then one for Teresa and Hannah today.  While finishing up yesterdays baby shower cake, I started to make scalloped potatoes and ham casserole for a dinner with the in-laws. I am a little glad to have the weekend coming to a close, but the chaos has just begun. We head to St. George, UT on Wednesday for a Family Reunion and Thanksgiving. Have a great Holiday!

Halo Warthog Cake

This was a grooms cake for a teacher at Teresa's old school. It is the vehicle from the Halo game. I'm not going to go into detail, it's too exhausting. I will tell you I baked 2 8x8 square cakes, and 3 15x11 cakes - 8 cake mixes - yes, I use cake mixes. I did that twice. I had to know it was going to be sturdy enough for the day of, so I made it twice :) I started decorating it this morning at 9am and didn't finish until 1:45pm

So here it is, I drew the Halo symbol in the corner of the cake board.

Front view

Back view

The tow hitch with it's horns, giving it the warthog name

The gun and ammo

I will be honest, it didn't turn out how I had hoped. There were things I had to rush, because other things didn't go as smooth as they should have. But over all, I think it came out nice and I'm sure the groom recognized it and appreciated that his bride wanted to surprise him with this cake. Plus, I was pretty excited to be part of such a special event.

Birthday Celebration!

This cake is for a 50th birthday celebration, but also a celebration of life. She recently finished successful chemo too. Another one for a teacher from Teresa's old school. I was told colorful and given the words it should say.

It's a 2- layer 10in round triple chocolate fudge cake with a 2-layer 6" round on top. All the decorations are fondant. It's frosted in buttercream.