Topsy-Turvy Cake

For Mallory's 13th Birthday, she wanted a topsy-turvy cake.  Making this cake seriously reduced me to tears at one point.  First of all, most topsy-turvy cakes are covered with fondant, but we like the taste of buttercream better, so I changed it.  Then actually sculpting the shape of the cake was very challenging to say the least.  I stayed up most all night doing this cake while Randy kept me company and encouraged me.  Thankfully, Mallory loved it - which is all that mattered anyway.  Happy 13th Birthday sweet Mallory Lanette!

Will's 4th Birthday cake - Superhero!

 

 

Mom did most of the work on this incredible superhero cake for Will.  I love the green fist on top!  Great job Mom :)

Austin's 4th Birthday

Star Wars! I stacked two 9 x 13 devils food cakes for a tall cake with plenty of rich buttercream frosting.

Angel Food Cake

This is my first attempt at an angel food cake. I just used a mix and it was easy and very yummy!!!

Happy Birthday Mom

For Mom's birthday yesterday, I made one of her favorites, a pig-pickin' cake! Also called orange marmalade cake. I've never made one before but it turned out yummy!! The cake batter has mandarin oranges mixed in and I drizzled loads (maybe too much?) cream cheese glaze over the cake. Happy Birthday Mom, I love you!

Co-Op Christmas Bazaar

Buttercream wreath on a red velvet cupcake!

Cute Santa hat cupcake

Love the bow on this one!

SPRINKLES!

On December 7th, 2012, the girls' homeschool Co-Op had their annual Christmas Bazaar.  It was great!  Several families set up booths, even some kids set up booths, with homemade items to sell.  There were handbags, fresh mistletoe, handmade jewelry, knitted items, homemade breads and jams, homemade soap, salsa, cards and of course... CUPCAKES!  I made close to 100 pretty festive cupcakes, put each one in a clear cup and wrapped it in a cellophane wrapper.  Mom made some pumpkin roll slices that got swiped up pretty fast!  And don't we look cute in our matching cupcake aprons?!  Thanks Mom for your help at the Bazaar, it was fun! 

Nancy Drew Cake

 

Mallory and a good friend are working on their Girl Scout Silver Award.  Theirs is a literacy project and for their last workshop, they did a Costume Party where each girl dressed up as their favorite book character.  There were some great costumes and fun games.  Here is a picture of the cake I made for their event.

Maddie's 11th Birthday cake

I helped Mom make this UK Wildcat cake for Maddie's 11th birthday. Maddie and Kayla took the girls out to lunch and then to get their nails done! What a great and girlie way to celebrate. Love you and Happy Birthday Maddie!

The Brady Bowling Bunch cake

Mom and I made this cake for a good friend of the girls. The girls dressed up groovy, Brady Bunch style and had a great time bowling with friends!

Girl Scout Bridge Ceremony Cake

In September, the girls' Girl Scout troop had a bridging ceremony for those girls who were moving up to the next level/age group.  I represented all levels in our troop in this cake. 

Blue water (blue frosting) represents the Daisy Girl Scouts
Square brown stepstones (brownies) represent Brownie Girl Scouts
Round brown stepstones (Junior Mint candies) represent Junior Girl Scouts
Brown ground (chocolate frosting) represents Cadette Girl Scouts and Senior Girl Scouts

Congratulations on another year, girls!

Kitchens' Twins 8th Birthday

Megan's 8th Birthday cake - can you tell she's a gymnast!?! 

 

Gavin's 8th Birthday cake - Angry Birds! 

I made use of some Hershey's chocolate licorice on both of these cakes.  Mom came up with a great idea for the bird's eye - the white part is actually the middle of an Oreo, which was great because it was already perfectly flat and round :)

 

My little baker...

Mallory made this HOMEMADE, from scratch chocolate bundt cake by herself for her Aunt Sonya's birthday.  She also made one of these earlier this year for Nana's birthday!  Maybe this cake will be her specialty.  It's so good and moist that it doesn't even need frosting - just a little dusting of powdered sugar!

Hamburgers or Cupcakes???

 

 

Cupcakes!!!!  YUM!  (and so easy!)

Jr. Bug's 60th Birthday cake

Guitar cake!

Austin's 3rd birthday cake

CARS!

Mallory's 12th Birthday

 

 

 

These are from Mallory's 12th Birthday on April 29, 2012.  She had a monkey-themed party, so we did a monkey cake and monkey cupcakes.  For her Birthday Breakfast, she chose a white cake garnished with strawberries.

Lindsey's 10th Birthday Cake

 

 

We celebrated TEN years of Lindsey in February 2012.  She loves to sing and wanted a microphone cake.  It's all buttercream frosting except for the end of the microphone, which is a ball of marshmallow fondant.  Turned out pretty nice!  Thanks for helping Mom (and Mallory).

Mom's Final Cake Class #3

The previous post was my final cake in class #3. This is Mom's final cake in class #3. I love how she used the loopy bow too and made ribbons and bows. This cake looks like a gift! Great job Mom!

Wilton Class Final Cake #3

Mom & I finished Wilton Class #3 in December and here's my final cake. It was completely wrapped in marshmallow fondant with a twisted fondant ribbon around the bottom and a fondant bow on top! I've always wanted to learn how to make those loopy bows. In this class, we also learned how to make many flowers out of gum paste and fondant.

Wilton Class #2 Final Cake

This was my final cake from last night's final Wilton Class #2. I have learned so much in both the first and second classes. This class was all about flowers! We learned: roses (on this cake), lilies, violets, apple blossoms, daisies, pansies, and then finally this basketweave design that I put on the side of my cake. Definitely a challenging class, but fun! This cake is very yummy, we're working on finishing it off now. Chocolate inside and out!