Dad's Oreo Cake

Since my Dad's birthday is also in April (the day before Mallory's), we made him a birthday cake that looks like an Oreo Cookie! This was also in April of 2006. The cake was devil's food cake, the center was a cream cheese/whipped topping/crushed Oreo cookie mixture that was oh, so good.

Cupcake

Okay so there's nothing really extravagant about this cupcake but I was going through old pictures and this is just TOO cute not to post! Our 4-year-old Lindsey is enjoying a cupcake that we made for Mallory's 6th birthday get-together at our home in April 2006. So sweet!

Where it all began... Jo Jo The Clown

This is where Mom and my extreme cake-baking all began... With Mallory's 6th birthday cake. You can get an idea from the above picture of just how big this cake was. It was a really big cake. Oh, and look how cute Miss Mallory was on her 6th birthday (April 2006). AWWWW

And there she is, Jo Jo the Clown. Looks pretty good I think especially for our first attempt at decorating.

I have to admit though, Mom and I spent about 11 hours on this cake, which is why I don't bake/decorate for a living. We tend to take our time, make extra trips to the store for things we've forgotten or suddenly realize we need, and we take alot of breaks to eat and generally goof off. But, our cakes are usually worth the effort since we lovingly make them peanut/contaminant-free with yummy homemade frosting.

Honey Bun Cake

I made this Honey Bun cake for a lady at church who had just had surgery (and her family). They really enjoyed it. I had never made it before but the recipe sounded so good. Now I'm going to have to make myself one! It looked like a 13 x 9 HONEY BUN! When I make myself one, I'll be having a piece when it's nice and warm. Either with a tall glass of milk or some hot tea! mmmmmmm

MawMaw's Cake carrier

Here is a picture of me holding MawMaw's cake carrier. This once belonged to her mother, my great-grandmother MeMa. I asked Mom to take my picture holding it at my house so I could show it off to my sisters! I don't remember what it was, but MawMaw sent me home with this one night with something yummy in it. MawMaw doesn't think she does, but we all know she cooks and bakes so well, and when we see this cake carrier that's been around longer than we have... our mouth just waters. Countless times I've been at her home that I see this out and I always go over to it and take a peek!

High School Musical cakes

For Maddie's 7th birthday in October 2008, Mom and I made a few cakes with High School Musical pictures on them. They were fairly easy but still required plenty of frosting and piping around the edges of cake and pictures. I'm pretty sure this was the cake where Mom and I were up late (of course) and she was trying to get me to leave and I was wanting to stay and help finish up so we were kind of fighting over the bowl of frosting and ended up dropping it on a cake... a cake that was almost finished! Kayla was sitting there and was just mortified that we did that. Mom and I just laughed and then started the frosting repair!

Lindsey, Maddie, Mallory, and Rachel in front of the FOUR High School Musical cakes.

Basketball Court cake

For Trevor's 9th birthday in 2008, Mom made this basketball court. Turned out great Mom!