Ms. Cakes

Yoda Star Wars Cake

2011-10-15T21:11:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for my son's 6th birthday party. This is a 9 inch lemon cake. The Yoda on top is pretty big and is made of Rice Krispy Treats then covered in fondant. Seth loved it!

Pink Buckle Wedding

2011-08-24T23:48:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for a bride who was married early in August. This is the biggest cake I have ever made. Each layer is white cake with a different flavor filling-lemon, chocolate, strawberry, and raspberry sour cream. I also made a sheet cake that was chocolate cake with Oreo filling. I was a little nervous about how the cake would hold up outdoors in the Vegas heat, but heard all was well.

Spiderman Cake & Cupcakes

2011-08-24T23:44:00.001-07:00

I made this cake and cupcakes for a little boy who was turning 4. The cake was small so we used small action figures instead of making them with fondant. It was a marble cake with marble cupcakes. The birthday boy requested green and blue cupcakes.

Daffy Duck

2011-08-24T18:41:00.001-07:00

A client asked me to make a Daffy Duck cake. They wanted the package to be red with silver ribbon. I can't really make silver, so I had to get a real ribbon. The character was made of fondant.

Camryn's Baptism Cake

2011-08-03T16:09:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for my daughter's baptism. One layer was a white cake with strawberry filling and the other was chocolate cake with Oreo filling. Camryn had the flu that day, and while she made it through the baptism, she wasn't up to eating cake and we had to save her some.

Princess Peach Car Cake

2011-07-16T19:10:00.001-07:00

A client asked for a Princess Peach cake, like one a had made a few months ago. Due to a time crunch this week, I agreed, but needed to use a toy topper rather than spend several hours making Princess Peach out of fondant. The cake still turned out cute. The top layer was white with a strawberry filling and the bottom layer was white and chocolate with an Oreo Filling.

Harry Potter Cake

2011-07-16T19:05:00.000-07:00

My daughter, Alexis, turned 13 this week, so we threw her a Harry Potter party, that included going to the midnight showing.

This was a marble cake, with ivory buttercream frosting. The sorting hat was made of Rice Krispy Treats, covered in fondant. The hat was fun to make and turned out great.

Candyland Cake

2011-07-16T19:04:00.001-07:00

This was a 3 layer cake - chocolate with Oreo filling, white with strawberry filling, and marble with chocolate filling. I made the lollipops out of fondant, and used candy to decorate the rest of the cake. The castle topper is cake-filled ice cream cones that are frosted and topped with fondant cherries. It looks similar to the castle at the end of the game.

Flower Baby Shower Cake

2011-06-18T15:10:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a baby shower we were throwing for a friend. The plates were striped with pink daisies on them, so I went with making a cake with a baby sleeping, wrapped in one of the petals. This cake was a lemon cake with a lemon gel filling.

Anniversary Cake

2011-06-18T15:09:00.001-07:00

My neighbor asked me to make a cake for his wife for their anniversary. We decided on a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. I thought it would be a good idea to copy their wedding cake and he wanted figures of their whole family on top - so this is what I came up with. I've never made so many little people for a cake before, it took a while!

Cars Cake

2011-06-18T15:07:00.001-07:00

This was a 6 inch yellow sponge cake with peach filling. Because the cake was so small, I had to buy toys to go on top rather than make the Cars characters out of fondant.

Wolf Cake

2011-06-06T13:44:00.001-07:00

I made this chocolate cake for a little girl turning 8. I really liked how the forest scene turned out. The little stream is marshmallow fondant with corn syrup painted over it to give it a glossy, wet look. The little girl loved it so much, they still haven't cut the cake!

Preschool 2011 Cake

2011-06-02T09:16:00.001-07:00

Last Wednesday was my little Preschool class' graduation. I made this lemon cake to have after our short program. I made a little face of each kid with their name and the second row had crayons made of marshmallow fondant. The kids were cute and I will miss them next year.

White Engagement Cake

2011-05-27T10:28:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a client whose co-worker had just gotten engaged. The top layer was white with a raspberry filling and the bottom was chocolate. I flowers were really cute, I just wish the picture had turned out better.

Librarian Cake

2011-05-27T10:26:00.001-07:00

I gave Camryn's 1st grade teacher a gift certificate for a cake and she finally cashed it in when she got her Master's Degree in Library Science. This year she has been the librarian at Beatty ES, but now she is official. She told me what some of her favorite books are, so I dried fondant squares and painted her favorite characters with food dye. Here they are - Fancy Nancy, Splat the Cat, Skippyjon Jones, Duck, Gerald, and Piggie.

I put the squares around the cake with Ms. Robertson sitting on the little couch in her library reading a book.

It was a chocolate cake with Oreo filling.

Hot Pink Minnie Mouse Cake

2011-05-27T10:23:00.001-07:00

This is another version of the Minnie Mouse Cake that I made for a client. This is the biggest one that I have made with an extra pink polka dot layer on the bottom. The top two layers were white cake and the bottom layer was chocolate.

Hairdresser Cake

2011-05-27T10:21:00.001-07:00

A client ordered this cake for his sister who is a hairdresser. It was a white cake with lemon filling. I used gumpaste to make the curler so it would keep it's form.

Zebra Baby Shower Cake

2011-05-13T13:15:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for a Baby Shower last week. The top layer was chocolate with a chocolate Cream filling and the bottom was white with strawberry cream filling.

Lil' Rebel 1st Birthday Cake

2011-05-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

A client was using these paper goods for her son's 1st birthday and asked me to make something to match.

She wanted the cake to be in a #1 shape, so this is what I came up with. It is a marble cake with custard filling.

She wanted a "messy" smash cake for her little guy. This is a chocolate cake with chocolate custard filling.

Princess Peach Cake

2011-05-02T16:01:00.000-07:00

I made this Princess Peach Cake for a little girl who was turning 7. I loved all the little pieces around the cake. I am not a gamer, but even I know the Super Mario Brothers levels.

Baptism Cake

2011-04-23T22:33:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a 2 year old girl who was being baptized. She wanted pink flowers on her cake. I don't pipe designs on cake very often, so it was a rough start, but once I got going things went well and it turned out very soft and pretty.

Nevada State Bank Cake

2011-04-16T15:32:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a lady who was Retiring from Nevada State Bank (the paneled door is their logo). Her boss wanted something to send her off with. This was a chocolate cake with buttercream frosting.

The best part was the stack of 20's I made out of fondant. I couldn't do most of the details, but it looked pretty real from far away.

Cove Fort Mission Cake

2011-04-04T16:11:00.001-07:00

My parents are going to serve a mission for our church. They will be giving tours at a historical site in Utah called Cove Fort. On Friday we threw a party for them. I made this marble cake with chocolate buttercream. The fort is made of rice krispy treats and covered with tiny bits of fondant. It took forever!

Heather's Lavender & Black Cake

2011-04-04T16:06:00.001-07:00

This was a lemon cake with blackberry filling I made for a bride. they used wedding dresses as tablecloths. It looked really fancy and pretty.

Hayley's Black and White Wedding Cake

2011-03-19T11:21:00.001-07:00

I made this wedding cake for a friend of the family. The bride wanted white flavored cake decorated in black and white with red tulips and roses.

Build a Bear Party Cake

2011-03-10T15:41:00.000-08:00

I made this strawberry cake for a little girl who was turning 4. She was having a party at Build-A-Bear, so her mom wanted a cake with fondant animals, but in pinks. The animals turned out pretty cute and were fun to make.

Great To Be 8 Cake

2011-03-10T15:39:00.000-08:00

I made this lemon cake for the Great to Be 8 Fireside my ward was having. They meet to prepare the kids who will be turning 8 this year to be baptized. I wanted a water feel to the cake, and the little figure looks a bit like my daughter, who will be 8 in May. The figure was wearing the white baptismal jumpsuit, it even had a tiny zipper.

Mardi Gras Mask Cake

2011-03-10T15:37:00.001-08:00

One of my friends has a Mardi Gras Party every year-it is not wild and crazy, but the food is always great. She had me make a cake for the party. The top layer was white cake with a strawberry whipped cream filling and the bottom layer was lemon cake with lemon filling. I used a plastic mask to mold a fondant one. It turned out pretty good considering the fondant still a little soft.

Cowgirl Cake

2011-02-27T13:51:00.001-08:00

I made this cake for one of my preschoolers that were celebrating their birthday this weekend. She was having a cowgirl party with pony rides for the kids. This is a chocolate cake with a Rice Krispy Treat under the hat.

1st Birthday Monkey Cake

2011-02-27T13:49:00.001-08:00

I made this monkey cake for a client who requested banana cake. I had never tried that flavor and was worried it would be too soft to shape into the #1. It turned out fine and was delicious. My family has enjoyed the parts that were cut out. This cake turned out to be huge and heavy!

Hello Kitty Cake

2011-02-27T13:48:00.000-08:00

My client sent me a picture of the Hello Kitty paper goods they were using for their daughters 3rd birthday. I did my best to match it on this yellow pound cake filled with fresh cut strawberries. I rarely make pound cakes - it turned out great.

Vegas Wedding Cake

2011-02-27T13:45:00.000-08:00

My client ordered a cake for her sister's wedding. They wanted the cake to reflect their history. The couple met working in the film industry, moved to Georgia, then South Dakota. The couple drove here with their son for the wedding at Red Rock. They were wearing traditional Native American outfits to their wedding. I tried to represent all that on this white cake that was filling with fresh cut strawberries.

Sleeping Beauty Barbie Cake

2011-02-27T13:44:00.000-08:00

I made this strawberry cake for a client, along with 36 mini-cupcakes. She wanted the dress to match a dress her daughter would be wearing at the party. I had to make a small cake to go under the dress because the Barbie's legs were too long.

Littlest Pet Shop Cake

2011-01-31T14:46:00.000-08:00

I made this Littlest Pet Shop Cake for my neighbor's little girl. We debated about just putting the plastic figurines on the cake, but Allie had very unusually requests for the animals-she wanted a lady bug and a pig. I ended up making them out of fondant and they turned out really cute. Allie's other request was for the cake to be pink (so I made a strawberry cake) and to have blue frosting. I added the big pink bow to make it look a little more girly and to match the animals. It turned out very cute.

LV Knights Soccer Cake

2011-01-15T14:16:00.001-08:00

I made this cake for one of the players on the LV Knights Soccer Team. His mom had ordered it for his birthday. I have always piped the soccer ball. This time I covered it in fondant, and used a carving tool to make the lines. I then painted the black parts with dye. It was so much easier and so much cuter. I made the Knight logo out of a piece of white gumpaste and painted it with dye also. I chose to decorate the cake portion with a harlequin pattern, with little red buttons. This is my best soccer cake yet!

Golf Cake

2011-01-15T14:14:00.000-08:00

Last week one of Seth's friends had a party and he asked me to make the cake. Cole was having his party at King Putt, so he said he wanted a golf club on the cake. I made a little fondant figure holding a golf club with the hole behind him. I saw cakes that had a cute argyle pattern and wanted to give it a try. The tiny red lines got a little tedious, but I liked how it turned out.

Rapunzel "Tangled" Cake

2010-12-20T14:45:00.001-08:00

I made this "Tangled"cake for a little girl who was turning 3. I used a plastic tower I had left over from a castle cake I had made. I built the little room on top of the tower and the base of the tower out of Rice Crispy Treats. I covered the rest of the tower in fondant.

This was a fun cake to try to figure out how to make. I had to send it with the customer in 3 pieces, to be assembled at the party. I hope they got it together OK!

Snow Family Cake

2010-12-20T14:43:00.001-08:00

I made this cake for the family we had for Pixie Week. Pixie Week is when you are assigned a family and you leave little presents on their doorsteps, knock, and run for 3 nights. You are supposed to reveal yourself the last night, so we made a cake for the occasion. This is a 6 inch cake - so those snow people are pretty tiny. It was fun to make and I had wanted to try making the fondant trees I've seen decorators on TV make. They were very easy to make and the cake turned out so cute.

LDS Baptism Cake

2010-12-06T19:18:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for a boy in our ward that was baptized this weekend. It is a lemon cake with a raspberry cream filling. I kept the cake simple, white polka dots on white, so that the CTR symbol would stand out more. It is hard to see in the picture, but the boy is wearing a white jumpsuit, that has a tiny zipper going up the top.

Pirate Cake

2010-11-13T23:16:00.001-08:00

I made this pirate cake for a regular customer. It is a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling. I should have made the "island" bigger. The proportions are a little off, but I like the pirate and treasure chest. This was a fun one to make.

Witch Cake

2010-10-31T15:03:00.001-07:00

A daughter ordered this cake for her mom. Her mom's birthday is on Halloween, so we thought a witch would be appropriate. It is a lemon cake.

Minnie Mouse Cake/Cupcakes & Stand

2010-10-31T15:00:00.000-07:00

I had a client order the Minnie mouse cake I have done in the past, with mini-cupcakes. She wanted to display them together, so she ordered a cupcake stand as well. I found directions to make them online and it looked pretty simple. It took forever. I hadn't gotten tubes to go in the middle that would quite work. I finally got it. A project that should have taken 20 minutes took hours, but now I know what I'm doing.

Missionary Cake

2010-10-31T14:41:00.001-07:00

My baby brother report to the MTC (Missionary Training Center) tomorrow, to serve for 2 years in Macon, Georgia. We had an Open House type dinner last week, so people could come wish him well. I made this cake for the occasion. The giant Peach the fondant missionary is sitting on is made of rice krispy treats. I covered it in fondant and painted it with food dye. The cake is white cake with a peach filling, of course!

Toy Story Woody Cake

2010-10-24T08:27:00.001-07:00

I made this lemon cake for my son's 5th birthday party. It had a Toy Story/Woody theme. The hat is made of Rice Cripsy treats and I finally did it the right way. I frosted the Rice Crispy treat before putting the fondant over it! It came out so much smoother. It's amazing how much you learn everytime you make a cake.

Subaru Cake

2010-10-11T14:48:00.001-07:00

My brother sent me an awesome picture of a Subaru Car Cake and asked me to make one for his co-worker. The pic he sent was so good. I do not usually carve cakes, so I thought I would try to make a sponge cake to make the carving process easier. It turned out more like a brick than cake. So.... I made a chocolate sponge cake and carved it. The cake turned out OK, but I think I need to stay away from too many carved cakes. This cake had me in tears.

Tank Cake

2010-10-11T14:46:00.000-07:00

I made this chocolate cake with peanut butter filling for a 9 year old boy. It is frosted in chocolate whipped cream. The tank is made of cake covered in fondant.

Playing Card Cake

2010-10-11T14:44:00.000-07:00

A customer ordered this cake for her dad. He is really into bridge. I wanted to make a good bridge hand on the cards on top, but my online research of bridge left me confused. I went with aces.

Princess Jasmine & Aladdin Cake

2010-09-27T10:04:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for a little girl who loves Princess Jasmine. The Jasmine figure took forever to sculpt, because the fondant turned out a little gummier than normal. I put the figures on the magic carpet and decorated the cake like sky, then added the palace. This was a fun cake to make. I think my figures are always improving.

Movie Night Cake

2010-09-27T09:58:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a friend's daughter. The stage and curtains are backed in cardboard. I try to make my cakes as edible as possible - but somethings are just impossible. I like the way the little film can turned out. It was a white cake with a custard filling.

Neon Golf Cake

2010-09-11T12:51:00.002-07:00

I made this cake for my friends son who was celebrating his birthday at King Put, a glow-in-the-dark miniature golf course. They wanted the cake in neon colors, but when I bought neon food dye the colors where mostly pinks and purples, so I had to just go with the brightest colors I had. I covered the chocolate cake with Oreo filling in black fondant, so it could be easily picked off. Black frosting stains your whole mouth and is so gross. I added a little putting green and did my best to make a round ball - whenever you set it down to dye one side always flattens out.

Pink Minnie Mouse Cake

2010-09-11T12:51:00.001-07:00

This cake was for another 1 year old. I had made this cake in red previously, but the client wanted pink to match the party decor. The bottom layer was chocolate with buttercream filling, while the top layer was white cake with an Oreo filling.

Blues Clues Cake

2010-09-11T12:46:00.000-07:00

I decorated this cake by piping an outline of Blue and filling it in with a small star tip for a client with a little boy turning 1.

Non-Gender Specific Birthday Cake

2010-09-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

I needed to make a cake for a client's husband and grown daughter. I decided to just go for a random celebration feel and came up with this. This is a white cake with raspberry filling and frosted with whipped cream frosting.

Looking For a Client

2010-09-02T09:18:00.000-07:00

I have a cake order from Susan for Friday, September 3. The number I have for you isn't working. Please contact me as soon as possible to work out the pick up of your cake.

Thank You!

Safari Friends Cake

2010-08-21T20:03:00.001-07:00

A client emailed me about 6 months ago to make a cake for her son's first birthday. I penciled her in and waited. She sent me a link to these paper goods she was using for the party to use to create a design for the cake.

This is what I came up with. The bottom layer was chocolate with strawberry filling and the top layer was white cake with lemon filling. The smash cake was also chocolate. I really loved the way the smash cake turned out. Here's a close up:

Baby A Mini-Cupcakes

2010-08-12T18:45:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I made these mini-cupcakes for a client who was having a baby naming celebration. The little one's name started with an A, so I made tiny letter As and little flowers to go with them. They were so cute. My kids ate a batch that were a little overcooked (this was my 1st time making mini-cupcakes, so I had to play with it a bit). They still loved them and especially liked popping the whole thing in their mouth.

35th Birthday Cake

2010-08-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

I had a customer order this cake for her own birthday. It is nice to do something like that for yourself - I typically get Hostess Cupcakes for my birthday, which I love, but a cool cake not made by myself would be nice. The bottom layer was white cake with a strawberry cream filling, the middle was chocolate cake with a custard filling, and the top layer was lemon cake with a lemon jell filling.

Rose Anniversary Cake

2010-08-03T09:05:00.001-07:00

My friend was throwing a party for their parent's 40th anniverasry and asked me to do a cake with roses. I had always wanted to make a cake like this. I frosted the cakes and piped cornelli lace on them. I stacked them with those plastic columns then hid the columns with fresh roses. The only glitch was that the columns were taller then I wanted so I had to have my husband saw and sand them down to the proper size!

Alice in Wonderland Cake

2010-07-09T20:41:00.000-07:00

This is my first attempt at a topsy turvy cake. I watched a tutorial, but didn't exactly follow the directions. I learned a lot and I think I am ready to try to make one the proper way. I made this cake for my twin nieces' 12th birthday party. My husband said this is one of my best cakes, and I think I might have to agree, which is pretty amazing because my daughter's birthday party was the night before and I was working on about 3 hours sleep.

Roller Skate Cake

2010-07-09T20:40:00.000-07:00

My daughter was having an 80's themed birthday party that included a trip to the roller rink (dressed up in totally awseome 80's gear). I made this cake for her. The roller skate is made of Rice Krispy Treats covered in fondant.

The Last Airbender Cake

2010-07-04T09:29:00.001-07:00

My neighbor asked me to make a cake for her son's birthday. They were taking him and his friends to see The Last Airbender. I had seen previews, but had to do a little research to find out enough to make a cake. In the movie, the Avatar can control the elements, so I decided to cover the cake with fondant and paint (with food dye) a section of each cake for each element. I added round disc on each section with the symbol of the element. Then I made a figurine of Avatar. I enjoyed painting the fondant and trying out a new technique I have very little experience with.

Great to Be 8 CTR Cake

2010-06-13T19:29:00.001-07:00

I made this white cake with lemon filling for a church activity. I frosted the cake white and then piped green cornelli lace on it. I topped it cake with a fondant CTR Shield. We had drinks made of sherbet and Sprite, which went perfect with the cake. It was a nice ending to a nice night.

Swim Party Fondant Figurine

2010-06-13T19:27:00.000-07:00

I made this fondant figurine for a friend who was making a cake for her son's birthday.

This is how her cake turned out. How cute are the wafer cookies as the sides of the pool. I loved it!

Preschool

2010-06-13T19:26:00.001-07:00

My other job is being a preschool teacher. This year I taught 9 sweet kids. We celebrated their graduation to Kindergarten last week. I made this lemon cake, frosted it, and decorated it with their names and a figurine (my son said it was him). They sang a few song and were so cute. I will miss them next year!

Poker Table Cake

2010-05-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

I made this Poker Table cake for my client's son's 21st birthday. I baked the cakes and filled and frosted them, when I noticed the bottom layer was buckling. I sometimes forget how fragile cake is to work with. All the neighbors got a big chunk of cake and I started over. This was a chocolate cake with Oreo filling.

The client offered to bring over cards and chips, but as a cake decorator, I like the challenge of trying to make everything edible. I cut out these cards and let them dry overnight, then I used food dye to hand paint them.

Talent Show Star Cake

2010-05-25T12:35:00.001-07:00

I made "A Star is Born" baby shower cake recently and my daughter, Camryn, thought it would be perfect for her birthday party. I just made a Camryn figure singing to put on top of the strawberry cake. Her party involved make overs, a photo shoot, and each girl sharing a talent. It was fun and Camryn loved her cake.

Chocolate Covered Oreos

2010-05-23T09:39:00.001-07:00

If you think Oreos are chocolatey enough on their own, you would be mistaken. My daughter and I found these chocolate molds that coat Oreo cookies. She brought these to her school class and her musical theater class on her birthday. Her theater class is putting on a production of Beauty and the Beast next month and we thought the rose molds were perfect. We wrapped them in little treat bags with a tag that said Happy Birthday Camryn! on them. The kids loved them.

Ladybug Cake

2010-04-26T13:12:00.001-07:00

A client asked me to make a cake for her daughter's first birthday. She sent me a picture of the plates they were using and I tried to match the theme and color scheme. The cake is a white with fresh, sliced strawberries in the middle. I am always trying to find ways to make more elements on my cakes edible, so the ladybugs are made of rice krispy treats, covered with marshmallow fondant.

A Star is Born Shower Cake

2010-04-19T13:18:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for my friend, Autumn's baby shower. She is having a girl, but fruffy pink is not her style. She came up with "A Star is Born" theme and had movie decorations and games. I made this cake to fit that theme, and I think it is my favorite shower cake I've done. The little movie camera came out so cute. The cake was chocolate with raspberry filling. I had a good time at the shower and I am so excited for Autumn's little girl to arrive.

Baby Girl Shower Cake

2010-04-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I made this cake for a baby shower. The customer just said to make something girly. This is pretty girly. The cake is marble with a chocolate cream inside and frosted with whipped cream frosting. I decorated with fondant ribbon roses and baby.

Minnie Mouse Cake

2010-03-13T13:24:00.001-08:00

Last weekend I made this cake for a friend's little girl who was turning 3. It was actually a very simple cake - lots of circles! The hardest part was getting a true red when making the frosting. This was a lemon cake.

Skateboard Skull Cake

2010-03-13T13:23:00.001-08:00

I had a customer send me a picture of this skateboard they were getting their 16 year old boy for his birthday. They asked if I could make a cake like it. This is what I came up with:

I made two 9 x 13 cakes and rounded off the edges. I frosted them and covered the top with fondant. I painted the skeleton light bulb with food dye and lemon extract. The wheels are made of Rice Krispy treats covered in fondant. The wheels were the hardest part. I also made a little round cake to be sure there was enough servings.

Lavender Wedding

2010-02-23T12:40:00.000-08:00

My mom knew someone having a very small wedding and wanted them to have a little wedding cake. I made this white cake and frosted it. Then I piped on flowers and used a paint brush to make it look like embroidery. I made a lavender ribbon and bow to add the bride's color. It was very simple but turned out nice.

We wanted the bride to have a bouquet also. I have helped my sister do flowers and know just enough about it to come up with a simple bouquet and a boutonniere. I just went to Sam's club and had to work with the flowers they had on hand. This is what I came up with.

February Cakes

2010-02-11T19:29:00.001-08:00

Last week I made two cakes that I had done before. This flower cake was for a little girl's dress up tea party. The girls came to pick it up with their mom and were so cute in their fancy dresses. This cake is turning into a favorite.

I also made a cake for twin boys that were getting baptized. Their mom had won the cake in an auction I had donated to, to help a friend's dad with medical expenses. I was so glad to help.

Nataly's Cake

2010-01-22T16:23:00.001-08:00

I made this strawberry cake for a little girl who was turning 5. She had a flower theme party. I made the flowers and leaves out of marshmallow fondant and covered wire in green fondant. I attached them with water and they actually stuck together really well. The cake turned out cute and the birthday girl loved it.

Purple Roses Cake

2010-01-22T16:22:00.001-08:00

I know I always say that I don't do wedding cakes, but when a regular customer asked me to make a small cake for her wedding I agreed to do it. She only needed 40 servings, so I thought I would just tell myself it was a floral birthday cake. The roses are made of fondant and the strawberry cake is frosted with white buttercream with ivory scroll work and ruffles.

Jolynn's Wedding Cake

2010-01-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

My sister, Jolynn, disregarded my intense fear of making wedding cakes and asked me to make hers. She found a picture of a cake she loved online. The cake was inspired by a china pattern, hence the woodland animals and horse heads. I finally gave in and said I would make it. Things went fairly well, until the drive to the church. The cake started sliding off the cake board in the car and I was trying to hold it together and was screaming the whole way. When we got there, I had to do a few repairs but it all turned out and Jolynn loved it.

The flavors were a layer of red velvet, a layer of white, and a layer of chocolate. People really loved the red velvet and kept asking for it, but it ran out quickly.

Guitar Hero Cake #2

2009-12-01T16:36:00.001-08:00

I don't always post remakes of cakes that I have done in the past - but this one deserves it. At the end of last school year we gave Camryn's teacher, Mrs. Schott, a coupon for a cake and she decided to redeem it for her son Jackson's birthday. He saw the Guitar Hero cake on my website and wanted it. It is the size of the actual game guitar. Jackson looked pretty excited when they picked it up and they were practically mobbed by the neighborhood kids, almost all of them had Mrs. Schott and loved her as much as Camryn did.

December Orders

2009-11-30T19:40:00.000-08:00

I will be out of town and then working on my sister's wedding cake through December 20th. I will not be taking any orders for that period of time. Feel free to contact me about future orders and I will respond as quickly as I can.

Thank you,

Jen

USC Cake

2009-11-21T16:08:00.001-08:00

I made this cake for a big USC fan who was having a birthday. I said yes to making it before checking out the USC logo. The Trojan was hard to reproduce in fondant, but turned out pretty good. The cake was chocolate with buttercream frosting.

CTR Cake

2009-11-21T16:01:00.000-08:00

I made this CTR Cake for my nephew who was baptized this month. His mom wanted to keep it simple, so we went with a white buttercream frosting with fondant ribbon and dots and a fondant CTR shield. The top layer was white cake with a raspberry sour cream filling and the bottom layer was chocolate with Oreo filling. I am so proud of Zack and was happy to make this cake to celebrate this special occasion.

Vampire Cake

2009-11-03T14:28:00.001-08:00

I made this vampire cake for a girl turning 11. Her party was around Halloween and I somehow managed to forget to post this. I wanted the cake to be cute and fun, because the girl was younger. I think the cartoony vampire worked. This same week I also made another Twilight cake for a girl the same age.

Leanna's Sweet Sixteen

2009-10-24T10:15:00.000-07:00

Soccer friends asked if I would do a cake for their older daughter's Sweet Sixteen party. She picked a very sophisticated cake - this wedding cake (the middle one) she saw on the TLC show Cake Boss.

I am not much of a piper, but I think it turned out good and I really like the large flowers. Thank goodness for YouTube instructional videos that showed how to make them. The bottom layer is chocolate with chocolate buttercream filling and the top layer is the family's red velvet cake recipe.

King of the Jungle Baby Shower Cake

2009-10-18T14:48:00.001-07:00

A client was throwing a baby shower and asked me to make a marble cake that would match the King of the Jungle decorations she had gotten on partypail.com. This is what I came up with.

I was working on my son's Diego cake and was able to make similar decorations all at the same time. It worked out great.

Go, Diego. Go! Cake

2009-10-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

My son, Seth, had a Diego Birthday Party. I made him this cake. It is a lemon cake with buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant decorations. The Diego figure is a candle I bought at Michael's. He loved the cake and had a fun party.

Stork Baby Shower Cake

2009-10-12T12:14:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a baby shower I was co-hosting this last weekend. My friend, April, is having her first girl after having 2 boys. I love the stork idea - when my kids were born I wrapped them up, put them in a basket, and took pictures of them on my doorstep. The cake is lemon with buttercream frosting and decorated with marshmallow fondant.

Curious George Cake

2009-09-30T22:58:00.000-07:00

I made this cake for a 1 year old's birthday. I was worried about getting the George just right, but he turned out pretty good. Some kids were over playing the day I was working on this and when they left I noticed the tiny candle off George's cake was missing. Apparently, one of the kids had to have a taste - at least it was something I could remake in about 30 seconds! The cake was marble, frosted in buttercream, and decorated with marshmallow fondant.

BYU Cake / U of U Cake

2009-09-21T10:31:00.001-07:00

Our Bishop's birthday was last week and I thought he deserved a cake, so I asked his kids what he was into. Pretty much BYU football was all they came up with. So I planned out a cake, then my husband said I should make it a U of U cake instead (BYU & U of U are apparently rivals). We compromised and I made one side of the cake U of U - which was to be shown first, then when the cake was turned around the Bishop would see the BYU side. His son later told me that the U of U logo was destroyed by stabbing it with a fork. I'm sure it still tasted good!

Lego Cake

2009-09-03T12:23:00.000-07:00

This cake was made for a "Build It" themed party. The kids built their own pizzas, marshmallow shooters, and things like that. The birthday boy is also getting a trip to LegoLand, so this cake was perfect. I had some trouble making the divots - I tried to make them out of cake, but they kept falling apart. I finally gave up and matched fondant to the icing and made the divots from fondant. The colors were so bright, which was perfect. I dropped the cake off and headed out to my car. The mom came running out - the birthday boy's little sister had stuck her fingers in the cake. I ran back in to do some emergency surgery.

Luau Anniversary Cake

2009-09-01T22:45:00.001-07:00

If you type in Luau cakes in Google Images - my Flip Flop cake is on the 1st page (pretty cool, eh?). That is how this customer found me. He ordered this cake for an anniversary party. It is iced in buttercream. The waterfall is a strip if marshmallow fondant that I had not completely mixed the color into, creating the marbleized look. I made the rest of the decorations with fondant also. When I dropped off the cake, the couple's daughters said how much the little man looked liked their dad.

Princess Haley Cake

2009-08-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

This cake was for a little girl who was turning 1. The crown and bows are marshmallow fondant with some gumpaste powder mixed in to help with the drying. I am always nervous about this Las Vegas heat and what it will do to the cakes. The party was fun with lots of food and the birthday girl was so cute. She was terrified of the balloons and mystified about what to do with the candles.

Baby Boy Shower Cake

2009-08-01T10:01:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a customer who was throwing a shower for a family member. The baby boy is coming out like a gift and the booties are little Converse. The decorations are marshmallow fondant with some gumpaste powder mixed in to help it dry. The heat in the summer make fondant a little tricky. The cake is white with fresh strawberries and a strawberry gel filling and is covered in whipped cream frosting.

Cake Story

2009-07-28T14:39:00.001-07:00

I made this video for my Technology in the Library class this spring and I thought I would share.

Twilight Cake

2009-07-19T15:52:00.000-07:00

My oldest daughter, Alexis, had a Twilight Birthday Party this weekend. She wanted the different images from the 4 Twilight books on the cake. I made an apple (okay, I covered a plastic one - the party planning required me to cheat a little), a white flower that I painted with red dye, a broken ribbon that went around the cake, and the cake was topped like a chess board and had a queen piece all made of Marshmallow fondant. The cake was white with strawberry filling - she wanted it to look like blood inside! It was a fun party and the cake was perfect for it.

Truck Cake

2009-07-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

My brother asked me to make this cake for a co-worker, with only 2 days notice. I had to back the truck in cardboard because there wasn't time for it to dry. I thought the truck ended up looking pretty cool,considering I don't know anything about trucks. I also liked the little road signs I put around the cake. The tiny details were tough to do, but really brought the cake together.

Fishy Shower Cake

2009-07-15T08:53:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for a baby shower that I was attending. The decorations match the crib set the parents picked out for their baby boy. It was a lemon cake with lemon filling.

Camp Rock Cake

2009-07-09T13:49:00.000-07:00

A mom had seen my daughter's Camp Rock cake online and called to see if I could make one for her little girl. She wanted it to be more Rock 'n Roll and less Camp. I went with making the logo and a guitar out of marshmallow fondant, along with music notes and a bow. The birthday girl called me after her party to tell me how much she loved it.

Beach Ball Cake

2009-07-09T13:41:00.001-07:00

I made this cake for my neighbor's son. He was having a pool party and the invitations were beach balls with the party info written on them. I made the little figurine to look like the birthday boy.

In Bed Wathing TV Cake

2009-06-15T19:57:00.001-07:00

When my friends asked me what kind of cake I was working on, I said, "It's a couple in bed......watching TV." It sounded a little naughty for a second. I thought the couple turned out cute and I made Heroes logo on the TV because that was one of the birthday girl's favorite show (luckily she liked a show with an easy logo!)

Hello Kitty Cake

2009-06-14T15:32:00.000-07:00

This is a cake I made for one of my daughter's friends. There are 5 girls that do everything together. Heather wanted a Hello Kitty cake and when I showed up at the party with this, the girls loved it. Heather told me her grandma (who is a very talented cake decorator) wouldn't let them eat the Hello Kitty figure because it was too cute.