Legacy Cakes

I miss cake!!

2012-01-18T13:20:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was thinking a lot today about cake. I miss cake, I miss snacking on the scraps, and I miss creating colors with icing, and I miss the stories a cake can tell...I miss cake.

My son didn't want a big fancy cake this year (Nov.2011) just wanted simple cupcakes and to go bowling with friends. No cakes for christmas, or new years, no cake for my sister or brother's birthday and there won't even be a cake for my birthday!

I think I need an excuse to make cake...maybe a just because its Tuesday cake.

Zariah's 6th Birthday Cake!!

2011-07-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

LUAU!!! My baby girl wanted a luau party this year for her birthday, and she wanted a coconut cake....not flavored a coconut shaped cake!!! It turned out so awesome!!

Missing cakes!!!

2011-07-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the missing cakes! It has been a while since I updated with all the recent cakes!

Up first is my sons awesome Lego cake (nov. 2010)! Then there is a graduation cake I made for a friends son (May 2011), then there were 2 cakes for a big farewell party for my kids' swimteam coach who moved to North Dakota(June 2011), one was solid rice crispy treat, then there was a basketball theme cake for my husband's boss' son(June 2011)!

Zoe's 1st Birthday Cake!

2011-01-28T15:15:00.000-08:00

This was Miss Zoe's first birthday cake. It was just a chocolate cake, but it was lots of fun to make! I was so happy to be able to make this for her!!

Gregs 19th birthday cake!

2010-09-14T20:38:00.000-07:00

This was a pretty simple german chocolate cake for my oldest nephew's 19th birthday. I hope he enjoyed it!

Swim team cake

2010-09-14T20:19:00.000-07:00

Ok this is waaay overdue!! But here he is in all his fishy glory, some call him Nemo...I call him Lucky. Lucky because I didn't throw him across the room and into the trash!! This was NOT an easy cake! The fins and tail realllly did not want to cooperate with me.

He is a chocolate cake fish with candy coating fins and tail. The sheet cake has our team logo "eat our bubbles" and was a white cake with cream cheese filling! YUM!

This was such a fun, aggravating and creative cake!

I was sooo proud of all our team members this year. Each and everyone of them improved and really worked hard. I really enjoy making a cake each year for this wonderful group of kids!!

Zariah's 5th Birthday Cake!!

2010-07-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

This was sooo fun!!! It was devils food chocolate cake with a white chocolate mousse filling!! So yummy!!

And my sweet baby girl loved it!! I can't believe she is 5 years old!!!

Hannah's cake

2010-07-13T22:11:00.000-07:00

This cake is for Hannah, it is supposed to have littlest pet shop animals setting on it, they were putting those on at home!

Finally got a pic with all the pets on it!! Turned out soo cute!

It is a yummy devils food cake with white chocolate mousse filling!!

I hope hannah really had a great birthday!

Makinzee's Princess Cake!

2010-06-26T21:24:00.000-07:00

This cake is for my cousin's sweet little girl who just turned five! It was a confetti cake with white chocolate mousse on the top tier and milk chocolate mousse on the bottom tier. She was so excited to have a big fun cake for her special day. And I was very happy to make it for her!

Cassie's Baby Shower Cake!

2010-06-26T21:18:00.000-07:00

This was a fun cake to make. It was a simple white cake with chocolate mousse, yet the decoration was quite complex. I did have a lot of fun making all the little fondant clothes.

Gluten Free Little Mermaid!

2010-05-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

A gluten free cake! This was challenging and fun. Betty Crocker makes a new gluten free cake mix! This makes me so happy since I stuggled with celiac all through my childhood and still have issues with it at times as an adult!

I was very excited to make this cake! It is for a friends niece and is traveling to Boise tomorrow! It is a white cake with buttercream!

The red for Ariels hair was extremely challenging but I think she turned out beautiful, I got a few pictures of this one as I went along. It took a few hours to complete! I hope the birthday girl loves her and enjoys her with out worry of a tummy ache!

Chelsea's Graduation Cake!

2010-05-14T14:47:00.000-07:00

This one was for our fabulous friend/babysitter Chelsea who is graduating from nursing school today! We are so proud of her and hope she enjoys this wonderful day and is proud of her self!

This is a strawberry cake with 2 fillings, a layer of strawberry cream cheese filling and a layer of fresh sliced strawberries! YUM!! The little duck is just my way of saying "way to go" and "good luck" Chelsea collects ducks so I made this little one for her out of fondant. The cake is covered in vanilla buttercream with fondant accessories! This cake was really fun to make. I hope Chels loves it!!

A simple cake for mom and dad!

2010-05-14T14:44:00.001-07:00

This was a butter yellow cake with lime curd filling AKA melissa's margarita cake. I top it with a special vanilla buttercream with a little salt added to help the margarita flavor! It is so YUMMY!!

And my daughter insisted that Gramma's cake had to have pink roses!

Easter Cupcakes!!

2010-04-21T20:38:00.001-07:00

Here are some fun easter chocolate cupcakes I made for our huge easter celebration!! It was so fun to make these! And they were yummy too!!

Kaden's Cake!

2010-03-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so I told everyone I was taking a break from cakes for a while, and then I remembered my friend Jackie's little boy was turning 4! Well the rest is history. The car portion of the cake is made from chocolate cake and the sheet cake it is setting on is white cake with raspberry filling! YUM!

I really hope Kaden enjoys his cake and has a great birthday!

Rainbow Cupcakes for St. Patricks day!

2010-03-20T08:59:00.001-07:00

These were just a yummy fun St. Patricks day project I made with my kids over spring break!

Happy Birthday to me!

2010-02-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

Ok this post is a little late but this is my 30th birthday cake. (Feb 7th) It was a rich devils food cake with cream cheese filling! It was delicious, and my birthday was wonderful!!

Tiffany's Cake

2010-02-20T18:36:00.000-08:00

This sweet little bear on top of a gift is for a friends little girl, Tiffany, who is turning one! The bear is a spice cake with vanilla buttercream. The big present that the bear is setting on is a white cake with strawberry filling.

The small present, which will be Tiff's smash cake is a white cake with vanilla buttercream filling. The ribbon and polka dots are all fondant and the bears little hat is actually a sugar cone, iced and decorated with fondant dots.

I hope Tiff and her family had a wonderful celebration!

Quincie and Jenna's cake!

2010-01-30T17:51:00.000-08:00

This cake is all about DANCE!! Quincie and Jenna are sisters that dance for the same dance team as my daughter. Their mom ordered them this awesome cake for their birthdays which are just a week apart!

The top tier is strawberry cake with a yummy milk chocolate filling and the bottom tier is chocolate cake with a cream cheese filling!

I really hope the girls enjoy this cake and the little dancers on top! (which match their real dance costumes!)

Jody's Cake

2010-01-15T23:13:00.000-08:00

This is a birthday cake for a sweet little girl I know who is turning 3!

I hope she really enjoys it.

The top tier is a white cake with a chocolate mousse filling and the bottom tier is chocolate cake with a vanilla mousse filling. This was a really fun girly cake. The pearls are hand rolled out of fondant and then hand painted with a pearl pink luster dust. The polka dots are also cut from fondant, but the grass and flowers are all done in buttercream.

Johnny B's Grooms Cake

2009-12-14T20:56:00.000-08:00

This cake was so fun to make. It is 3 tiers of white cake with a rich chocolate mousse filling. The bowling pins and skeleton were molded from white chocolate, and the CD's and flag were hand made out of gumpaste and very carefully handpainted. The fine scroll work on the "Alkaline Trio" CD was actually painted with a toothpick! And the saying on the second (red) tier is "somewhere between heaven and hell" which was all hand piped in old english lettering. Oh and the flames while time consuming were one of my favorite parts of this cake!

This really was an amazing work of creativity for me. And I am so glad that Johnny and Jenn were able to enjoy it on their wedding day! Congrats you guys!

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY ILYNN!!!!!

2009-11-14T10:33:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to my baby boy!! He is 8!!! This year his party theme was specific and fun. Nascar racing!!!

So we made a race track cake it is awesome! He got to pick out the cars for it and decided on a strawberry cake with a rich chocolate mousse filling!!! YUM!!

I absolutely love making cakes for my kids!

More Halloween cupcakes!

2009-10-30T15:15:00.000-07:00

Our son had his Halloween class party yesterday and just had to have mom make cupcakes. They are chocolate of course with an orange buttercream icing.

We had blue monsters, mummies, eye balls and one eyed one horned flyin purple people eaters!!!

We love Halloween around here!!

Halloween Carnival Cupcakes!!

2009-10-24T20:34:00.001-07:00

I got to make a couple dozen cupcakes for our annual PTO Halloween Carnival. It was great fun!!! The kids had a blast and got lots of prizes!

October wedding order FINISHED!!!

2009-10-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

October Wedding Cake

2009-10-23T14:32:00.001-07:00

Here are a few photos of a fabulous wedding order for tomorrow. It is an order of 150 mini cakes and a 6" top tier cutting cake. The mini cakes are all german chocolate with chocolate ganache filling and a vanilla candy coating. The top tier is also german chocolate with chocolate ganache filling, but it has an orange buttercream icing. YUM!!

This order was a ton of work, but so worth it, it is beautiful. I will post more pictures tomorrow once it is all set up on the stand at the wedding.

A cake for Alexi!!

2009-10-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

Here is the funnest cake I have done lately! OK I think they are all fun, but I LOVE this cake, oh and did I mention that I LOVE halloween? This was a birthday cake for a good friends daughter! She loves halloween and since she is an October baby, she love having halloween parties! It is a chocolate cake with vanilla mousse filling and a sugar cookie haunted house with poured sugar windows and a graveyard of ghosts and tombstones with all the guests names! It was a great party, and I think Alexi really liked her cake!

Kev's 33rd birthday cake!

2009-10-10T17:16:00.000-07:00

Just a simple german chocolate cake for the love of my life!!

Country Bling 2 (more pics)

2009-08-29T21:05:00.001-07:00

Well here are the completed on site photos. I loved this cake topper the detail was amazing. The name of the topper was "love pinch" because the bride is grabbing the grooms butt, unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the back side. Oh, well it looked like it was going to be a beautiful wedding and the weather was fabulous, not too hot but not cold either with just a light breeze! I wish the bride and groom the best of luck in life.

Country Bling!

2009-08-28T23:32:00.000-07:00

Ok I know the name is corny (no pun intended) but that is all I could think of while decorating this wedding cake! I loved this one. Working with the dragees (silver balls) was a ton of fun although very time consuming. Each one was hand placed on top of a tiny bead of icing. And although I wasn't sure how the sunflowers would look next to the silver at first I think it turned out really beautifully!

This is 2 tiers of chocolate cake and 1 of white cake, both with a vanilla buttercream filling. It amazes me how heavy cake can be once filled and stacked!

This one is getting lots of pictures, I had my husband take a few while I was decorating and I think they turned out quite neat! Enjoy and I will post a final picture of this tomorrow once it is set and has its topper in place!

The Kelly Girl's Castle Cake!

2009-08-22T22:45:00.000-07:00

Well here it is! I love it. It turned out so cute! I honestly think mom was more excited about the cake than the girls were but they had a fun day anyways! It was a great party!

The cake was a vanilla with a homemade strawberry filling and oh was it ever yummy!

A big Happy Birthday to Nevaeh and Justice! You girls ROCK!!!

Another Princess Castle!

2009-08-20T21:51:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since the last "big" castle cake! This one is for 2 little girls (sisters) turning 3 and 4! It is a big surprise cake from their sweet mama! She is so excited for Saturday! It will be fun. It is a vanilla cake with strawberry filling! YUM!
I will post pics upon completion tomorrow!

Swim Team 2009

2009-08-14T10:09:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to the 2009 Lincoln County Swim Team! We brought home 11 medals and tons of ribbons!! Good Job to everyone!!

This cake was a simple vanilla sheet cake with vanilla buttercream, but just for fun I turned it into a pool and added lots of sugar cookie swimmers (one for each team member!) It was so fun to make and yummy to eat too!

Scott and Holly's Wedding Cake

2009-08-08T21:07:00.000-07:00

This cake was amazing. I loved the detail and the colors. It was alternating layers of devils food with a chocolate mousse and white chocolate pound cake with strawberry filling.

The detail work amazingly only took around 2 hours! I am very happy with how this cake turned out. I wish Holly and Scott all the best. It was a real joy to be a part of their special day.

Thayne's Cake!

2009-07-30T22:40:00.000-07:00

This was a fun one! It is a very simple vanilla sheet cake with vanilla buttercream, but just for Thayne we created a 3-D skate park out of cereal treats, icing and fondant! It was so fun to shape and decorate the ramps! And the little skater dudes (purchased at Walmart) were so cute and fun!

I hope Thayne has a truly happy birthday!!!

Casey and Morgan's Wedding Cake

2009-07-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

I am so glad this cake turned out well! This was for two of our very good friends, Casey and Morgan. It was alternating tiers of devils food cake with chocolate ganache filling and white cake with a white chocolate mousse filling.

The flowers were arranged by the grooms mother, who is an amazing florist, that I hope to work with again.

I wish Casey and Morgan all the love and happiness possible for the rest of their marriage!

Zariah's 4th Birthday Cake!!

2009-07-12T22:35:00.001-07:00

Well here it is. It was delicious. It was chocolate and strawberry cake, with a pink vanilla buttercream! She wanted pink and green for her princess party. I had a lot of fun making this cake, and that is something I truly love about cake decorating is that it really is a lot of fun.

Zariah is turning 4!!

2009-06-21T22:51:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby girl is turning 4 on July 13th! We are gearing up for the worlds best princess party! There will be jewelry, and balloons and a Castle cake!!!!
Zariah is so excited!! And mommy only has 3 weeks to get it all together!!!

DONE!!!! Chelsey and Tim's Wedding Cake!!

2009-06-19T21:45:00.000-07:00

I LOVE THIS CAKE!!!! I am so happy with how this cake turned out. I was so nervous about the piping work, but it turned out fabulous and it was done by 10:30!! Only 2 hours of piping!! I was planning on 4 to 5 hours, but it really went fast once I got it started.

All the leaves are handmade out of fondant, and then brushed with alcohol to make them shiny. And the piping work was done with a dark brown royal icing! I will post more photos of this cake at the wedding site in the next few days!

I am so truly happy for Chelsey and Tim. I hope they have a wonderful life together with many years of love and happiness!!!

Ok this has been updated with a few new photos! ENJOY!!

Chelsey & Tim's Cake

2009-06-19T13:32:00.000-07:00

Well I am in full swing on a gorgeous wedding cake for my cousin Chelsey. I am so happy that she found such a wonderful guy like Tim!
Their cake is a beautiful 3 tier paisley shaped cake. The top tier is a first for me, it is a dark chocolate Guinness cake (yep beer cake!) with a chocolate ganache filling. The other 2 tiers are dark chocolate with a homemade strawberry filling! YUM!!

I will post pictures later on tonight or possibly on Sunday!!

A quick cake

2009-06-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

This is a quick simple cake that my sweet husband helped me put together for a good friends birthday. I truly hope Tara enjoyed her cake and her birthday BBQ!

It is a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing and topped with vanilla coated strawberries. My husband dipped the strawberries while I iced the cake, so it was easy to put together, and it was really nice to spend some quiet time in the kitchen, just the two of us!

Graduation Cakes!

2009-06-01T14:20:00.001-07:00

Well here are the wonderful graduation cakes that I made for my nephew and 7 of his friends! It was a fun although frustrating cake order. The sheet cakes were vanilla, chocolate and strawberry and they all had a vanilla buttercream.

The big cake was a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and the graduation cap topper was made of vanilla cake and vanilla candy coating. It was lots of fun to make (or watch my husband make anyway) I was glad to have his help on this order.

I hope the boys had a good time and enjoyed the cakes.

True Love

2009-05-28T22:27:00.000-07:00

Well I have decided this cake is to be named the true love cake.

Yes, it is sort of a wedding cake. My good friend Tara's parents are renewing their wedding vows this weekend. I think it is so special when two people are so in love that after so many years they would recommit themselves to each other!

I love that I could be a little part of this by making them a beautiful cake. I truly hope they spend many more happy years together. I also hope they enjoy their super yummy vanilla cake with homemade raspberry mousse filling!!!

Happy Retirement

2009-05-26T21:16:00.000-07:00

This is just a sheet cake. Vanilla cake with a homemade raspberry mousse filling! YUM!! This one didn't tap the creative juices much, but here it is!

Too Much Cake!!

2009-05-20T12:29:00.001-07:00

OK, this is a first, I had to turn down a cake order today! I am sad that I wasn't able to just say "of course I have time" but I really don't!
In my last post I told you that I jinxed my self by saying I had no cake orders, well since that post I have also gotten a cake order for May 26th in addition to the wedding cake for the 29th, and the graduation order for the 30th!

Oh, and some how it had slipped my mind that I am having a huge BBQ at my home on the 29th for a good friend who just returned home from Iraq! So I am one busy mama! Today is also the day of my baby girl's (3 yrs old) first dance recital I am so excited for her! Plus I have to finish packing for our camping trip.

Hopefully it will all come together with out too much trouble!

Hope everyone has a fabulous memorial day weekend!!!

I jinxed myself!!!

2009-05-18T22:09:00.000-07:00

I just got a wedding cake order today for the 29th of ........ MAY!!! and I said I was going to be without anything to do!!!
Oh and I also get to make enough cake to feed 100+ people for my nephews graduation party on the 30th of ....... MAY!!

I love being busy!!! Somewhere in all this I have to pack to go camping for memorial weekend!

FUN FUN FUN!!! I LOVE CAKE!

Hannah take 2!

2009-05-15T22:04:00.000-07:00

Ok here is the completed 4th and final order for this weekend!!! I am so glad to be finished for a second.

This is another Hannah Montana cake for a little girls birthday, only this one is chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling.

Hope Gracie loves it!!

Up next graduation cakes for my nephew Dorothy (its a nickname, he calls me Auntie M!) Should be fun! Oh and those aren't till the end of the month, dare I say that I may have 2 weeks cake free?? What will I do??? Ha Ha!! Just wait!

Barbie Cake and a cheesecake!

2009-05-15T15:56:00.000-07:00

Here is the Barbie cake! It is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. It is for a little girl turning 4! Sure hope she likes it!

And another cheesecake for a friends birthday. This one doesn't have a topping because they are setting out a topping bar for the cheesecake.

Hope he has a happy 32nd!

Tea Cakes

2009-05-14T12:31:00.001-07:00

These are 12 mini vanilla cakes coated in chocolate and vanilla candy coating. They are going to be auctioned off at the Legacy Tea Party at the Lincoln county community center on Saturday the 16th! Proceeds will go to help support the free summer lunch program in Shoshone!

This is only one of 4 cake orders for this weekend! I am very excited to have lots of orders.

More and More Cakes!

2009-05-13T15:49:00.000-07:00

Well I got a few new orders for this week. I will be doing one of my 6 pound cheesecakes for a friends husband for this Saturday. A Barbie cake for Friday, donation mini cakes for the bake sale. And I got a last minute order for a Hannah Montana cake for this Saturday while I was standing in Michael's this morning!
So check back for lots of pictures soon!

174 cupcakes!!

2009-05-11T20:14:00.000-07:00

Oh, my I did a lot of mini-cupcakes today! I made a total of 174 mini-cupcakes for my sweet daughters dance team, and not just her class, every class! It was fun. They were a vanilla cake, with a whipped vanilla buttercream and pink and purple edible glitter! They were supposed to be topped with some fabulous jumbo bling rings, but unfortunately they miscalculated the the shipping and they won't arrive until tomorrow. I will be giving the girls the rings next week however.
I didn't get any cupcake photos as we were hurrying to get to dance class. But they were wonderful, and I hope all the girls enjoyed them.

Next up is a fun donation project. I will be doing 12 mini cakes for the 2nd annual Legacy Tea Party, which is put on by the Girl Scout Troop #77. In addition, the Scouts are hosting a Great American Bake Sale (http://www.greatamericanbakesale.org) with the proceeds going to support the Summer Lunch program. This bake sale/silent auction is what the mini cakes will be for. Since it is my only cake order this week I will have time to really get creative. It should be lots of fun. And I can't wait to attend the Tea with my little girl.

Bailee's Cake

2009-05-07T22:46:00.000-07:00

Ok well here is a fabulous Hannah Montana cake that I got the pleasure of making for a friends daughter! It is a vanilla white cake, with a homemade raspberry mousse filling! Oh my, and the filling is yummy!!

I really hope Bailee likes her cake and has a rockin' birthday!

Echo's Princess Castle

2009-05-02T21:29:00.000-07:00

Well this one was fun. I haven't done a princess castle in a while, and this was a small sized one. It didn't take too long and I think the colors are great! And its yummy too, it is a strawberry cake with a cream cheese filling!

I hope Echo has a very happy 4th birthday!

Patti's Cakes

2009-05-01T21:46:00.000-07:00

This was a really big order! It was challenging and lots of fun.

This cake order was for a good friend whose daughter is having her first communion this weekend. We started with a vanilla cross cake, and did some floral embellishments to match her outfit that she'll wear, as well as a bow to match the ribbon on her outfit. Then I did 48 candy coated mini-cakes topped with blue royal icing roses.

I truly hope that Patti enjoys her special day with all her family, and enjoys her special cakes too!

Brayden's Cakes

2009-04-24T20:09:00.000-07:00

Happy 13th Birthday to my sweet BOO BEAR!! These two cakes are for my favorite nephew's 13th birthday!

OK, so first off, I apologize to anyone who may take offense to the "Call of Duty" cake. It is based on the "Call of Duty" video game. I know it is gruesome, but that is what my nephew wanted.

And I must admit I kinda had fun chopping up army men with my sister, it brought back memories of what I wanted to do to my brothers army men after he messed up my cabbage patch dolls when we were kids!!

The 2nd is also for my nephew. It is "THE" Boo Bear cake! I have called Brayden, Boo Bear, since the day he was born, and I don't plan on stopping now!

I truly hope he has a wonderful birthday!

Dylann's 6th Birthday

2009-04-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Well here it is. I hope I did an ok job considering I have never seen any of the High School Musical movies. Yes, I know, it is unbelievable! But true! This cake is a devils food chocolate with cream cheese filling! YUM!

Dylann specifically requested a "Real Toy" on this cake. I hope she likes the Gabriella doll.

I truly hope Dylann likes this cake and has a great 6th Birthday. It was fun to make.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DYLANN!!!

Chelsea's Cake

2009-04-16T23:20:00.000-07:00

Ok first of all HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY to our good friend (and babysitter) Chelsea.

I truly hope she loves this cake because I know I do!

It is a "Chelsea" cake, which means it is a strawberry cake with strawberry cream cheese filling. This is the only flavor cake Chelsea (and her mom) ever order so I am dubbing it "The Chelsea".

This one is special however because it has a chocolate buttercream icing. I would have stuck to vanilla but she wanted a deep brown so, chocolate it is.

Next up (for Saturday!) is a fabulous star shaped chocolate cake with cream cheese filling for a little girls 6th birthday, she got a princess castle last year which was awesome. This year is all about High School Musical! It will be a fun cake. Watch for pics tomorrow!

April showers bring cake orders???

2009-04-13T21:53:00.000-07:00

Apparently the site of spring has everyone wanting cake! I just completed my two cake orders for tomorrow and will move on to an order for Friday, and I possibly have one for Saturday (note to self call Jackie!).

I also have a cake for the 25th of this month. And May isn't looking any slower. I have a first communion cake for a good friends daughter on May 2nd, and that is the jumping off point for May!

Hope you like these to latest orders. The cupcakes are for my sweet niece to take to school tomorrow, for her 4th birthday. She just loved her minnie mouse cake (see previous post), so we had to follow up with minnie and mickey cupcakes for her class.

And the John Deere is for my dear friend Karma's boy C.J. who is turning 7 tomorrow! This cake was a blast to make. Funny thing is I will be using the same pan to make a Case tractor in May, for my Dad. The hard part about tractors is getting the colors right. I hope I did ok for C.J.

My dad will be a tougher critic on colors!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JORDYN AND C.J.!!!

JO JO's Minnie Mouse Cake!

2009-04-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

Here it is. My niece's 4th birthday cake! I hope she loves it. I know I do.

She has always loved Minnie mouse, and has a couple Minnie mouse dress up outfits. So we had to go with the red with white polka dots! Mickey is actually a candle, but Minnie is a keepsake figurine.

A new wedding cake stand.

2009-04-01T16:45:00.000-07:00

This is a new wedding cake stand that I recently got. I will be using it for a wedding in August. I believe this stand will get a lot of use with in my business.

A cheesecake

2009-04-01T16:37:00.000-07:00

This is a cheesecake I did for a 21st birthday. I hope it was enjoyed.

April is going to be a big month. I have 5 cake orders so far, which is fabulous. It should be a great spring.

Lets say YEAH!! for cake!

2009-03-15T21:35:00.000-07:00

Well spring has arrived and so have the cake orders! I have 2 cakes for next weekend, a yummy devils food with peanut butter filling, and a butter yellow cake with a lime curd filling, that my sister has dubbed the Margarita cake!
I have 3 orders for April, a fabulous Minnie Mouse cake for my niece, cupcakes for her whole class (minnie mouse too!) and a "Call of Duty" (xbox game) cake for my nephew the end of April!

I also have 3 wedding cake order already for this summer, one in June, one in July, and one in August! So keep an eye out for lots of upcoming pictures!

Enjoy and Happy Spring!!!

A cake for February.

2009-02-19T16:32:00.000-08:00

Here is a cake I did today for my Uncles birthday. It is a pretty simple one but it was fun. It is a lemon butter cake, with a lemon buttercream icing!

I hope he enjoys it, and has a happy birthday.

MY Birthday Cake~

2009-01-31T21:17:00.000-08:00

Oh, my I had so much fun with this cake! It was nice to do something that was all for me! It didn't matter what anyone else liked or didn't like, I got to do my favorites and get in some wonderful practice with gum paste flowers! And I have to say that Calla Lilies may be my new favorite flower to make!

Once spring arrives I should get pretty busy, I have 1 in March so far, and a couple in April, and I now have 2 wedding cakes for this summer one in June and one in August. I am very excited to do both.

Hope you enjoy all the pictures

Flowers for my birthday cake!

2009-01-30T19:52:00.001-08:00

I decided since I make big beautiful cakes for everyone else I wanted one for my own birthday this year. Here are a few pics of the flowers I am making for my cake.

My 29th Birthday Cake!

2009-01-25T13:37:00.001-08:00

My 29th birthday is coming up, I will be making my self and orange cake with an orange coconut filling iced with a vanilla butter cream frosting and decorated with some kind of orange sugar flowers. I haven't decided whether to do fondant, gumpaste, or icing flowers.
We are having a big Super Bowl Bash in combination with my birthday party. It should be a lot of fun.
I will post pics when the cake is finished.

cake orders needed

2009-01-23T09:57:00.000-08:00

Ok everybody I need some cake orders. I know there out there I just haven't recieved them yet. I have all of these great creative ideas right now and no orders. Its a bummer. Hopefully things will pick up soon. Let me know if any of you need cake!

mkjohnston2@yahoo.com
208-544-7878

For My New Finnish Friend!

2009-01-07T21:51:00.000-08:00

I have made a wonderful new friend through this blog. She is a mom of 4 from Finland! She also has a blog of cakes. I found, thanks to my wonderful dad, a translation program to change english to finnish and finnish to english. I look forward to learning great things from this wonderful person about herself and her home. I will be adding and updating my blog with a few things in finnish.
This experience has really made me wonder how many people outside the USA are enjoying mine and other great blogsites. It really is a small world sometimes!

My New Suomen Friend! Olen tehnyt hienoa uuden ystävän kautta tämän blogin. Hän on äiti ja 4 Suomesta! Hänellä on myös oma blogi kakkujen. Löysin, kiitos loistava isä, käännös ohjelma muuttaa englanti-suomi ja suomi-englanti. Odotan oppimisen hienoa tämä ihana henkilö noin itsensä ja hänet kotiin. Aion lisäämiseen ja päivittämiseen blogiin, jossa on vain muutamia asioita suomeksi. Tämä kokemus on ollut minua ihmetyttää, kuinka monta ihmistä Yhdysvaltojen ulkopuolella ovat nauttia miinoja ja muita suuria blogsites. Se on todella pieni maailma joskus!

Waiting for Cake!

2009-01-04T15:02:00.000-08:00

Ok so I officially really wish I had a cake order, even a little one. I need to create. I am getting kinda bored. Hopefully now that the holidays are over the cake orders will start rolling in.
Best wishes to all in the new year!

Polar Express!

2008-12-18T22:32:00.000-08:00

I am very pleased with how this cake turned out! It was a blast to make, I am sure my son's 1st grade class will love it!

Figuring out how to decorate each piece was tricky, especially since each train car is 2 pieces and the engine is 4 pieces! There is a total of 30 cake pieces which should keep my son's class of 14 very happy! I truly enjoy making cakes. Each one presents its own challenges and that keeps it interesting!

There would never be a dull moment in life if everyone would just add a little frosting!

ALL ABOARD!!!

2008-12-17T09:12:00.000-08:00

My son is having a polar express themed christmas party at school, so we are making a pull-apart train of mini cakes! I got the pan for these over a year ago and have never used it. I hope they turn out good! The party is this Friday so I will post pics as soon as I can!

Penny Slot Finished!!

2008-12-13T12:11:00.001-08:00

I love how this looks with the pennies on it! I am so very happy with how this cake turned out! I hope Paula hits the Jackpot with one of these pennies! Happy Birthday!

Penny Slot

2008-12-12T22:25:00.000-08:00

Here it is, the Penny Slot! I am so glad this is done! It was so fun. I think I will be hot gluing a bunch of pennies around the bottom of this tomorrow morning so I will update photos then. Happy Birthday Paula, hope you like the cake!

This cake was both challenging and fun. My sweet hubby helped lots on the design! He is such a sweety!

A December Cake!

2008-12-09T20:55:00.000-08:00

Well I spoke to soon! I just got an order for a cake for this Saturday! It should be fun. I will post a discription and pictures in a few days as this is a surprise cake, for a friends wife!

No December Cakes

2008-12-05T20:22:00.001-08:00

As of now I don't have any December cake orders. I hope everyone has a happy, safe, and peaceful holiday.

HAPPY THAKSGIVING!!

2008-11-26T21:34:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I wish everyone a peaceful and delicious holiday!

We will be enjoying Thanksgiving with lots of family and this awesome Almond Roca Supreme Cheesecake!

My family refers to my cheesecakes as "THE 6 POUND CHEESECAKE" they use alot of cream cheese, and a lot of eggs, they bake for over 3 hours and come out delicious and heavy. This one has crushed almond roca in the cake itself, a chocolate graham cracker crust, a beautiful chocolate butter cream edging and is topped with crushed almond roca, sliced almonds and a drizzle of carmel! YUM!

The Girly Cake!

2008-11-21T09:57:00.000-08:00

Well here it is I am very happy with how this cake turned out. I really hope the little girl getting this cake loves it.

The gumpaste flowers and butterflies were a lot of fun to make.

A cute girly cake!

2008-11-18T13:33:00.000-08:00

Ok my cake order for this Friday the 21st is for a "Cute Girly Cake" I am so excited to have free rein on this!
There will be butterflies and glitter and pink! It will be fabulous!

My Boy's 7th Birthday!!!

2008-11-15T21:59:00.000-08:00

I absolutely cannot believe that my baby boy is 7 years old. He is the light of my life and I love him so much. He is a wonderful loving, smart, little man that I was so very proud to make these cakes and cupcakes for!

He chose a Kung Fu Panda theme for his birthday this year so we did some cute panda cupcakes for his class and an awesome Kung fu Panda cake for his big party this weekend.

I think he had a lot of fun, and I know I did!

And lastly here is a photo showing why you should not make an animal cake out of strawberry cake! The large group of 7 year olds thought this looked awesome, most of the adults thought it looked creepy!

Fishing Cake

2008-11-10T20:41:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest cake. It was for a gentlemans 75th birthday. I was told that it was a total surprise to him, and that it was enjoyed by all!

This was lots of fun! The fisherman was quite stubborn, and really didn't seem to want to fish that day. But in the end he had quite a catch even though he did get a bit tangled!

Batting 1000

2008-10-25T20:56:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am just batting 1000 on cake pictures this week. I only got a picture of the monster cupcakes, I also made (but forgot to photograph) mummy cupcakes, and eyeball cupcakes for our local Halloween carnival's cupcake walk. It was lots of fun.

I hope you like this picture, and I should have a picture of the baby shower cake in the next few days!

Baby shower cake!

2008-10-23T15:34:00.000-07:00

WOOOOHOOO!! We have a picture! Ok so this isn't the greatest pic, but I truly appreciate all of Patti's help in getting this picture!
The true colors are, pink on top, purple edging, and pink, yellow and green stars. It was way cute! So glad everyone liked it.

Well this is a first, I finished the cake last night and it turned out just beautiful. It was picked up this afternoon and the client absolutely loved it. I was so happy to have another order finished. Then I realized I NEVER took a picture of the cake!!!! Hopefully the client got a nice picture that she will be willing to send to me, so everyone can see it.
I will post pictures tomorrow of the 3 dozen halloween cupcakes!

cakes are coming

2008-10-21T21:32:00.000-07:00

I have several cakes coming up. This Thursday, I have a cake due for a baby shower, and several dozen cupcakes for our PTO Halloween Carnival this weekend, they will be eyeballs, mummies and monsters! A big turtle cheesecake for my Mother in laws Birthday the weekend of the 1st. Then on the 15th of November I have a spectacular Batman cake for my baby boys 7th Birthday! Now if I could just get the idea for the spectacular Batman cake! Oh, I hope inspiration will hit soon!

More October Cakes~

2008-10-11T22:41:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I was home less than an hour and had a cake order! It was a great vacation, but I am back into the swing of all things cake already. So I finalized an order for a sheep cake on Friday, that was to be due on Wednesday, and then today (Saturday) it was discovered that the sheep cake was actually needed for a party on Sunday (yes tomorrow!!) Needless to say I feel like a frosting monster but the cake is done! Its amazing what you can accomplish when you put your mind to it! I hope this little sheep is greatly enjoyed.

Also on Friday I received an order for a baby shower cake, so another cute teddy bear will be posted here on the 25th or 26th!

Vacation Time!

2008-10-04T19:24:00.000-07:00

I am on a much needed vacation in Colorado, visiting family and attending the wedding of a good friend. When I get back I have to get ready for more cakes! I have 3 big orders for November already, including a 3 or 4 tier all chocolate cake for a 3 year old boys birthday the 2nd of November. His mother told me that the 3rd birthday is very significant in Hispanic culture, and they have close to 200 people invited.
I also have a fishing themed cake for the 8th of November, and a dragon cake on the 15th of November.
It should be a good month.

The stiletto and the handbag.

2008-10-01T12:30:00.000-07:00

Well this one was definately a challenge. I truly hope they enjoy this cake. It was fun to make. It is a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling and a vanilla buttercream icing. I am really happy with how this turned out!

Now I can finish packing so I can leave for Colorado at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow~

Some times I pile way too much on my plate, but in the end it all seems to work out.

The Great Pumpkin!

2008-09-30T12:27:00.000-07:00

The Great Pumpkin has arrived! Oh, My I love this cake! It was so much fun. It has a filling of buttercream and gummyworms! YUM! I Truly hope Alexi loves her cake and has a fabulous 8th Birthday!

Also the sugar (gumpaste) stiletto is done. It is beautiful. I am very happy with how it turned out, and its partner, an all chocolate handbag covered in fondant will be finished tomorrow and I am hoping it will look just as fabulous!

More Cakes!

2008-09-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

Ok so maybe the last week of September will be a little hectic. I am now doing the "Great Pumpkin"cake as well as a "Handbag and Stilletto" cake! I am so excited to do the sugar stilletto! It is going to be lots of fun.
I just hope I can get it all done, and packed to go all in just a week and a half!

The GREAT Pumpkin Cake!

2008-09-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

My one and only September cake (actually due Oct. 1st) will be an awesome jack-o-lantern cake with gummy worms and gummy bugs crawling out of it for a little girls 8th birthday. She is a neighbor friend, and she is very excited about her cake. Her birthday is acutally the 4th (the day after my husbands) and I hope she has the happiest 8th birthday! I will try to post pics on the 1st as I am leaving town on the 2nd! This is going to be a very fun cake!

No cakes for September~

2008-09-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

I have decided to take the month of September off. We had our hardwood floors refinished the first week of September, and are going on a family trip to Colorado the first week of October, so now that my house is back together I can get ready to pack! I will pick back up with a purse and shoe cake the second week of October and will go from there. I am hoping for lots of fall orders. I would love to do a fall themed wedding cake.
I am still passionate about cake decorating but am thoroughly enjoying the time off.

Mom and Dads 40th Anniversary Cake

2008-08-30T21:23:00.000-07:00

Today was a celebration of my Mother and Father-in-laws 40th anniversary. Their actual anniversary is the 5th of October, but this was the only free weekend that we all had! It was a wonderful party. I was honored to make a cake for these two wonderful people who just by falling in love made my whole family possible.

It is truly amazing what an impact the love of 2 people can make on the world. Because of that love, they have 2 great kids, and 4 fun loving grandkids. I hope they enjoyed their party and will keep loving each other till the end of time.

Gregs cakes complete!

2008-08-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

Here they are. It was a great party and I am very proud of my nephew, he has become a great young man. I hope he had a truly happy birthday!

Greg's17th Birthday Cakes!

2008-08-23T22:53:00.000-07:00

Yep my Nephew is 17! And he gets not one but two cakes! I just got them finished tonight, his parties are tomorrow, one for family and one for friends! I hope he has a blast. I will post pics tomorrow night.

Hummingbird Cake

2008-08-16T21:29:00.000-07:00

This cake was ordered by a good friend for her Grandmothers 83rd birthday. Her Grandma loves hummingbirds, so I designed this cake especially for her. I hope she loves it and enjoys turning 83 years young!

Next week I have a basketball court for my nephews 17th birthday and the week after that will be my in-laws 40th anniversary cake!

Its finished and BEAUTIFUL!

2008-08-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

I am so happy with how my 3rd wedding cake turned out. It is more beautiful than I expected. I didn't get to see it assembled and truly "complete" until this afternoon when I set it up at the wedding. I am very proud of my self.

The scariest part for me, was after a good 20 minutes getting it assembled and the flowers attached, we got ready to leave (in the car even) and the mother of the groom approached us and told me that they really wanted the cake on a bigger table! I almost died. I knew there was no way to take the tiers back down, not with the flowers attached, so I offered to help move it in one piece! I honestly felt scared, but my husband helped and it really went smoothly.

I was glad to have the honor of making the cake and wish Kevin and Cari all the best.

#3 is DONE!!!

2008-08-08T13:15:00.000-07:00

Yippee! I am done with wedding cake #3!! I deliver it tomorrow to the South Hills for what I am sure will be a beautiful out door wedding. I wish Cari and Kevin all the best and will post pictures soon.

wedding cake 3

2008-08-07T08:01:00.000-07:00

Well so far wedding cake #3 is going great. It is so exciting to be such a big part of someone special day. Next weekend is a hummingbird cake for a friends gramma, it is going to be really nice.

2 cake orders due on the same day!

2008-08-01T13:00:00.000-07:00

Wow what a week. First up I had two cute little inch worms for our library's final summer reading program, then I found out my sons end of the season swim team party was on the same day. So in just under 48 hours I completed the 2 inchworms and a 3 tier swim themed cake! It was a blast. Everyone loved the cake and a good time was had by all!

Next up is a beautiful 3 tier wedding cake, done in ivory and orange with beautiful flowers and scroll work. I can't wait!

Gabe's 9th Birthday Cake!

2008-07-28T13:08:00.002-07:00

This was a fun cake for my nephew who I am pretty sure is at least half fish himself. He loves to swim and is really great at it! Up next we have an inch worm cake and a cake for our swim team which will be awesome. I love cake!

July/August Cakes

2008-07-18T21:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, so next up for the 20th I have my nephew's 9th birthday cake which will be a tropical fish in a rainbow of colors. Then I am doing a custom cake for my sons swim team party, as well as a bug themed cake for our local library's last day of their great summer reading program.
I also got my 3rd wedding cake order which is for the 9th of August, followed by a hummingbird cake for a friends grandmother, who is turning 83 years young the next weekend. The following weekend in August is my nephews 17th birthday for which I am making a basketball court. And the last weekend in August is my in-laws 40th anniversary party, that one will be at least 2 tiers possibly 3!
I am so happy with all my cake orders! I am glad I chose to follow this dream.