Miscellaneous

This was for our home school cooperative's year-end celebration. HOPE stands for Helping Our Parents Educate. I made this cake with my favorite dark chocolate frosting and just added black food coloring for the "chalkboard."

I made little items with fondant that represented different classes. These were for Outdoor Survival, Literature Appreciation, Chamber Orchestra and Home Economics.

These were for Art, Human Foosball, Volleyball and Soccer.

And obviously, Drama. I am inordinately proud of these. :)

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"Deacon Cakes" probably doesn't need it's own posting. :) This cake was SO good...half white, half chocolate, with pastry cream and raspberry filling - and frosted with my signature dark chocolate frosting.

High School Graduation in their school colors.

An inside look of the graduation cake...this is how you do half chocolate and half white!

A cake to thank a friend for letting us borrow his circular saw. The design is made with a flooding technique.

A cake for a farewell party for a Marine.

I loved making this cake...it was for a friend's birthday. It was very decadent, and looks so masculine!

An inside look at one of my most popular flavors...chocolate truffle with raspberry.

Another favorite flavor...lemon curd and raspberry...

Anniversary Cakes

This was for an anniversary/re-committment ceremony.

50th Wedding Anniversary...carrot cake and cream cheese frosting.

60th Wedding Anniversary - the flowers are fondant brushed with edible silver dust.

Wedding Cakes

Perfect for a summer wedding! I loved how simple this cake was, but was surprised to find that "simple" is much harder to do than something with more designs on it!

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These next cakes I made for sisters that had a double wedding. It was such a neat experience! We decided to have their cake designs match, but they were able to choose their own styles and colors. I wish I had a picture of the cakes together - it was pretty impressive!

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I was so excited to do this cake! It's so different from most other's that I've done. And I love FOUR tiers...it definitely gave the cake more presence! The flowers are fondant, and the bow and ribbon are silk.

A close up of the 12" tier. I think this cake would be beautiful in any color matching the bridesmaids dresses. Guess what color the dresses were for this wedding?! :-)

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I love white-on-white designs.


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Elegant and simple.

Same cake, after adding roses and petals.


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I love, love, LOVE groom's cakes! (probably because I'm a chocolate lover. :)

The matching bride's cake.


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Close-up of the design of the next cake (actually a 50th anniversary cake). The pearls were not edible.

I thought the contrast of the champagne and white was so pretty. This was a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.


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A summery, out-door wedding.

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The monogram and snowflakes are made from royal icing. The topper is fondant.


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I barely ever get to do roses on wedding cakes anymore!

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This is one of my favorite cakes. I used edible pearls. The bows are fondant. The lilies are not edible - they are silk.



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The colors and design of this cake matched the bride's dress.

A close-up of the top.



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This cake was picked up from my house, so I never got a picture of it assembled!! I wish I had...I thought it was so pretty...

Child Birthday Cakes

This is a BIG cake and will feed 60 people. The monkey face and flowers are fondant.

A one-year old has to have her own cake to smash!!

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My first ever quincenara cake.

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For my Civil War history buff. :-) One cake is white, one is chocolate. Both flags are authentically detailed after Civil War battle flags.

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A 5-year-old "Princess" cake.

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This was for my own princess. The water is blue cellophane, and there are gummy fish "swimming" in it.

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You can see the birthday plate I copied for this party in the bottom-right corner. I also make a separate decorated "mini-cake" for the birthday baby to smash!

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The "dirt" on this cake is crushed Oreos. The boys thought the battle scene was pretty cool!


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This cake served about 50-60 people.

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The "black" frosting for the panda is actually a really fantastic dark chocolate frosting...this was one yummy cake! (the adults should enjoy it too :)

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The Barbie is obviously not edible...but the dress is. Kids seem to love the chewy texture of fondant!

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This was a pink strawberry cake...a bit sweet for me, but the kids always seem to like it.