A Sneaky Announcement

This is my 100th post to the cake blog, and I have saved that honor for a special announcement...My mother's birthday is 2/27, and this year my husband and I invited our immediate families over for a big birthday dinner. After dinner it was time for cake...

We presented this cake, with lit candles....

After the initial shock, my mother read the cake aloud to the rest of the family- the perfect announcement for all the Soon-To-Be Grandparents!

 

The initial shock from Mom...

A big realization from Ben's Mom!

Grins from soon-to-be Grandpa, Great-Granny (again), and Great-Grandpa!!!

One more silly thing, notice the colors and numbers on the lower border.... 3 months down (purple), 6 months to go (red).

Gender Reveal Cake

My first ever gender reveal cake! Will it be for a boy or girl?

The parents already knew the gender, so their son got to cut the cake!

Everyone is excited for the news!!!

It's a girl, YAY!

A lot of pink in that cake! I wanted to make sure it was dramatic enough, haha.

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Byrd on the announcement of their little girl!

Poinsettias & a Hippopotamus

Merry Christmas!!! When deciding on a design for Christmas cookies this year I found this wonderful Poinsettia idea over at Sweet Sugarbelle. I absolutely love how they turned out!

"I want a hippopotamus for Christmas...", I was surprised by how many of my family members didn't know this song! This is a sample of a set made with more stockings and hippos.

I really like how the chocolate sugar cookies make the royal icing colors pop!

Christmas Cookies!

Got an order to make personalized Christmas gifts for a friend to give out around her office. Made a baker's dozen for each person, and made the gift a little interactive by making a snowglobe that can have the scene changed before eating it!

Sugar cookies with Royal Icing

Love the melty Snoman letters! Found the perfect sprinkles to make Christmas lights!

Really enjoyed the textured Christmas trees! :)

There were so many letters in Danielle's name, I had to make some originals for her. Like the "N" and second "E"

Gift Cake

A birthday cake, designed like a Christmas gift (to blend in at a Christmas open house, as a surprise for the birthday girl).

My first fondant bow!! The "wrapping paper" is covered with Royal Icing poinsettias. Under all that wrapping is a Spice Cake.

Happy Birthday to Granny!!

Fairy & Butterflies Cake

Ok, so I am not sure what "Dirty" and Fairys/Butterflies have to do with each other. But I am just the cake maker, I don't have to ask questions like that. Ha ha.

The inside is pink! Strawberry Soda cake, with Cream Cheese Icing

Covered the cake with a technique called Cornelli Lace, for "vines." Added a fairy figurine, she is not edible. My attempts at a fairy were unsuccessful, so she was plan B.

There were several sizes and shapes of butterflies on the cake. They were much more sparkly in person.

Added some yellow 'sweet pea' flowers, just as butterfly bait. :)

Old Buzzard Birthday Cake

I would love to say this was my idea, but it wasn't- the client had the design elements all planned out, and what a great idea!

The tombstone looked very plain with just the "40" so I added scrollwork, like how the marble turned out too.

Normally I would warn against black icing, the amount of food coloring needed tends to give it a funny taste. However, I suggested to start with a chocolate cream cheese icing, that didn't take much color to go from brown to this lovely black. That's why the writing and other elements also have brown incorporated.

A Marshmallow Fondant Buzzard. Yes, I made a buzzard out of sugar...didn't think that would happen so soon in my career. haha. Love how he turned out.

"Aren't you happy it's your birthday?! Got any dinner for me?"

A hilarious concept for a cake, hope the birthday girl loved it!