Bandana Baby Shower Cake

Red Polo Cake

Sailboat 1st Birthday

Nautical 1st birthday cake

anchor & life preserver details

View one of the smash cake paired with birthday cake

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Nautical Smash Cake

Nautical cake for a cake smash photoshoot

Little anchor pattern on sides, since the side is mostly what's seen in a smash session

Valentine's Dino Cookies

Annual tradition- hearts and dinosaurs

Black, White, & Red Birthday Cake

Red, white, & black birthday cake for a couple birthdays.

Belt Buckle & Bandana Print

Papa's 83rd birthday party needed a cake! Decided to go with a belt buckle and some bandana print.

Normally the initial would be centered in a belt buckle, but had to leave room for the other cake. A big ol M, Happy Birthday, some Longhorn silhouettes, and a piped rope border to complete the look.

Bandana/Paisley print topper. It turned out the decor for the party was bandanas too- I didn't even know.

All yellow cake, the topper with buttercream, the bottom with chocolate cream cheese icing and some edible silver spray.

"Angry Birds" Cake

Ta-dah, an "Angry Birds" birthday cake.

Yellow cake, cream cheese icing, and marshmallow fondant Angry Bird face. I was told they don't have names, so this is just "the red one." Love how he turned out!

Chocolate & Roses

Yellow cake, chocolate icing, and piped roses

The leaves definitely added to the roses.

A Cake for Mrs. Ruby

Just before Valentine's day of 2013 our community lost a very well respected and loved member, she was an amazing lady- known for her kind spirit, her sense of humor, her generosity (especially with her time), and not least for her cake baking/decorating skills. Our church has an event Valentine's day where the men of the church bake cakes that are sold at live auction to raise funds, and every year Mrs. Ruby's son "made" a cake to donate...though suspiciously many of the years he wasn't even in the country- yet his submission came. That was always a red velvet cake, and always brought the highest price- we all knew who had really made it. This year she was not with us to donate her cake, so in tribute to her I made a cake to donate.

I thought it would be presumptuous to try and replicate Mrs. Ruby's Red Velvet cake, so I made Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing- and old fashioned favorite that I believed would do well.

Mrs. Ruby taught me how to pipe this design, it is called "Cornelli Lace", she even put some on my wedding cake because I love it so much. I think of her every time I utilize this decoration, and am proud to say I did it exactly the way she said it should be done- start in one place, don't touch the lines together, and end in only one place. :)

I think Mrs. Ruby would have smiled at how the cake turned out. And it didn't do too bad at the auction either, she would have been happy about that.

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).