Winter Wonderland

A good friend asked me to make a cake for her daughter's birthday, just before Christmas. She had this castle set, from Wilton, and thought it would be perfect.


This is a 2 tier, direct stacked cake. Red and green peppermints make up the border, with red and green M&M's starring as the trim around the windows, doors, and on the turrets. This was tons of fun to put together, and even more fun to see the kids faces.

All Aboard!

My little guy is absolutely crazy about trains. And cars of course. Anything with 4 wheels that goes! Trains seemed like something fun to put on a cake, and I wanted to try a new technique.

Fondant painting! Our little train is hand shaped into the engine, various cars, and the gifts. The paint is simply my paste food coloring mixed with clear vanilla. The alcohol in the vanilla evaporates quickly, allowing the coloring to dry faster.

I had a lot of fun putting this together, like play dough for grown ups. This is a technique I will be playing with again!

Sweet Baby

"Sweet Baby" was for the chocolate loving new mother at her baby shower. Deep, rich chocolate fudge cake with caramel buttercream swirled on top. The chocolate cake has additional pudding mix, chocolate chips, and sour cream for a fantastic cake that's not too sweet.


For top and bottom decoration I used a simple bead border in baby blue.

Baby booties for sweet little baby feet. Also done in buttercream, with little bows and ruffles. A very simple baby shower cake.

Ahoy Matey!

Are you ready for a "lootin" good time? This cake was a perfect pirate cake, and what better treasure than a yummy caramel buttercream under all that fondant. Made for a pirate themed party, this is a full sized sheet cake. Frosted with delicious buttercream and then covered in rolled fondant. I colored the fondant green with cake decorating spray.



A yummy, gummy shark border keeps little hands away! The kids were served a gummy shark with each piece, these were laid in place, not glued with frosting.




The palm trees are made of shaped fondant, with wire reinforcing. Green tinted white chocolate palm leaves are attached to fondant and wire bases. I mounded frosting around the base for added stability and sprayed it green for "bushes".


A friendly little shark patrols the river. A little far upstream aren't you? With crushed graham cracker sand, and piping gel tinted blue for water, this little stream is a yummy mouthful.
The treasure chest candle was found at a local party supply store.

Another Graduation

One of the parents of the church group teens asked me to make a cake for her daughter's private party. She also wanted a personalized picture of her daughter, throwing her hat and holding her diploma. The diploma is fondant, rolled into a tube.


A "Funfetti Border", was a lot of fun to do.

To add color to the side, I added orange curliques with black dots. She loved the look of the cake.

Here Kitty!

This cute little kitten graced a little girl's birthday with her presence. I modeled it after her cat, a tabby striped calico with blue eyes.

This pan is "Animal Crackers", by Wilton. The shaped pan has rounded ears, for teddy bears. I shaped the points with frosting. Those two were some of the favorite pieces!

A Swimming Good Time

My son, for his 4th birthday, requested a "waterpark cake". As luck would have it, I had just recieved a magazine, with this cake on the cover.

This was a difficult cake to put together. The top layer of the cake had a cutout section, shaped like a jelly bean. I put the two layers together and poured almost set jello into the cutout. I piped little swimsuits onto teddy grahams, and used blue M&Ms for the border. The water slide is heated Airhead candy, shaped and positioned, with melted white chocolate to fill it. Blue sprinkles on top simulate water. The sand is graham cracker crumbs. This was a big hit, with children and parents alike.