2 birthdays and Father's Day

Some of my family got together to celebrate my sister's 30th birthday, my nephew's third birthday, and to honor my dad and bro-in-law for being amazing fathers. We had delicious dinner at Claim Jumper (yumm), and I made 3 cakes. Isaac's cake (lightning mcqueen) was funfetti with vanilla buttercream. My sisters cake and the father's day cake were both chocolate, one with mocha mousse, and the other with fresh strawberry. They were all delicious, and I am so pleased with how each of them turned out!!

Cake Balls

So, these have been my latest experiment. I like to read other blogs about cakes, and this is something that I've been seeing a lot lately on all the blogs, so I decided to try to make them. They're pretty easy, but this was my second try because the first time was a semi-disaster. They are French Vanilla buttermilk cake with chocolate buttercream and milk or white chocolate coating on top.

Whitney's Princess Book

My neighbor's boss is hosting a baby shower for her tomorrow. They work at a book store, so her boss hired us to make a cake for the shower. I felt very honored to be able to make this cake, because Whitney is one of my very close friends! Her baby is going to be a girl, and her name is going to be Katarina Marie. I'm very pleased with how this cake turned out. It is a french vanilla cake with fresh strawberry filling, vanilla buttercream, and marshmallow fondant. I painted the castle and the words with luster dust and petal dust mixed with clear vanilla, so everything is edible. This is our third attempt at fondant, and I'm most happy with this one. I hope I keep getting better with the fondant. Thanks Paula for asking us to do the cake, and thanks Whitney for having a baby!!!

Ice Cream Cones

My Mother in Law made gift baskets for her co-workers for the end of the year and hired us to make hot fudge sauce and caramel topping, so I threw in some ice cream cone cookies. The cookies are decorated with lemon royal icing, so I tinted the ice cream icing yellow and topped them all with rainbow sprinkles (my favorite). I made the caramel and fudge from scratch and then canned them so they don't have to be refrigerated until they're opened. Thanks for checking it out!

Happy Anniversary to my in-laws!!

My in-laws celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on May 30th, so we had the family over for dinner tonight, and we made an anniversary cake for them. We are so grateful for their wonderful marriage, and I am so thankful that they had Matthew!! Happy Anniversary! The cake is apple spice with vanilla buttercream frosting. It's all non-dairy because my brother in law is allergic to milk.

dessert and a graduation

We went over to our neighbors house for dinner so I made a cake, double chocolate with peanut butter cream cheese frosting. It was delicious, and very decadent. We also made cupcakes for our friends graduation party. There was double chocolate with peanut butter cream cheese frosting, and apple spice cupcakes with spicy vanilla buttercream. They were all delightful!!

Kindergarten

My Mom and sister ordered cookies for both their kindergartens end of school parties. My Mom wanted her cookies to say "K rocks, 1st rules," standing for Kindergarten rocks, but 1st grade rules. They were a lot of fun, and very summery!

Brandon and Kim's wedding

Matt and I went to southern California this weekend for our good friends, Brandon and Kim's wedding. Matt was one of Brandon's groomsmen, and I got the pleasure of making their wedding cake. I was very pleased with how the cake (and cupcakes) turned out, and B. & K. liked everything too.

Happy Mother's Day

I made cookies for my Mother-in-law, Grandmother-in-law, and next door neighbor (her baby's due in August).  I was very pleased with how they all turned out.

A Baby Shower

A client ordered duckling cookies for a baby shower she was hosting.  Also, a picture of the box they were delivered in.  Thanks so much Elaine!

Bachelor Party

I made cookie favors for a bachelor party last weekend, and they were pretty cute; a bunch of bras and panties.

New Recipes

I made some new recipes and here they are.  The first is banana cake with peanut butter frosting...so yummy!  And the second is cherry-almond cake with almond buttercream, also delicious!

Bridal Shower Cookies

We also made cookie favors for B & K's shower today.