Happy 4th of July!! What an awesome country we live in!! I’m soo thankful for our country (despite the yuckiness that goes on) for we are truly blessed to be free!! I am so thankful for the men and women who have fought for the freedom I enjoy!! A friend of mine asked if I’d […]
Holiday Cakes, Photo Tutorials
This was a first for me…a musical instrument!! A violin – complete with the scroll, the bridge and hand painted curly-ques on the body. What a fun, and challenging cake! My daughter and I have had the privilege of knowing an incredible woman we call Mrs. A this past year! – she was my daughter’s […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
Here it is…my son’s 4-year monster truck cake! This cake turned out to be quite fun! I’m happy with the end result!! The bottom tier is chocolate cake with Reeses peanut butter cup butter cream. The top tier is vanilla cake with Butterfinger butter cream. Both were SO yummy!The checkerboard pattern was created with edible […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
Hi everyone! Whew…this week was CRAZY!!!!!!!!! I first off have to apologize for the lack of pictures I’m going to show you! I had planned on taking a lot of pics, step by step, to show you all the entire process of making the truck. But time slipped away this week! I had two interior […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
I’m creating a monster truck themed cake for my son’s 4th birthday coming up in four days! YIKES! – I can’t believe my sweet baby boy will be four!!!!!! I’ve got the sketch done and a plan of attack ready to go! This is my first vehicle/car/truck type cake, so I’m nervous!!!! I’m learning as […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes
My husband and I love strategy board games!!! We own over a hundred games! It’s a hobby and a passion and has given us many fun evenings with family and friends. We play a lot of games with one couple in particular, Ian and Mindy. Ian’s birthday is today and Mindy comes over on Wednesdays […]
Birthday Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured CakesIf you’d like more information on anything you see in this post and would like me to demonstrate everything you see below, take my Craftsy class! Check out THIS post for more information and pictures on all the things I cover in that class!I get a lot of emails from bakers and cake makers with […]
Buttercream, Fondant, Ganache, Modeling Chocolate, Photo Tutorials, Recipe Tutorials
Today I made two identical little purse cake for a few moms at my daughter’s school. These ladies have blessed me so much with unexpected gifts, cake stands and beautiful hand me down clothes. So, what better way to say thanks than to make them a cake! I had a 9″ single round that was […]
Misc. Tools, Photo Tutorials
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend! I know I am! We started going to church on Saturday nights! Kind of weird in the beginning but now it’s crazy how nice and relaxing our Sundays are…truly a day of rest and play! Love it! This morning my kids and I got out the home made […]
Modeling Chocolate, Photo Tutorials, Sugar Flowers
Last night my husband’s school, St. Thomas More, held its annual fund-raising auction at a beautiful location downtown Portland. Last year I had created the Latin Lady cake for their themed event and raised $600 for the school! This year they asked if I’d take part in the dessert portion again, so of course I […]
Celebration Cakes, Photo Tutorials, Sculptured Cakes