Kaylee's Cakes

Because Kaylee is fast approaching another birthday, I thought I would post pictures of some of the cakes that I have made for her over the past couple years. The pictures from her first and second birthday are on "old fashioned" film, and I have no scanner, so these three will have to do. Her fourth birthday cake was not a favorite of mine, though she loved it. I made a tiered cake and on the bottom was a wand and the top had a princess crown. I forgot until it was too late that she wanted a pink cake. My quick fix was to douse the white frosting with pink sprinkles. Not the cutest, but she loved it anyway.

4th Birthday: Gma's chocolate cake

5th Birthday: White cake, two layers; Barbie's dress is a rice krispie molded in a mug.

3rd Birthday: Three layers of white cake (from scratch). This was my first attempt at roses.

Lost and Found!

No, I didn't fall completely off the face of the Earth, just hanging on! I found some pictures that were "lost" on a hardrive that crashed a couple years ago. I just found them last night! Here are a few....

I made this wedding cake for my cousin. It was Grandma Mary's chocolate with Raspberry filling. It was HARD to get the fondant to cover those huge layers! I was in quite a panic about all the flaws on it. The top layer was perfect, until my darling child climbed onto a chair and stuck in a finger! Grr!!! Thank goodness for florists! Isn't amazing how fresh flowers can transform a plain, ugly cake?

My friend's parents were celebrating their anniversary. This cake was gorgeous in the magazine, but really hard! It was the most difficult one I have attempted thanks to the stringwork. I would like to continue practicing. I love the look of stringwork, but it is so hard to get just right!

The flowers are made from royal icing and were sitting atop a small overturned bowl. The top two layers are rice krispies, the bottom was spice cake.