Earth Day

I was so disappointed today when I remembered it was Earth day... at 5:00pm. Much too late to whip up my fabulous tradition of Earth Cake! This began when I was making a cake for my cousin-law's birthday. I looked at the calendar and noticed that his Birthday happened to be on Earth Day.... so clever me, I made him an Earth cake and wrote "Happy bEARTHday" on the side. Yeah, I thought I was pretty clever. So then, I made one the next year for my family and we celebrated. I was pretty sad to have to forgo the tradition this year. I am sure my pal, Amme will be disappointed too.

Grandma's Cake

My Grandma turned 80 this year and I volunteered to make the cake. I had to transport it to Idaho Falls. It made it there with few casualties thank goodness, but I need to invest in a heavy board for these large cakes. Each time I picked it up the frosting cracked. Oh well. It was very yummy!!! I love it when I get to eat my cakes. :) I was very worried about the color combinations on this cake, but I really like the way it turned out....especially the effect of the bright pink against the yellow tablecloth.

It's hard to see, but the roses are white with pink highlights. I tried to do the "fire and ice" look. It turned out fairly well.