Does anyone out there remember when the Nintendo came out? I mean the real Nintendo. Not anything with an EX or any other letter behind it. It was light and dark grey and you actually had to put cartridges into the machine to play? Remember Duck Hunt? And Super Mario Bros? Wow I was good atContinue reading “Super Mario Bros”
Category Archives: Creative Cakes
M-I-C-K-E-Y
M-O-U-S-E…Mickey Mouse (come on, sing it with me!). Ok, enough of that fun. On to the cake because that’s why you are really here, right? So my oldest daughter turned 9 last week. For her actual party, she requested a Mickey Mouse cake. She really wanted to have her favorite cake which is strawberry butContinue reading “M-I-C-K-E-Y”
Happy New Year
A good friend of mine happens to be a New Years Baby! So this year our families got together to celebrate. She requested something lemony. I made a lemon cake with lemon pudding filling and lemon icing. So I decided to be a little creative with the stacking. It was a fun and festive cake. Continue reading “Happy New Year”
Trains and Holiday Sale
A customer wanted to have a boy and a girl train for a birthday party that she was throwing for her daughter and her friend’s son. I was so excited. This is my most favorite cake to decorate. We decided on red and blue for the boy cake… and pink and purple for the girlContinue reading “Trains and Holiday Sale”
Lemon Tiers
My dad happens to be visiting from Pennsylvania and it happens to be his birthday today. So we decided to do it right! My girls decided that lemon cake would be best. So we made a lemon cake and lemon buttercream icing. I also did 4 tiers. A 2 inch, 3 inch, 4 inch, andContinue reading “Lemon Tiers”
LEGO cake
My daughter is on the robotics team at her school. They built robots out of LEGOs and programmed them to do things. They competed against other robotics teams at UCCS in November. While they didn’t progress to the next level, they did do an awesome job. Tonight was the team’s final meeting. My daughter insisted thatContinue reading “LEGO cake”
Small Tiers
My mom bought me this pan set for an early birthday present. I decided to try it out. First of all I love the way it makes the smallest cakes. There 2 each 4 inch, 3 inch, and 2 inch in the set. I have to say that I am not a fan of dark pans but theseContinue reading “Small Tiers”
Happy Halloween
How about a fun cake for Halloween? I decided to make a chocolate cake and decorate it for Halloween. I tinted some vanilla buttercream violet and iced one 6 inch and one 8 inch cake. I used black tinted buttercream and put some webbing onto the cake. I made 3 spiders out of a black fondant/gumContinue reading “Happy Halloween”
Cake Challenge
Yesterday was the Cake Challenge at Michael’s here in Colorado Springs. I’ve never competed in a cake decorating contest before and it was just amazing. The cakes had to consist of at least two tiers. They could be iced or covered in fondant prior to the contest but not decorated. Up to 50% of theContinue reading “Cake Challenge”
Special Birthday
Some of you may know that I do taekwondo with my two daughters. We enjoy the time together, working out and having fun. Today students in our taekwondo center tested for their black belts. I was asked to make a special birthday cake for one of the masters of the center. His birthday will beContinue reading “Special Birthday”
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