Brindy and Preston's Wedding

Made for a friend's sister. Vanilla cake covered in fondant with gumpaste swirls. The first time I have gotten my Cricut Cake to cooperate with me and very excited with the results! Photo by Suzanne Wright Photography, used with permission.

Future MVP

This cake was made for my cousin's wife's baby shower. The theme was a football theme and I came up with this after finding a few ideas online. I'm super happy with the way it turned out!

Tangled

My daughter requested a Rapunzel cake/party this year and while I wanted to keep it simple, I wanted her to be happy with it. I think this was the perfect way to go. Rapunzel is of course a plastic toy (sorry, but when you are also hosting the party you gotta cut corners somewhere :)), the cake was chocolate by the birthday girl's request, and all other decorations were fondant.

My Little Man's "Ben 10" Birthday Cake

You might remember Garrett's birthday cake from last year. I think it will always be hard to top that one, and luckily this year was an odd birthday year, in which I've designated as the birthdays that only include Grandmas and Grandpas (and maybe a select cousin or two). No big pressure there. But I still wanted to make something special for my little man's 7th birthday. I tried to honor his requests the best I could, and here is what I came up with. One happy birthday boy = one happy mama. :)

Twin Birthday Cake

I grew up with two amazing cousins, Michael and Mishelle, who also happen to be boy/girl twins. They are seriously two of my favorite people and ever since I really got into making cakes I've wanted to make them one for their birthday, I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do. This year I jumped at the chance to make a cake for their birthday bash. So in a joint effort with Rachael (the birthday boy's wife), we came up with a really fun cake. It was a ton of work but also a lot of fun to do. This was cherry chip cake with buttercream and fondant.

Mishelle's side

Michael's Side

Dora the Explorer

This Dora the Explorer birthday cake was for my niece Shelby. I decided to try my hand at homemade fondant this time around and I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to work with and it tasted much better.

Back to Back Weddings

Here are two wedding cakes I did in August. I may have taken on a little too much doing back to back weekends, but when all was said and done I was pretty happy with both cakes. That and the fact that my family is all still living makes it a success! ;)

This was for Shauna and Tyler. Vanilla cake with buttercream and fondant. Fun colors, classic design.

This was for Emillie and Adam. Marble cake with buttercream. First time doing marble cake and I loved it. Also first time to do the offset design. Loved the assortment of flowers she picked, but mostly the hydrangeas on this cake.