animals animals animals!!!

These are 2 cakes that I made for my cousin Heather. The farm themed cake is for a baby shower. All of the animals, the fence and the flowers are made of gumpaste. I personally love the cows!

This cake is for a meeting that she is having. She works for an all-natural dog food company, so we decided to make a dog bowl. Unfortunately, the dog food I used was not all-natural. It's Reese's cereal! :)

 This was a very special cake to me. My dear friend Katy graduated from KU this spring. This cake represents where she came from, where she is now and where she is headed. The bottom tier is Katy's past. She is from Virginia, so I had to portray the ocean and I used Virginia's state flower-the dogwood. The middle tier represents her present. She spent 4 years at KU and we were so blessed that she did! The top tier is NYC! She is going to be spending her summer there. So proud of you buddy!

The next 2 cakes are for graduations in Eudora, KS. I love the look of a smaller sheet cake and then adding additional servings with cupcakes....but I am pretty partial to cupcakes! ;)

sweet 16!

This was a sweet 16 cake that I made for Sarah! It was so elegant and feminine. I loved it and I think that she did too! It was a classic white cake with fresh strawberry buttercream. My personal favorite!

biggest camicakes order to date!!! 300 camicakes!!!!!!!!!!!

 This order was an adventure!! My uncle has been a music teacher for many years and this year he retired. My aunt threw him a retirement party and ordered 300 camicakes!! I said yes immediately after her asking..........YIKES! How was I going to make 300 cupcakes??

I figured out a secret that I hope to use frequently as I am learning about my business. I kept telling myself : "Just make one batch at a time". And that's what I did. With the help of family and friends, we made those 300 cupcakes and they went over very well. My mom probably has carpal tunnel from making all of those cupcake signs!!

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. James Godfrey!!

 This is my most recent wedding cake. The cake is a classic white cake with vanilla buttercream. I made the 4 tier cake, a full sheet cake and also a grooms cake. The wedding was in Emporia, KS, which is about an hour and a half drive from Lawrence. It was nerve-racking, but with my husband's expert cake driving skills and my sister's mini van - we made it.

finally back to blogging....there is going to be a lot of new stuff!!

These are 3 new cupcakes that I tried out over Memorial Day weekend. It is always nice to be able to use your family as guinea pigs!!

The first is a new spin on the peanut butter cup cupcake. This time I used a white cake base with fudge frosting, peanut butter drizzle and a peanut butter cup on top.

The second is a cupcake version of the southern classic dessert - Bananas Foster. It is a roasted banana cake with a brown sugar caramel/dark rum buttercream with a warm (homemade-not jarred) caramel sauce and topped with a bruleed banana slice.

The third creation is a take on key lime pie. I made a graham craker cupcake (sounds odd, huh?) and topped it with a key lime cream cheese frosting and sprinkles of crushed graham crackers. I had to finish it with a fresh wedge of key lime. The perfect summertime treat!