When I was little I always remembered my mom taking the time to make our birthday cakes. We didn't get a store bought cake like kids do today. One of my favorite cakes that my mom made for me was a pink barbie doll cake. You know the one with the barbie in the midle of a cake that was her dress. My mom always laughs and says it looked like a pregnant barbie doll but I just remember loving it. I will have to find the picture from my scrapbook and post it for you later.
As I became a mother myself I longed to have the skills to make a fun cake that my girls would remember for years to come. It wasn't until a neighbor snet out a message on facebook about wanting to do a small cake decorating class in her home one month a couple summers ago. I jumped at the opportunity and couldn't wait to get started. The class was 4 weeks and touched just a little on how to bake a cake properly, cutting and filling the cakes, making frostings and fondant and a few of the piping basics. At the end of the 4 weeks we had to bring a cake baked filled and frosted to decorate. Here is the pic of the cake I did. It was a white cake with raspberry filling (mmmmm my favorite) buttercream frosting and fondant accents.
From that point forward I was a baking fool. I look for any and every chance to bake a cake. Friends and family have began asking for help with birthday cakes to baby shower cupcakes and I am loving ever minute of it. Here are several more of my cakes, ok maybe more than a few ;) you can see my obsession now
Father's Day cake for my husband Dan just a week or so after my cake class. Not too bad for freehanding it my first time.
For Lexi's 6th birthday she wanted a rock and roll princess theme I thought the cake was perfect for her.
Our little Miss Bai Mae had a darling 3 tier pink and green ladybug cake for her first bday. The top tier came off for her to smash and eat at the party.
And for Miss Ally Bear nothing less than a perfectly purple Tinkerbell cake would do. The cake fit her perfectly.
Of coursewhen Lexi graduated Kindergarten we had to celebrate with a cake
My shoe obsessed mother got a high heel cake for her bday. I learned a lot of hard lessons while working on this cake.
Again new babies is a perfect excuse to bake another cake right? lol These cakes were just small 6 in cakes.
A pirate Princess cake for a friend's little girl
Another fun pirate cake just a couple of weeks later.
A real cute cowboy cake. I love how much creativity fondant can give you.
A girly girl cake for a teenager
A girly superhero themed cake. I loved how it turned out. Ignore the finger mark on the cake it happened after delivery.
A cute floppy hat cake for another friend.
If you know my sister you know that music is that girls life! A black and white piano themed cake was the only option I had ;) The bottom tier even plays out the tune Happy Birthday!
A friend was very brave to allow me to do their weeding cake. It was my first but I loved doing it!
When my brother and his wife said they were expecting I wanted to add to my cakes with a fun idea to announce the sex of the baby in a cake. The neutral outside look of the cake makes unwrapping this gift so exciting. When they cut into the cake to serve it to family the pink inside was a great way to tell them the baby on the way was a baby girl.
This is my second wedding cake for a girl who used to babysit my little girls. I had fun making the flowers. The calla lillies are by far my favorite flower to make and to see on a cake.
My nephew is recently taken with outerspace so we made a cute space cake complete with an astronaut. My sister in law requested this cake after seeing the one I did below for a friend.
And the cake fun does not end here. Of course it can't. I have tons more cakes to share with you.
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