Elmo

My neighbor asked me to make her son an Elmo cake for his 2nd birthday. So I recalled a cake that Paulette had made a few years back and had planned on doing one like it, however she didn't have a picture for me to go off of but she did find me a cookie monster one similar to what I was trying to do. Anyhow I think it turned out okay regardless. I took the first pic to show what he looked like without the smile and second shows the mouth. I'm not sure which way I like better. I think the only thing I would change would be to make his eyes closer together and touching, but now I know. This was my first time making a cake that had to be a "true red" and I now know that the color deepens with time--so for all of you make your red frosting a day or so in advance it will get darker. This was also a first using this type of frosting tip--used for hair/fur or grass. I had fun figuring all of it out. I really hope Denny loves his special Elmo Cake! I think for my son's b-day coming up I'll try Cookie Monster but we'll see. Thanks Deb for letting me help in his b-day fun!

Frog Cake '08

This cake I made for my son, back in 2008. I totally forgot I made this one. This is my second cake that I made after the monkey cake. I borrowed this idea off the Internet. I wanted to do dark green polka dots however my son wanted red ones (even though it looks pink). It's made from two sheets cakes. One was baked in a round pan and then the other was a regular 9' x 13" pan and then I cut out the legs (two "L" shaped pieces) from it. I also made two cupcakes for the eyes. Then I just frosted it. The mouth is a pull'n peel licorice and the blacks of the eyes are peanut butter cups. We had a whole Frog theme going that day. We made frog puppets that we later used for our party favor bags, we colored frog pics and passed out stretchie frogs as prizes.

iCarly Cake!

iDid it!! So here is the iCarly cake I made for my daughter's birthday last week. The little figures on top are Sam, Carly and Freddy with the camera. I tried a new technique on this one (thanks Paulette for the tips). I learned a few things doing the lettering on this cake and hopefully next time I can do an even better job:)


My daughter loved this cake (she loves anything iCarly). I must say though I really do need to invest (a whole $5) on a metal leveling spatula:) But for those who want to know how I did the lettering I printed the logo off the computer as a reverse image. Then I taped it to wax paper. From there i frosted it and then placed it in the freezer. I should have let it freeze longer but then I just placed it in the center of the cake. I had a slight issue with the "y" so due to me having to touch it up I put an extra layer on top of all the letters, otherwise it would have been completely flat. So it just depends on how you want it to look. (One other tip is to put another piece of wax paper on the back of your image while it's freezing, so that it's level when you put it on top of the cake as well) So there you go!

Fairy Cake

This cake is one off of Amazon. It was fun to make, but kinda challenging. The cake just kept wanting to crumble. I had wanted to do some more flowers in different colors on it but we ran out of time and frosting (I didn't have more time to make more frosting). However all in all it turned out pretty good and more importantly my niece loved it!!



(view from above )

T-Rex

I made this one for my boys birthday this year. It turned out all right considering it was all done free hand, no mold, nothing to really go off of. I had wanted to make it a darker shade of green, however I didn't have the time or money to go and buy the Wilson color flakes that make really bold colors. My boys really liked this cake and thought it was very "creepy". I did have fun making it, but I did start to feel stressed towards the end. It took quite a while.

Super Mario

This cake was made for another cute nephew, Cole. He had a huge Mario phase and we made all sorts of decorations to go along with all of it. The idea for this cake was also from online. It was actually a two-tiered cake, however we decided it would have been too much cake for what we needed. Although it would have been fun to do the two layers. This cake was lots of fun to make. It let some of my own creativity and love of Super Mario World come through.

Soccer Ball

This cake was made for my cute nephew, Gabe. He was on a soccer team at the time and was very big into soccer. I actually made two basically identical cakes. Not too hard to make, however a soccer ball ( as simple as it looks) is not that easy to draw free-hand.

Monkey

I made this cake for one of my boys' 1st birthday. It was the first cake I tried on my own. I can't take the credit for creativity though, I saw this idea online somewhere--as are most of the cakes I've made. It was so yummy. I have the best chocolate buttercream frosting recipe for it thanks to Paulette!

Just for fun!

I have created this blog Just For Fun. Those of you who know me know that I don't have a lot of talents or hobbies and the few that I do have I rarely have time to do them. But one thing that I've started enjoying is making themed cakes for my kids birthdays or family birthdays. Although I haven't gone to school for this (as mush I would love to) and I haven't done this as a career or anything, it is becoming something I enjoy and wanted to share with others. I am hoping that as events come along and as I do more cakes that I can get any tips or ideas that any of you might have. And if I'm lucky maybe I can do a fun cake for any of you! Most the cakes I have made I have had my Sister'n Law Paulette give me a few pointers or she has lent me the right pans or tools. She has her own cake blog as well that I will try to post a link to on this blog as well. She is very talented and much more skilled than I am, and motivates me to always do better. So without further adue... Let's Make Some Cakes!!!