pretty sweet cakes-under construction

whoa, it's been so long!!

2010-06-20T06:40:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been so long, I have been overwhelmed with cakes/school/family/friends... but I'm baaack!!! Thank you guys for keeping me busy!! I have a few new things going on with the cake business:

1. I now have an assistant named Taylor. She will be booking all orders for me and helping with the cakes themselves. She is VERY organized, unlike myself, and I feel that she is going to help my business tremendously! THANK YOU TAYLOR! :)

2. I have a real website in the works, I will let you know as soon as it is up!

3. I will be running various weekly specials!

I would greatly appreciate any feedback and ideas that you guys have : ))

I am trying to arrange all of my cakes into mini galleries, so check back soon :)

boys, boys, boys!!!

2010-02-19T15:39:00.000-08:00

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
-- Author Unknown

spongebob cake for a friend's son :) cake is frosted in

buttercream, face, tie, arms & legs are fondant.

cupcakes for my nephew's basketball team.

"Cars" cake.. frosted & decorated in buttercream/signs & road are

fondant/car is made from melted chocolate.

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birthday cupcakes for a little boy's class :)

cakes & cupcakes !!

2010-01-21T19:51:00.000-08:00

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful" - Herman Cain

these are called "high hat cupcakes".. i made vanilla & chocolate cupcakes, frosted them with a swirl of buttercream & then dipped them into chocolate... i know, i know- they remind you of the dairy queen ice cream cones :)

Mmm.. lots of the high hats :)

This is what the inside looked like..

baby girl shoe cupcakes for a baby shower

baby girl bib cupcakes for a baby shower

happy birthday cupcakes

early valentines day cupcakes.. i love the "xo" sprinkles !

these remind me of the sugar cookies you get at that cookie place in the mall.. they are my favorite!!

more happy birthday cupcakes

this cake was supposed to resemble a little girl's "american doll." they had matching outfits :)

This was a dark chocolate cake covered in vanilla buttercream, THEN covered with chocolate ganache & decorated with chocolate decorations. YUM chocolate :)

jello shot/margarita & lime cupcakes for some friends' birthdays :)

Scooby Doo birthday cake. Everything is buttercream except for Scooby, he is made from chocolate :)

Birthday cake with gumpaste flowers

Thanks for looking :)

happy new year !!

2010-01-05T10:47:00.000-08:00

As the New Year begins let us pray that it will be a year with peace, happiness, and abundance of new friends. God bless you throughout the year.

I hope everyone had a safe and exciting new year's eve!! i know everyone's SO excited to go back to work/school.... haha!

Here is a birthday cake for a very very close friend of my family. You could say she is like a second mom to me, so I wanted to make her a cake as pretty as her :) I do not know what kind of flower that is, i just wanted to make a big flower..

I already had a picture of this cake on here, but everyone has "heard" about the picture of the inside so I thought I'd go ahead and put the picture. Mmmm...

This is a birthday cake for a friend's birthday. Her boyfriend "secretly" asked me to make it & then told her. haha.. It's the thought that counts, right? :) it was sweet...

I made my daughter and her friend a little personalized girly cupcake. & yes .. I let her eat the whole thing (my friends will be surprised by this) haha..

This is a throwback Florida Gators helmet for a boy's birthday.

'Tis the Season : )

2009-12-25T19:39:00.000-08:00

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." -Burton Hillis

I hope everyone is having a great Holiday with friends & family. The fact that another Christmas has came and gone is absolutely insane!! Again, the quality of the pictures are somewhat poor because they were taken on my cell phone.
Christmas Present cake for a friend's annual Christmas party.

I made this for a friend to bring to her family's Christmas dinner.

I love the penguins' personalities : )

If you LOVE chocolate, you must ask me to whip up these cookies for you!! :)

Christmas dinner tray of assorted types of rice krispies treats

Pecan Pie Bars w/ Chocolate Chunks

Two Weddings & a Birthday

2009-12-25T19:04:00.000-08:00

Forgive me for the quality of my pictures for the next couple of weeks. My camera broke so I have been taking pictures on my cell : (

2009-12-13T18:50:00.000-08:00

Hello Kitty Cupcakes for a friend's daughter. The letters are sugar cookies & the kitty heads are cake balls covered in white chocolate.

Close-up of Hello Kitty cake balls

Birthday cake for a friend's boss. She loves cats!!

Close-up of the little kitty.. He is made from fondant.

Dump truck cupcakes for a friend's nephew's birthday.

Cake for a bible study group of little girls.

happy birthday mom :)

2009-12-13T17:44:00.000-08:00

A brief moment of darkness

was all I knew

Before Heaven’s Gate

came into view.

Loved ones and friends

I had missed for many years,

Welcomed me with open arms

and many happy tears.

All the hurt, fear and pain

that I have ever known,

Is gone from my life,

I am finally home.

I gazed upon the Lord’s

sweet smiling face,

And for the first time in my life

I knew and felt His grace.

I know that you miss me,

but please dry your eyes.

I will always be watching and loving you

from my home in the sky.

A cool breeze on your face,

a touch of light rain,

I will send as a reminder

that we will be reunited again.

Life on earth is but one

brief moment in time,

I am finally home,

eternity is mine

Always Remembered :) love you.

11/30/66-3/17/06

On St. Patrick's Day 2006 my mother passed away. Enough time has passed now that instead of mourning her death, I have learned to celebrate her life. This year we had a birthday "party" for her. I had my closest friends and my In-Laws over for dinner which, of course, was followed by CAKE! My mom absolutely loved Butterfinger candy bars, so her cake was a butter cake with a layer of crumbled Butterfinger, covered with Butterfinger buttercream frosting, then sprinkled with more crumbled Butterfinger on top! I promise it was not a Butterfinger overload! It was incredibly delicious, and I know she would have LOVED it :)

11/25-11/28

2009-11-29T21:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Late Thanksgiving!! Hope everyone had a great holiday, was surrounded by loved ones & enjoyed all of the food!! I know I did- I weighed myself before I ate & after- After I weighed 4.3 lbs more.. Oops! Here are the cakes for the week...

This cake was for a friend's bridal shower. Her wedding colors are lapis (dark purple) & silver. I wanted to do a simple but elegant design. The squiggly lines are called cornelli lace.

This is my turkey cake that I brought to our family's house for Thanksgiving. This is the funniest cake I've made.. People kept poking it, & one woman whacked it with her whole hand because she thought it was a plastic turkey!! Haha..

This is a cake for a man who likes football, & he likes the Dallas Cowboys (Gooo Cowboys!!- They actually WON the day I made this.. Hmmm...). It had to be fairly simple because it had to travel six hours. This is all cake, & the football is covered in fondant. "Jefe" is Spanish for chief, & he was a chief in the Navy so his friends have always called him Jefe.

These were for Thanksgiving. Charlie loves eggnog, so I made Cinnamon cupcakes with eggnog buttercream. YUM :)

These were also for Thanksgiving. These pumpkin pie toppers were very popular this year.. They are soo cute!

MORE Thanksgiving cupcakes... These were Vanilla Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream.

"Get Well" cupcakes for a man who had some cancer removed. Hopefully these helped cheer him up :)

Hope you enjoyed these cakes & cupcakes :) Have a great week everyone!!!

2009-11-22T19:56:00.000-08:00

This is an open present cake for a friend of a friend.
Everything is edible.

This is a birthday cake for an 18th birthday. She wanted zebra stripes somewhere on the cake & for the main colors to be pink, black, & white. I just kinda winged it as I went & this is the result : )

BLOG UPDATE

2009-11-17T06:56:00.001-08:00

As you can see, I've been working on my blog.. It's not finished, so pardon the look for right now :)
I'll have it done ASAP :)

11/13/11-14 Cakes

2009-11-16T12:55:00.000-08:00

PHEW!! I absolutely love "caking," but I had lots of orders this weekend!! I am exhausted, time to sit back and relax... & think about upcoming cakes :) haha!

So, here they are!! :)

recently..

2009-11-11T13:30:00.000-08:00

One of my best friend's dad has been in the ICU for a little while, and the staff was absolutely amazing. Her family was impressed by how attentive and caring the staff was, so they wanted to do a little something for them. I made these cupcakes to say "Thanks" :)

2009-11-11T10:29:00.000-08:00

This is a Hershey's Bar cake for one of the cutest kids I've ever seen named Stephen. He is OBSESSED with Hershey's. The cake is chocolate, frosted in vanilla buttercream, then covered with chocolate ganache. The letters are made out of white chocolate. & I know the 's is missing.. i mis-measured :(

HALLOWEEN :)

2009-11-02T10:38:00.000-08:00

2009-11-02T10:17:00.000-08:00

More cakes. Suprised? haha..

Birthday cake for a friend who loves chocolate covered strawberries. I call this one "Heaven" :)

My sweet husband has started helping me :) (& enjoying it!) He is very good too!!

Slot machine cake for a bridal shower. She is getting married in Vegas, so the shower was Vegas themed.

MORE Cupcakes!!

2009-10-29T17:59:00.000-07:00

I love making cupcakes.. they are just so cute :) It's nice to be able to whip up a batch on short notice or for my daughter & her little friends. I've been having "cupcake photo shoots" & my husband thinks that is pretty funny.. haha.

More Cakes :)

2009-10-29T17:53:00.000-07:00

I haven't had internet for a couple of weeks & it was KILLING me!! So I am going to catch up in the next few days. Here are three cakes that I have recently made.

This was for a 1st birthday party. I loved the little animals :)

Firetruck cake for a child's birthday at the fire station.

This was a cake for a bridal shower. Love green & pink together :)

Miscellaneous Cakes & Sweets

2009-10-05T19:06:00.000-07:00

For my sister-in-law's going away party. The design on the side is called cornelli lace. I like this one; I think it looks classy :)

This was my first time ever making cheesecake, & I figured out it is more fun to make cheeseCUPcakes! Here, I am trying to learn how to be a photographer. Yeeahh... definitely not there yet!

Again, playing with cheeseCUPcakes & photography.

I thought this picture actually came out better than they usually do. These are Linzer cookies with a peach preserve filling. (maw-in-law made the preserves!!)

If you like chocolate, this is the cake for YOU! It is 6 layers of dark chocolate cake, dark chocolate & milk chocolate mousse filling, thick chocolate fudge frosting, topped with chocolate ganache. MMmmmmm :)

This was my first topsy turvy cake. I was trying to make it as girly as possible. It didn't turn out perfect, but I learned a lot from it.

CUPCAKES!!

2009-10-04T21:22:00.000-07:00

I didn't used to take pictures of cupcakes I made, but recently, I, myself, have fallen into the cupcake craze :)

I like girly things, & I LOVE cupcakes with cute little bows!!

Swirly frosted cupcakes.

First time making ribbon roses.

Even though they are simple, I think they look mermaidish or something. haha!

Again, bow cupcakes :)

children's birthday cakes

2009-10-04T21:08:00.000-07:00

These are some cakes I have made for little ones' birthday parties.

This was a Little Einsteins cake for a 2 year old. Everything is edible except for the rocket on top. The faces are made out of the fruit flavored tootsie rolls & fondant. I usually frost all of my cakes in buttercream.

This was a Madagascar themed cake for my nephews 4th birthday.

Beach themed cake for a boy's first birthday. Everything is edible.

This was a sweet themed cake for my daughter's birthday. The kids got to some of the lollipops on the bottom before I could take a picture. Everything is edible except for the 2.

My first helmet cake. I know I will get better at this every time I try.

Birthday cake for my sister-in-law. This was done very hastily, so it looks van gogh-ish.

Birthday cake for a girl who said to do whatever I wanted, so I tried my hand at paisleys. I need some more practice :)

Georgia Bulldog helmet for a friends birthday. Everything is edible on this cake.

This was a sweet 16 birthday party. This is also my favorite cake I have ever done.

first cake order :)

2009-10-04T20:23:00.000-07:00

I decorate cakes because it's a challenge and I enjoy it more than any hobby I have ever had. I wish I had time to make cakes every single day... it would never get old! I thought that a cake was just a necessity at birthday parties, baby showers, weddings, etc... I didn't realize the reactions a cake could get. I didn't know that something like a cake could make the bride cry (happy cry.. hopefully!) or make every single kid at a birthday party say "WHOOAA!!!" or complete a baby shower. I didn't know that making something as simple as cake could make me feel so good about myself.

This was a wedding cake for a family friend. It was my first cake that I made for someone besides my family. I learned this day what an impact CAKE makes & it just spiked my passion.

First Blog Ever...

2009-10-03T21:37:00.000-07:00

I thought that starting a blog would be "a piece of cake" if you will, but after about 28 hours of getting absolutely nothing accomplished, I accepted that I was wrong. This blogs purpose is to showcase cakes that I have created, & I will probably succumb to conceit & talk about my loving husband, beautiful daughter, & everything else that's wonderful in my life. :) So I guess I should start off with a little about myself. I am a 22 year old mother, wife & student. Due to the recent merciless economy, I am newly unemployed. Being unemployed has its perks though, such as sitting on the computer for hours learning how to blog! I have been able to enjoy more time with my husband and daughter, as well as cultivate my passion for baking & decorating cakes. I am not sure what I want to be "when I grow up," but I do know that I want to continue baking for people, whether it's in my big fancy bakery, or out of my own kitchen.

Please bear with me while I figure out the whole blog thing, & also let me know if you have any tips or suggestions on making this feel less awkward.

Other than that, enjoy the cakes :)