Zelda Groom's Cake

Oh my goodness. If anyone ever asks you to be in their wedding, and then to make the groom's cake, only say yes to one. Talk about stressed!!

But it got done!! The groom designed it and I brought it to life! I think he was very happy with it. When he saw it he whipped out his phone, started playing a dub-step version of the Zelda theme song and danced!! It was too funny!

I had a lot of set backs with this cake. Mostly with the sword. Everything else went just as planned but the stinking sword just would not work. But I eventually figured it out. Unfortunately, by the time I did figure it out, I did not have the time to add the detail that I wanted. I barley had time to get my dress and get to rehearsal (where I passed it along to someone who brought it to the wedding.)

Other than the sword I was very happy with how it turned out.

My favorite part of the whole cake!!

It is hard to see in these pics but the rock looked great! It had a grey and black marble effect going on and was lumpy and uneven. I was very happy with how it turned out. I will try to get better pictures from others. The lights were out when I got to sneak down and snap a few pictures so the light is coming from the window behind it. Not great for pictures.


The cake was confetti cake (the groom's favorite), with a butter cream icing (with sprinkles of course). The shield is a brownie covered in butter cream and fondant. The Sword is rice crispie treats with butter cream and fondant.

Watermelon Cake

I made this cake for our church picnic!

I wanted to get a picture of it once it was cut into. It was all pink/red and had chocolate chips throughout. But it sat out in the heat for a couple hours while we had our service. So by the time we cut into it, it was pretty much a melted mess. But it still tasted good! So no worries=)

The only thing I would have done differently?
 MORE CHOCOLATE CHIPS!! haha! I hardly ever make an unflavored cake, so I would have either made it strawberry, or added more chocolate chips.














Nathan was working and so he didn't get to come to the picnic. He was upset that he didn't get any cake so I made three cupcakes, thinking that he could have some tomorrow too (or maybe I could even have one *gasp*).

They lasted all of 8 minutes. Well, I guess they must have been good!!=)

Wedding shower cake

This is the wedding shower cake I made last night. I intentionally chose a simple design because I knew I would not have much time to decorate. I get home from work at 5 and the party was at 8.

But for some reason, everything with this cake went wrong.

Thing 1 - I baked all the cakes Tuesday night so they would be ready to be decorated. I stuck the last one in the oven kind of late, so my hubby (who was staying up anyway) said he would take it out when the timer went off. Well, in my half-asleep state of mind, I read 'baking-soda' as 'baking-powder.' When I got up the next morning The cake was terrible. It had not fluffed up at all. I had to throw it out and make another one before I went to work.

Thing 2 - I also made my icing before I went to work. I use a recipe that calls for cooking and then letting it set in the fridge to firm up and I wanted to give it plenty of time. Again, something went wrong and when I got home it was the consistency of pudding. It tasted great!! But it would not work. Hubby to the rescue!! Or at least, hubby to the store...... to buy frosting. =(

Thing 3 - At this point I am feeling like we can do this! The cake is dirty iced and covered in fondant. All I have to do know is decorate it and frost the cupcakes. So hubby (isn't he great?) said he would do the cupcakes, and I start piping away. He used a pipe bag too to make swirls on the cupcakes. Not three cupcakes in and his bag busts at the seam. (He is a bit of a hulk anyway so I didn't think much about it). Then mine does too. Ugh....

Oh well.... With a little improvising this is what we ended up with.

It definitely is not my best work, but considering the time crunch and all the little snags, I am pretty happy with it.

I love the black and white.... so classy and romantic!!=)

To see how to make a heart shape cake without a heart shaped pan click here.

Dalek Cake

One of my best friends got married this weekend. I was honored to be in the bridal party. It was a beautiful ceremony and she looked amazing!
For years she had said that she was going to use dalek cake toppers. I was so impressed that she really did!!

This is not a cake that I have made but I just had to share the pictures. I am sure many of you will not understand the reference, but for those of you who do, it is just too funny to pass up.

You will have to excuse the quality of the pictures. Although the bridesmaid's dress did have pockets, I still did not want to carry around a big bulky camera in them. So these were taken with my phone.

For those of you who do understand the reference I also have to tell you about the best man's speech. It was funny and heartfelt the whole time, but as we raised our glasses to the happy couple he ended his speech with this, "And remember, turn left and don't blink."

Oh My Word, I died a little. =)

Rubber Ducky Cake

Here are the pictures of the rubber ducky cake. I was so pleased with how it turned out. Everything is edible except the duck. The bottom is a very rich devil's food cake with chocolate ganache filling and frosting (yum!). I was super nervous about how it would taste since I have never made ganache before. It turned out great but I think I learned a few tricks to make it better next time.

I think one of the kids started poking and picking at the "1" and the pink circle. But it held up alright.




The tub was a white cake. I colored half of the batter blue and then swirled it together to look like a bubble bath the whole way through. I thought it looked really cute!

The original plan was to use blue fondant for the water and bubbles too, but once I dirty iced the cake with the blue frosting I realized it looked so much more like water. The bubbles turned out better with frosting too.

I learned a lot while making this. For instance, the cake I used as a base was not sturdy enough to have such a heavy cake on top of it. You can't see it much in the picture but it made the cake very lopsided. But it still turned out great and my next one will just be even better for it!

I also made a blue punch with pineapple sherbert and floated some duckies in it too. I didn't get any pictures of that though, there were always people in line for it!! It tasted so good! 


Hope you like it! If you have any tips or comments I would love to hear them!

Barbie Cake

My cousin's little girl just had her first birthday!! The theme was rubber duckies, so of course I made a rubber ducky cake (pictures to come). But there is a tradition in my family. One that has stood the test of time for three generations!! My Grandma has made a Barbie Doll cake for every daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter's first birthday (there aren't many boys in our family, not sure what we will do when we have those). Well for the past few weeks my Grandpa has been in and out of the hospital, so she asked me to make the Barbie cake!! Umm.... YES! I love tradition. And I love that I get to pick up this one and continue it for the next three generations.


So here it is!!

I used a Pampered Chef glass measuring bowl to bake the cake. The dress still wasn't quite tall enough (although it was the perfect shape) so I baked an 8" round for the bottom. Perfect =)

I didn't spent too much time decorating this one, because the best part of the tradition is that the guest of honor gets this cake all to herself in her highchair. I didn't get any pictures of her after she had really dug into it and made a mess (I was cutting the other cake) but I will try to get some from others and post them too.

I think it is safe to say she liked it. I think big sister may have been a bit jealous too. =)

Mother's Day

There are few women in my life that I love and respect as much as my mamma and mother-in-law. When I strike it rich these two women will be spoiled as often as I can.
But for now I baked them a cake.
It is the kind of gift that means a lot. It may not have been expensive, but I spent a lot of time into planning what to make and even more energy into making it look pretty=).

Happy Mother's Day!!

Hannah's Bridal Shower Cake!

I was asked to throw a Bridal shower for one of my best pals!! Which I of course said yes to! How could I pass up the chance to make her blush repeatedly and throw a party? Plus I have been wanting to try a recipe for Marshmallow Fondant. Here is a 'how-to' for this cake.

I quickly fell in love with this theme. But could not find it anywhere in town, only online. I hate paying shipping if I can at all avoid it but decided it would be the unofficial theme any way!

So my plan was to make the cake similar to this and decorate in blue, white and black. It turned out gorgeous!! (more pics will come later)


So after a few rough sketches, this is the design I settled on...

I made the Fondant the night before I made the cake. It was a lot of trial and error, but it turned out alright in the end.



First to make the heart shape (because I don't have a heart shaped pan and I hate spending money), I used a nine inch square pan and a nine inch circle pan. I turned the square diagonal to make the diamond shape and then cut the circle in half, putting a half on each side to make a heart. Like so....

I knew I wanted a layer of pineapple filling in between two layers of cake but I hate having to torte a cake. So I put half of a box of cake mix in each pan to make a very shallow cake. Then I piped icing around the edges and where the two cakes meet, and filled it in with the pineapple. Then made another box of mix and another layer!!

After adding the second layer of cake, I dirty iced the whole cake. It doesn't have to look good because it's going to get covered up anyway! It is amazing how much faster you can go when you don't have to worry about appearance.

Then I rolled out my fondant and decorated my cake!!

It was a hit!!

Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think!!