Friday, June 17, 2011

Cakes and tan lines

Well, we've hit the 90s every day this month which doesn't make our lives easy in cake land. Humidity has a dramatic effect on fondant and the heat makes for stressful deliveries. I love summer. I love the the sun, the lake, the water, everything about summertime is wonderful memories to me. But I would much rather make cakes in the winter.
But people need cakes in the heat just like they do in the cold, if not more. It seems like there are more birthdays and weddings throughout this season than any other. Or maybe I'm just trying to cram laying out and snow cones into my cake schedule. Either way, we are doing both as much as we can. Here are a few as of late:

 5-0 birthday cake
 Baby bottle shower cake and mini cupcakes

 Eeyore first birthday
Eeyore aerial view with cupcakes
And a little of my other favorite hobby :)

More creations to come later! Forward this blog to all your friends and family. And feel free to comment! I've had no comment thus far, I'm starting to think no one reads this.....hello.....helloooo...

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Wedding Season means Cake Season

We have been crazy busy the past couple months. Bridal shower cakes, Bachelorette party cupcakes, wedding cakes, and that's not counting the birthday, anniversary, work celebration cakes. Seems like there hasn't been a chance to sit down and breathe in forever. But we like it that way. A few weeks ago, we litterally did 4-5 cakes in two days. Lovely Lady Jan returned from a delivery to find me in the kitchen making cake balls. They weren't for anything specific, but we had the ingredients to make them so I thought why not, everyone loves cake balls. She looked at me like I was crazy. She was probably thinking the same thing I think when I wake up in morning and discover she has made an entire cake between the hours of 3am-7am. Oh, and re-arranged the living room furniture. She's the night owl, I'm worthless by 2am. We make a good team though. I don't mind baking the cakes, she's the only one allowed to level them. I've gotten rather fast at filling and dirty icing, and she can roll out the fondant and cover a cake completely by the time I can locate the rolling pin. I'm a whiz with the pastry bag and Jan's our head bedazzler. I don't think it could work out any better.
We've got a cake free weekend and then things pick back up for June and July. Check out our most recent creations:
Shout out to my fellow Spartans! Bixby cupcakes 
 

 Skiatook Bulldog
 Fireman Grooms cake
 I can't believe Reid and Reese are 2! Time fliers. Last year's theme was Sesame Street, this year was Mickey Mouse.
                   Here is Reid mans cake:                                           Little Reese's Minnie Mouse Cake:
                                                       
                                                                     Twins Birthday cake
 Nurse birthday cake
 Pink and blue wedding cake
                      Bridal Shower cake. There's a black M on top but it got lost in the black background
                          Tangled Birthday                                                      Birthday at the skate park.
                                                                                   You can see some of Jans' Bedazzle talent here :) 
                                    I LOVED this cake. It turned out even better than I imagined
Tulip cupcakes
                                                           Breast Cancer Awareness
                             Bridal Shower                                                        Joeys wrestling cake :)
                                                                

Monday, March 28, 2011

Cakes, Lately

We've been pretty busy the past several months so I'm a little behind on my posts. Below are lots of cakes we've done lately. Enjoy!

 
4 tier wedding cake
 Fish birthday cake and smash cakes
 Baby girl shower cupcakes and cake balls
 Blue and green polka dot birthday cake
 Camaro Cake
 Baby shower belly cake
 I won a cupcake contest with these: Chocolate Chocolate oreo cupcakes!
German Chocolate cake 
 Safari birthday cake
  Nike Cupcakes
 Toy Story birthday
 Mom Birthday Cake
 "Daddy's Future Hunting Buddy" Shower cake
 Feista Wedding shower cake
 Baby Shower
 1st birthday construction cake and smash cake

 Pink Mosaic Cake
 Poker cake and cupcakes
 Purple Mosaic
 Wizard of Oz birthday
 Snowflake cookies
 Princess cake and cupcakes
 Giant cupcake

 Racing duck baby shower
 Duck cakeballs
 Laffy Taffy cake
 Skateboard cake
 Baby shower cupcakes
 Breast Cancer awareness cupcakes
 Monkey Cake
Look Whooo's turning 1 cake 
More to come soon!