Mrs. Ham

My best friend got married last month. It was perfect weather, for a perfect wedding, with a gorgeous bride. And a delicious cake:

Congratulations Ham!

November already?

Just as I expected, October was a blur. Below are the cakes we managed to squeeze in during such a crazy month:

Tangled Cake

Miranda Lambert

Strawberry Shortcake 

Texas Ranges hat Groom's cake 

Hello Kitty baby shower 

November is setting up to be as crazy as the last two months. Maybe things will slow down by Christmas....

Busy Fall

September has been crazy and October is just ridiculous! Two weddings, OSU football, moving! Fall is jam-packed.
Eventually, I will find time to write an actual blog again but until then, here are September cakes:

Vintage baby shower

Zebra Cake

                                                                              

Mario Kart Bowzer cake and cupcakes 

 AAA cake

 Adrianne and Angie's Birthday

 Baby Shower Mobile Cake

Happy Fall and Go Pokes!

                                                         

Me, Myself, and Irene

The good news: I leave for vacation on Thursday! The bad news: Our vacation is in Key West, FL and there's a slight problem- Hurricane Irene... she is trying to wreak havoc down there and ruin our vaca plans. But we will not be deterred that easily! The plan right now is to monitor the weather closely and provided there aren't any drastic changes, move ahead with our trip as planned. So if you get a chance, say a quick prayer for us that everything goes smoothly, the weather holds out and we have a safe, fun, and realxing vacation!

Below are from the past couple weeks:

Frog prince 1st birthday

 Frog prince cake and smash cake

   Bachelorette Party cupcakes

 

Girly cupcakes

Vegas birthday

I also found time to work in some homeade cinnamon rolls. These are always a fam favorite. I use the Pioneer Womans recipe which you can find here

They are always a huge hit. I'm telling you, your friends/family/co-workers will love you. (As if they needed another reason to love me).

That's it for now. I've got one more cake order tonight then it's full on vacation mode 'til Monday.

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My best friend's wedding (shower)

Last weekend was crazy busy. My friend, Ham- who lives in Denver- is getting married in October. She came into town so I had one shower to put on and two others to attend. That's three bridal showers in one weekend.

  We had a great time and it was so good to see her.

So while I was running around all weekend, Jan was left to do cakes. With much appreciated help from Javada, they created this cute Luau cake:

Then last week it was business as usually with a cake and two sets of cupcakes:

 Fishing Birthday Cake

4th Birthday Cars Cupcakes

 

Birthday Flower cupcakes

 

More to do this weekend. Until then, everyone have a sweet week!

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Happy Birthday Macy and Owen!

I can't believe how big they are getting. And Landon will be 4 next month! Crazy how time flies... Below are Macy and Owie's cakes for their beach themed birthday:

Zebra print flip flop cake

Flip flop cupcakes 

   

  Macy's cake

 Surfboard cake and fish cupcakes

 Surfs up

Owen's cake

I might as well feature some of my other crafts here. Why not, right? Here is a tutu bow holder I made for baby Quinn who is scheduled to arrive TODAY! Congratulations Meryl and Will!

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Our cakes in action!

Quick post before the weekend.
Paula, the bride who requested the red and turquoise wedding cake, sent me pictures from her big day. She had the nicest things to say about us and the cake. I love hearing how much a cake we made was liked and enjoyed. Makes all the hard work and long hours worth it.

Congratulations Paula!

I finished up this cake last night. It was something new and a lot of fun to work on.  

Baby Carriage Cake

I love receiving pictures of people enjoying our cakes or of the cakes "in action", so please feel free to send me some if you have any. I'll try and post the ones I get.

Everyone have a great weekend!

Cakes, cupcakes, cake balls and scraps -Oh my!

Red and turquoise wedding cake

Sequoyah graduation cake

Emily's birthday cupcakes

Double chocolate cupcake

Strawberry cream cheese cupcake

Chocolate Oreo cupcake 

Strawberry cupcake

Wedding cake balls 

 My co-workers love when I bring cake scraps! Every cake we bake has to be leveled. Meaning, the top of the cake has to be cut off so that it is level enough for another layer to go on top. I bring the excess to work and people love it. No icing, just cake pieces. I think I need to start selling cake scraps by the bag. Would anyone buy it??

More to come! Cakes in 100+ degree weather!

Jan Ward: Cake extraordinaire

I had a nice vacation with my family last weekend. We went to Branson, MO- a magical, magical place. We ate, drank, shopped, went to Silver Dollar City, and spent lots of quality time together. And we didn't even kill each other. I'd say that's a pretty successful trip!
With me gone, that meant Jan was on her own with cakes. I wasn't worried, she's awesome! She's been doing cakes by herself long before I got involved. Below are some of her masterpeices:

White Wedding cake

                                                                       Dog cake

 Baby Shower

                                                                 Rose Wedding cake

 Vegas Wedding Cake (LOVE this one!)

                                                                Noah's Ark shower

 Monkey 1st Birthday

                                                                  Monkey Cupcakes

Pool Party cake 

Dr. Suess cake

 

One fish, two fish cupcakes

                                          Ladybug Birthday cake (Thanks for the help Javada!)

Special thanks to Javada, I've never seen someone so good with (or enough patience for) detailed fondant work. She was a big help on several of the above cakes. She made the people in the pool party cake!

We've got 3 cakes this weekend so those pictures to follow. Everyone have a fun and safe 4th!