January Cake Orders

Welcome Baby Schuh!


My best friend and 3 of my cousins are all pregnant at the same time, so this is the first of many baby shower cakes I will be doing in the next few months. This is for one of my cousins and Baby Ava was welcomed into the world just one week after the shower. I made the shoes out of gumpaste. Here's a close up:

Cake pops for favors! :)

Congrats Meg!

For a graduation party. The cap, tassle & stars are all made out of gumpaste.

Princess Birthday Weekend

I had cakes for 3, 4 & 5 year old girls all in the same weekend.


Happy Birthday Alina!

For a princess tea party.


Happy Birthday Holly!

For one of my favorite kiddos on her 4th birthday. And the inside:

Happy Birthday Kennedy!

Princess Tiana from the movie Princess and the Frog. The pan for this cake has given me a lot of trouble in the past, but I was determined to master it for this cake!

November Cake Orders

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Jenny and I have known each other since we were about 4 and our birthdays are exactly one week apart so I was excited to make the cake for her surprise 30th birthday party.


Baby Shower

I got a Cricut machine for my birthday and this was my first project. :)

Happy Birthday Zachary!

This cake was for one of my favorite kiddos first birthday.

Black Friday!

Those who know me know that Black Friday is my favorite day of the year, so why not make a cake for it? This was for my cousin to take to work so that all her employees would be on a sugar rush.


Happy Turkey Day!

I took this cake to my grandma's house for Thanksgiving. The body is cake and the rest are sugar cookies.


Good Luck Rich!

I took these to work for our boss' retirement lunch. The golf balls are made out of white chocolate.

October Cake Orders Part 2

Here's the rest of the cake orders for October:

Happy Birthday Logan!

For a little boy turning 5 who loves fighter jets. I made the jet out of gumpaste.


Happy Birthday Diane!

I made this cake for my aunt's birthday using Duff's (from Ace of Cakes) cake tattoos.

Happy Birthday Nancy!

For the diehard Mizzo fan. M-I-Z!! The logo was made by tracing a reversed image in buttercream and then freezing it. Here's a close up of the logo:

Oh No!

I didn't have any cake orders for Labor Day weekend, so I thought I would make a cake for my dad and try out a few new techiques in the process. The cake turned out pretty cool, but as I took the cake out of the oven, the heating element in the bottom exploded. I was so bummed and then had to spend my Labor Day shopping for a new stove.

Here's the cake:


And the inside of the cake:

And my new baby :)

Not sure if I am more excited about the convection oven or the smooth top, but either way, the week without a stove was pure torture!

August Cake Orders

Tropical Wedding Shower

Cakes are covered in fondant with ribbon as the border and handmade hibiscus flowers. It was so humid outside that I had trouble with the flowers drying, but I think they turned out good for my first try.

Happy Birthday Annika!

My cousin asked her mom if Cake Boss could make her birthday cake, so I had big shoes to fill on this one. Luckily she approved! ;) The cupcake wrapper was made out of chocolate.


Baby Shower

I was given an invitation and asked to base the cake off of it. All decorations are made out of fondant.

Another Duck Cake

Here's another duck cake, this one with basket weave instead of kit kats. This was for a 60th birthday for a rubber duck collector. And again, the duck is just posing for the picture, the actual duck used had a party hat and was holding a birthday cake.


Another Baby Shower

Baby rattle made from wooden balls and a dowel rod, all covered in fondant. Cake is iced in buttercream, but deocorations are all fondant.

Cake pops decorated like a baby rattle as favors for the baby shower.



Happy Birthday Molly!

Beach themed birthday cake for a 6 year old. Sand is made from graham crackers and brown sugar, the seashells are chocolate, water is buttercream and the flip flops are fondant.

July Cake Orders

When I started taking cake classes back in February I never dreamed that I would get this many requests to make cakes for people. It's really been crazy. These are the cake orders I had for the month of July.

Tooth Cake Pops

Cake pops for a dental hygenist's graduation party

Baptism Cake

Strawberry cake covered in fondant. It was for a 5 year old, so I tried to make it sort of girly.

University of Arkansas

For a high school graduation party. No clue what the saying means other than it has something to do with the football team.

Duck Cake

This is my second duck cake and I have a feeling it won't be the last one! That is not the actual duck that was used, but one I had at home so, he is just posing for the pic. ;)

Pirate Cake

Pirate cake for a 4 year old's birthday party.

Family Birthdays

Between Scott and I's immediate families we have 5 birthdays within one month. Throw in his sister's wedding, my parent's wedding anniversary and my baby cousin's first birthday and it has been one busy month! Here's all the birthday cakes I made:


Laura's birthday cake - it was a jello poke cake so I had to get creative with the decorations. All decorations were made out of chocolate.

My mom's birthday cake - chocolate cake covered in fondant

My dad's birthday cake - white cake, white icing & coconut - his favorite!

Proof that my dad really does get cake every once in a while!

Amy's birthday cake - funfetti cake with buttercream and jumbo sprinkles

Scott's dad's cake - yes, there really are 60 candles on the side!

Cookie monster cupcakes for Jack's 1st birthday. The mouth & eyes are fondant and the cookie is cookie crisp cereal.

Jack's smash cake - he went straight from the high chair to the bath tub because he was pretty blue when he was done. :)

Topsy Turvy Cake Class

I took a one night class to learn how to make a topsy turvy cake. I am very intrigued by these cakes and I have seen instructions on the internet for them, but it involves a lot of carving, which makes me nervous. It turned out to be easier than first thought and I think it turned out pretty good for my first time. There should be another border between the two cakes, but I ran out of time.

July Birthday Lunch

M&M Cake

I saw this idea a few months ago and I have been saving it until now. The July birthday person loves M&M's and even has an M&M dispenser in his office. It's a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and kit kats and M&M's, so it was major chocolate overload. If I ever make it again I think I'll go easy on the M&M's because they were all over the table and floor once we cut into the cake.

Firecracker Bites

This was a 4th of July recipe that I found on kraftfoods.com, but it was after 4th of July when I made them, so I just decorated them with colorful sprinkles instead of like a firecracker. They were very tasty and I was surprised that the cookie doesn't get soggy at all.

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1 cup cold milk
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
1-1/2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, divided
1 pkg. (12 oz.) NILLA Wafers
1/2 cup mixed red, white and blue sprinkles
42 pieces red string licorice (1 inch)

Beat cream cheese in large bowl with mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in milk. Add dry pudding mix; beat 2 min. Whisk in 1 cup COOL WHIP.

Spoon about 1-1/2 Tbsp. pudding mixture onto each of half the wafers; (I used my small cookie scoop) cover with remaining wafers to make sandwiches. Freeze 2 hours or until filling is firm.

Spread tops of wafer sandwiches with remaining COOL WHIP. Dip in sprinkles. Insert licorice piece in top of each for the fuse. Freeze until ready to serve.

Here is a picture from the Kraft Foods website of what they look like as firecrackers:

Lots of Cakes

Believe it or not, I made all of these cakes in the past week...


For the Hello Kitty fanatic:



For a company's 15th anniversary:



My very first hat cake, I even made the logo by hand:

Cards jersey, I ran out of time on this one, so the logo is paper, but I made the buttons:

For the Cardinals fanatic:

For the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fanatic:

Cake pops for favors for a baby shower:

Baby Shower cake, my first half white, half chocolate half sheet cake: