Newlin Baby Cake - November 2009

Henry works for a company in Utah, and the owners daughter had a baby in October. Henry was talking tho her husband (who also works for the sme company) and asked what they needed for the baby. He said jokingly, that he wanted one of my cakes. Well, last week Henry went to Utah to go hunting so I made them a baby cake. Here is the end result. I think it turned out pretty good. It was my first try on the imprint mat for fondant and I was having a hard time! It took half a dozen tries. The painting was fun though.

Kim's Birthday Cake - August 2009

Brian's girlfriend, Kim had a birthday a few weeks ago so we had a birthday party for her. I made the birthday cake. It was a chocolate fanci-fill cake with cool whip, coconut, and chocolate chip filling. Then the icing was chocolate with red roses.

UFC 100 Cake - July 2009

Tomorrow is the UFC 100 fight and as a ward we get together and watch the fights. So it is a big night! I made a cake for the gathering. It is the UFC logo in cake.

"Enhancement" Cake - July 2009

A friend of ours asked me to make a cake for a friend of theirs who was getting a boob job. I didn't want it too gross or graphic so this was the best I could do. Here is the finished result.

4th Of July Cupcakes - July 2009

For a centerpiece I made some cupcakes and decorated them and laid them out so it looked like a flag. I used color mist to color the cupcakes red and blue, then I sprinkled them with sugar the was the same color.

Lulloff / Kopp Wedding Cake - June 2009

Karen Lulloff and Bryan Kopp got married this past weekend. They were two single people who lived in our ward, now they are married! I visit teach Karen and she asked me to make her wedding cake. She wanted chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and coconut filling. So that is what I made. There was a cream ribbon at the bottom of each tier and a bead border. It was good, for being all chocolate. ;)

Eivy Mathews' Birthday Cake - June 2009

A friend of mine from church asked if I would make her daughter's birthday cake. Eivy loves Spot Conlin from the movie "Newsies" so she wanted a cake with that in mind. I found a picture of Spot on the internet and had it made into an edible image. I covered the cake in fondant and then sprayed it black. After I put the image on the cake I used frosting to pipe the red suspenders (a favorite feature of hers). This is the end result.

Jesse Wedding Cake - June 2009

I had my first paying cake job! A sister in our ward had a brother that was getting married and for her wedding gift she bought their wedding cake, and I made it. They wanted it covered in white fondant, with dots that looked like pearls and ribbon at the bottom of each tier. I sprayed the fondant and dots with a pearl sheen so it sparkled in the light. It was really simple and pretty. It was 4 layers which made stacking it tricky!

Brian's Birthday Cake - May 2009

Here is Brian's birthday cake. I took a picture from when he was 1 or 2 and did an edible image with it. I then tried to spray it hoping to get a little color on the cake. The spray went on heavier and blotchier than I would have liked. But here is the end result.

Zhenya's Twighlight Birthday Cake - May 2009

Laurel Plumb called and asked if I would make a cake for Zhenya's 13th birthday. She really wanted a twilight cake, as does every teenage girl!:) Here is the finished product. I used my new airbrush kit to spray the fondant black.

Rebekah's Twilight Cake - April 2009

Rebekah Schvaneveldt celebrated her 18th birthday and wanted me to do her cake. It was my first paying job, so I was nervous. She is a twi-hard! I made a cake that had an element from each cover of the Twilight series books. The apple (it was a real apple), the ruffled tulip petals (I made them out of gum paste), the red ribbon and torn red ribbon (made out of fondant), and the chess board and chess pieces (made out of fondant). The cake was a red velvet cake with cream cheese buttercream frosting and then covered in white fondant.

Relief Society Birthday Cake - March 2009

I was asked to make the birthday cake for the Relief Society Birthday celebration again. I was just put in as 1st counselor in the the new presidency and taught what the heck. A few days before the party, Henry's sister passed away. We ended up flying out of town for the funeral that night. So I made the cake, dropped it off at the church on the way to the airport. I was told it was good. It was a two tiered cake with chocolate cake and coconut filling, and white cake with raspberry filling. The cake was covered in a royal/electric blue fondant. The writing was all in golden yellow. These are the Relief Society colors. The top tier had the year the Relief Society was formed, the bottom tier has the Relief Society motto (Charity Never Faileth) and the top number is how old the Relief Society is. All around the cake is wheat in buttercream which is all over everything having to do with Relief Society.

Kyle's Dinosaur Cake - January 2009

Kyle's birthday party was at the Golden Train Museum. We rented the red caboose and the rental included a train cake so I didn't get to make a cake for his party. However for the family party I made a stegosaurus cake. Kyle was into dinosaurs and his favorites were stegosaurus and triceratops. This cake was so cute, I had to make it. It is a half circle cake with cookie pieces for the neck, head, tail, and legs. The spikes were melting chocolate molded into circles.

Arrow Of Light Cake - November 2008

I made yet another Arrow Of Light Cake. This time it was for a smaller group so I made the cake too.

Pull-A-Part Jack-O-Lantern Cake - October 2008

For Halloween night I make a pull-a-part cake that was a jack-o-lantern cake. These are hard to decorate! The cake kept pulling up. They are easy to serve though, jut pull a piece off, hence the name. They are hard to store too.

Relief Society Mid-Week Cake - July 2008

I taught a little mid-week class on the basics of cake decorating. I made a cake to show what they could do with what I would teach them that night. Everything on the cake was taught in that class. I bought the pan a while ago and was dying to make the cake. This was the perfect opportunity!

Silent Auction Winner - July 2008

For a youth camp fundraiser, I donated a custom cake. The Cottle's were the winners of the cake. They had me make a cake for Drew's Birthday. He is really into Harry Potter so I make Harry Potter.

Amy Haight's Wedding Cake - April 2008

A friend of ours (we are also loosely related too, long story) got married. I made her wedding cake and gave it to them as a wedding gift. She wanted a square cake with 3 tiers, and the tiers were to be stacked off. She didn't want the tiers squared or even. She also wanted the cake to be an off white color with dots (it was supposed to go with the beads on her dress and hat). Then we put real flowers on the cake. It was really nice. The bottom of each tier had a brown and green ribbon on it. The green ended up getting mostly covered with the shell border.

New Beginings Wedding Cake - March 2008

The Young Women in our ward had there new beginnings and the theme was temple marriage. I was asked to make a simple wedding cake for their refreshments. Here is the finished product. It is a two tiered cake with whipped frosting. It also had royal icing drop flowers. Elegant, but easy to do.

Papa's Chocolate Birthday Cake - February 2008

Once again, Dad got a chocolate birthday cake. This cake is a fanci-fill cake. The center is hollow and it is filled with whipped topping, chocolate chips, and coconut. It is soooo goood! He didn't want it decorated so I just put some edible cake sparkles on the cake in Utah colors (he is a big Ute fan, as is the rest of the family). Not much to look at, but worth eating!

Kyle's Train Cake - January 2008

For Kyle's 2nd birthday I made him a train cake. He was obsessed with all things that moved. I couldn't find a Thomas Cake that I likes and this was more kid friendly. He had not yet really gotten into Thomas at this point.

Halloween Fondant Cake - October 2007

I made some cupcakes and had extra batter left. I made a couple of 6" cakes and decided to play with the fondant and get some more practice covering cakes with fondant. This was the end result. We gave the cakes to a few of our neighbors.

Kendall Baby Shower Cake - October 2007

I made a cake for our neighbors baby shower. It was a two tier cake with each tier being a different flavor. It was covered in fondant decorated with baby clothes on a clothes line. I used the people fondant cut out and cut the clothes to fit the baby theme. I used patel colors. The buttons were also made from fondant.

Arrow Of Light Cake - July 2007

I made a cake for the Arrow of Light ceremony. I bought the cake from the grocery store just plain, iced white. I just decorated it with the Arrow of Light logo and the names of the boys who recieved the award.

Stacy's 2 to the 5th Birthday Cake - May 2007

A friend of mine was having a suprise birthday party. Her husband had me do the cake. He works for Lockheed Martin, that is important here! He figured it out that is was her 2 to the 5th birthday (looked like 25 but it was her 32nd I believe). I made 2 cakes for her. The colors of the party, and her favorite colors, were black, pink, and red.

Above is the Strawberry cake. Below is the side view.

Brian's Superman Cake - May 2007

Brian, my brother, has always been a fan of Superman. I saw this cake and had to make it for him.

Jared's Google Eyed Event Cakes - April 2007

A boy in our community passed away from cancer. He loved to read and couldn't wait for a library to be built in our area. He didn't live to see that so his parents put together a community event to raise money for the new library. I volunteered to make some cakes to be sold in the bake sale.

This cake has whipped frosting and is decorated with purple drop flowers made from royal icing.

This cake is a chocolate cake with strawberry filling and is iced with chocolate buttercream. The top has a chocolate drizzle and real strawberries.

This cake is covered with fondant. The bow and flowers are made with fondant too.

Relief Society Birthday Cake - March 2007

I was asked to make a birthday cake for the Relief Society birthday celebration. I made 2 cakes (one chocolate and one white). They were decorated the same. I did a basket weave and made a lot of flowers to decorate it. I looked like a basket with flowers. The numbers were cookies iced with color flow.

Aloha Cub Scouts! - February 2007

For the Blue and Gold Banquet our theme was Aloha Cub Scouts. I made Hawaiian girl cakes. There was one for each table (so about 8) and then I decorated them so they would look like Hula Dancers. The flowers were made of royal icing. I made a lot of extra flowers and we sprinkled them around each hula girl on the tables. I tried to make each cake different (diferent cake flavors and filling combos).

Valentine's Cupcakes - February 2007

I hosted book club in February so for treats I made some Valentine's cupcakes. The hearts are cookies and frosted with color flow. I used a 1M tip to frost the cupcakes and then used sprikles.

Papa's Chocolate Cake - February 2007

My Dad is a huge fan of chocolate. The more the chocolate, the better. So I made a chocolate cake, with chocolate pudding filling, frosted ith chocolate frostings and decorated with chocolate frosting. Rich!

Kyle's 1st Birthday Cake - January 2007

For Kyle's 1st birthday cake I made a two tier cake. Each tier had a different flavor. One was chocolate cake with coconut pudding filling and the other was white cake with raspberry filling (family favorites). I also made a small teddy bear cake and put it on top of the tier cake. It was a chocolate cake decorated with pull out stars ffor the fur effect.After we sang Happy Birthday, we took the teddy bear off and gave it to Kyle as his "smoosh cake". He tore it up!

The 1 is a cookie, and the hat is an ice cream cone cut short and decorated.

The dots are made with fondant.

Halloween Cupcakes - October 2006

I made some cupcakes to take to some neighbors and friends. I wanted to play with some new techniques and toys.