Mary's Violet Cake - October 2006

I made my sister-in-laws birthday cake. She is a huge fan of purple so I made violets out of royal frosting and decorated the cake with them.

Bevan's Chocolate Cake - October 2006

Henry's step-dad was in town for his birthday so I made him a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I also made the chocolate truffles on the cake. The truffles had a coconut creme filling. and the cake had a coconut pudding filling. See how it went together?;)

Henry's Fisherman Cake - September 2006

For those of you who don't know Henry, he is an avid outdoorsman. For his birthday I made him a fisherman cake.

Weber Baby Shower Cake - August 2006

A friend of mine had a baby shower so I made the cake. It was a two tier cake and was covered with fondant. The babies were all made from fondant too, and yes I made them all from scratch. It took a few hours to make them and have them be the same size. But in the end it was wirth it because the cake turned out really cute.

The little babies upclose. you can also see the buttons and the quilt stitching in the fondant.

The cake from the top.

A better view of the sleeping baby on the top of the cake.

Mother's Day Cakes 2006

These were my first cakes I made that weren't for a class. I made two cakes for our Mother's Day celebration. One was white cake with raspberry filling and the other was a chocolate cake with coconut pudding filling.

Wilton Course 3 Cakes

Course 3 was the more difficult one. It was tiers and fondant. The tiers were easy, but I am not a fan of the fondant. It looks cool, but tastes gross. And it is hard to work with. It will get easier the more I work with it.

This is the practice fondant cake. The bow and flower are made with fondant too.

This is the course 3 graduation cake. The has to have elements from all 3 courses (5 elements total). I went with a music cake because I teach piano and love music! You can't see it but the writing is a music phrase.

Wilton Course 2 Cake

This is the Course 2 graduation cake. The birds are made with color flow . The flowers are mostly royal icing, a few are made with buttercream though. Henry claimed the cake had too much frosting! With the basket weave and rope border, it was a lot. And he always says "the cake is what holds up the frosting" so you know it had to be too much frosting.