Mario Brothers Cupcakes

My friend Laura asked me to make her some Mario themed cupcakes for her son's 7th birthday. She sent me a pic. of some done by another artist for inspiration. When I got the picture, I thought, "Wow! That's amazing. I can't possibly do that."


I'm not trying to toot my own horn here, I promise. But, sometimes I am amazed by what I am able to do...what God gifts me to do. I cannot take credit for His gifts.



I can do nothing that God doesn't wield my hands to do.


Often, before I start on a difficult project, I pray that God would guide my hands, give me patience and allow me to glorify him through my talents.


And I always remind myself of the verse, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Coll. 3:23.


It's what keeps me bringing my best work forward.

Thomas the Train Cake

I was nervous about making this cake! The last time I tried it, over 2 yrs ago, it was turned out ok...nothing to take pictures of! I was certain that my caking skills had improved in two years time.

But, carving a cake always, always, always makes me nervous!!!

This cake ended up waaaayyyy bigger than I thought it would. It was supposed to feed 35 and I think you could probably get 50 servings out of it.

Yo Gabba Gabba-Brobee Cake!

I must confess, I'm not terribly familiar with the Yo Gabba Gabba phenomenon. With our limited cable package, most the cartoons I see come on PBS. But, he was a quick study, thank goodness!

Brobee couldn't be any more cute, could he?

Yo Gabba Gabba!

Hello Kitty Cake!

My friend, Nina, asked me to make this cake for her 32nd birthday. If any 32 yr old can rock a Hello Kitty cake, it's Nina!

On a side note, this cake should have been really easy...at least it was in my head before I started. I used this template to help with the carving. It was really helpful and I just used the zoom button in my photo shop program to get it the size I needed.

Here's where I went wrong: I had two options on what size to bake this cake, my sheet cake pan and a 12 in round. I realized the sheet cake pan meant I would be able to carve Kitty out in one piece, but I would have GOBS of cake scraps leftover. If I used the 12 in. pan, I would have to carve Kitty's face and then carve and attach her ear's separately.

I opted for the 12 in pan because I thought it would save me lots of materials cost and carving the ears couldn't be that difficult, right?

I couldn't have been more wrong. Those little ears got the better part of at least 2 hours. And carving Kitty's face "just right" was at least another 2 hrs because my 12 inch cake pan was just a little on the small size.

Well, lesson learned! Don't ever try to cut costs with materials b/c it will just cost you in the long run with your time....which is far more valuable than materials most for the most part!



Oh, but isn't she just so cute!!!

And since Nina and I go back more than 20 years, I wanted to do something a little extra for her, so I made these super cute Hello Kitty cookies!

Superhero Cake! Spiderman, Batman and The Hulk!

Somehow this cake didn't make it to the blog until just now. Not sure how I overlooked it, but I did. Busy = Careless? Probably.

This was Asher's 4th birthday cake. Did I slave for hours over it? Not really. Those little plastic super hero figures did most of the work for me! But, I would've put in double duty for my best boy if I needed to!

The only tricky part was getting my red really red. I actually had to use some spray color on it..it was the perfect, quick fix.

The best picture of all? My birthday boy with his cake!

Toy Story Cake -To Infinty and Beyond!

This is another cake that I made weeks ago and am just getting around the posting it. I had this cake on the books the same week I made Maryclaire's 3 tier 1st birthday cake and 3 dozen pretty tree cookies. In hindsight, I guess it was an easy week compared with 45 dozen decorated sugar cookies. But, it was my first time undertaking two cakes in one week, which is my goal for this year (2 baking projects a week).

I would have LOVED to have the time to sculpt these little figures out of fondant, but I just didn't have the time! All in all, I thought it turned out pretty cute.

I found the the little figures at Party City. They were being clearanced out so I stocked up on them just in case I have another order for a Toy Story themed cake.

What's inside? White cake with strawberry buttercream and fresh strawberries.

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Harry Potter Cake

I have neglected my caking blog terribly. I guess you could say I've been too busy making goodies to post about them! That's definitely a good thing for my little business!

My niece turned 10 around Thanksgiving and wanted a cake that looked like Harry Potter's robe.

I was nervous about carving a cake, but this one wasn't so complicated.

I love the way the fondant gave it a smooth look and I didn't have to fuss with trying to make the buttercream perfect over all those curves!

That same week I also made over 100decorated cookies...cute little owls, pumpkins, fall leaves, and lots of Christmas designs! It was so busy I didn't even have time for a picture!

Peyton's 1st Birthday Owl Cake

My friend Ashley asked me to make her daughter's first birthday cake-what an honor! The theme was owls. CUTE!
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She also wanted coordinating cookies. Sure!

I loved how everything turned out. The 20 hours I put into this order was definitely worth it! I thought it turned out fabulous!
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Happy 1st Birthday, Peyton!

Pottery Barn Peace Cake

My friend Emily contacted me a few weeks ago about a cake for her future step-daughter, Hannah. Emily was planning a surprise birthday for Hannah's 9th Birthday. Emily wanted me to design the cake around on Pottery Barn's peace sign quilt. Great idea! Who doesn't love Pottery Barn?

Here is a picture of the inspiration.


Here is a picture of the cake.


This was so fun and girly. I loved everything about it...except when I gave my thumb a 2nd degree burn heating some marshmallow fondant! Ouch!

Burn and all, this was a great cake!

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

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First Birthday Zebra Stripes

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Happy 1st Birthday, Madison! This was a giant undertaking! Cake and cupcakes to feed 100. Wow!



The theme was hot pink and zebra stripes and the birthday girl even had the most adorable shoes to match!

Smash cake

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This was also my first cake project at our new house. Can I tell you how much I love all my new counter space? They may be green, but there's a lot of them and I LOVE all the space extra space.

Check back soon for a Halloween themed cake I'm making this weekend!

Eli's Construction Cake

My nephew, Eli, turned 3 over the weekend. He wanted a "dirt truck" cake, aka dump truck cake.


There are always things about a cake I would change after I finish. For example, after I iced the bottom tier yellow, I wishes I had iced it blue and then I could have made some fondant clouds and trees for a scene look. Oh well, maybe next time, right. At any rate, Eli liked it and that's what counts!

Bowling for Cake

I loved this cake (I mean really, is there a cake I don't love?). It was for Ethan's 8th birthday. He had a bowling party, so a bowling cake was only fitting.


After some trial and error, I finally committed to making the bowling pins our of a gum paste/fondant mixture. I tried them with rice krispies too and was not successful. The bowling ball is rice krispies covered in fondant.


What's inside? Chocolate cake filled with very chocolate icing.
Yum and yum!

Giant Ice Cream Cream Cone Cake

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

I loved this cake! It was for my sweet friend's super sweet daughter, Ava. This cake might be the biggest endeavor I've taken on yet...literally. It weighed 12 lbs and stood about 15 inches tall. I didn't really mean for it to be so big, it just kind of happened that way.

And here's a picture just to give a little perspective of how giant this thing was here is an actual cone sitting beside the cake.


What's inside: Yellow cake with vanilla caramel butter cream icing. The "scoop" of ice cream is rice krispie treats.

Happy First Birthday!

This was one of my biggest projects yet. My friend Kelly asked me to do this for her son's first birthday. She designed the cake and I carried it out. This one of super difficult, but really stretched my skills. I loved it!

What's inside? Almond sour cream cake filled with butter cream icing and covered in marshmallow fondant. It was heavy!

Construction Cake

Every little boy loves construction vehicles, or in my own little boy's words, mighty machines!

What's inside? Chocolate and yellow cake, filled with raspberry mousse and frosted with butter cream icing.

The Giant Cupcake

I wish I had more orders for the cake because it is so cute and fun! I made this cake for a special 7 yr old's birthday celebration. I even made coordinating cupcakes. This was my very first time working with fondant...good thing I've had bunches of practice since then!