Mr. & Mrs. Ryan Richardson

Today Ryan and Amanda were united in marriage. I am so excited for them both. Their reception area looked beautiful. Each table had a beautiful picture of the two of them in her chosen colors of red and turquoise.

They are such a special couple!

Congratulations! We're wishing you both happiness, peace, and God's grace in your marriage!

His...

Ryan's cake was a dense and rich carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

His cake is encrusted with pecans. The top of Ryan's cake sports his Alma Mater, A&M as do some of the chocolate covered strawberries around his cake. The top of the cake also has a gold state of Texas.

Very traditional and handsome.

Hers...

Amanda chose a cupcake cake for her wedding cake. All cupcakes were a french vanilla with a swirl of traditional bridal white butter cream on top. Adorned on each of the 230 cupcakes is a turquoise sugar paste flower. Each cupcake is also sprinkled with European edible glitter.

The top tier of her cake which will be saved for their first anniversary is a two layered moist french vanilla, iced with butter cream and then rolled fondant. Sugar Paste forms a layered ribbon with turquoise behind the red and the cake is adorned with a red sugar paste bow. The bow is special, in the center is a opalescent jewel made with the European edible glitter and French Dragees.

Amanda wanted the traditional cake cutting ceremony, so I made a small 5 inch single layered cake for Ryan and her to cut and feed one another- as husband and wife. How romantic are weddings!

Happy Birthday Sam and Ellie...

These two cakes are for twins turning three. They are in my daughter's Sunday School class, and are just so super sweet.

The princess cake is for Ellie, she is such a girlie girl. Rare is the Sunday when she isn't wearing pink sparkly shoes. Her cake is a classic vanilla cake with butter cream filling and iced butter cream and then rolled fondant. Everything on Ellie's cake is edible including her royal crown!

Sam's cake is a different kettle of fish. Sam is such a little man and likes all things that go. His cake is chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream, and topped with a "digger" sittin in the grass taking a break. The digger is a fully functioning FUN TOY! It even has sound effects, so although Ellie will get to eat her topper Sam can play with his!

Happy Birthday Sam and Ellie- I hope you have a very fun day!

Test Drive...

So this week I am preparing for the big wedding! I did a test grooms cake to see about painting the fondant Texas gold. I love it! It really really is gold. This week I'll also make the test drive to the reception location- to time it! I'm so excited for the couple, our wedding was such a wonderful day. And the best party I've ever been to (if I can say so without sounding tacky:)

I know Amanda and Ryan are going to have an amazing day, and for sure amazing cake! :)

This is a dense carrot cake with cream cheese icing, encrusted with chopped pecans. The state of Texas is made of fondant, and A&M is in dark chocolate.

Jason is going to take this decadent cake to work with him tomorrow. I can't live with anything that tastes this good, it would wake me up in the middle of the night calling me. (I know that I've mentioned my sweet tooth before:)

18 hours in the car...

With three kids under five! I'm SO SUPER DUPER EXCITED! We're driving to Colorado tomorrow. We're actually driving to Amarillo tomorrow so that my husband can eat the 72 oz steak and then the next day we're driving to Colorado.

If you want you can view J in his big steak eating competition tomorrow night

http://www.bigtexan.com/free72.html

Yes- That's my man! :)

Any who, we're going on vacation. Our minivan is loaded, the kids are super excited and we're going to have a blast. When I get back I'll start working on Ryan and Amanda's wedding cake, so it's going to be an exciting post next!

See ya'll when we get back!

To Celebrate with Family...

This cake is to celebrate two family birthdays at the beach! This is a three layered chocolate cake with a classic chocolate icing and sugar paste flowers. Simple and Sweet!

Wishing ya'll a very Happy Birthday and a blessed year to follow!

Vroom Vroom Vroom...

Marye is having a party at the race track. How fun is that. She is also turning 10 years old. That is a big deal, it is officially double digits, which you stay till you hit 100!

She wanted a cupcake cake that matched her invitation. She especially liked the race car. So, she's got half chocolate cupcakes, and half vanilla with a swirl of butter cream on each, and glitter of course. I also made a cute little fondant race car that replicates the one on her invitation. You can't see it from the picture, but the front license plate has her initials M.S. and the back plate has her last name!

Happy Birthday Marye, I hope you have a fun day!!!

Lucy's Monkey Bizness...

Lucy is having her 7th birthday party at Monkey Bizness, and wanted her cake to match the monkey on the invitation in a pink T-shirt. So that's what she got!

Lucy also loves carrot cake (my kind of girl) so this dense carrot cake is iced in a rich cream cheese icing. The monkey however, is in butter cream, and the little hair bow on the monkey is fondant with a dollop of butter cream in the center sprinkled with disco glitter so it looks very sparkly and girlie!

Happy Birthday Lucy, I hope you have fun monkey-ing around!

It's A Girl...

It's a GIRL! This is cake is to celebrate the upcoming birth of a little bitty girl! Goodness, I love newborn babies. There just really isn't anything sweeter, I'm sure!

The cake is for a couples shower so the invitations were very chic in a bright pink and white. The friends didn't want too cutesy pie because men will be there, but still very girlie.

It is a rich vanilla cake with all traditional butter cream icing. I coordinated the pink with the invitation, and did scroll work on the bottom tier and Swiss dots on the top. The top tier is adorned in fondant flowers, and a chic carriage that I made of fondant!

Happy Baby Shower Day!

I LOVE this cake...

I love love love this cake. I'm allowed favorites right? This cake is just so perfect to me. The size is a small 5" round that will serve 8-10 people. It is for a small birthday celebration and I was asked to go for a garden theme.

This is a very light vanilla cake with strawberry filling, covered in butter cream, and then in rolled fondant.

The top of this cake is covered in edible fondant flowers and leaves. I had so much fun making these flowers. The only non-edible decoration is the little butterfly. I couldn't decide if I should add a not edible decoration, but in the end it went so well with the cake I had too!

I hope the birthday girl loves this cake as much as me. I want one for my birthday! :)

1st Grade... Seriously???

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT!!! Tomorrow is my baby's last day of kindergarten. Where has the year gone? Seriously, she was only born like a week ago it seems.

It has been an AMAZING first year of school for her. Her teacher Mrs. Grizzell has been outstanding and has met every possible expectation of the perfect teacher, and them some. Grace has enjoyed every minute of kindergarten, and for that I am forever thankful!

To celebrate, I've got a cupcake for each and everyone of the 72 kindergartners at Meadow Wood. C'mon you gotta celebrate the last day of school right? :)

To be fair on the teachers, they are all vanilla with a swirl of classic butter cream icing. Each cupcake is dusted with some disco glitter, and adorned with a royal icing summer fish, turtle, starfish, or octopus.

Summer is here! Enjoy your children at home!

Here comes the bride...

Rani is coming over today to taste test cakes. She is considering me to make her wedding cakes. Her bridal cake and his grooms cake.

She is thinking a dense carrot cake for her three tiered traditional bridal cake. It will be beautiful. He wants a chocolate chunk cake with a creamy chocolate frosting on his two tiered square cake, with luscious chocolate covered strawberry's cascading down.

I've made two taste testers, one of each. We'll eat cake while we visit, and discuss options. Who doesn't eat cake when faced with such big decisions :)

Two for one...

This cake is for TWINS, a boy and a girl!

Asher wanted a Star Wars cake, of course, and Anna wanted a princess Tiana cake. The mom wanted one...
I made each cake completely separately so that I wouldn't be concerned about matching the cakes. The mom wanted both kids to have a special cake of their own, so I didn't want to pick colors or patterns to coordinate, I wanted to pick what worked for each theme.

Anna's Princess Tiana cake is a french vanilla with a traditional butter cream filling and icing. The topper is a toy that she can enjoy after the party.

Asher's Star Wars cake is a Milky Chocolate cake with a traditional butter cream filling and icing. Both action figures light sabers light up, but obviously they will be turned on at the party.

Happy 5th Birthday Anna and Asher!

PS: Michelle, I am in awe at the thought of bringing two babies home from the hospital- You Rock!

Is your crown on straight girl...

So here is another princess cake. The little girls love this cake, and I got so tickled at church this morning, because there are two sisters one who is turning 3 and one turning 6 and both are waiting patiently for their princess cakes.

It reminded me of a really bad day I had. I was on the phone with my mom, and after cheering me up a bit, she said "Girl, get your crown on straight, you're the daughter of the Almighty King" That imagery is so special, and is SO true.

Girl... Is your crown on straight today? Don't forget YOU are the daughter of the Almighty King, our Lord! You are more precious than rubies. Check it out in Proverbs 3:15!

Back to this yummy cake... Connally wanted a french vanilla cake with traditional butter cream icing between the layers, and rolled fondant icing. EVERYTHING on this cake is edible, even the glittery crown!

Pink, Pink, and Pink...

This cake was made for a little girl whose favorite color is Pink!

This bottom tier of this cake is french vanilla and the top tier is a dark chocolate. The cake is iced in a tradition butter cream icing and the polka dots and flowers are made of fondant. Notice the little french dragees in the center of each flower. Also, the picture doesn't do it justice, but this little girls momma makes jewelry so you know she likes "BLING". Each polka dot is covered in edible glitter, and the edges of each flower are dusted. It sparkles!!!

I really love the ruffle around the bottom of each tier, I think it is a very feminine finish!

Happy Birthday Little Missy, enjoy your Pink Cake!

Will Bake for Jewelry...

So, I'm a mom who bakes cakes, and she's a mom who makes jewelry!!! She gets cake, and I'm getting a necklace!!! :)

Tricia makes AMAZING hand crafted jewelry. You have to take a look. Her jewelry is so beautiful and no two pieces are alike. What a gift she has! She also does those adorable hand stamped necklaces now that all moms are wearing!

She can also customize anything you want.

http://www.cachechic.com/

PS: Did I mention how fun she is to talk too!!!

Pink and Brown...

This is a cake for a soon to be first time Mom! She loves carrot cake and her nursery is pink and brown, so...

This dense carrot cake is iced with a very creamy cream cheese icing. Traditional pecans are around the side of the cake, and on top are a collection of cute little toys for a baby girl. A little bear, rattle and blocks, all made of fondant and edible.

Happy Birthday...

This cake was made for Wendy. Her friends requested it say Happy Birthday in Chinese. I was sent the simple Chinese calligraphy for Happy Birthday and am hopeful it translates well in butter cream!

The cake is a french vanilla cake with a creamy chocolate icing. The calligraphy and flowers are red, because red is a lucky color in China. There are also 8 flowers on the cake, because 8 is a lucky number. There are 7 on the top of the cake and one on the side.

Happy Birthday Wendy!

Baseball Ready...

These cupcakes are made for a little boy who loves baseball! I made 12 classic chocolate, and 12 french vanilla!

Sweet Treat...

This cake is to celebrate a teacher's birthday. The mom wanted to make sure that the teacher would know that she is NOT to share this cake, so we made it a 6" round, double layered of course...

Since the teacher likes chocolate, this is a dense chocolate cake with chocolate filling, a creamy chocolate icing and dark chocolate ganache on top. The flowers on top are made of sugar paste. Is your mouth watering? Mine is...

Psalm 34:4

"I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all of my fears."

These cupcakes were made for a little boy who chose to be baptised today. He has chosen to be made new in God's love. Can you imagine the joy and peace his mother feels today!

He is 7 and loves red, blue and baseball, so these are the cupcakes they will use for their celebration!

36 cupcakes, half chocolate, half french vanilla, all good!

FORE...

This cake was made for a very fun family. I've made the daughters 30th, her husbands 30th and now the dad's birthday cake! The dad loves chocolate, and golf. I hope this chocolate-golf cake makes him smile.

This is a dark chocolate cake with a creamy chocolate icing. The decoration on top is butter cream. The duck in the pond and the green are fondant and edible, and the sand trap is made of vanilla wafers.

Happy Birthday Tim!

8th Grade Graduation...

This cake was made to celebrate the 8th Grade Graduation at St. Michael Catholic School.

This was a fun cake to make, it is HUGE, it takes up a full sheet board. The top half of the cake is chocolate and the bottom half is french vanilla. The cake is iced in a classic butter cream icing and the letters, cross, and numbers are in dark chocolate fondant.

Congratulations Graduates! Happy Summer, and BE GOOD! :)

Jason's 40th...

My husband turned 40 years old this past Sunday. We met when he was just a mere 29! :) We had a huge surprise party for him on Sunday and he was completely surprised! I of course made the cake.

He is English as I've mentioned before and this is the flag of England the St. George.

The cake was a very moist dark chocolate cake, a layer of butter cream and them covered in rolled fondant.

Happy Birthday to the most handsome, wonderful, loving, amazing, kind, smart and awesome man in the WHOLE world! I love you!

PS: Thank you to all of our friends and family who came, called, and sent cards to make his day special, and thank you for all keeping quiet about the surprise!