Flowers For Lisa

It is my friend's Bday and she LOVES CAKE! So what could be better than....cake?

Suitcase

I made this for my husband's work...to save money they are having a "goodbye" and "hello" party for FIVE employees who are both leaving the department and entering the department. There are 5 "stickers" on the cake with the name of each person saying hello or goodbye in different languages. All MMF.

Ordination Cake

I made this and a "basket with loaves and fishes cake" for a friend's ordination. He is a Dominican so the shield represents the order...I wanted a wedding-like cake but masculine. Everything fondant except the fleur de lis on top which is gumpaste.

Basket With Loaves And Fishes

I made this for a friend who was just ordained a priest...hence "loaves and fishes" for a symbolic cake. I am ashamed to say that I have forgotten the name of the person who did a fabulous fishing basket who told me how to do the basket weave. I think this cake weighed at least 50 lbs. Very easy to transport as it didn't move an inch the entire 30 minute drive on the highway! Everything fondant except the "loaves" they are scones left over from a tea party which I used in desperation and exhaustion!

So Strawberry!

I made this for my daughter's 5th birthday. She loves strawberries so much I thought I'd make her a really big one! The cake is strawberry with strawberry buttercream. Super easy to do...I used the large wondermold pan and just lightly trimmed it for a berry shape.

Charming Pair

I made this for a valentine's day party at my daughter's school. It was her idea to put the cute worm wrapped in the frog's tongue.

Potroast Anyone?

I made this for my girlfriend's birthday. Most of the guests thought they were getting potroast for dinner with a side of mashed potatoes and corn. The bowl for the mashed potatoes was the most challenging...the cake needed to be drier and lighter. It was too moist and too dense for this 3D shape. But it was a great learning experience.

A Very Fine Year...

I made this for our school auction...what fun! The emcee actually had to call me over in the midst of the auction asking "Ummm, it says here the next item is cake...where is it?" I pointed to the cake and said, it's right there." She asked the same question 2x before she realized "that" WAS the cake. One of the best compliments I ever got!

Black Tie

I made this for our school auction that was Black and White in theme. The party was great! My husband was so proud of my cake that HE bought it! I told him"Oh great, we just paid for it twice!" He was completely unphased and said it was worth every penny...what a great guy I got!

Lil' Pumpkin

I made this for my friend's Baby Shower that I am hosting. This was very fun to do! Thank you to CathysCC for the tips. Thank you to all cc'ers who have made pumpkin cakes for the visual ideas!

Lily's Purse

I made this for my sweet 2 year old who's nick name is Little Lily Ladybug. She just happens to LOVE purses. I was inspired by the Cake Girls purse cakes.

Down On The Farm

I made this for my niece's birthday while at my parents farm in Wisconsin this summer.

Born To Fly!

My niece and I made this for my God Daughter's Birthday. The little sign above the bird cage says "Catherine was born to fly."

Pool Party!

I made this with my niece and we had a lot of fun doing this. Each person at the party is represented on the cake. My crazy 3 year old son is doing the cannonball jump into the pool in upper right. We COMPLETELY copy-cat-ed the pool cake by "rania."(THANKS!) We made the water out of melted sugar and the rest is MMF.

Dress Cakes

I made these with my very talented campers - I helped at a day camp for girls by teaching cake decorating. It was so much fun and very inspiring being around the energy and talent of young girls.

Musical Nun!

This cake is made for a wonderful girl who means a lot to me...she is my best friend's daughter and she is my daughters' piano teacher. It is her Birthday AND she is entering the convent at the end of August! The cake has quite a few flaws and just didn't seem to want to work out the way I intended. The top layer INSISTED on tilting despite my efforts to straighten it out with dowels. And again my super niece helped with the detail decorations!

Bump In The Road Cake, Fish Close Up

Bump In The Road, Mole Close Up

Bump In The Road Cake

My niece and I made this for my friend who is turning 41, who has survived 4 near death tragedies, and just found out that she is pregnant. She has had so many bumps in the road and now she is blessed with a "happy bump"= baby.

H.s. Graduation

I made this (my niece helped with the decoration!) for my friend's son's graduation. She is his biggest fan so the cheerleading idea came to mind...

Books...

I made this for one of my dearest friends who speaks German, loves grammar, loves absurd musical terms and visits the hospital often due to a lifelong illness ... whew! My super niece helped with the decorations! Thank you to sarsi and her VERY helpful directions on making a book cake.

Top Of Graduation Cake

Graduation

Kindergarten Graduation

Birthday Cake With Daisies

I made this for my friend's birthday. All MMF except ribbon border.

Tea Party Cake

I made this for a Mother/Daughter Tea that I hosted. Thank you to brea1026 who coached me on how to form a tea cup. Cake and flowers are MMF and tea cups are gumpaste. Unfortunately, I let the top tea cup dry overnight onto its base AFTER I put the MMF flowers in it... which caused the cup to dry lopsided onto its base due to the weight! In the morning it was too late to set things right. The girls and Moms didn't mind as they were just delighted to have such a girlie cake at their tea party.