Super Bowl Sunday

I am not really a huge football fan, but Super Bowl gave me the option to play with my Cricut some more and bake some cupcakes!  I went with a basic chocolate cupcake (to make it look dirt-like) with green grass as the frosting.  Then, using my new love the Cricut, I cut out footballs to put in the grass.  I did learn that Fondant needs a little more time to harden so they didn't come out exactly as I wanted, but they still got the point across!

Natasha's Sex in the City Bridal Shower

My co-worker, Cheryl, is in love with my banana lime cupcakes with key lime cream cheese frosting.  I always know that there is a good chance whenever she has an event, that she may ask for me to make some for her!  I never mind though, they are my favorite too! :)  I just got my new Cake Cricut, and Cheryl let me test it out on her cupcakes.  On top of them, I put on little fondant decorations, and it made me fall in love with my new Cricut.  It was worth every penny!

Jax's 1st Birthday

Normally, whenever I make cakes, they are for friends and family.  I had the honor of being referred to one of my hairdresser's friends, and I was in charge of her son's 1st birthday cake.  Jax was having an Elmo party, so I knew I had to make the cake a giant Elmo face.  His mom also wanted a smash cake, which was a first for me.  I figured it would be good practice for Sadie's 1st birthday in August!  Here are the pictures...

 This is the main cake.  I used the Wilton Elmo Pan.  It is hard to tell in the picture, but I also made the red frosting to look like fur.

This is the smash cake.  As I am sure you can tell by the eyes, I did free hand this one.  It was my first attempt at an Elmo face, but I think it is adorable!

After I finished making the cakes, I realized there may not be enough cake to go around for the number of people at the party, so I decided to whip up some Elmo cupcakes!

Sadie's Baby Shower

When my sister announced that she would be having another little girl, I was put in charge of the cake!  This has to be my favorite cake of all time, and not just because it took me forever (partly because the frosting melted off as I drove it home, so I had to make it twice!).  This cake weighed a ton, but I think it turned out awesome! :)

On top of the cake, I decided to make cupcakes in a jar as the take-home gift.  This seemed like a really good idea, until it came time to actually make them.  I think that they turned out great, but they took forever to make!  But everyone enjoyed them, so it was worth it!

Cake Class

After becoming addicted to cake baking, I decided it was time to start taking classes to really learn how to make amazing cakes.  Some of them are not my favorite, but they taught me some skills I could take on to other projects.  Here are a few:

My first cake at class-- The Butterfly:

VW Bug Cake:

 Next we moved on to learning how to make roses... this cake is not one of my favorites, but the flower making is helpful!!

This next cake is another one that was more about the flower, chrysanthemums.

For My sister's birthday, I was put in charge of the cake.  This is the same as one I made in class, just better colors!  The side is made to look like a basket, and then the top is filled with roses. :)

Here is another random cake, working more on the art of perfecting the squiggles to look right!

My first fondant cake.  I love the way this one looks!

And this is my all-time favorite cake from class. They call it a Watercolor cake, and I promise, the picture does not do it justice.

There was also a cupcake class.  It was a very spring time theme, but here are the flower cupcakes! :)

It's Cars for Brody...

Another one of my sister's friends, Mel, had asked me to make a cake for her son.  Brody was also turning 2, and his party had a Cars theme.  For this one, we went with a Lightning McQueen Cake, and I loved it! :)

Emma's 2nd Birthday

Emma is Sam's best friend, and her birthday just happens to be days after Sam's!  This was my first cake for someone not in my family, so it was a pretty big deal for me.  I do have to say though, I love the outcome!  Emma had a Dora party, so it was only fitting to have a Dora cake!