Happy Birthday Diane and DeDe!

Here is the cake I made for my birthday girls last month. I'm slow to post - deal with it.

Strawberry Tall Cake

My Mom's birthday was last week and Dylan wanted to make her cake. I sat in the kitchen with him and talked him through the process, with him doing all the work - including reading the instructions. :) After it cooled I whipped up the icing while Dylan washed and cut the strawberries. Then we arranged the layers and TADA!!

I think he did a darn good job. I wonder where he gets it? Here's the top view -

Happy Birthday Mom! As soon as I find the perfect pink power cord you'll have your present. :)

Crikey!

Sadly lacking posts on this blog aren't I? I thought surely I would be inspired to show pics of my cakes if I just had a blog.... Huh. Wonder what happened? Just for something to look at, here's one of my learner's cakes from the Wilton classes I took last year.

Dragons, mushrooms and wine

The first cake of the year for me was for my son's 11th birthday. We saw the inspiration for this cake in the latest American Cake Decorating magazine, and Dylan liked it so I decided to give it a try. I think it turned out pretty good, and so did Dylan.



The next cake I did was for my (former) boss' retirement party. This one was really challenging, believe it or not, but my husband and I pulled it together just in time. I never thought Lex would be helping me in the kitchen with such a project, but there he was saving the day. Here's the end result:
To explain the cake a little... My boss (Dave) was the Agriculture Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and measures. Our County's biggest Ag industry is wine grapes and the scale represents Weights and Measures. The mushrooms were just for Dave, he's an avid mushroom hunter. He's also very involved with the Audobon Society, but I'm not comfortable enough with fondant to create birds, so he got mushrooms. Here's another view:

Seeing it all clean and done is kind of surreal. It was such a messy process, and unexpectedly time consuming. Certainly worth the effort though, Dave was great to work with.

Opening Day

Here it is, what you've all been waiting for! Well, Niffer anyway. It's a blog just for my cakes and sweets that I will someday make. I'll start soon with posting pics of cakes I've already made, but for now you just have to be happy with my little intro.