Jungle Birthday

Meghan and I decided to get a little bit fancy for a friend's birthday cake. The inside was checkered chocolate and party mix cake. The bottom tier was covered with green fondant and surrounded by green fondant blades of grass. The top tier was covered with blue fondant, decorated with light blue fondant circles, then topped off with white fondant ribbon and bow. The animals were made by covering two different sized ball separators with colored fondant. We got this idea from a winter cake that uses the ball separators to make snowmen. After some creative sculpting (thank goodness I have so much experience with Play-Doh!)and an edible ink marker, our little jungle animals were ready to go, and the birthday girl loved it.

Cake Party

Meghan and I decided to make a cake and invite the entire ward over for a party. We really just wanted an excuse to make a cake and try out fondant for the first time. Oh, and of course we wanted to meet all the new people who had moved in for the school year. We literally went around to every apartment in the complex and invited everyone. Anyway, the inside was chocolate cake which we covered with green fondant. The borders were made out of white fondant rolled into balls. The vines were thinly rolled fondant, and the leaves were punched out of the green fondant as well. The flowers were made out of yellow fondant, and the centers were edible sugar pearls. All in all, I think it was a pretty successful first try with fondant decorating.

Simple Birthday Cake

This was a simple birthday cake I threw together rather last minute. The inside was checkered chocolate and cherry chip cake. I used white buttercream for the frosting, the borders, and the flourishes. I used blue colored buttercream for the text.

Cousin's Birthday

I made this cake for my cousin's birthday. I know it looks a little weird, but let me explain the story. The monkey and the lizard were taken from a drawing she made of her and her boyfriend (those were their nicknames for each other). But even if you didn't know that, I'm sure you can appreciate the texture of the tree and how it wraps around the entire cake. The vines and lives were piped vanilla frosting. I actually bought the sugar flowers from a cake decorating store because I didn't know how to make them, but they were always my cousin's favorite, so I knew she would enjoy having them on her cake.

Candy Mountain

For anyone who has ever seen "Charlie the Unicorn," you will appreciate this cake. It is made to look like Candy Mountain from the cartoon. Okay, so it's not something I would ever sell, but it was fun to make, and very amusing for all my friends.

Easter Basket

Meghan and I made this really fun cake to look like an Easter basket. The inside was just plain yellow cake. We used brown buttercream to create the basket weave. We used green-tinted coconut for the grass. We rolled out some bread dough and braided it, then baked it to make the handle. Then we added peeps and Starburst jelly beans. It was a big hit, and many people thought it was an actual Easter basket!

Gab and Gab

We made this cake for our home teachers Gabriel and Gabriel. We called them both Gab. Hence the "Gabs" written on the cake. It was all made from scratch using dairy substitutes because one of them was lactose intolerant. The inside was all white cake, but half of it was colored blue so we could make it checkered.