SpongeBob SquarePants comes to life in my kitchen

This weekend I got to see the smile on Huston's face when he saw his SpongeBob SquarePants birthday cake!  I don't have a clue what SpongeBob is all about, but give me a picture and I will make it come to life in edible form.  I think this was another successfull cake!

A nice December day for a wedding

Who would have guessed it would be sunny and 60 degrees on New Year's Eve?  It was a nice weekend for a wedding!  I was asked to make a cake for a bride who's father ate a piece of one of my cakes at another wedding.  My little business is growing outside of my friends and family circle which is fun!  The theme for the wedding was drinking!  So, I topped the cake with a pair of champagne glasses.

I think this might have been one of the few cakes where I  designed the cake without much help from the Internet.  The idea was the champagne was being poured down the side of the cake.  I think it turned out beautiful thanks to my assistants, Mom and Lindsay, who help adorn the cake with flowers.  I sure hope the bride and groom enjoyed the cake! 

The best wedding cake ever!

As a kid I loved to be in the kitchen with my Mom!  When I graduated from high school people used to ask me if I would grow up and put my culinary skills to work.  Quickly I would answer "no" but I think it was because I hated to do dishes.  The day after I graduated from K-State I looked into going back and getting a degree in baking science but didn't because it required too many science classes.  When I moved back to Kansas City after a year of voluntary service in Seattle, I helped my Mom with a few wedding cakes but thought it was way too much work for something that got destroyed and eaten so fast!  But, after helping my Mom so many times I thought it would be fun to make one myself.  So, in 2003 I made my first wedding cake!  With a few more wedding cakes under my belt since 2003, deciding to make my own wedding cake was the easiest decision I had to make when Scott proposed earlier this year.  I know everyone thought I was crazy, but there is no way I could trust that feat to anyone besides my Mom and she had enough on her plate!  So, I narrowed the design down to 3.  One Scott liked, one he disliked, and one I don't think I showed him.  I picked the one I never showed him!  Let's just say his vote didn't count on this decision.  So, this is the picture I based my design on.

And this is the final result!

Yeah, not sure why it looks a little crooked in this picture, but I happy with out it turned out!  Let me not forget to tell you that on Thursday when I was putting it all together, I looked at what was supposed to be the bottom layer and decided it was too small.  So, Mom and I baked 3-14" layers to replace the 12" layers that I had baked the weekend before.  That added a little stress to the job but it all worked out in the end!  The flavor of course was "wedding cake".  I think it's funny that a lot of people love "wedding cake" flavor.  I my book that's the same as white cake with buttercream frosting. 

Last week as I spent many hours working on the cake at my parent's house, Scott kept asking how the cake was coming along and I kept saying I had a little more to do.  I didn't put the finishing touches on the cake until Saturday morning!  However, there was a little secret I was keeping from him.  With much design help from my Mom and Dad, we constructed a John Deere tractor cake as a surprise for Scott!  So, as "Big Green Tractor" played on the speakers, out rolled Scott's cake with the wheels spinning!  Thanks Dad for rigging up that small motor!  My brother liked to point out that it kind of looked like it belonged on the movie "Cars" which was kind of true.  You can barely see the bride and groom figurine next to the cab, but that is the cake topper that was on my Grandma and Grandpa's cake many years ago!  The tractor cake was a new yummy chocolate cake recipe that I decided to try. 

So, the most important cakes I have ever made are in the history books and I barely tasted either of them!  In a few weeks I'll be baking again...another wedding cake for another happy bride.  I'm so glad I can use my talents to make others smile!

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A stitch in cake

Last weekend my Mom and I loaded up the van with all of our cake making tools and headed to Oklahoma for cousin Amber and Joel's wedding!  I'm lovin' all the family time this year!  My Mom was in charge of this cake so I'll give her the credit for the design.  Check out the beautiful iris and butterflies she made to decorate the cake! 

It sure looks like we sewed this cake together.  I love my white cake but I really love my Mom's whole egg (or yellow) cake with apricot filling!  Well, now it's time to focus on our wedding!  I can't wait for that day to be here and marry the man that makes me smile every day! 

One cousin wedding down, 1 more to go!

This past weekend my cousin Andrea married a wonderful man, Garrett.  I was happy play a part in the wedding as the co-cake maker.  My Mom and I worked together on this cake and it turned out great!  I love to be able to make edible art for those that I love to help them celebrate special occasions, especially weddings!  Up next, another cousin's wedding in October and then my wedding in December!

Back in business

After a about a six week hiatus, I got back in the cake mode this week.  I was happy to make the wedding cake for some good friends, Jim and Tracy.  The design was very much like the blue cake I did in May, but purple!  Jim and Tracy are K-State fans so I'm not sure if that's why purple was their color but I liked it as well.  I think this was the first cake that didn't give me a bit of frustration.  I was super worried about delivering the cake because of the heat, but I was able to deliver the cake early in the morning and all went smoothly.  With my Mom out of town on vacation, Scott stepped in and was my chauffeur.  Thanks, Scott!  I was happy to hear how much everyone liked the cake but the best compliment was from Jim's daughter.  During her toast she said the chocolate cake was one of the best things about the wedding.  How can that be topped?!?!