1st Birthday Cake

This cake was for a beautiful little girl who was turning one. She also happens to be my niece. I made a smash cake to go with it but unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of it. I don't know how I could have forgotten it. It was only 6:00 a.m when I was taking these pics and I had not been to bed yet at all. The smash cake was a one layer 6 in. round, all decorated in buttercream so she could make a Big mess. Her mom requested it be made in lighter colors than the cake, since she would be wearing it. LOL So I did light yellow and pink polka dots and a number one on it.

This cake was decorated to match the decor of the party. I cannot, however, take credit for the design of it. I was just a last minute fill in because the original cake decorator was unable to do it. So I tried my best to do what they had already planned. I am sure, though, it was not quite as good as what it should have been. I know there were many things I would have done differently if I had had the time. I just did the best I could do in the very short time I was given. I will say though, that this is my first and last rush order. I made that promise to my family. But I'm happy for Victory that she was able to have a cake for her 1st birthday.

Happy Birthday sweet Victory! I hope you enjoyed your party and had a great birthday!

Double Graduation Cake

This cake was for two of my cousins. One just graduated from High School and the other one from LSU. They were having a big crawfish boil and pool party to celebrate with all of their family and friends. We all got a sweet surprise when my little brother, who lives in Georgia, showed up at the party. It made my day for sure!   

This cake was chocolate with a cream cheese, kool whip filling that had chocolate almond bars chopped up in it. I'm going to have to come up with a name for this filling and add it to my list. It's from one of my family's  favorite cakes that we love to make and it's actually the icing on that cake. I used it as a filling because it's Breanna's favorite and mine too,..well actually I think there our several of us who would call this one a favorite. 

This is the back of the cake.

I love you Cory and Breanna and I'm very proud of you both!!

Pool Cake

This was an extremely fun cake for me to do and I was very happy with the outcome! It was for a little boy who loves to swim and was having a pool party!

The water was made with piping gel and the little people were molded from modeling chocolate. All of the other details were made from fondant and gumpaste.

This is suppose to be the birthday boy, Landon. Landon is an Auburn fan so I made him an AU beach towel. He is also holding up 6 fingers because he turned 6 yrs old on his birthday. 

The woman with the glasses is suppose to be Landon's Mom.

 This little kid is...., well I figured Landon needed a buddy to play with. He is just floating in the pool, relaxing. This was my first time ever making people and I still need a lot more practise with it. It was definitely a challenge, but I enjoyed it!

On the way to the party, my oldest son, Dylan said the sweetest and funniest thing to me. He said, "Moma how did you learn to be a cake artist?". I laughed, but at the same time I thought that was so sweet of him to look at it that way. He does not realize how much that meant to me and how good he made me feel.  

                                                                                             

I want to thank Landon for inviting us to his party! The boys and I had a blast! Happy Birthday Landon!

And Gavin would like for me to set the record straight once and for all; to a certain local lifeguard, if you happen to be reading this, Gavin CAN swim. Thank you for your concern, but it's not necessary. lol 

Gavin had such a hard time getting over this. I think he wanted me to make that girl sit down and prove to her that he could swim and that she was wrong. I could not convince him that it did not matter what she thought. We have to work on that one or life is going to be hard.  If I've learned anything in life it's this,.. People think what they want to think and you are not going to convince them otherwise. Other people's opinions do not change what is true. It just broke his heart because he's worked so hard to learn to swim and he's very proud of himself. That's all we do around our house in the summer is swim. But I'm sure she was doing what she thought was best. You just can't convince Gavin of that. 

Still Trying To Figure It All Out

I've been extremely busy with cake making and decorating for a while now. That is a really good thing, but as with all new adventures, there are a lot of new challenges as well. A month ago, I was learning how to manage this with just one child at home. One child who couldn't understand why I was unable to play with her whenever she wanted me to. Now my challenge is working with 3 at home. My kids, like most, tend to get into a lot of trouble if they don't have some planned activities through out the day.
I just finished a very detailed cake that I'm very excited about. I have worked all week on the details for this cake. This feels like the first time I have actually sat down and relaxed in a long while. The bad thing is that I haven't done anything with my kids and it has rained all week so they have been stuck inside = trouble.
Each of them has made some disturbing comments about me making cakes this week. My 5 yr old asked if I was going to be making that cake forever. My 16 yr old wanted to know if this would be my last cake, which it's not. Then my baby summed up how they have all been feeling I think the best. I told her we could play tomorrow because I was not going to be working on a cake. She said, "yeah, cause that would make me sad and I would rip up that cake".
They are the reason I started making cakes in the first place, because they loved it so much and it meant so much to them. Now they are starting to hate it because it is taking their Moma away. I have to figure out a balance. I have to figure out how to do all of this and still have happy nurtured children. Piece of cake,... right?
Well, I know that tomorrow, I belong to my children. And I don't have to start another cake until next Thursday. Praise the Lord for that! The kids and I will just have to figure out how to make this work one cake at a time,.......or they will just despise cake.  j/k