Black and white cake

Yes I figured out how to make a striped fondant bow... it looked so real even I had to take a second glance at it. The women was wanting the same cake I made for my daughter, but I talked her into letting me play. She got way more than she paid. Next one, I am charging the full price I wavered on this one. This one took me over 13 hours.. first the fondant kept craking and tearing on me then, I hand cut scroll work.....uh not again ( unless really making some money )Sad part I think the bow was the easy part. Over all I think I am happy with this one. yeah me!

This weeks cake is another black and white topsy turvy. Excited, wanting it to top the last one. Bought the feathers to put on top Monday. Bought more than needed, I just could not resist I go for that kind of thing, maybe if I am lucky I will get the chance to use them on another cake. Thinking of putting a black and white stripped big over sized bow at the bottom of the feathers.......Now if I can only figure out how to make the bow stripped????MMMMMMMMM???

todays thoughts on cake

Have you ever heard of being afraid of success. Well I think I am. Once many moons ago I started doing cakes. I bought my first cake from a cake decorating store.. I paid $35.00 dollars for a tiny, ugly colored cake shaped like Garfield ( she used a Garfield pan) just covering it with piped stars. Think how disappointed I was when we started to eat this poor cake ,that really only fed 10 people, if it was lucky, tasted terrible. From that moment on I started making and decorating my own cakes. My first cake was a shaped pan of Rudolf the reindeer with little pipped stars.. It was cute and tasted good. Then when I had kids, I started drawing what ever the design of the plate was onto a big sheet cake and then pipping in the color. Like now, people would see and then ask would I do a cake for what ever the occasion was. Before I knew it they wanted wedding. I was a nervous wreck. I was afraid of everything. I always wanted it to be perfect and I hate asking for money ( nor did I now how much to charge) and well I never feel like I am good enough, Then there was that whole getting the cake there.I started turning people down and telling them I did not do cakes. Well, lets fast forward to now about 20 years later. It all starts with doing one little cake for my niece's baby shower, then it was a wedding shower for a nephew, then the wedding cake. Then you start getting the "would you do a cake for my ____ "?you can fill in the blank. Then their friends want to get in touch with you, So you start a little face book page, and then you have people from other county's and even other city's wanting cakes. I am not as nervous as I was in my youth, age, experience working with people and food in the restaurant industry, and maybe a even a little more confidence has given me the ability to say " YES, I can make that cake for you".
Where is this little hobby going to take me. I don't know. What do I do when I have more than three cakes in a day. I did turn one cake order away because I felt I could not do three in a day, I regretted that now. I have told my self......" if GOD brings them my way, I will make that cake".
Afraid what if it does turn into a business, what if it grows so much I need a shop to locate to. what if I have to start hiring people to help.......omg what if I become a success. Can you want something and fear it as well. Life is learning ..........can I learn to be a success. Lord knows I have feared being the failure.

Pink Purse birthday cake

This cake I loved doing. I love all the lace and pearls. My purse alone was so cute any little girl would want to pick it up and carry it. I guess they can pick it up and eat it. I think this is the first cake I am happy with that I created. OK there are still some things I would have done different, and I had to stop my self from sticking lace and pearls on everything. next time.....thinking I need to add some finger nail polish and do a better job on the gloves. My mind is turning.....Thinking a vanity table with all the little stuff on it.......... Now how do I make a mirror stand up and be edible mmmm?????

Minnie Mouse Ears Cake

Minnie Mouse ears cake. Every one has done one.. Now so have I. Fondant gave me a hard time all day. It kept cracking and ripping. The bow on top took me 4 tries to get that sad bow. I was rushing it a bit wanting it to be finished. Would have the bow done and put it on the cake and the ears would be in the way. If I ever do this one again, I will make bow on top short but fatter, more like Minnie bow.Should been a easy no brain-er cake if the fondant would have been in a better mood that day. I think I rolled out the bottom layer three times.....( and it still was not a perfect job. )

Wedding shower Cake

Wish they didn't want the tips of the roses darker...I think it would have been prettier solid and roses done in gum paste. These where done in royal icing, leaves out of fondant with a mold. Was trying to get her china pattern to go around the cake but in the color pink. Hoping the little tiny edible pearls attached to the side do not fall off. Made big pearls by rolling fondant into balls then brushing with pearl shimmer dust. Why do I always feel like every cake I do is terrible when I am finished, then in the morning I am happier. I need to stop being so critical over my work. Most people get that it is icing and sugar. I am not in some cake challenge.

I just wish I was as good as the pros'

Alabama Cake

Alabama cake would have been so easy if I had not had the mess up with Vic and the oven. Remade big Al and the emblem while making the other Alabama cake. Finished them both up and now I am exhausted. Poor Larry's cake Just had to get thrown together. Let my daughter do the polka dots and made a fast little big AL face for the middle............hey its for free how can he complain. He will be thankful he got a cake.

Mater Cake

Mater cake, Oh my. I want to scrap the whole thing and start over, But I am already behind as it is. I have two other cakes I have to do and this one is due tomorrow. Hoping I like it in the morning when I am not so tired. I was really wanting to impress and wow with this one. I am going to have to settle with It's better than a grocery store cake. Stressed any way, one of the cakes I am doing this weekend is another Alabama cake. I had made big AL the elephant and had him air drying in my oven to keep him protected. Well, my husband decided to make muffins when I took the kids to school. I lost big Al and the hand painted emblems. Not to mention the Styrofoam board and a good cutting board. Well I spent yesterday cleaning a burnt on mess in the oven and the black soot on every thing else. So today I tried to get caught up. I only got this cake finished. Hoping tomorrow I can get this one delivered and start on the other two when I wake up with energy. ( please let me wake up with energy )))). We are expecting snow tomorrow. If I worked all night to get this done and I don't get to deliver it............ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! good night

Apple crate cake

Apple crate cake. I know what your thinking " Hey, you have shown this one before" Wrong!! I got my chance at making this one again. This one was for a man that grows and sells his own apples. Can not wait to find out if he loved it or not. The person that requested it loved it and I guess that is good enough for now. I added more color to the leaves this time and added some leaves to the little flowers on the side. Thinking this one looks better than the first try at it. Took me all day to accomplish this one but, I was real happy with it.Well there is always something I wished I could have done better but....... If I am ever asked to this one again, I think I will have it down pat. Next week not sure what I am going to do. I had one of this weekend cakes moved to next weekend where I already have two cakes I am doing... Might be some late night decorating going on this week. Will be glad to get this mater cake out of my hair. I am tired of thinking, worrying, and planning it........let's hope she does not move it back any more.

Simpson's cake

Simpson cake was fun to do wish I had more time to work on the characters. Was wanting to do all the characters on the cake but, did not have the time nor make enough money to do so either. My men"s head sunk a little over night and homer should have been fatter. They where happy with it and loved the pic of the cake when I showed them online.Next week will be my challenge week. I will be doing mater and the apple basket cake . Was shocked at how both the cakes I did last night came together fast for me. I am not sure if I am getting faster or where they just easier cakes I pulled off.

I did make my creation for the top of the cake the day before. Every min. counts when you have a deadline.

My version of the pregnant dress cake

Well not much to say about this one. The young pregnant women saw a picture online of a cake and wanted it to look just like the pic. I came as close as I could. I did add some shimmer to the fondant to give it more glitz and of course wrote the baby to be Born's name on the little heart I made from gumpaste. From the picture was not sure what they did for the edges of cake so I tried to come as close as I could to what I saw. This one also gave me a chance to practice my pipping. Still need a lot more practice on that one.

I think she should be happy, Don't think your going to get a grocery store to come out with this.


Wish I would have gave the body a neck... the boobs look a little like a back side and I wish I would have made the belly a little bigger. I also gave my women a little more sexy figure. Like all my creations always happier the next morning after a good nights sleep.