30th B-day cake

This cake is supposed to be a "this is your life" type of cake.  On the cake are things from her life like favorite TV show as a kid, high school, college, and then I put some black boards and an apple for her being a teacher.  

                I tried to make the family, they came out a bit pudgy.  In real life these people are fit and trim so hopefully no one gets offended by my chubby fondant family!

           Here you can see her college logo and a chalk board and apple because she is a teacher

Her favorite TV show as a kid was 90210 so I found a pic of the cast to add to the cake.  Also, her high school and favorite football team are represented.

I have lived in Texas for about 10 months and I have made several cakes here so I have learned a few things.  One thing is that Texas too hot to make cakes in the summer.  Even the AC has a hard time keeping up with the hot Texas weather.  I can start making a cake smooth and then the heat causes the fondant to ripple a little bit.  I had this problem with the Nascar car cake and with this one a little too.  So, that being said, I am not going to make anymore cakes this summer except for one cake already promised in August.  So if you are thinking of ordering a cake in June, July, or August you will just have to wait until the fall.  Sorry-  Have a happy summer y'all!

Nascar Cake

I don't feel like I ever got a really good picture of this cake.  I finished it pretty late at night and just snapped a few quick ones.  The bottom tier is supposed to be a waving race car flag.  If you look closely you can see ripples in the fondant.  Those are supposed to make it look like it is waving.  It is not a perfect cake but it's okay.  I really like the tire on the top.

Elan Cake

This cake is for 2 ladies who are celebrating 15 years of working with the company.

Teacher Appreciation Cakes

These cakes are for the kids to bring to their teachers tomorrow in honor of teacher appreciation week.  The cakes all say "Whooo's the best teacher???  You Are!"

"Oh Boy" baby shower cake

 This cake is for a teacher at the Intermediate School.  Some of the girls from church are having a surprise shower for her after school. 



The baby is made out of gum paste with a 1st impressions mold and the little shoes are gum paste too.  They are actually pretty easy to make.  If you ever need to know how to make them cakecentral.com has a very simple printable pattern.  I'm so glad that so many talented people have put free patterns on the web for beginners like me.  For the Oh Boy lettering I busted out my cricut cake machine.  I am still getting used to using it.  I don't like it as much as I thought I would.  As you can see it made my letters a bit rough around the edges.

Strawberry Shortcake Cake

 My very favorite cakes to make are the cakes that I make for my kids!  Aubrey is turning 6 and she wanted a Strawberry Shortcake reading a book in the grass cake.  I usually don't let the kids help with cakes because they are being sold but because this was her cake I let her help.  She was so excited!  Aubrey put all the little indents on the strawberries and painted the inside of the flowers then she made the little kitty, Custard, for the top.  She was so proud of her work!  We may just have another cake decorator in the family!

Fishing Retirement Cake

I always have a hard time photographing cakes and it is especially difficult with a cake with all over decoration.  I never know which angle is best.  The picture above makes the top look lumpy but it is really flat.

                                       Okay so I can't make fish!  The ducks are cute though.

                                               The turtle was Aubrey's great idea.