Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese-Butter-cream Frosting and Filling

So for our monthly Mom's Night with the girls I tried out a new recipe for red velvet cake made with a pudding mix and mini chocolate chips mixed in the cake. And a Cream cheese frosting that I added cool whip and butter-cream icing.  It was a huge success!

I decorated the cupcakes with royal icing flowers that I made in cake class.  Super cute!

Cowboy Cake

This cake was for Cash's 2nd birthday.  I really had a lot of fun making it.  The cake was inspired by a "Western Cowboy Birthday Cake" by Tao of Craft found here.  Cash's mom wanted to add a tier and a small "smash cake" for Cash to enjoy.

I think that it turned out great and the little Birthday Boy seemed to really enjoy it!

Happy Birthday Cash!!

Alice Cake

The Happy Birthday Girl

Upcoming cakes...

So this next week and a half are going to be super busy!  I have 3 cake orders! :)  I am super excited about all 3 of them.  The first one due is an I Phone cake for my good friend's husband's birthday, the second is a Topsy Turvy Alice in Wonderland themed birthday cake, and the third is a cowboy themed birthday cake. So check back to see photos.  I can't wait to share them with you!

Toy Story Cake

For my son, Tyler's, 4th birthday we went with a Toy Story theme.  So of course I made a Toy Story cake complete with Buzz, Woody, Jessie and even Zurg.

The cake was a huge success with all of the party goers, especially Tyler.

Everyone seemed to really enjoy the chocolate and vanilla layered cake complete with white butter-cream icing on top and  chocolate butter-cream icing on the bottom tier. 

All in all the party was a success.  Buzz and Woody even stopped by...

Melinda's Graduation Cake

December 17, 2010

My friend Melinda graduated from OSU and she asked if I would make her graduation cake and of course I accepted! 

She is Native American and wanted bead work and a Native American design on the cake.  So I took inspiration from her undergraduate cap and piped the bead work around the rim of the cap and cut out "ribbon work" with fondant. 

Alexis' 1st Birthday

My daughter Alexis is turning 1!! 

I had quite the time making her cakes...several mishaps along the way but in the end everything turned out great!

I decided to to make a bear cake very similar to my 1st birthday cake (I will have to hunt up a pic) and I wanted a small present cake just for the birthday girl. 

She really enjoyed her first taste of sweets!  Almost as much as I enjoyed cutting up the bear...

Photos by Ron Mandsager  (thank you Dad!)