Garden of Cupcakes

8-26-08 Cupcakes made for the Wilton Cake Decorating class. We learned the swirl and regular drop flowers as well as piping figures. I thought a little garden would be a nice cupcake spread...complete with 2 cuddly teddy bears.

Pineapple Goes Girlie

08-18-08 Pineapple Inside-Out Cake Inspired from my daughters bathing suit. This is the first cake I made in Wilton Cake Decorating Class.

Pineapple flavored Duncan Hines cake mix baked in a single 9 in by 2 in round cake pan with Bake even strips. I leveled the top off of the cake while it was still in the pan. I then let cool for 1 hour and cut it in half to form the two layers. A mixture of "Stiff" icing and crushed pineapple (drained extremely well) laid in the center and then topped with maraschino cherries made up the filling. Iced smooth with Pink tinted thin icing just as the bathing suit was. It was very tricky to ice it so smooth, and my perfectionism was driving me crazy. I also found that my thin icing was a little too thin and had to keep it refrigerated once on the cake. The pineapple was drawn on top then done with a star tip. Two shades of green made up the leafs and the borders. Light green stars on the top edge are linked together with a string of white icing. The base edging was a string of dark green dots.

From the Big Blue

9-12-07 Made for a 3 year old's birthday. Decorated by myself with some help from my brother. The actual cake was baked by my mother-in-law, Pam.

How it was done:
The top was iced solid white and template for name was placed on top. It was then sprayed blue and then patted with additional white icing to give it the water look. Then the template was removed. Beige icing was placed on the sides to look like the sand an the bottom of the ocean and fruit roll ups cut in strips to made the seaweed. Dark Blue icing piped around the base and top edges. Nemo figurines purchased from the Dollar Tree placed on top with three candles. Happy Birthday written with a sea foam look. All different colored sugar sprinkled around the base to look like special sand. Viola!

Fudge Force

This is really a brownie with fudge to hold the Burger King toys in place. Another Star Wars inspiration for our Star Wars collecting friend, Jason. As you can see there is room for improvement everywhere for this creation, but hey it's a brownie! 02-18-2006

Planet Hoth

Planet Hoth from Star Wars. This was the first cake I made on my own for a birthday of a friend who has an impressive Star Wars collection. I do not remember the type of cake it was, but there was a lot of coconut to signify snowy icy conditions. That little toy on top was something that came from a Burger King kids meal. Though I matched the color of the icing very well to the vehicle, I definitely needed some practice on my handwriting technique. 02-18-06