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My awesome cousin Traci is one talented lady!  She has always had a love for party planning, and now she wants to share her talents with everyone!!  Check out her blog, Party Vision, to see some of her amazing work!!  Whatever kind of party you have in mind, she will help it come to a reality!! 

(Another) Toy Story cake!

 

I was so excited when a friend from work asked me to make a Toy Story cake for her son's birthday!!  I knew I had to out-do myself from the first one I had done, so this is what I came up with!  Jaxson's favorite character is Buzz Lightyear, so I wanted to make sure Buzz was part of the spotlight.  I have to confess, as big as the cake is, my favorite part is the little cardboard box on the side with Ham sticking out of it :) 

Update!

It has been way too long since I've posted!!  Apologies, I was having some trouble uploading pictures for awhile, but I've got it figured out now!  Here is a quick update of some of my latest creations....

 

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My new favorite cake!!  A co-worker of my brother gave me the honor of making his wedding cake.  He's had my Red Velvet cake several times, so that was what flavor he requested, along with German Chocolate for the middle tier.  The bride and groom sent me a picture of the bouquet so I could match the color of the ribbon, and they gave me a few extra flowers to place on the cake as well.  Simple, elegant, and very pretty! 

 

Last year I took a trip to New Orleans during its annual Jazz Festival, and completely fell in love with the city!  This year, I decided to bring a little NOLA tradition home and make my very first King Cake.  It was so delicious!  A new tradition for years to come!  

 

This was a cake I did for a mother celebrating her daughter graduating from Full Sail University with a degree in Film Production.  

 

Elvis cupcakes!!  Banana cake, peanut butter frosting, and bacon!

 Typical holiday spread!  Cake, biscotti, brie puffs, cake shots, and gingerbread sandwich cookies!

When dinosaurs ruled the Earth!

I had some family in town from St. Louis, and while they were here my little cousin celebrated his 4th birthday.  Clark is totally in dinosaurs, so the theme of his birthday cake was obvious :)  I borrowed some of his dino toys to place on the cake, and it turned out awesome!  To watch his reaction, as well as his little brother's, was priceless! 

 Instagram fun :)

I had some cake and frosting left over, so i decided to make some cake balls!  

Chocolate cake & peanut butter frosting dipped in milk or dark chocolate with peanut butter drizzle....yummmm! 

Toy Story birthday cake!

 I've always loved Toy Story, and have kept enjoying it thanks to my 3 year old niece.  So when I got the request for a Toy Story birthday cake, I couldn't wait to make it!!...until I found out I only had 3 days until delivery.  I had just started a new job in a bakery (yayy!!) that week, and wasn't getting home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night, so I had limited hours in the day to work on it.  I decided to ask my customer if they wouldn't mind putting Toy Story action figures on the cake instead of me trying to create them.  They agreed, and they looked great on the cake!  I have to say, this is one of my favorite cakes :)

Cookie Monster!

Cookie monster sugar cookies! 

 

I wanna ROCK!

 I had a very awesome cake request by one of my best friends 9 year old daughter (the same girl who requested a bowling ball cake!)  This year her party was a Rock Star theme, so she had very specific ideas to give to me: musical instruments, zebra print, and bright colors.  Often times, I don't get the chance to stick around for people to admire the cakes, but the reaction of the little girls at her party was priceless!!  Most of the girls didn't even think the cake was real! 

I can't wait to see what Delaney comes up for me next year! 

Flavors!

Here is a list of all my current flavors!  

Basics $22 per dozen

Carrot

Devils Food

Red Velvet

Vanilla Bean

Fancy $26 per dozen

Coconut

Cookies ‘N Cream

Creamsicle

Fresh Strawberry

German Chocolate

Peanut Butter Fudge

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Roasted Banana

Snickerdoodle

Specialty $30 per dozen

Bananas Foster 

Boston Cream

Cannoli 
Chocolate Cherry Stout
the Elvis

Irish Car Bomb

Jelly Filled Donut

Mojito

Salted-Caramel

S’Mores

Seasonal

Blackberry Lemon

Coconut Mango

Key Lime

Caramel Apple

Pumpkin

Sweet Potato with Toasted Marshmallow

Candy Cane 

Eggnog

Quick update!

A quick weekend trip to Chicago + my niece's 3rd birthday = Princess Belle cake!

and cupcakes too! 

Remember the Italian Rainbow cookies (aka Venetain cookies)?  How about a cake?!? 

hello, cupcake! makes hello, kitty!  

 

Lady Bugs, Mojito and more!

 Lady Bug Cupcakes 

Flavor:  Chocolate Cherry Stout with Hazelnut Buttercream

 

 Flavor: Fresh Strawberry

Chocolate Cherry Stout with Hazelnut Buttercream

(I keep hearing "these might be my new favorite!" from everyone who tries these!)

Mojito Cupcakes 

Fresh Blackberry Lemon Cupcakes with Italian Meringue

 Italian Rainbow Cookies

These are classic Italian almond-based sponge cake layers filled with fresh raspberry jam and covered in chocolate.  They can be dyed any color, but keeping with tradition, we dye them the colors of the Italian flag.  If you're from New York, and have had these treats before, you know how hard they are to find good ones outside of New York...but I think these are right up there in comparison!

Crab Cake and Barbie

I had a challenging weekend on my hands with two pretty cool cake orders!!  Both were a ton of fun to make, and I am happy with the way they turned out! 

Blue Crab Cake

Flavor:  Carrot Cake

Barbie Cake

Flavor:  Vanilla

Flavors!

Here is a list of all my current flavors!  

Basics

Carrot

Devils Food

Red Velvet

Vanilla Bean

Fancy

Coconut

Cookies ‘N Cream

Creamsicle

Fresh Strawberry

German Chocolate

Peanut Butter Fudge

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Roasted Banana

Snickerdoodle

Specialty

Bananas Foster 

Boston Cream

Cannoli 
the Elvis

Irish Car Bomb

Jelly Filled Donut

Mojito

Salted-Caramel

S’Mores

Seasonal

Blackberry Lemon

Coconut Mango

Key Lime

Caramel Apple

Pumpkin

Sweet Potato with Toasted Marshmallow

Candy Cane 
Eggnog

Another quick update!

Mickey's Clubhouse cupcakes

Flavors:  Red Velvet and Vanilla

Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip cookies

Mini Cheesecakes:

Carrot cake and Peaches N Cream

Quick updates!

I have been doing some MAJOR slacking when it comes to updating my blog, so here is a quick update of some things I've been doing over the last few months :)

Monkey cake for a co-workers son's 1st birthday (my favorite cake I've made!)

Flavor:  Chocolate cake with Vanilla buttercream

Columbia Soccer jersey cake

Flavor:  Chocolate Guinness cake with Bailey's butterceam

Valentine's Day Cake

Flavor:  Red Velvet

And Red Velvet Cake Donuts 

 Birthday cake for a friend who LOVES penguins!

Flavor:  Chocolate Guinness cake with Bailey's buttercream

Jelly-Filled Donut Cupcakes

Sony Playstation cake for a co-workers son's birthday 

Flavor: Chocolate cake with Cookies 'n Cream filling

My baby cousin Bella's first birthday party!  

Flavors: Fresh Strawberry and Chocolate 

Bella's smash cake! 

 Not sure what to think yet....

 Total destruction:  Mission accomplished! 

New Years Eve wedding cake & grooms cake for Allison & Michael 

Flavors:  Alternating tiers of Vanilla cake with Cinnamon Sugar buttercream and 

Chocolate cake with Caramel buttercream

Flavor:  Chocolate cake with Cookies 'n Cream filling

Birthday cake for one of my best friends, Hannah! 

"Tattoo" theme birthday cake for my best friend!  This one was very fun to make!

LOVE the Day of the Dead skulls! 

Flavor: Red Velvet 

"Rockstar" birthday theme for a friends daughter 

Flavor: Vanilla cake with Strawberry filling

Cupcake tower for a beautiful wedding!

Flavors:  Boston Cream, Red Velvet, Peanut Butter Fudge, and Strawberry Cheesecake