YW in Excellence

So here's a buttercream cake I did for Young Women in Excellence...if you look reallllly close you can see a little plastic temple on top! (enlarged in the bottom picture I just took) Of course I didn't get a picture myself so this was from one of the girls' cell phones-thanks Janae! p.s. the ribbon was a verrrry last minute change so please forgive its crookedness.

halloween cupcakes

I've recently started watching cupcake wars and have been LOVING it...thus I volunteered to make cupcakes for my church halloween party --- first picture is through plastic wrap...

4 of the ones that i took home post-party - the top decorations are white chocolate

with SURPRISE filling in the middle! They were so yummy!

Little cakes...

Obviously I really liked the scrollwork style here!

A gift box cake I made in my cake decorating class...not enough time to do more flowers!

Hawaiian Wedding

Wedding cake!

A design the bride chose - based off Carrie's cakes website...i just loved the flowers on this one!

Recent Cakes

A cute little smash cake! Disregard emma's messy suitcase in the background...

So pink! Buttercream birthday cake for a girly cat lover

A 50th Anniversary cake -- I LOVED working with the gold food-safe paint dust! So fun!

Birthday cakes...

Birthday Weekend

Easter-time Party

Iced in Swiss-Meringue Buttercream (tinted yellow), with fondant flowers going in a circle up and around the cake...also my first time doing swiss dots. Don't judge me, I was rushed. The bottom picture is so everyone can enjoy the pretty tulips!

Happy V-day!

Discovered that smooth ganache under fondant is amazing.

Daisy Time!

I saw this cake design in Martha's Weddings and I loved it... The icing and filling recipes I decided to try out were, unfortunately, extremely runny, resulting in many many structure issues. Because it wasn't for anyone I proceeded in decorating it anyway since the flowers were all ready to go! I thought the top looked better alone and that is why I have both pictures.

Scrolls Cake

I was bored, so decided to try my hand at decorating a cake with scrolls made out of royal icing. I definitely learned alot, and can't wait to try again on another cake because it will be amazing, I am sure of it. Here are 3 pictures with different stopping points.

Topsy-Turvy Cake

This cake was for a 40th birthday party...hence why it looks like I took pictures with black and white film -- It really is only black, white, and shades of gray.

This is a chocolate cake with german chocolate, chocolate mousse, and ganache fillings inside - very tasty, in my opinion. The outside is all fondant (except for the stars sticking out - those are cardboard/plastic). Also, the pictures are not the best quality because they were taken with a cell phone camera, after I already put the cake in the transportable cardboard box. I did take more pictures with a real camera, but those are un-uploadable without a non-ancient computer. Sigh.