Clay's Birthday

Clay wanted a sports-themed birthday cake so I picked a Phillies hat (of course) and baseball. I had a lot of fun working with fondant. I even learned a lot despite the stress at times.
Then Clay and his friends had to go out and play some sports of their own... :)

Until next time,

Jill

Wedding Cupcakes

The first two pictures are the cupcakes I made for a friend's wedding this weekend. Her colors were pink and brown- how cute! The third picture is me just fooling around with different ideas. :)
That's all for now,

Jill

Fondant and Gum Paste- What FUN!!!

the Calla lilies definitely turned out the best out of all my flowers....




I loved the purple fondant but after one afternoon in full sunlight it turned baby blue!!! Still pretty, but a surprise to me :)

Until next time,

Jill

Dad's 50th Birthday Cake

This cake was for my Dad's surprise 50th birthday party. Doing this large of a cake in total secrecy was a bit difficult, but I managed in the basement. The strawberry filling proved to be a problem too, but after getting the cake cut length-wise (which was the difficult part) things went smoothly. All in all I love doing royal icing flowers- they hold up well. The only thing is that kids want to eat them and they're rather hard... hmmm

More cake pics later!

Blessings,

Jill

My First Basket-Weave Cake!

Well, this being my first post we'll see how this goes.... my goal on this blog is to allow others to see what kind of cakes I do and also to post ideas and decorating tips. Having many creative interests this blog may well turn into a random conglomeration of idea posts ranging from recipes to home decor. :)

For starters, this is the first cake where I used royal icing flowers. I made this cake last fall for my brother's birthday- lots of fun! The color flow acorns are not my favorite but I wanted to try out that technique.

Well, that's all for now! I'll be posting the rest of my cakes soon.

God Bless,

Jill