Bridal Shower Cake

I think I get the best decorating ideas or inspiration from wedding invitations.

This cream and celery colored invite can easily be incorporated into a cake. The navy was the perfect accent color for the script. This invitation was made by Mighty Nice. There website is mighty-nice.com.

The piped decoration was continued along sides of cake.

Don't overlook the beauty of a wedding invitation.

Sweet Table Pastries

These pastries are a good option if refrigeration is not available.

Pineapple Upside Cake
Mini muffin size topped with brown sugar and sweet crushed pineapple. Bite sized version of a classic.


Chocolate Brownies
Also available are Peanut Butter, Turtle, Rocky Road, Oreo, Cream Cheese. They can be iced with either rich Chocolate Ganache or Fudge.

Key Lime Bars
Tart and tangy yet sweet filling atop butter cookie crust. Can also be made with lemon. Lightly dusted with powdered sugar. Garnished with fresh raspberries when in season.

Peanut Butter Bars
A dense peanut butter bar topped with chocolate ganache and peanut butter swirl.

50TH Wedding Anniversary Cake

The happliy married couple of 50 years had to love this cake. Seeing their young little babies smiling back at them. Awww...the memories!

The photos were laminated to advoid being damaged by the buttercream icing.

Beautiful decorative gold ribbon was tied around the bottom base of cake tiers. I used wired ribbon so bow holds it shape.

Adding a few gold dragees for an extra finishing touch.

Pretty piped scroll work circled the photos like framed art.

Personlize your cake with memories!

Communion Cakes

Here are the communion cakes from this past weekend.

I used the invitation from Kaitlynn's Communion to come up with this design. Coloring the icing to get the exact shade of pink took the longest time but well worth it. I think the simple the design the more elegant the cake looks.

I can honestly say I have become quite the expert decorating those cross cookies. I'm sure you all have seen your share, but I had to add this photo. They look so pretty.

Freehand Drawing

I think in all these years I have been decorating cakes trying to improve my craft, the one thing that just doesn't seem to get any easier is drawing on cakes. Especially life like drawings. For that, I think you need to be a trained artist.

You have to get their nose just in the right spot. Positioned so perfectly in between the eyes. And do not forget the mouth. You have to have the perfect ratio of lip to teeth. Too much lip and we are looking at a Mick Jagger disaster.

Here is my Disney rendition of Cinderella.

All those years of making sheet pan after sheet pan of roses seem to pay off.

Elizabeth was happy! How cute is she?!

Maybe a few drawing classes will be in the near future.

Stacked Communion/Baptism Cakes

Both of these stacked cakes were from this pass weekend and a big hit. A small stacked cake that served many.

These cakes consisted of a 10 inch, 7 inch and 4 inch round cakes and could serve well over 60 servings.

Brown as an accent color seems to be popular request lately.

I made a few ribbon roses out of fondant. Not too many to keep it simple and elegant.

I placed a fondant cross on the top tier but your own communion cross or keepsake could be used.

If you are serving other desserts besides your cake, you might want to consider a cake that serves less to avoid extra leftovers. Some like the extra cake for those late night cravings with a tall glass of milk.

Communion Cakes

The weekend is coming to an end. A few more cakes and I then I can relax until next weekend when the communion cake continues. Yes, it is that time of year.




For Elliott's cake he wanted a cake iced in orange icing with a brown cross and that is exactly what he recieved.

Here are some more updated cross cookies.