Baptism & Birthday Cakes...

This week brought a baptism cake for my nephew Evan. Finally, the Iowa winter weather cooperated! We were so happy to share the much awaited event with Evan and the entire family.


The week also brought a milestone birthday....so I had to make a little surprise cake for my Dad who can seriously fix about anything....Happy Birthday Dad!

It's a Girl...

...themed baby shower. Spring is just around the corner and that means flowers and showers...Baby Showers! This cake was a surprise for the Mom-to-be. The stylish diaper bag was loaded with Mommy must haves like a chocolate bottle, diaper pins and diapers. The cake was white almond with rasberry buttercream filling. Now that's a sweet shower...congrats Sarah!

30th Birthday Party!

This cake was so fun to create. The birthday boy's beverage of choice was Captain Morgan & Coke. So we surprised him with an edible version!

The bottle was carved from chocolate cake with Swiss Meringue buttercream filling flavored with Bailey's Irish Creme. The bottle was hand painted with food coloring to replicate a real bottle of Captain Morgan. The cake was a big hit at the surprise birthday party for my brother Rich!
Happy Birthday Rich!

Happy Retirement!

Here was a fun cake for a November retirement party! The money jar was made of chocolate cake with Swiss meringue buttercream filling. The retiree loved potato chips and was counting down the days to retirement. Those decorations (potato chips, pencil, and notepad) were all made of sugar paste and gold chocolate "money" topped it off.

Stylish Purse Cakes!

Purse cakes are a trendy and fun gift for any occasion! I made these sweet little gifts for my sister and sister-in-law for their October birthdays.

Each purse cake is made of several layers of vanilla cake with Swiss meringue butter cream filling. Decorated with fondant and polka-dots that are hand painted with edible coloring. Each of these cakes serves 4.

Halloween Birthday!

A special cake creation for my niece Brook included a haunted house with a friendly witch wishing her a Happy Birthday. Cake is red velvet with vanilla buttercream filling, covered with fondant.

Vanilla and red velvet cupcakes decorated with spooky skulls and bones were a hit with all the kids!

Football Season

Iowa Hawkeye Football was the theme for these lucky birthday boys. These cakes were lots of fun to make and the boys were very happy with their cool cakes.