Aiden's 2nd Birthday!

Hi there!

It has been months since I have made a cake!  (Cupcakes excluded)  It felt so good to have some quality time to relax and be creative.

My friends Ryan and Theresa have an adorable little boy, Aiden, who is celebrating his 2nd birthday!  Aiden is obsessed with the movie "Cars"... rightfully so!  Thus, Ryan and Theresa asked me to make a Lightning McQueen cake.  I have to say - this was one of the most challenging and fun cakes I have ever made!  I also made some cupcakes to supplement, as even though the cake has a LOT of cake, it's awkwardly shaped - so we might need some extras!

Here are some photos:

Thanks so much for checking out my blog!
Aly

Nadine's Baby Shower!

My best friend since Kindergarten is having a baby girl!  I made three different kinds of cupcakes for her:
Chocolate chip with dark chocolate ganache filling
Red velvet with cream cheese filling
Chocolate with strawberry filling

All with buttercream frosting...

So happy for her!!  :)

The Hungry Caterpillar!

I had the opportunity to make cupcakes and a cake for a 1st birthday.  The theme was The Hungry Caterpillar (a very popular children's book of which I am not familiar). 

The cake was a yellow cake with vanilla filling and frosting.  The cupcakes were chocolate and vanilla with buttercream frosting. 

This was very fun to make!  :)

May Birthday!

My co-worker's son is celebrating his birthday this weekend.  I was asked to make cupcakes for his Dodgers Little League team, as well as a rock'n'roll themed birthday cake.

The cake and the cupcakes were both yellow cake with buttercream frosting.  I altered my buttercream for the cake so that it would spread more smoothly.  As you can tell, I hardly ever decorate cakes with just frosting... not using fondant is definitely out of my comfort zone.  But, this was definitely a fun cake to make!  Here are some pictures:

Thanks for looking!
Aly

Some More Photos from the April Cakes!

April Birthday Cakes!

I was insanely busy this week with two birthday cakes - in addition to my crazy day job schedule!

The first cake was for my "niece" Taylor - who turned 3 yesterday!  It was a tea party themed birthday party, so the cake was modeled after a mad hatter design.  The cake flavors were standard chocolate and yellow with vanilla and chocolate frosting respectively.  Here are a couple photos:

The other cake was for a co-worker's son who was turning 4... He loves sock monkeys and the color green, so I made an un-traditional sock monkey cake.  The cake flavor was funfetti with vanilla frosting.  Here are a couple photos:

These cakes were sooooo much fun to make!  :)  I hope they were tasty!

Thanks for reading!
Aly

VW-themed birthday!

One of my friends from college wanted a cake for her boyfriend's birthday which was on St. Patrick's Day.  He loves VW bugs, but because making a car is too challenging, I opted for making a VW logo with some "fenders."

I hadn't made a cake in over three months, so this was tons of fun!  I got to create a new recipe and be creative.  The cake itself was an orange cake with vanilla filling (like a 50/50 bar).  I made the orange cake from scratch.  Not sure how the cake turned out, but the batter was delicious!

Here are a couple photos:

Next month, I will be doing a fun mad hatter themed cake for my sweet "niece," Taylor.  Stay tuned!
Aly