Jaci Blue's Grad

The end of June brought a large milestone in my family's life.  My little sister finally graduated high school in June, right on time!  Some super good friends of our family let us all stay at their place, plus hold a big party at their place one night.  Of course I had to make a cake for my sister!  Although the outside was pretty, the inside of the cake was a super surprise!

Annnnnddddd....inside the cakes:

Grad Cake

This cake was lots of fun to do...as they all are!  When asked to do this cake, I couldn't say no!  How cool is it that this family has the same last name as my nickname (Jello)?! 

Nope, couldn't say no! :)

This was a red velvet cake, with vanilla buttercream icing.  The orange gumpaste flowers and silver 'beading' were made to match the grad dress.

Ok, I lied.

I couldn't really wait to post the final project for this cake.  I know the bride and groom are at the hall now (or should be!!).  And just for the record, this bride and groom were pretty kick-bum!  SUCH a fun couple!
So...I like the cake, and I hope you guys like it, too!

The finished product. 

Up-close of the gold swirls.

Sneak Peak...kind of

Here's a little bit of a look at the cake I'm working on for a wedding reception this evening.  I have a lot of piping to do with this cake, so I decided to give my hands a break with this!  So far I have one side of the cake completely done.  All it took was 1 1/2 hours! Ha!

I'll post the final product tomorrow sometime - I don't want the bride to see the it all done before the big party!

Here's a look at my 'work station'.

Coffee and cake!  Need anything more??

And while I work, my puppy is here...

...or here!

Noah's Ark

This is probably one of the most fun cakes I've made yet.  This was for a friend's baby shower - pre-baby.  (The couple now have a cute baby boy!)  My mom actually helped me a TON with making the boards for all over the cake.  Each board was actually made individually.  Although this cake looks great, there are a few things I will do differently to make it better next time.  All of the animals were fun to make, and yes, I know the turtles are missing eyes.  I didn't forget; time was tight since I made this cake in the Hat and had to drive the cake 4 hours to the shower!  When I got to the shower, the hostess had decorated in a Noah's Ark theme!  Funny, because we had never discussed a theme for the party.  My cake matched the decorations perfectly! :)

This was layered white and red velvet cake with buttercream icing everywhere else.  Of course it was topped off with fondant! 

All done!

Giraffes

Lions, Monkeys, and Pandas

Elephants and blind Turtles

For you Trekkies...

I got this cake order for the beginning of January.  I'm not a Star Trek person, but was still looking forward to doing this cake.  (mostly because it was an easier design!! ha!)  It was for a 30th birthday, and was all an all white cake, with yummy buttercream.  You can't tell in the picture, but there is a shine to the cake from the edible silver lustre dust I used all over it. 

Tinkerbell

Here's the birthday cake I made for a co-worker's niece who was turning 2.  I was told the little girl really enjoyed it!  I had found a picture of another Tinkerbell cake, which I kind of based this cake off of.  I find I'm always looking at pictures of other cakes for ideas!

Cake:

Double layer white

Purple Wedding

This one was a wedding cake for good friends back at home.  I really like how this one turned out.  :)  Sometimes it still amazes me how heavy exactly cakes can get once you're all done with them!

I believe this is how the flavours went:

Top layer: White Cake

Middle layer: Red Velvet

Bottom layer: Chocolate

Practise Cake

This cake I made for my cousin to take to work with him.  One of his coworkers was leaving, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to practise another cake!  Even though this was a recent cake, I can't remember what kind it was.  Probably chocolate.  When in doubt - chocolate!

There's always next year!

I think this cake pretty much knocks the rest of my cakes out of the park right now.  However, I do say this as I am sitting here wearing my Rider bunnyhug :)  I may have a slightly biased opinion about this cake!

This cake I made for my cousin and his cool new wife.  It was lots of fun to make!  It's a single layer chocolate cake, with buttercream icing, and fondant on top.  I'm pretty sure everyone enjoyed it!

Go Riders!  We still love you!

Christmas Cake

Here's my first Christmas cake! :)  My coworkers got to enjoy this one.  I really enjoyed making this one - the snowmen turned out really well!  They're super cute!

This one was a double layer with chocolate ganache in the middle.  mmmmm...

Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak at the cake I did for my work Christmas party.  It was a double layer chocolate cake, covered with buttercream (then fondant), and with chocolate ganache in the middle. 

I think everyone like it!  Cake pictures tomorrow!

Pre-Nose

Post-Nose

All put together!

First fondant experience worth sharing

This was my second time trying out fondant.  My first time wasn't the best thing ever, so I'm not showing that picture! :)  I'm pretty sure I made this cake for my aunt to take to work with her.  Any time I send a cake to work with her, there's nothing left of it!