Big T and Sports

Big T is your typical little boy who enjoys all things sports. So Nanny found this cake on a web site and he fell for it. Three tiers with two layers each of vanilla cake and buttercream icing filled our need for something sweet at his party. The middle tier, football, is iced with chocolate buttercream which is awesome. The decorations are from our modeling chocolate. He's growing up and who knows what he'll be into next year. Cowboys and a western theme wouldn't surprise me since his daddy is farming now. Whatever he chooses, we will do our best to give him what he wants. Happy Birthday Big "T"! We love you!

Alabama #1 - Will #8

Will is such an Alabama fan that celebrating with an Alabama cake was a must. This is a yellow cake with buttercream icing, the stripes, "A's", and tear pieces are made from our modeling chocolate and the football is rice krispie treats covered with modeling chocolate. This serves 40. Happy 8th birthday, Will!

Peace, McKenzie!

Two layers of vanilla cake with buttercream icing helped to make this birthday girl happy. The peace sign is made from our modeling chocolate and the cake serves 25. The cake also has buttercream peace signs in various sizes all around the sides of the cake. Thanks Becky and happy birthday McKenzie!

Sweet McKenzie



Backyard Fun!

Ah, grandchildren! Well Katie Beth wanted her backyard again this year. She is a unique thinker and has a lot of spirit, which I love about her. She wanted a double-decker chocolate chip cookie with buttercream icing in between. The top was also iced with buttercream icing and all detail work out of modeling chocolate. Well, except for the fountain, which was krispie treats covered with icing and the handles and diving board were the only thing not edible. Okay Katie, can't wait for your ideas next year! Happy Birthday! Love you so, so much!

And we have a winner...

Thanks, guys for playing along with the M&M guesses. It was so fun to see the range of guesses and we were floored with the number of people that put in their guess. Since we didn't actually say whether you could go over the number of M&M's we used or not, we decided to reward both the closest without going over, and the closest that did go just over. We actually used a staggering 2,133 M&M's on Tabitha and Warren's wedding cake, which were all placed on by hand one at a time. So, without stalling any longer, the winners are: Shelia Traweek, with a guess of 2,035, and Millie Miller, with our closest guess of 2,196. Thank you girls, and we'll be in touch! We hope you enjoy the cupcakes!

Sweet 16

This is a two layer vanilla cake with buttercream icing. The decorations are made from our modeling chocolate. This cake serves about 32. Thanks Ginny and Happy Birthday Lexus!

M&M Wedding Cake

Okay, where do I start? This started out to be, or so we thought, a simple and easy cake. The top picture is the first time we set it up. Two layers in each tier with four tiers starting out on the bottom tier with vanilla cake and the next one chocolate, the next one vanilla and so on. Four and a half hours of putting on M&M's and the job was done (or so we thought). About two hours or so later we got a call with the news that the cake was leaning, badly, and in danger of toppling over. In horror we went to the church and found the bride and grandmother of the bride holding the cake up!

Oh no!!! We had to take the cake completely apart and start over. The bottom two tiers were crumbled beyond use and so it was back to the kitchen to start cooking at midnight, the night before the wedding. We had alot of help with the M&M's from the bride and her family. You see, these were special ordered and had to be wiped off and put back on the cake.

Our second attempt with the cake, it started leaning again and we had to take it apart again. The third time we got it put together, we had to unstack the tiers and regroup. Okay, by this time we were pretty stressed and we can't imagine how the bride felt down deep, although she assured us she was okay. And if you know Tabitha, she has an amazing way of handling stress, she lets it roll off her like water on a ducks back. She is the most happy-go-lucky young woman we know and we love that about her.

Fourth time on the cake and we had to say goodbye to the bottom tier and settle for a three tier cake. We sliced up the bottom tier and got that part of the cake ready to serve. So even though they didn't get to have their pictures made with the original cake, Warren and Tabitha were so sweet to us. It was their big day and instead of stressing out, they wanted to make sure we were okay. They are young and already showing alot of patience. This cake (four tiers), served 138. Thanks to all those who helped us with the 911 cake emergency, we love ya'll lots.
Oh, the only thing we could come up with as far as the cake falling is that the table may not have been level and maybe the M&M's were too heavy (4 lbs total). And maybe neither of these, we just don't know.

CONTEST TIME: Just for the sake of doing it, we are giving those who want to participate, a chance to guess how many M&M's are on the wedding cake and the keepsake cake for the bride (total). The closest guess will be treated to a dozen cupcakes, on the house. Good luck! Guesses must be made by January 4, 2012, and cupcakes must be picked up on January 6, 2012. Please be sure to send us an email or message us on Facebook, but if you choose to post in the comments here on the blog, make sure we can get back in touch with you in case you are the winner.

Jacie Jo's Tye-Dye Cake

Jacie Jo wanted a tye-dye cake. Okay. How in this world do you make a tye-dye cake?! That was our thoughts, too, but she knew exactly what she wanted, down to all the colors, writing, and every little detail. What else were we gonna do? We just have to make our "special customers" (family) happy. So we decided to make 65 servings with the bottom tier two layers of yellow, or butter, cake, and the top tier two layers of dark chocolate cake. The entire cake was iced with buttercream and then topped with Fluff (our newest icing that is WONDERFUL!!) and then hand-painted in a tye-dye pattern. The banners are made from modeling chocolate and the #8 is grape-flavored modeling chocolate (another request from Miss Jacie Jo). I know "grape" and "chocolate" are not two flavors you, or anyone would put together, but it works, and well, I add. It tasted like grape taffy, but just melted faster. The kids loved it!

This shows the tye-dye on the top of the cake a little better.

Jacie Jo is posing for her blog appearance.

We love you so much, silly girl! Happy birthday!

Evan's Baptism

Zach and Becca had a baptism service for Evan, which if I understand correctly is our version of a dedication service. So another cake was in order to celebrate. This is a white cake with white buttercream icing and serves about 35 to 40 people. We are so thankful for all the blessings from our heavenly Father. Every child is a gift and a blessing and we are honored to have these precious little ones. Lots of love Evan Michael!

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Zoe

Zoe Jane just loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and sings the "hot diggety dog" song at the end.And when she's watching this show, she is in the zone. Nothing distracts her vision. The party was decorated in the usual Clubhouse colors and so was Zoe and brother Evan. The bottom tier is dark chocolate cake with buttercream icing and the top tier is red velvet and chocolate marbled with buttercream icing. The cakes were covered with something we call fluff instead of fondant. It was a last minute idea that we came up with and it worked out great.  It's easier to work with than fondant and tastes better. The Mickey Mouse ears are rice krispies covered in modeling chocolate and all other decorations are made from our modeling chocolate as well. This cake serves about 65.

Happy 2nd Birthday Zoe Jane!!! We love you very much!

Simple Happy Birthday

This cake was for several employee birthdays at a friend's business. "Just a small cake that says Happy Birthday on top" was the only instructions on this one, so simple it was. This cake served 12-14 and was a white cake with vanilla buttercream. Because of the simplicity of this cake, I chose a larger border, and couldn't resist piping on white detail on the sides and top. Thanks, Tish!

Happy Halloween AND Happy 1st Birthday, Braiden

Happy Halloween, but most important, happy first birthday, Braiden! What do the following have in common: one-year-old Braiden, a quirky ghost, tiny pumpkins, and a smiling jack-o-lantern? The answer is, they are all super cute! This Halloween birthday cake, as well as the smash cake, is yellow cake with vanilla buttercream, and serves around 35. Now, I've seen my fair share of smash cakes being grabbed, clawed, hit, poked, smeared, and thrown. The smiling jack-o-lantern smash cake was the first one I've ever seen sat on! Braiden had a ball with this cake! He had it everywhere, and a few bystanders even fell victim to a few flying balls of buttercream. I'm glad I contributed to the ingredients of making the mess instead of having to clean them up! Have fun with that, Katrina. I wish you well. Happy birthday, Braiden, and I hope you had as much fun with the cake as I did watching you play with it.

My Little Pony

Rylee is two!!! I can't believe it. Wow, how time flies! What is better than My Little Pony, right? I, personally, have loved My Little Pony since I was Rylee's age, and was very excited to see them make their rounds again with little girls today. This cake made me a little nervous, mainly because I wanted to do this classic toy justice. This cake is white cake with vanilla buttercream and serves about 35. The design on top is strictly made from buttercream, but was raised in certain areas to achieve a more 3-D look. The border is a simple shell border with pink sweet pea buds. I absolutely loved the chance to do this design, and want to wish Rylee a very happy birthday and year.

When you wish upon a star...

Anna Raley wanted to celebrate her birthday with a princess and she chose Cinderella. Cinderella and Fairy Godmother visited the party to sing, make crafts (tiara's, crowns, and magic wands for everyone) and paint faces.
Her cake was vanilla cake with buttercream icing. The bottom layer served 20 and the doll served 15. Cinderella's dress was made from our modeling chocolate and brushed with pearl dust. This was the first cake we covered completely with modeling chocolate. We thought it turned out great!
She also had 3 dozen tiara butter cookies iced with royal icing brushed with pearl dust. All the kiddos had a good time. Happy birthday, Anna Raley!

Minnie Mouse and Kendall

Kendall is such a girlie-girl. She's a big fan of Minnie Mouse so Misty went to work on the decorations and put alot of time and thought into this party. It was gorgeous! This cake is a vanilla cake with buttercream icing. The bottom tier is decorated with zebra stripes with a rope border  made from our modeling chocolate.  The second tier is all buttercream with the rope border out of modeling chocolate. The top tier is rice krispies covered in modeling chocolate with the "K" and border also made of modeling chocolate. Serves about 65. The party was a huge success and Kendall loved it. We all did. Great job Misty and Happy Birthday to our little Kendall Leigh!