Cate and Abby's Patriotic Cake

Cate and Abby, my granddaughters, birthdays are in the first week of March.  They had their party together with a patriotic theme, The Revolutionary War.  I hand painted the medallions of different people and items of historical meaning and even the inside of the cake looked like a flag when cut.  Needless to say, it was a hit with the party goers who dressed in the period and played games to match the history.  It was pretty cool to say the least.  By the way, I got the idea for the cake from Betty Crocker.

Candy Explosion

All the cakes I make are fun but this was extra fun because Maggie loves candy, cake, and cookies.  She is an artist and musician so I put musical notes on and made a "Tie Dyed" cake on the top. She loved it! I also made a candy bouquet for her. That turned out cool as well.  Happy Birthday Maggie.

Audrina's Melted Ice Cream Cake

I wanted to do one of these "ice cream melt" cakes for sometime now and finally got the chance with Audrina's Birthday Cake.  I have been making her cakes for some years now.  Love doing it.  This was chocolate with butter cream filling.  Tasty!

I got the wonderful chance to make a barrel of flowers cake for an 82 year old sweet lady who loves gardening and flowers.  I wanted a chance to make butter cream flowers and this was the perfect project.  Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling, Kit Kat bar barrel and butter cream flowers.  She loved her cake and I loved making it for her.

Tarts, Tarts, and More Tarts!

A friend of mine asked me to make something other than cake for her daughter's wedding rehearsal dinner.  I suggested tarts, especially fruit tarts as this is the season.  My friend is also vegan so I made a vegan raspberry tart for her.  Making these was time consuming but when I finally nailed the type of crust that worked best or me I was able to move along pretty easily. They make for a beautiful display on a dessert bar.  They were a hit for sure! 

Vegan Raspberry Tart with Date Nut Crust

Chocolate Brownie Tart with Chocolate Ganache and Chocolate Strawberries

Vanilla Yogurt and Fruit Tart

Lemon Custard Raspberry Tart

Chocolate Mousse Tart with Whipped Cream and Walnuts

Lemon Cream Tart with Raspberries

Paula Deen's Fresh Peach Tart

Casey Gets Married

I had the wonderful opportunity to make my daughter's wedding cake.  She is a Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer survivor and to have a wedding instead of a funeral on December 24, 2017 is a miracle.  God saw this journey through and we had a wonderful celebration of life!

Jonathan and Casey wanted a rustic cake, kind of the thing right now.  I made a three tiered caked with the bottom being chocolate with chocolate ganache filling, the middle was butter cake with chocolate icing filling, and the top was lemon with lemon curd filling.  The frosting is butter cream. 

I put real roses on the cake as requested and topped it with a Willow Tree cake topper. Each layer was delicious and it cut well.  I'm always worried about it getting crumbly with just butter cream frosting as it tends to suck out the moisture.  However, this time I sprayed each layer with simple syrup to avoid drying out.

It was an Irish theme wedding, but they incorporated both of their likes.  It was beautiful.

Casey and Jonathan Harris and their boys David and Sebastian.