Albert the Rooster was entered into the Denver County Fair in the Cake Decorating competition. I thought about creating a rooster cake the instant I saw the Fair flier with the little rooster head on it. A second reason I wanted to do a rooster was that Denver recently changed their ruling about allowing chickens [...]

So, I quit my “real” job.  As I was letting my clients know that April 1 would be my last day as an environmental consultant, one client said it was great timing because she was hosting a baby shower in a few weeks and could use a cake.  Sweet!  I put the message that I’m [...]

My coworker Nicole referred her friend to me after I did the Diary of the Wimpy Kid cake for her. Nicole’s friend wanted something skateboard themed. I did some looking around at various skateboard cakes online and gave her 3 options to pick from: 1. A regular round cake with a skateboard topper on it [...]

Jana and David had a baby boy!! Jana’s baby shower was a jungle theme to match the design for the nursery.  I did this jungle cake for her baby shower! I think it was carrot cake with cream cheese filling and Kay’s cream cheese icing.  

Well, it’s really Diana’s daughter-in-law’s baby shower cake. I did a preview of this cake for the 2010 Sweet Times in the Rockies show. Diana had me make the top tier darker for her cake. The Two Peas in a Pod theme to welcome twin girls. Congratulations Saias!

I was asked to do a baby shower cake for one of my co-workers, Courtney.  He and his wife are going to have a baby boy in June. She wanted a white cake with a fruit filling.  I made a white cake with 3 layers of strawberry puree (see below) and whipped cream. I iced [...]

The Denver Home and Garden Show was back, so that means, SWEET TIMES IN THE ROCKIES!!!! Both Randy and I entered cakes again this year. He made a 9 inch round tiled with little gum paste tiles to look like a fish. I made a three tiered baby shower cake.  This allowed me to do [...]

Making a cake for my friend Jenny.  She requested a black forest cake, a new recipe for me. For the cake: Betty Crocker Devils Food 1 box instant chocolate pudding 1 scoop of sour cream ~1/4 cup of flour 4 eggs oil & water per box For the filling and the syrup: I started with [...]

I made a Thanksgiving cake for a friend to use as a hostess gift when she sells jewelry. Pumpkin cake with creamcheese-y filling and spicy icing (Kay’s recipe but use ground cinnamon and fresh ground nutmeg instead of butter flavor) I made a cornucopia with pumpkin, apples, and peppers out of fondant.

A friend just got me the book: Hello, Cupcake!  Check out the Hello, Cupcake Website.  And their Blog!! It came in the mail yesterday, right as I was about to make cupcakes (Good timing!) After flipping through the book, I decided I had all the ingredients (wouldn’t have to run another errand!) for the Butterfly Cupcakes.  [...]