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Shark and Mermaid Party

10 Friday Aug 2018

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cookies and cream, funfetti cake, mermaid cake, mermaid cookies, shark cake, shark cookies

This was such a cute idea for siblings whose birthdays were being celebrated together…Sharks and Mermaids!  Mom, Emily, was clever… do the work to have 1 party with 2 celebrations for Elin (3) and Kyle (1) with a theme for both that work together.

Each 8″ cake was decorated with his/her own theme and had a few dozen matching cookies to make each child know that their birthday was special…smart thinking, Mom!

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1-yr-old Kyle had a chocolate shark-themed cake with cookies and cream filling, rough-iced with ombre blue buttercream made to look like waves.  The fin, life preserver, letters, sea life, sharks, and other other details were made from homemade marshmallow fondant.  The bubbles were white buttercream piped on with a small round tip.

The shark, surfboard, and life preserver cookies matched the color scheme.

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3-yr-old Elin’s mermaid cake was funfetti with vanilla buttercream, smooth-iced with turquoise, white and pale pink stripes.  The tail was molded from rice cereal, then covered in pink fondant and dusted with pearl dust.   The number 3 and other sea life were fondant…the sea plants were made by winding long strips of pink fondant around straws, letting them dry overnight, then carefully removing the straws once the fondant was set up.

 

 

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Once the cake was iced and decorated, I added some fun shiny pearls to look like colored bubbles.

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Elin also had her own sea-themed cookies.

 

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This duo-themed birthday was sure fun to do…

Hope you had a great celebration, Elin and Kyle!

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Carpenter Cake and Tool Cookies

20 Friday Jul 2018

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carpenter cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, tool cookies, vanilla cake

This was truly a “change of life” cake.  Not for me, but for Ron,  the cake’s recipient.  A few months ago, his coworker asked me to make goodies for his special going away party.

Ron was actually just leaving one job to embark on a new career….to be a finish carpenter.

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This is a 9″ vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.  All of the tools and other details are are made from homemade marshmallow fondant.

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And cookies, too…I love these cookies, so fun!  Would be great for  a special dad on Father’s Day.

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Congrats to you, Ron!  Good luck in your new career!

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Unicorn Cakes and Cookies

14 Saturday Jul 2018

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unicorn cakes and cookies

Unicorns are definitely popular right now, especially with little girls!  The cakes and cookies can be customized with different colors and horns.

I just wanted to share a few of the favorites I’ve done over the past few months in case there is a unicorn party in your future…

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And cookies to match…

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This unicorn lover wanted her cake in blue…which is totally cool!

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And one more idea, Unicorn LOL Surprise cake!

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More cookies with purples….

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They’re so versatile and cute.   And who doesn’t love a unicorn 😉

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Photography Themed Grad Cake

14 Thursday Jun 2018

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graduation cake, graduation cap, graduation cookies

It’s graduation season and here is one of my favorites done for a young girl graduating from high school and pursuing an education in graphic arts…

Her mother wanted a simple grad hat with a shout out to photography, Alyssa’s passion.

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It’s an 8-inch confetti cake, filled and frosted with vanilla buttercream,  The base of the mortar board and the camera are rice cereal treats covered with black fondant.  The flat top of the cap is a piece of cardboard covered with fondant to give it support.  All of the other details were made using homemade marshmallow fondant.

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She also had graduation caps and diploma cookies with her colors, coral and gold, for the event.

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Congrats on your graduation, Alyssa!  

I really enjoyed doing your sweet treats!

 

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Disney “Cars” 2nd Birthday

02 Monday Apr 2018

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Disney Cars cake and cookies; chocolate cake

Ok, it’s been FOREVER since I posted and I’m SO backed up with cool cakes to share with y’all!!   I’ve done dozens of them in the past few months and I don’t even know where to start.

I was really happy with the way this Disney “Cars”-themed birthday cake and cookies for Ashton turned out last month…2-yr old Ashton is SUPER adorable and his mom Ali is the BEST!  She’s turned me on to so many of her friends and they are all great. I’m always thrilled to create cakes/cookies for Ali and her friends. (See “Fun Fact” below :0)

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For the party, she wanted mostly cookies to serve to the kiddos with a small Lightening McQueen cake.

The cake is an 8″ chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream tinted bright “McQueen” red and smooth-iced.  The details on the cake are made from homemade marshmallow fondant (sorry about the focus in this pic, wanted to show the eyes but it’s a bit fuzzy :0/).

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These cookies were so fun to do….we decided on a mix of really detailed McQueen/Mater designs with more simple “filler” cookies with the same theme/color palette.

This option is much more affordable when you need cookies for a large crowd!  I incorporated Ashton’s age and name onto about half of them, and the rest are simply iced and sprinkled with sanding sugar.

 

 

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Fun Fact: I did Ali’s baby reveal party over 2 years ago (see pics) and knew she was having Ashton before she did!!

 

 

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Hope you had a super fun 2nd birthday party, Ashton!!  

It was a blast making your goodies!!

 

 

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Life is crazy and I love to bake. I'm a wife, mother of 3 nutty kids, and an admitted sugar-holic. Ten years ago I left my job as a senior consulting engineer in Salt Lake City, UT, to get out of the rat race and raise kids. We up and moved to a quiet, small town in NE Ohio to be near family and bought a 180-yr-old historic home, always a dream of mine. Along the way, I discovered my joy of baking, which allows both my engineering side and my oft-suppressed creative side to emerge. It began with the desire to bake birthday cakes for my kids (I hated to buy them) and has blossomed into a cupcake-baking business for a local bakery. Over the years, many people have asked if I take orders. So, here they are. Check out the site, we'll be adding new cupcake flavors weekly as well as the occasional cake. And in case you're wondering about the name, it's an homage to the big, old gray barn in my back yard. What a bonus, it came with the house! Put on a smile and BAKE!

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