Rubber Ducky

My baby is ONE!!!! This year has been bliss with my little monkey! I didn't think I could find a job more fantastic than a first grade teacher, but I did! Being this girls Mom is the best job around! This Rubber Duck cake was a blast to make and I was delighted that my little bug enjoyed eating it.

Aqua Cupcake

Once again, my neighbors were targeted by my hankering to bake. Sunday afternoon hit and I wanted to try a new cake recipe and cover it buttercream! I adore the color of these delightful little cupcakes.

Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossoms remind me of Disney's Mulan. One of the end scenes where Mulan and her dad are under the Cherry Blossom tree I can't help but be distracted by the beautiful pink blossoms popping up around them. There is nothing prettier to me than trees blooming with bright, fragrant flowers. I had seen a similar cake in a book and had to try for myself. I give you Spring:

Chocolate

My poor neighbors! I love to bake cakes, but I don't love being stuck with a cake to eat on my own, so I pawn them off on my neighbors when I can. I had just gotten 6-inch cake pans and NEEDED to try them out. This divine chocolate cake recipe was perfect for a little cake!

Sheet Cake

I love experimenting! This sheet cake was from an experiment I did during nap time one afternoon.

Wilton Cake Decorating Class

Taking a Wilton Cake Decorating class has been on my bucket list for years. It was always one thing or another to keep me from it: first it was college, then it was work, then it was getting married, then it was having a baby... the list goes on. I woke up one morning deciding that I wasn't going to put it off anymore. I was going to take the class. So I signed up! It was bliss. Two hours a week of buttercream dream each week. This cake was one I did in there. It reminds me of Mary Engelbreit, which reminds me of my mom, so I made the cake for her.

Tea Party

My nieces and I like tea parties. I wanted to make a mini cake on a day there were coming over, so I experimented with a new almond cake recipe. It was a hit - I wouldn't use that frosting again, the consistency was not good for decorating, but the girls loved the fancy treat for a quaint summer tea party.

Sprinkles!

I love sprinkles!!! They make things happy. They are colorful, bright, fun and say PARTY! Throw some on a cake and I'm happy.