Baby Girl Christening Cake

Isn't it just so really delicate and pretty?!

Happily Ever After

A bridal shower cake for a bride-to-be who is a big fan of all the Disney movies. I worked to combine the magic of Disney with the elegance of a wedding. Hope she loves it.

Calling all Cosmo fans

Here's the cake for you! White Princess Sour Creme cake with buttercream icing, a fondant cherry and opal sanding sugar. Yum!

Party at the Arboretum

The icing on this cake was NOT white. Not sure how I messed up the picture, but I can't restore it to the original color. Picture the white being more of a teal/blue/avocado/soft green. It was lovely. Really. It matched the birthday girl's most awesome party invitation. And I worked to give it a real "Houston Arboretum" feel. Bottom layer is chocolate with cookies-and-cream filling, top layer is White Almond Sour Creme. Kinda delicious.

From brother to brother

The birthday boy works at a local lawn mower repair/fertilizer/seed store. This is what his co-workers call him. His brother wanted a cake to celebrate the occasion and share with the co-workers. I'm told there wasn't a crumb left. I think it might have been inhaled in record time.

Imagine you are turning five ...

... and you requested a 2-tiered green cake with a tutu and ballet shoe-wearing dinosaur on top for your birthday party. Would you like this cake?

From a realtor to his clients

A simple 8" White Princess Sour Cream cake, iced in tons of buttercream, with an elegant (I hope) "thank you" on top. Ivory-tinted buttercream to reflect the color of the new house, while the black lettering reflects the black wrought iron that accents the front elevation.

From a husband to his wife

He said his wife is very contemporary, he specifically chose the pink/red/brown color scheme for her, and here's the cake they're celebrating with tonight. What a great husband, right?!

I can do simple, too

Cake balls

To match the cake below. Bright, fun, over the top.

Over The Top

That's what they wanted. Bright fun colors that were over the top. White Princess Sour Creme cake with buttercream and all fondant decor.

Baby Boy Baptism

A simple but pretty cross cake for a precious baby boy. White Princess Sour Creme cake, buttercream icing, blue fondant covering all, then white buttercream for the "Cornelli Lace" and bottom border. So that makes it a cake-buttercream-fondant-buttercream sandwich. Yummy.

Baby Shower

Design taken from the shower invitation. White Princess Sour Creme with buttercream icing, all fondant decor. The babe is asleep in a bird's nest, hovering somewhere above the stylized cherry blossom branches.

Moulin Rouge

What better way to celebrate a birthday party with an Argentinian theme?

Cake Balls!

It's what I do with "cake scraps" and a little bit of buttercream. These are composed of chocolate cake, Princess buttercream and a few drops of Rum flavoring. Dipped in semi-sweet chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate. Sounds like a great 5th of July breakfast to me!

The cut glass tray these cake balls are posing upon was my grandmother's.

Happy 4th!

This cake is for a fun and shoe-loving lady who happens to share her birthday with the US of A. The shoe is fondant. The cake is Italian Cream (oh my, I'd forgotten how DELICIOUS that is!) smothered with buttercream icing. Happy Birthday, Janie.

Wedding at the Zoo!

We spent many a hot summer day enjoying the Houston Zoo when our girls were little. Who knew it could be such a beautiful wedding venue, as well? The wedding had already begun when we set up the cake last night, and it was a veritable fairyland of candles, twinkle lights and gossamer tulle. Just gorgeous. This was a great, very fun couple who wanted bright, happy, fun, offbeat and unusual for their wedding cakes.

It has been about 104 degrees every day down here lately, so I was really "sweating" the survival of this stacked and tiered cake in the outdoor heat. Both cakes survived the nervous-making trip on the golf cart trailer from parking lot to reception venue, and my fingers are crossed that nothing slumped or melted by the time they cut the cake later that evening.

The groom's Louisiana Superdome cake is of chocolate, and the bottom two tiers of the topsy-turvy wedding cake are my White Princess Sour Creme. The top layer is carrot cake for the couple to freeze and save for their first anniversary.

Congratulations, y'all!

Aussie Vacation

A fun birthday cake for a lovely young woman turning 31, who is soon to embark on a vacation to Australia. This cake was designed to look like one of Australia's ubiquitous "Kangaroo Crossing" road signs, with a few fantasy fondant wildflowers added for a punch of color. My White Princess Sour Creme cake with buttercream icing, covered in road-sign-yellow fondant. The 'roo and lettering are created with black royal icing.

New House Cake

Another cake for our realtor friend who recently sold a gorgeous historic home to a lucky young couple. The house is a pale minty-sage-y green, and the front doors are a gorgeous raspberry color with fabulous leaded glass windows. The door is fondant, the solder is gray-tinted royal icing, and the glass is untinted piping gel. Makes for a pretty authentic looking leaded glass window, if I do say so myself.

Emily's birthday

Just a simple little cake to be shipped to Chicagoland for middle daughter's birthday. Around the sides it says, "Happy Birthday Erin and Kate's sister." An inside joke from one of my new favorite blogs ... Cake Wrecks. Check out this hilarious blog if you haven't seen it yet.