Yellow Lightning

Along with being a baker, I also helped start a softball league for girls and was an assistant coach for the Yellow Lightning Fall Softball league. For our end of the season party we had a parent v. players game. I surprised the girls at the end of the party with this cake. The cake is a vanilla butter cake with swirls of yellow inside with a vanilla buttercream icing. The decorations which includes the backstop, the bases, and the lightning bolts are made of fondant. The "dirt" is made of graham crackers that were ground up in a food processor. The girls were very excited and everyone enjoyed the cake!

Snowman Cake

I made this snowman a couple of years ago. It is a yellow cake with a mashmallow frosting surrounded by a layer of "snow" or mini marshmallows. The hat, eyes, nose, buttons, and scarf are made from vanilla buttercream. My future mother-in-law took this cake to work for a Board of Director's meeting in January. She sent me a picture of the snowman's head which was all that was left after the first round of cake. Needless to say that didn't last too long!

Pumpkin Spice Cake Cookies

Here are some Pumpkin Spice Cake Cookies I made. They are amazing! And not to mention perfect for the fall season. I personally do not like the taste of pumpkin but I love these because it tastes more like the cinnamon and nutmeg combination than the pumpkin itself. These were made for a work party and have a cake consistency; light and fluffy and soft. They also are better when not kept in an airtight container because the pumpkin has a lot of moisture in it. The glaze is a cinnamon sugar glaze and goes perfectly with the cookies. YUMM

Halloween

I spent 2 days on this cake and it turned out fantastic!! It's a chocolate raspberry cake with a raspberry filling and vanilla buttercream icing. The decorations are made from both gum paste and fondant. Let me know what you think!

Baby Aiden

A baby shower cake for baby Aiden. The only instruction I was given was that it was a monkey theme. All of the decorations, including the monkeys (which I also made) are made out of fondant. This is one of my favorite cakes I made. The flavor is snickerdoodle which is a vanilla cinnamon cake with a brown sugar and cinnamon buttercream. Probably the best cake I've ever tasted in my life...no joke!

Birthday Party

This is a birthday cake for my grandmother's 80th birthday. The first time my family actually saw a cake that I made for an event. The flavor is a vanilla cake with raspberry and white chocolate mouse and a a white chocolate buttercream icing...delicious!!

State Fair Cake

I submitted this cake to the Maryland State Fair under the bridal shower category. I decided with 2 days left to submit that I wanted to do a cake. I placed second in my category!

Baby Shower

This is a baby shower cake that I made for an office baby shower. It was a surprise shower. Everyone thought the baby was a girl except the expecting mother who said she was having a boy. The cake flavor is vanilla bean with buttercream frosting. An added touch was 2 out of the 3 layers were colored pink and the top layer was blue.

Bridal Shower

This is for a bridal shower at an office party that I made. The topper and the ring are not edible but were cute touches. :)

Friends Wedding Cake

My best friend got married and I was the Maid of Honor as well as the cake baker. This was my first attempt at a real cake for an event.