Some-Bunny Loves You

Our sweet little Maya-Boo turned 2 in September.  This little bunny cake was inspired by several different cakes that I saw online...just pulled a little from each of them to come up with the idea for this cute little guy.

Cutting into these cakes is so hard to do after I spend so much time making them, but it's so fun to see the kids get so excited about them...so it's worth all in the end!

Gir

This little guy is the cake that we had at Kira's 14th birthday party with her friends.  His name is Gir and I had never heard of him until she told me she wanted a Gir cake.  I have to say I think he turned out cute.  Sorry...I couldn't figure out how to rotate this picture, so I guess you will just have to turn your computer sideways :P  Do you love his fruit roll-up tongue?  This was one of the cakes Kira and I had to create our own template...not too bad, eh?

The Cell Phone

I have to say this is one of my least favorite of all of the cakes I have done.  Too much white for one thing...and for another thing, don't you think it looks more like a calculator than a cell phone?  The buttons are rice crispy treats covered in almond bark.  The result...way too sweet.  Oh well, live in learn.  This cake was the one we celebrated Colton and CheyAnn's birthdays with in August while again picnicking in southern Utah.  It was Kira's birthday, too...her cake is in the next post :)

The Popcorn Cake

It just occurred to me that there are a few of my cakes I haven't posted on here yet!  We can't have that, can we?  The next few posts will be cakes that I have done the last few months with birthdays and graduations happening in our fam.

This cake was for Colton's (left) graduation and Bryson's (right) 17th birthday...we were in Southern Utah visiting them back in May and had a lil picnic at the park.  The popcorn on the cake is kettle corn.  The redstripes are licorice.  Got this idea from www.bettycrocker.com.

Busy Birthday Cake Season

I like to make fun birthday cakes for my family, but have no formal training at all...unless you count my ex-husband's mother doing my first cake with me 15 years ago.  I guess that SHOULD count because she is amazingly talented far beyond anything I could do.  Anyway, August to January we have LOTS of birthdays around here.  Here are a couple of other cakes I did that I forgot to post.  Those of you that know my husband know that he LOVES to fish...so here's what he got for his birthday last month...

Katelyn turned 16 back in November and had a 50's themed murder mystery party (very fun, by the way).  It was about a 50's rock star, so of course there needed to be an electric guitar cake : )

I am thinking I will try a Valentine's cake next...Dave has a cousin that has a cake decorating business here in town and she offered to teach me some tricks : )

Happy Birthday!

My baby turned one and to commemorate the occasion I made her a Winnie the Pooh cake (love you, Wilton's cake pans!). 
We love Pooh Bear at our house.  Even have him on the kitchen wall (no lie...although that one is not by my choosing).  I actually made this cake for my now-15-year-old for her third birthday.  I thought it was so cute I had to make it again.  Here is me, my husband, and our four girls (at a hotel...thus the pic with the bed in the background)...we have two older boys, too...one of them was taking the pic, the other was rehearsing with his band : )

My Cute Little Panda Cake

Last week my daughter turned 13 years old.  She loves pandas, so I decided to try my hand at making her a panda cake.  I have done character cakes before, but just the ones with the ready-made pan that has the shape of the character.  This one is from a template I got off of the Betty Crocker website.  I tweaked the template a little bit and I think it turned out really cute!!!  She was so excited and it was hard for us to cut him up when it was time at her party.  Next week my baby turns 1 and I am doing a Winnie the Pooh cake (I have a Wilton pan for that one).  Hope it turns out as cute!  I will post pics!