Happy 6th Birthday Lauren

My neice Lauren turned 6 in June and she asked me if I could make her a Rose cake, and maybe some cupcakes with a rose on them too. My sister explained to her that Auntie might have some trouble finding just the right Rose to make into a cake for her (Phew! Thanks Cori!) but I did promise her that I would look around and see what I could find and then show her the pictures and whichever one she liked best would be the one I'd make. I told her my idea for the cupcakes and she loved them, so since her favourite colour is purple I found the perfect gingham cupcake liners and selected Lavender and Purple Roses as decoration for the cupcakes. So the cupcakes were sorted and all set for her Tea Party she was having with her friends from school and the neighborhood.

My next challenge was the cake, once we found a cake and decided on the colour scheme it was off to the races I went!

Here's the finished product and a close up of a flower design that were all over it. My neice loved it!

Happy Birthday Lauren, Auntie loves you xo

Happy 1st Birthday Samantha!

My neice celebrated her 1st birthday recently and I had the honour of making her first birthday cake. My sister had seen on Pinterest a "Little Miss Sunshine" themed party and loved the idea for her little Angel. Cori has the most beautiful 4 kids, I'm biased but that's OK, and her youngest Angel has the most infectious smile so the LittleMiss Sunshine theme idea was perfect! Cori found a picture of the cutest cake and asked me to replicate it, it turned out beautifully!

I decided to make a special Smash Cake for her and some cupcakes for Angel's cousins, since we come from a large family we wanted to make sure there was enough for everyone!

There wasn't a scrap of cake or cupcake leftover so I'd say it was a hit!  Happy Birthday Samantha~Auntie loves you xo

Happy 8th Birthday Wyatt

Wyatt was undecided what kind of cake he'd like for his 8th birthday so I did some searching around for ideas. When I found a blog complete with instructions on how to make these funny little guys I knew I'd found it! Wyatt loves watching "Despicable Me", he watches it as many times as he can. He's got some of the lingo down pat & quite a few quotes from the movie down too. We recently went to the show together and saw a 3D trailer for Despicable Me 2 which he just can't wait for! He loved the whole thing and proceeded to sing the "Barbra Ann" song from the trailer over & over.

I got some krispie treats from the store and followed the directions on the blog to create my minions. I've seen many different ways of making them, from covering them in fondant (as I did) to using half of a Twinkie. I just used 2 krispie treats pressed firmly together, dirty iced them and covered them in fondant. I'll let the wonderful lady at A Spoonful of Sugah take you the rest of the way  should you want to make some yourselves http://aspoonfulofsugah.blogspot.ca/2010/08/how-to-make-minion.html

After I made up the 2 minions I placed them on the cake and wrote the words to their version of Barbra Ann around the sides of the cake. Wyatt loved it, and insisted I take pictures of it so you can see it too.

Happy Birthday 8th Wyatt xo

My Parents Birthday

My sister & I decided to have some family over to celebrate our Parents 70th birthday this year, our Mom's is in the summer & Dad's is in the fall. We had it in the summer because our parents are lucky enough not to have to spend the winter here in the cold temperatures of Canada-they head for the sunny southwest of Arizona!

Before I began working with Fondant I had heard rumors that one could make it themselves, and after buying my first few tubs of the stuff I knew why-holy smokes it can be expensive! It seems even more expensive when you realize you can make enough to cover a 2 layer cake for less than $10, less than $5 if you get the stuff on sale and since it is basically sugar & marshmallows I am buying them in bulk these days!! So I did some research on You Tube and online and found a great recipe for fondant and I was off~Wow is it easy...sticky but easy!

My sister and I decided on the flavour of the cake & filling and I thought that since we come from a large family I'd better make a big one. I decided on a layered square cake with just 2 squares; I thought that was the best option since I was still not overly comfortable working with Fondant, why make it more complicated than it needed to be? I only used 3 colours and make some simple designs & coloured balls for decoration. My sister added the candles & it is done! Our parents & family loved it, and their 6 grandchildren gathered around to help them blow out their candles.

Happy Birthday Mom & Dad, you are the best!