Another Fiesta!

Apparently Dora is extremely popular with three year old little girls! Here's another Dora the Explorer cake, ready for her birthday adventure with Kaitlyn! Happy birthday!

Too Cute to Spook!

This is the first full school year for my Spice at her new school for children with autism and related disabilities (Completely non-cake related, I have to say how much I love this school and all that they have done for my family). They sent home a flyer asking all the parents to send in a covered dish for the Halloween potluck party. Of course, my "covered dish" were dozens of cupcakes! Halloween Funfetti cake, bright orange, green, and purple buttercream frosting, and icing decorations on top! Happy Halloween!

Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

Did you hear the buzz? My best friend is a Mama-to-Bee and I got to throw her an adorable bee themed baby "sprinkle" (it's her second baby girl, so it was smaller scale than a "shower"). The little bumblebee cake was so cute (from a cake pan I got on clearance for $4--hooray!). And I just loved making the tiny fondant bumblebees. Itty bitty wings and a happy smile on each one!

Fabulous 4-0

My big sister celebrated her milestone 40th birthday this weekend. What kind of little sister would I be if I didn't bring something to completely ruin her dieting plan? Triple chocolate fudge cupcakes with peanut butter buttercream frosting. Happy Birthday Tracie!

Back to Class!

This weekend, Michael's was offering a special "Tall Cakes" class. It's been a few years since I've taken any cake decorating classes, so my best friend and I signed up to learn how to do a topsy turvy cake. We had fun being in class together again, but not so much fun doing the cakes! I learned three things in this class:

1. I have now accumulated enough cake decorating supplies, that lugging what I need to make a cake all the way to Michael's is way more trouble than it's worth!
2. Surprisingly, it is much easier to cut a cake level than crooked.
3. Topsy turvy cakes really should require more than a one night, three hour course.

Una Fiesta! A Party!

Feliz Cumpleanos! Happy Birthday! Dora the Explorer is jumping in celebration! And of course, Dora isn't complete without her monkey sidekick Boots along for the adventure! We did it! Yeah!

For a Little Cupcake!

There's nothing quite like the first birthday! The "Little Cupcake" theme is what I chose when my Sugar turned one in April. It was a huge hit, and I had a lot of fun doing it. So I was excited when I was asked to do the same cupcakes and smash cake for the first birthday of another little girl. The cupcakes themselves are my favorite...they make me think of an old fashioned ice cream soda shoppe!