Tay and Jeff's Wedding

My bestest friends from childhood to now :)

Dianna (in the middle) is the one who encouraged me to start making cakes!

My groom :)

This past weekend, Dave and I traveled to Ocean Isle Beach for Tay and Jeff's wedding. It was such a fun weekend away and it is the first time in a while that I have really relaxed! I made the cake and had it all finished Thursday night so we could leave right after work on Friday. We spent the day Saturday and Sunday soakin' up the rays and hangin' out with friends on the beach.

The cake was two tiers and covered with buttercream and fondant. The biggest tier was White Almond (which has become a pretty popular flavor!) and the top was Triple Chocolate (my fave). This was the first time I made gumpaste flowers and I love hard hard they dry. It was perfect because transporting a cake three hours to the beach can be a little stressful! They flowers were super duper sturdy and everything got there in one piece. Congratulations Taylor an Jeff!!

Eli's 3rd Birthday Cake

Ok, so I have to admit kid's cakes are my absolute favorite to make! I made this cake for little Eli who turned 3. I work with his mom at Franklin Academy and was honored that she asked me to make his cake. He LOVES trains and anything with wheels. How cute :)

Kristin and Marc's Wedding Cake

This wedding cake was all chocolate and covered in buttercream and fondant. I love how Kristin repeated the circles all throughout her reception site. Beautiful!

Stylish Graduation Cake

I made this cake for my friend Kathryn who recently graduated....congratulations! It was inspired by this pretty table setting from Hostess With the Mostess http://www.hwtm.com/ . I love the mixing of so many patterns (something I am always afraid to do!)

Blake and Amanda's Wedding Cake

This past weekend was Blake and Amanda's wedding. Dave was the best man and I had the honor of being the cake baker :) This cake was covered in just buttercream, not fondant. I have to admit that buttercream often intimidates me becuase I am such a perfectionist and I like the flawless look that fondant offers. I was pleased with how it turned out though! The flavors were really fun - white almond, lemon, triple chocolate and strawberry.

Congratulations Blake and Amanda!!

Florida State Groom's Cake

This was a groom's cake for a recent wedding. It was chocolate...yum yum. The groom is a big Florida State fan.

The football field was really fun to make!

Lauren and Daniel's Wedding Cake

This past weekend, one of my Bible Study girls from Meredith got married! Lauren was in a Bible Study I lead though Campus Crusade. I remember talking about my wedding plans, etc (Dave and I were engaged) with my bible study girls and now they are getting married! I was so happy to be a part of her day by making her wedding and groom's cake. Here are a few pics....



Lauren sent me a picture of her mother's veil (which Lauren wore) and asked me to re-create the lace on the veil. It was difficult, but she really liked how it turned out! It is piped on with roayl icing. The most difficult thing was coloring the icing Navy. I cannot find Navy food coloring so I have to mix various amount of blue, violet and black to get Navy.



The cake stand is also Lauren's. I think it turned out perfect for a two-tiered cake. The flavors: bottom - white almond; top-lemon pound cake.

You can't go to a Meredith girl's wedding without taking a Meredith girl picture!

Lauren sent me a picture of the groom's motorcycle. I was a little, well a lot, nervous about this cake. I thought I was going to have to make it flat (one dimensional) and cut out the fondant to make the motorcyle. As I started, I just didn't like the look of it soooo I spent hours making this mini replica. I blew up the little emblem that is on his bike to make it a little more personal. Everything is edible and this cake is a yellow butter cake.

Navy and Green Lingerie Cupcakes

These lingerie cupcakes have become quite popular! I have made another dozen of the pink and black version and made these a few weeks ago. Navy and Green seem to be hot wedding colors in the wedding world. We have been to or been invited to three weddings this season with those colors. I love how fresh they look together. Anwyays, I made these for one of the girls who used to be in my Bible Study at Meredith College. It is so hard to believe that my Bible Study girls are getting married!

And here's another cupcake wrapper! I bought this paper on clearance at Michael's and have been using it a lot.

Globe Cake Pops

I have a lot of catching up to do as far as blog posts go! I have been tracked out of school for the past week and a half, but for some reason this track out has been super busy. I can tell that the busy season for cakes is starting up! Here are a few pics of something new I tried out for a customer. She requested globe cake pops for a baby shower she was helping to throw. They were the party favors and I love how creative you can get with these! I am hoping more people will ask me to make them becuase they are super yummy and really fun to make.

Before getting all packaged up!

Getting  them all dressed and ready for the shower

Once a year, our church has a Mission's Festival where missionaries come and share how God is working all over the world. We get together and eat dinner on Friday night (hundreds of people!) to get a vision for the work that God is doing in many places! As  I was making these I thought about how cool it would be to make them for the festival...boy that would be a task!
On another side note, Missions and the World are close to my heart. I spent two years working with Campus Crusade for Christ - a year in East Asia and a year here in Raleigh. The most recent trip was with my husband, of now 2 years, to Uganda. We went with a team from our church to help put on a VBS for street kids. We miss them so much and hope to go back sometime in the future!

A Boy or Girl?

This past weekend, one of my good friends from college, Emily, had a baby shower. Her shower was so much fun ... it was like a little mini reuion with my 2004 Meredith Angels! My college rooomie, Dianna, and another friend from college, Sarah, threw the shower for Emily and asked me to make a cake. This cake was super duper special because it revealed the sex of Em's little one. I must admit, I felt special that I was able to find out what she was having before everyone else.  The shower had a book theme and everyone was asked to bring their favorite book from growing up as a gift. Dianna and Sarah asked me to make a book cake with the "What to Expect When you are Expecting" title. Here are a few pics from the shower and the cake...

Emily and I before the big suprise cutting!

The pretty table...don't you love the Mother Goose book? Aww memories...

Is it blue or pink???

And it's a boy!!

I thought this present was adorable! Paige made it out of diapers and stuck several mini Dr. Suess books in it. I love the Cat and the Hat on the top.