buzy bee

elizabeth is quite a "buzy bee" so for her birthday what could be cuter than a bumble bee cake?!

something that makes this cake extra special... the cake is a butter cake but died yellow, the chocolate frosting is disguised as black! instead of a boring 2 layer cake - i made it a dramatic 4 layers. you are probably thinking of extra yummy frosting inbetween the fabulous cake... oh me too BUT if you think about it... yellow layers with black frosting???

yep you guessed it, when you cut into this cake it appears as bee stripes!! yummy fun!!

gamer cake

a guy's dream... an edible xbox 360 with his favorite game halo represented

need i say more??

chutes and ladders

the morning we are leaving for vegas, i checked my emails to find one from a Tiffany that went to school with my sis in law needing a cake for her son's 2nd birthday.. she has a set of ideas that she provided and suggestions. how fun! but stuck because i am heading out of town and all i want to do now is search the internet for more inspiration. good thing the cake is for august and this is may!

seeing that i had never played or seen the game unopened i had to get one!

inspiration:

reality:

little cohen had a great outdoor party and his mommy did a spectacular job planning and decorating, i am honored just to be involved!

smash cake

baby audrey is turning a year old

and the tradition is a little smash cake.

stephanie took some professional shots of her tearing it up at nana's house.

she is so cute in her BIG bow and rockin' tutu!

for more pics check out her website!

http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/Smash-Cake.html

kylie's candy bar

for kylie's 13th birthday - she wanted a BIG party... huh? each year that child has a big party - what is she talking about!! she decided on a pool party (doable but... we do not have one of those!) well pat does (papa harse's girlfriend).. she said yes and began to prep her yard for the big day!

seeing that it is outside and a pool party i still wanted some sort of a theme.. last year for her birthday she flew to NYC to visit her uncle jeff - they went to dylan's candy bar and she loved that place... who wouldn't though, tons of candy everywhere! seeing that candy buffets are growing in popularity at weddings and parties, i should join in the fad and do that!

so we did, i had the official logo altered to have her name instead of dylan and stephanie (http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/) took some sweet pool pics for the invites (done by http://www.shutterfly.com/) and started planning the fun.

i wanted the kids to have something to take away from the party but these are teenagers now.. harder to please.. i saw some great water jugs at dollar tree (pink, lime and turquoise) in the late spring and snatched them up.. i hate cups everywhere! rachel helped me with the cricut machine and we cut out their names in vinyl so they had clearly marked "cups" and could take them home (no trash, no dishes!) also found some donut floaties in pink, lime and turquoise and bought up some of those.. other than that all i had to worry about was the table and the food.

the candy bar consisted of assorted glass jars found at the dollar tree and michael's.. i bought non-chocolate candies, ribbons and made tags for the jars.. i already had the cute tablecloths.

of course she wanted a cake and cookies (she has to see me make this stuff on a weekly basis, poor kid!) the cake is the dylan's logo and the cookies, 13's and bikinis.. yellow polka dot bikinis!!

the kids had a blast, some could not make it, that is ok to me!

less teenagers = less drama

"this was the best party ever" - everyone said to me! and i agree, it was so fun! they all came back to our house to crash! i fed them pancakes, candy and juice the next morning!

my little renee turns 9

not to confuse you, but RYLEE is aka renee to me.. inside story between us that is from about 3 years ago and going strong - oh you wonder what she refers to me as.. strawberry.. cute :)

renee is turning 9 ... already! having a rockin' skating party! she wanted a zebra cake.. lesa wanted to incorporate teal and purple... done, done and done..

cake is zebra, letters are purple and i colored the cake batter teal!

oh craps!

my friend greg is turning 30 and his wonderful wife is throwing a casino themed evening of wagering and whiskey! she really wanted a cake to be crative and reflect the party's theme.

what is a party without cookies? gotta have those too!

the sweets table....

down on the farm

olivia is turning 1 and preston is turning 2! they are cousins with the SAME birthdate! how fun to have a big party together!!

olivia loves ducks, preston loves horses = perfect for the party theme!

since olivia is turning 1 she needs a smash cake!

also they needed special trats to give to all of their friends and family that joined them today... decorated cookies make any age happy!!

ducks, sheep. horses, pigs

ahoy matey

michael is out at sea turning 3!

tara found a professional cake online and asked for some minor tweaking to the embellishments.. so the challenge is on like donkey kong.. (you have to be my age to get that, lol)

this was a fun challenge! working with the fondant creating different shapes was fun, covering the cake with fondant was another story.. i apparently have slept since the last time i did this.. i made a mistake and well i covered it with creativity! i am not telling you where and how i messed up.. i would never reveal myself like that!! it turned out cuter than expected and was a huge hit! michael was pretty proud of it - that is all that matters!

tara came over and helped with the pirate ship and skull and crossbones cookies

one night. they were way cute and yummy of course!

(will add pics later... sorry)

wow... turning 70

for daneice's mom turning 70 i made a 3-tier chocolate cake with

peppermint cream cheese frosting.......

this was just ooozing with yumminess. i was told that the family thought this tasted like a girl scout's mint cookie... score!! the cake was held in the restaurant's fridge so it was nice and chilled.

still hot at 30

by brother-in-law aaron is turning 30 and the theme is "hot" so all of tara's foods are spi-cy!! his cake is a "tamale" haha, just had to through that in there (she kept referring to it as a tamale) seriously now... a chili pepper. mom came over and drew that out for me and waa laa.. it looks like it should be on the chili's ads! j/k! i added some glitter to make it pop! the cake is a yellow cake with buttercream icing.. again a crowd pleaser combo! happy birthday aaron!

pass the popcorn

i have an order for a movie theme cake... hmmm... the invites were old fashioned popcorn boxes (red and white stripe) and so here goes!

this rectangle cake is now shaped to be a popcorn container. i made white chocolate popcorn and sprinkled yellow sugar on it to make it look like the yummy movie theater butter popcorn. the cake is a yellow cake with buttercream icing. pretty simple, but a crowd pleaser.

i am sure that victoria will have a fabulous 8th birthday at the movie theater with all of her friends. little does she know that i will never forget this cake...

once upon a time.. I like to think of this story as a fairytale/nightmare and not what really happened, oh but it really happened..

i completed this fun cake and all ready for a early saturday morning pick-up (7:30am..yikes!) so on friday afternoon, all is good. oh but i bought the wrong size box. oh well i will head to the store amongst all of the other errands i have tonight and pick one up. no big deal right? i have plans after i leave the house to pick up kylie from school, we hang at decorator's warehouse and check out cool christmas decorations, get our hair cut, go to scott's softball game and pick up michael take him and kylie to granbury, go to the store for the box and land back at home. a lot but doable in one evening. kylie and i received a frantic call from scott.. there are cuss words involved but all in all, he "messed" up he said. well when i left him he was checking out flights to ATL for my mom, i just figured we actually bought one... nope. the cake, he says. of course my heart drops and i need clarification, stat. he proceeds to tell me that he wanted some soup.. ok. he turned on the burner and put the pot on there. ok. well he chose the WRONG BURNER. ok, yep just where you thought, were my cake is. he panicked and yes he fears me. he picked up that cake and the cardboard wrinkled and so did the cake. did i mention that it is red and white and what do those colors make? pink. yea not on a popcorn box. so i am not at home and you know my list i will not be back until at least 10 and i am possibly faced with a complete re-do because the pick up is at 7:30 am. ahhhhh... he takes pics and video with the camera. the video is comical because he is apologizing!! who likes burnt popcorn? well ok my mom, but no one else does. that is the smell i am picking up on, could be in my head too. basically to make this long story a touch shorter, i had to only scrape the icing off and then redo it. oh and scott, he is still alive. victoria and her friends do not know this story and had no idea that this even happened.

there are always "Creative Challenges" but this by far takes the cake..

ema is 2!

little miss ema is having a pool party! a pool party is not complete without fabulous flip flops!!

here is a really "sweet" pair.....

why a candle for each year???

how about a layer for each year? well that is a little much but look at this attempt... count em' up 15 layers baby!! this is the "brenda cake" (butter cake, dark chocolate glaze and milk chocolate frosting) taken to a whole new level... built up to 15 layers of yum.

we celebrated the season finale of our favorite show with a cajun feast and it is brenda's birthday weekend.. the cake was a delicious surprise for her! lots of candles and lots of cake.......... yummy!

happy birthday bren!

happy birthday to you....

My cousin Kristi is turning the big 4-0! Whoo Hoo!! We had a celebration for her at Baker Street Pub on Camp Bowie. A birthday celebration is not complete without a cake!

happy birthday kris... i love you, meme

michael's legoland birthday party!!!

ok, so my little nephew (the reason why i am auntie m) is turning the big 2!! this year is a fun theme of legos. michael loves blocks, what a better theme?? tara designed an adorable invitation and we sorta designed the cakes to match! she also wanted some lego cookies for the table and the goodie bags!

so michael was diagnosed with mono on his actual birthday and the party was postponed until he got better. unc grump (yes, scott) helped with the first batch of cookies. since it was 2 weeks away the cookies would not have made it, so they were eaten... all 5 dozen of them. we went and visited michael the night the party was scheduled and still gave him a gift and brought dinner and cookies! he is too adorable... he love imagination movers from the disney channel!

ok, the party is on and this time i have a different helper, brenda. she was a vital part of the completion of this big undertaking!

we had fun BOTH times making these goodies - love auntie m