UNC Basketball

I was asked to do a birthday cake for a teenage boy who loves North Carolina Basketball, so this is what I came up with.  It's pretty simple and to the point.

It's a white sheet cake and the ball is chocolate cake- all covered in delicious buttercream frosting.

 AND, this is the first fondant-free cake I've decorated in a while and I'm pretty proud of the way it turned out!

I also think the way I made the hand grip stuff on the ball turned out awesome!

P.S. Thanks to my awesome neighbor for letting me borrow her basketball so I could actually know how to make a basketball! :) haha,  I'm still extremely pathetic in the sports department!

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

I made myself this deliciously rich cheesecake.  "You made your own birthday cake?!" you may ask...  Of course!  Making it is half the fun!

This cheesecake had 2 cups of melted white chocolate chips mixed in with the batter, which was poured onto an oreo crust.  After it baked and cooled a little, I poured on this yummy homemade raspberry sauce and marbled it with some more melted white chocolate.  YUM!

P.S. I added "quick comments" to my posts... that way you can quickly and anonymously say whether my cakes look awesome or if they were a disaster. Please feel free to check boxes!

Super Mario Bros.

Does this cake bring back childhood memories or what?!

There are lots of pictures... I couldn't miss showing any of the characters I made...

It turned out pretty fun and I think Wyatt is going to have an awesome 6th birthday!

Cupcakes Galore

I was asked to make 5 dozen cupcakes for our ward Relief Society dinner and I got to pick what I made! It was so fun to make something unique and gourmet!

German Chocolate Cupcakes (because when I made that kind of cake a few weeks ago it made me crave it like crazy!)

I think this picture does these cupcakes a horrible injustice...  But OH MY! They were so yummy!  They were a chocolate cake with a cheesecake/mini chocolate chip filling and topped with chocolate ganache!

Red Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse sure is popular!  My college roomie, Nat, saw the picture of the pink Minnie Mouse cake and knew that's what she just had to have for her 2-year-old's birthday... but in red.  I added the ribbon because it made it seem so "Nat".

It took about half the time making this cake than the first version of it.  It's nice knowing exactly what I'm doing instead of trial and error.  (example: the first cake took me about 6 tries to make the bow for the top of the cake... but this time I made a cute bow the first time around!  I was so proud of myself.)

Just thought I'd add this, too... My kids think they can get away with anything when I'm working on a cake.  Yep- that's over 100 cookie cutters they threw down the stairs....

Simple Classic

 I made a simple classic cake for a cute girl in my ward.

She wanted a german chocolate cake for her husband's birthday.  And she doesn't even like this kind of cake... now that's love!!

You know how sometimes when you're cooking/baking you test the product to make sure it is okay?  Well, I tested the frosting and all I could think was, "Holy Cow!  This is amazing!!!"  I love when that happens!

Minnie Mouse

Here's a Minnie Mouse cake I just made.

I made a 2-layer 8" round for the family and a 1-layer 6"round replica for the cute little 1-year-old to smash up.

And everything is edible!  The pink is buttercream frosting, the polka dots and bows are marshmallow fondant and the big, shiny ears (which I have to admit were Brady's GENIOUS idea) are homemade suckers!