YES, 16 is a sweet age. I remember when ….. but that’s another story. I have made cakes for this family for many years and they always order the same flavor the “classic yellow butter cake” with vanilla butter cream. They say it’s the best. The flowers in the birthday girls favorite colors are butter cream and fondant.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KALEIGH!!
There seems tobe a strong resurgences in the charm pull cakes. I love making them. The tiny charms, each with a special meaning, make a nice favor for the bridesmaids. Ribbons are attached to each charm for the bridesmaids to pull. Here, they are tucked in the center under the off white sugar roses. The ribbon cascades over the cake. Flavors were classic yellow butter cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.
Here we are about to start a brand new year. A new beginning. At one time 2010 seemed so far into the future but all of a sudden it’s here. I remember thinking that by this time our world would be a lot like the JETSON cartoon, filled with flying cars, moving highways, and personal robots that would do all the work. Well, I guess we do have robots of a sort but not in my house. What else this year and all the others after will bring nobody knows. Always the optimist I look at the glass as half full not half empty and hope for the best.
My year started off with a cake for a long time friend. I baked a 14′ round 2 layer butter cake with vanilla buttercream. The flowers were air-dried buttercream in mixed colors dusted will pearl dust.
With the year 2009 coming to a close (today is New Years Eve) I thought I would post the last cake I made for the year 2009.
This was made in appreciation for all the hard work of the Pinehurst Country Clubs culinary team. Flavors were chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. The roses were air-dried buttercream brushed with gold petal dust, other items were molded from fondant.
Thanks to all who have viewed my cakes this year. I look farward to making many more in 2010. HAPPY NEW YEAR.
My December got off to a busy start. I just finished my “special order cakes”, all 30 of them. This is my 4th year doing cakes for this customer. Some are decorated the same as last year but a few have new ideas. Since they were going to a lot of different people it was ok to repeat the designs. All the 9×13 sheet cakes were the same flavor, classic butter cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Here are just a few pictures out of the 30. 
It’s been a while since i’ve used this cake stand but i always like how the cakes look on it. The cake almost appears to float in the air. The flavors were (starting from the top) chocolate with mocha butter cream, marble with raspberry butter cream, classic butter cake with almond butter cream. Covered in almond butter cream with a piped vine and leaf design. The fresh flowers were provided by Aldena’s Florist. Both the wedding and reception was held at the Little River Country Club.
Close-up of top tier and ornament.
This was one of only 4 that i did this year for Thanksgiving. Not as busy as i have been in the past. The flavors ranged from chocolate cake to the classic butter cake with almond butter cream and vanilla butter cream frosting. Simple but tasty. All the decorations, leaves, pumpkins etc were made from fondant.
I hope everyone has a great and “filling” Thanksgiving and you give thanks for all the people in your life and remember the ones that have passed on.
I feel out of my comfort zone doing cakes like this. I don’t do many with hand molded figures but i keep trying so i can get better. The 11×15 sheet cake flavor was classic butter with vanilla butter cream frosting. The monkey, letters and number was formed from fondant. My customer loved the cake so much she gave me a $5.00 tip. So i guess my monkey wasn’t so bad after all.
I love the flower color combinations on this cake. I think they are some of my favorites. The customer didn’t want any writing on the cake, just pastel flowers and other design work, whatever i wanted to do. I baked a 10″ 2 layer classic yellow butter cake. The frosting and the flowers are vanilla buttercream.
Do you remember being 13? It’s a great age. You’re getting into the teen years and you think you’re grown up. This was a fun cake to create. Made for one of my favorite customer’s. She wanted something special and bright to mark her niece’s 13th birthday. 
I baked a 9″ 3 layer chocolate cake and a single 5″ for the top and iced them in vanilla butter cream. I made wired stars and a 13 to go on the top, covered the tiers in swirls and dots. I took small beads in shades of purple and strung them on wires to go with the stars. My customer was delighted with the cake which made me very happy also.
