Cake Endeavours

 I'm always so excited to do a cake for Jaxson.  This time for his 10th birthday the request was for Pina Colada cupcakes.  These were super fun to make.  I ordered the cocktail umbrellas from Amazon.  These never go out of style.  For the maraschino cherries, I would have preferred that they had stems, but sadly Mr. T was unable to procure any.  :(  Thankfully we had some extra cupcakes that we were all able to test out and even to take to my parents up at their trailer.  A perfect summer treat.

 I saw this cake design on Pinterest several years ago and knew I had to make it for my Dad when he turned 70!  Well, this being the year (or year one) of the pandemic we couldn't celebrate on his birthday in July.  Fortunately, we wait until it was safer to get together and were able to celebrate with more family members.  We hadn't seen each other in nearly 6 months so it was so special to be able to do so. Of course I made chocolate cake for Dad with fresh whipped cream filling. I dyed the chocolate icing black.  It's always a crowd pleaser, turning everyone's teeth black.  Ha! You can tell it was a humid day by how shiny the fondant bow and rose are.  I cut the 070 from vinyl and adhered it to the base.  I love doing this instead of using cut out fondant letters, as you can use any font, colour, size and the edges are so crisp and clean! Happy Birthday Dad!  xo

My in-laws are celebrating their 50th anniversary during this fun time of Covid.  Fortunately, the restaurants are open again and we were able to have a small family celebration in a private dining room. This was a three layer 8" chocolate cake with mocha filling.    Happy 50th Anniversary!

 Buffalo plaid is so popular right now that it is spilling over to baking.  The lighting wasn't great when I took this picture to see that the bottom tier is supposed to be buffalo plaid!  This cake was for a baby shower.  I used my baby booties cutters for the first time to make the boots.  It was a bit finicky for my liking but I was able to make it work for the most part! The bottom tier is an 8" vanilla cake with buttercream filling and the top tier is a 6" chocolate cake with buttercream filling.   Above was the first picture I took of the finished cake and fortunately at that time I noticed my mistake with the lettering.  Good grief!  Thankfully, I was able to fix the spelling/grammar error in time and without destroying the white fondant underneath!  For the letter I cut out a set in black and red and offset the layering to make it stand out.