HobbyCakes

ABC cake

2011-03-26T20:54:00.000-07:00

This past week I made a cake for a couple who had their first baby two weeks ago. The cake that I made was for the nursing staff who took care of this new mom and her beautiful baby girl.

I made six ABC baby blocks in pink and purple. If you look close enough you can see that there is 1 picture for the A blocks, 2 pictures for the B blocks and 3 pictures for the C blocks. Just to add a bit more fun into the cake!

Mickey Mouse Cake Pops!

2011-03-15T14:20:00.000-07:00

This last week we had a birthday here in our house, my daughter turned 3 years old. She asked for a Mickey & Minnie Mouse party. So this year I decided to make cake pops.

Now this is the first time I have attempted to make cake pops but I will say that I will be making them again!

I ended up making over 40 cake pops and the kids that came to the party really liked them and most importantly my daughter LOVED them!!

Snow Day

2011-03-04T07:47:00.000-08:00

I made this cake last weekend for two amazing kids who turned 12.

25th Anniversary Cake

2011-02-06T17:05:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I had the privilege of making a 25th Anniversary cake for some wonderful people in our church. This cake was a lot of fun to make, their daughter (the one who ordered the cake) requested her parents two favorite colors...green and purple. I got to say that they were some of my favorite colors to work with. I made a three tier topsy-turvy cake with chocolate and vanilla layers.

Cars Cake

2011-02-02T18:11:00.000-08:00

This is a cake that I made for a wonderful boy that turned 5 this last week. When I asked him what kind of a cake he wanted he told me that he wanted a cars cake with The King on it.

This is what I came up with. I found out later that this was his first birthday cake ever and was really excited about it. I was honored to have made it for him. I also made some sugar cookies and decorated them with liquid icing....actually really fun to work with.

He was really excited to have his name written out in cookies.

Yellow Flower Cake

2011-02-02T17:53:00.000-08:00

I was asked to make a 40th birthday cake for someones surprise party. I asked her husband what he wanted and he said that I could be creative. After some time thought I decided to go with a two tiered cake with flowers to decorate it. Then just for fun I added a little surprise in the top layer of the cake!

I look forward to putting more surprises into cakes in the future

Beached Turtle

2011-01-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

Here is a cake I just made for a little boys birthday. The boy is turning 8 and really likes turtles.

I hope he enjoys his cake and birthday!

I made a basic white cake with butter cream icing I then used graham cracker crumbs to make sand. I used fondant for the turtle and the water.

Turtle (Nemo) Cake

2010-12-08T09:42:00.000-08:00

I was helping a friend of mine make a birthday cake for her son.

Like most of the cakes I make, I start off with one idea and then the final product is different from my original. This one for instance started off as a single turtle cake and turned into a full sea theme.

Look at those eyes, they almost look like they are looking at you.

I really like how the little turtle turned out!

Nemo and his dad

Mini Barrel Cakes

2010-12-08T09:30:00.000-08:00

I have had this idea of making a barrel cake for awhile now, so when I was making cupcakes with my kids I made these mini barrels.

I think they turned out pretty cute!

Wedding Cake

2010-06-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

I did my first wedding cake last weekend. It was an out of town wedding so I baked the cake at my house and then we drove the hour and half to to the hotel we were staying in and my wonderful husband helped me decorate the cake in our hotel room after we put our kids to bed. Not my ideal situation for decorating however I was still happy with how it turned out and our family (it was a family wedding) were all happy about the cake. Most importantly the bride and groom were happy with the cake!

I also made a side slab cake for the dessert table.

I made calla lilies out of gum paste and I covered the whole cake with fondant.

One of my biggest challenges with this cake came with the decorating. The hotel room was warm and I had a really hard time getting it cool enough for the fondant. Usually when decorating a cake with fondant I would have a fairly cool room to work in so that the fondant doesn't melt. In the hotel room the fondant started to melt on me, we did however manage to get the room cooler for the end of the decorating and we were able to fix most of the problems.

What do you think of my first wedding cake??

Prep for a cake

2010-05-04T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well its been really busy around my house these last few months with not much time to play with cakes. However I have been working on idea's for a wedding cake I am making in June. I am getting really excited and nervous about this cake. It will be my first three tier cake and my first wedding cake.

Here is a little bit of the design that I am doing.

Tinkerbell Cake

2010-03-17T09:58:00.000-07:00

Here is the cake I made for my daughters 2nd birthday. She loves Tinkerbell and was thrilled to see the cake that I made her. My husband and I were really happy with how the cake turned out and my kids thought that is was wonderful. I am still not comfortable with making characters yet so I bought the fairies from the Disney store. My daughter thinks it great to have her own fairies to play with now. One day I will attempt to make my own little characters out of fondant or gum paste, but first I want to perfect my cakes.

Valentines Day cake

2010-03-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a cake that I made for my kids on Valentines day.
I tried a new fondant as well as a new way to write on the cake. I am still deciding if I like either of them. I still want to experiment with them some more. We also are working on our flower techniques, they turned out OK but I want to work on them a little more.
I am really enjoying the whole cake decorating and looking forward to creating some more and perfecting my skills.

Cakes to Come

2010-02-06T15:24:00.000-08:00

This year will be bring lots of new and exciting cakes for me. As of now I will be making a Tinkerbell Birthday cake, Pirate Ship with Pirates, Valentines Heart with flowers and a Wedding cake. I will also be making many practice cakes along the way!
I will post pictures as they are finished.

Christmas Cake

2010-01-02T08:29:00.000-08:00

Here is the cake I made for Christmas this year. My kids thought that it was really cool because we had snow on our cake like we have outside.
I tried a new way of making the fondant this time and I found that I wasn't able to move it as easily as the last one I used. I am still looking for the perfect recipe for fondant.

I want to try making a tier cake next.

Fall Cake

2009-11-13T22:34:00.000-08:00

My First Fall Cake!!

This week I made my first cake just for fun. My husband and I decided to make a fall cake. In the past when I have made cakes and decorated with fondant I never gave myself much time. Usually about two days from start to finish. This week are goal was to finish it in one week.
Here are some pictures of some of the stages of decorating.

Base layer of fondant

All trimmed up

Finished!!

I had a lot of fun making this cake with my husband. I think that we will be making more cakes in the future!!

The Beginning.....

2009-11-07T22:38:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my Cake blog!!

I would like to start with my history with cakes. My husband and I have never been big fans of cakes... in fact, we did not have a wedding cake! After my son was born I decided that I would like to start making cakes for my children's birthdays, starting with their second birthday. For my son`s second birthday we had a ball theme. I created a round cake for the birthday. After realizing that the icing was not staying in place, I decided to try fondant. I had never worked with fondant in the past, but the morning of the birthday party, I bought some from a local bakery. I spent the morning learning how to mold fondant and make it stay in place. I have posted a picture below.

For my sons third birthday he asked for a Mickey Mouse party so I started to design a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake for the party. I was not able to do all my ideas for this cake because we were moving the next week and most of our stuff was already packed. I was still able to make a cake that my son loved. I used fondant and little figurines that we had around the house. I would have liked to have more time to make this cake as well and really learn more techniques with fondant, however that is not always possible. I have posted a picture below.

Well these our my first two cakes and I am planning on making many more over the next few years. I am also planning on giving myself more then two days to make a cake. Both these cakes I baked the day before and I decorated them them the day of the party, not enough time!

I want to learn how to be more creative and this blog will be a place for me to share my struggles and victories with cake decorating!