Jamie's Beer Pong Cake

Jamie, friend of my Lovely Lexi, needed a cake to celebrate her significant 21st birthday!  She said all she wanted was a beer pong table cake that she could put a shot glass on.  Great idea, but it's me!!  I don't do simple.  Go big or go hungry, or, uh, without cake....something like that!

Anywho, Jamie wasn't even interested in cake flavor!  Just the beer pong table.  I went with Funfetti and lots of my vanilla buttercream frosting made with butter, NOT Crisco!  Wish I could have had a slice! She said she was in love with this one of a kind creation I made just for her!  I love my job :)

Cake Pops

Cake Pops are the latest rage in the cake world!! Boy, don't they look like simple creatures?  NOT!! These suckers, when made correctly, are highly labor intense. That's why, folks, they don't come cheap!  Ya, ya, they have those pop cake machines, blah, blah, blah!  But that certainly is not the way to make authentic Cake Pops.  Not for this decorator, anyway.

To be made properly, one must: make a cake, break it up in a bowl, add frosting: the exact right amount of frosting, mix together by hand, roll into balls: all the same size, add a chocolate dipped lollipop stick, freeze, dip in chocolate/candy melts, decorate, dry in a block of Styrofoam, slip a cellophane bag over each one then tie a ribbon around the cellophane and stick of each one.  WHEW!  I am exhausted just thinking about it!  LOL

Anywho, in theory, each one is so rich and flavorful that it is a complete single serving of dessert. For some people, I suppose :)

Poinsettia Cake and Cupcakes

Ah, Christmas comes but once a year!  What would the season be like without Poinsettias- edible or otherwise!  Here they are in a buttercream basket made from Royal Icing, and atop chocolate, vanilla and carrot cupcakes made from buttercream.  All delish and certainly put a smile on this cake decorator's face  :)

Jay's Bruins Birthday Cake

Jay, the recipient of the Bruins cake turned the big "13" this November.  Hmmmm..............someone else has a 13 year old.........who could that be?  LOL   It's me!! 

Knowing Jay is very special to me.  When my Lexi was in first grade, she had the honor of Ms. Sadowski as her beloved teacher.  So, how Ms. S. and I became friends goes like this:   It's March and I am sitting next to said teacher hearing sweet and lovely comments about my big girl!!  With me, in her car seat thingy is my 6 month old, Hallie.  Ms. S. cuts to the chase and proceeds to ask me all sorts of mom questions about my little one.  She then comes clean and tells me she is in the process of adopting a beautiful baby boy and  he was precisely 2 months younger than Hallie.  Well, my little darlin' was so excited that she puked up her lunch.  Plums.......not too pretty.  Anywho,  after a few swipes of a cloth and Hallie was back to herself.  Ms. S. thinks I wiped that puke up like a pro, but she wasn't aware of my anxiety doing cartwheels in my belly!!   I knew right then and right there that she and I would be Forever Friends.  True story.

When Jay asked for one of my cakes to celebrate becoming an official teen, how could I refuse?  He wanted a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting covered in fondant featuring his much loved Bruins!  (Think they will play this year?   Sad....)    I digress.

I was honored to create this cake for the little guy, uh, I think I mean Big Guy.  (He is 13 after all!)  Happy Birthday Jonathan!!  You and your mom are quite the dynamic duo.  I am blessed to have you both in my life, and to be in yours.  :)