Last cakes of the year

For Christmas I made some lemon raspberry cake pops. I made lemon cake and added raspberry icing. There was just a hint of raspberry, so I will have to experiment with them a little more. But they were yummy none the less.

I also made a mini cake since I had some extra cake left over. I had some new Christmas tree cutters that I wanted to use. It was very simple, but cute.

And the last cake I made for the year was a ladybug smash cake for my friend's daughter.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year! I'm looking forward to making more goodies in 2011.

Toy Story Cake

This weekend I made a Toy Story themed cake for a little boy's 2nd birthday. I always have fun making the characters. And I love adding the stars coming out of the cake!

Christmas Party

My friend Amber had a Christmas party this past weekend, so I made some goodies to take over. I made a white mini Christmas tree covered in glitter. It was so pretty. Most of the guests thought it was just a centerpiece and not a cake.

I also made some mini cupcakes. I love the combination of pink icing and the shimmery white snowflakes.

And here is a picture of the set-up at the party.

Mini Christmas Tree Cakes

I made 10 of these mini Christmas tree cakes last weekend. It was a lot more time consuming that I had planned, but I think they turned out pretty cute. I will probably make one for Christmas Eve. I used a flower cut-out for the red trees and a leaf cut-out for the green trees.

Roller Skate Cake

This was the second cake I made last week. It was a roller skating theme. I made the skates out of modeling chocolate. I also used disco dust for all the decorations.

Cowboy Hat Cake

I had a super busy week last week, and the first cake I had to make was a cowboy hat. This was my first time carving a cake. I am so happy with the way it turned out. The only issue I had was with the base of the hat. I laid a piece of fondant over an actual hat to shape it. When I put it on the board and set the cake on top, it started to crack. I tried to cover up the cracks as best as I could.

Over the Hill

This is an Over the Hill cake I made a couple of weeks ago. It was chocolate cake with chocolate icing. I had a lot of fun making this cake because I came up with little saying for the tombstones like "RIP 29" and "In loving memory of my 20's". I loved how it turned out.