cakes by auntie m

season 3 finale

2010-10-12T21:03:00.006-05:00

attention all Truebies: the much anticipated season 3 is already at an end. we were introduced to shapeshifters, werewolves, panthers, wickens and more interesting vampires... we felt that it was necessary to have a celebration to commemorate the finale episode.. we had a great dinner, tru blood shots and of course a cake (lindsay's request) so here we have it.

as lafayette would put it "you is gorgeous"

buzy bee

2010-10-12T20:38:00.005-05:00

elizabeth is quite a "buzy bee" so for her birthday what could be cuter than a bumble bee cake?!

something that makes this cake extra special... the cake is a butter cake but died yellow, the chocolate frosting is disguised as black! instead of a boring 2 layer cake - i made it a dramatic 4 layers. you are probably thinking of extra yummy frosting inbetween the fabulous cake... oh me too BUT if you think about it... yellow layers with black frosting???

yep you guessed it, when you cut into this cake it appears as bee stripes!! yummy fun!!

gamer cake

2010-08-25T17:18:00.005-05:00

a guy's dream... an edible xbox 360 with his favorite game halo represented

need i say more??

chutes and ladders

2010-08-25T12:50:00.008-05:00

the morning we are leaving for vegas, i checked my emails to find one from a Tiffany that went to school with my sis in law needing a cake for her son's 2nd birthday.. she has a set of ideas that she provided and suggestions. how fun! but stuck because i am heading out of town and all i want to do now is search the internet for more inspiration. good thing the cake is for august and this is may!

seeing that i had never played or seen the game unopened i had to get one!

inspiration:

reality:

little cohen had a great outdoor party and his mommy did a spectacular job planning and decorating, i am honored just to be involved!

smash cake

2010-08-25T12:49:00.006-05:00

baby audrey is turning a year old

and the tradition is a little smash cake.

stephanie took some professional shots of her tearing it up at nana's house.

she is so cute in her BIG bow and rockin' tutu!

for more pics check out her website!

http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/Smash-Cake.html

kylie's candy bar

2010-08-25T12:21:00.013-05:00

for kylie's 13th birthday - she wanted a BIG party... huh? each year that child has a big party - what is she talking about!! she decided on a pool party (doable but... we do not have one of those!) well pat does (papa harse's girlfriend).. she said yes and began to prep her yard for the big day!

seeing that it is outside and a pool party i still wanted some sort of a theme.. last year for her birthday she flew to NYC to visit her uncle jeff - they went to dylan's candy bar and she loved that place... who wouldn't though, tons of candy everywhere! seeing that candy buffets are growing in popularity at weddings and parties, i should join in the fad and do that!

so we did, i had the official logo altered to have her name instead of dylan and stephanie (http://www.stephaniefreydenfeldt.com/) took some sweet pool pics for the invites (done by http://www.shutterfly.com/) and started planning the fun.

i wanted the kids to have something to take away from the party but these are teenagers now.. harder to please.. i saw some great water jugs at dollar tree (pink, lime and turquoise) in the late spring and snatched them up.. i hate cups everywhere! rachel helped me with the cricut machine and we cut out their names in vinyl so they had clearly marked "cups" and could take them home (no trash, no dishes!) also found some donut floaties in pink, lime and turquoise and bought up some of those.. other than that all i had to worry about was the table and the food.

the candy bar consisted of assorted glass jars found at the dollar tree and michael's.. i bought non-chocolate candies, ribbons and made tags for the jars.. i already had the cute tablecloths.

of course she wanted a cake and cookies (she has to see me make this stuff on a weekly basis, poor kid!) the cake is the dylan's logo and the cookies, 13's and bikinis.. yellow polka dot bikinis!!

the kids had a blast, some could not make it, that is ok to me!

less teenagers = less drama

"this was the best party ever" - everyone said to me! and i agree, it was so fun! they all came back to our house to crash! i fed them pancakes, candy and juice the next morning!

all star baby shower

2010-08-25T06:42:00.010-05:00

this baby shower party was so fun to be a part of! you really got the feel of being at a ball park! there was a popcorn machine, hot dog machine, nachos, peanuts, sunflower seeds and a margarita machine! it was even HOT outside and the misters were going!

the "concession stand" had a variety of ball park favs including candies, sunflower seeds, brownines, and yummy cookies! the ryland banner and the diaper cake were a hit!

ryland is so loved already :)

congrats to baby mama (amber) and baby daddy (darrell)

twilight saga

2010-08-24T21:18:00.004-05:00

after seeing the rylee cake, madison's mom quickly called and ordered a cake for her birthday.. madison is turning 11 and is having a eclipse movie watching party.. the party is the same night as the movie premier - how fitting to have the cake match up with the book that inspired the movie!

the cake is a butter cake colored red, the frosting is chocolate colored black and the ribbon, well.. it's real! i added a couple of personal touches and ta da..

i did hear back and the girls just loved the cake!!

my little renee turns 9

2010-08-24T20:48:00.004-05:00

not to confuse you, but RYLEE is aka renee to me.. inside story between us that is from about 3 years ago and going strong - oh you wonder what she refers to me as.. strawberry.. cute :)

renee is turning 9 ... already! having a rockin' skating party! she wanted a zebra cake.. lesa wanted to incorporate teal and purple... done, done and done..

cake is zebra, letters are purple and i colored the cake batter teal!

housewarming

2010-08-24T17:31:00.005-05:00

our friends darrell and amber have bought a new house and of course hosting a party! i asked to help in some way.. they said they got it and then i suggested cookies.. i can do that at least.. oh my i began searching for inspiration and found the cutest little house cookie cutter ever and now it is mine!! the icing is flavored with cocoa and kahlua... yummy!

happy home darrell and amber :)

seguin high school class of 2010

2010-08-24T06:35:00.003-05:00

congrats colton on your graduation!

this is a 3 layer butter cake with buttercream icing.. pretty much the best! everyone loved this cake! the grad cap is fondant and the numbers are royal icing..

zachary's western round up

2010-08-23T21:58:00.010-05:00

rachel planned a rootin' tootin' western third birthday for little zackie.. equipped with a candy saloon, old west town (made out of boxes) we decorated his cake together (similar idea found online) and it really pulled everything together! denim - with a wrangler patch, bandana, cowhide, rope and cactus... also made some cookie treats; horses, hats and boots

the cake is 3 tiers but 2 layers are not cake - just styrofoam... the top layer is wrapped in duct tape - "inside" funny story surrounding that one! lol

my mom helped rachel by drawing the cowgirl and cowboy - why didn't i do this when kylie was little :(

for his preschool class i made some "3's and z's cookies to pass out to his friends!

jen & q's wedding

2010-08-23T21:16:00.007-05:00

my co-worker jen asked me to make her wedding cake right after she bacame engaged to q. they were married at the chatteau at forest park near the art district in fort worth. the white cake is made with white chocolate and so is the frosting. the black icing was disguised also, it was chocolate frosting! also, jen is a mickey mouse buff.. q said no mickey except for one little figure on the cake table... much to his surprise, i worked in the mickey icon in several places on the back of the cake - just a practical joke on him when he would go to cut their first piece.. i was not there to see this all go down, but he found mickey! he announced to the group his plea to not have mickey and he was laughing because i got him!

mother's day - connect church

2010-08-23T19:25:00.006-05:00

at connect church every mother's day they give a flower to every mother that attends services. this year they wanted to shake things up a bit! nina (my friends lindsay & haley's mom) remembered how fun and adorable the farm cookies were from preston and olivia's party. so we did it! 150 flower cookies, bagged and ribbon tied. it took me 3+ hours just to bag those little suckers!! thanks nina for the opportunity to make mother's day memorable this year!

i also made some extras for family and friends

welcome kynslee grace

2010-08-11T22:50:00.010-05:00

what a double treat to go and visit a precious newborn and receive a bag full of yummy baby cookies! dave and bridgitte welcome their first daughter, kyslee grace

just cuz

2010-08-11T22:41:00.004-05:00

i rarely get the opportunity to make something just because.. every week i have an order and it is sometimes difficult to fit in extras! i made this cake to bring to work and have my work buds enjoy a slice! this is just a simple little cake but on the inside, is so much drama! the cake has bacardi 151 and spiced rum and the icing is not innocent.. it has light rum... rum=yum! the silver dragees' add some drama also!

wild about cheer

2010-08-11T22:23:00.005-05:00

my little renee (her real name is rylee) is a competitive cheerleader for WAC (wild about cheer).. they are having their annual banquet and the theme is denim and diamonds.. i made all of the sweets with white and silver accents and gotta have cookies... those diamond ring cookies came in handy for this event also! the table looked so gorgeous!

blue hawaiian wedding shower

2010-08-11T22:05:00.004-05:00

shane and ashlee are tying the knot in las vegas and the ceremony will have a very special guest... elvis!

we had quite a feast.. fried turkey, steak fries, fried pickles, earl cambell links, chips, dips and of course sweets! i made sweetheart brownie bites, engagement ring and vegas style cookies.

easter treats

2010-08-11T21:44:00.004-05:00

what is the finishing touch to an easter basket.. not the chocolate bunny! cute cookies! i had so many orders i had to call in for back-up! ang was more than willing to help with this large task! we made sheep, ducks, eggs, crosses and flowers (not pictured)

some orders were bagged.. green easter grass and a few jelly beans tied off wth raffia.. others were just an assortment for the easter desser table..

we made over 300 cookies, and yes we were pooped!

oh craps!

2010-08-11T21:24:00.002-05:00

my friend greg is turning 30 and his wonderful wife is throwing a casino themed evening of wagering and whiskey! she really wanted a cake to be crative and reflect the party's theme.

what is a party without cookies? gotta have those too!

the sweets table....

down on the farm

2010-08-06T16:21:00.010-05:00

olivia is turning 1 and preston is turning 2! they are cousins with the SAME birthdate! how fun to have a big party together!!

olivia loves ducks, preston loves horses = perfect for the party theme!

since olivia is turning 1 she needs a smash cake!

also they needed special trats to give to all of their friends and family that joined them today... decorated cookies make any age happy!!

ducks, sheep. horses, pigs

superbowl 2010

2010-04-28T16:43:00.007-05:00

we are invited to chad and shannon's house for the big game. shannon has everything covered food wise, so i offered to bring a dessert. angela and i are in the cookie mood (we made valentine cookies for her candle party - no pic folks, but she was hooked!)

i had a football cookie cutter and thought that it would be fun to do, then i found that i already had helmets (i have no idea what my inventory is apparently!)... we googled what the helmets look like for each team (colts & saints) and got to work! the football cookie icing was spiked with kahlua (coffee liquor) and chocolate.. those were delish! they all turned out so stinking cute - too cute to eat, well the kids had no problem eating them, ALL! sorry mom & dad for the sugar high!

we had such a fun time with the roger family and all of our other friends.. cannot wait until the next superbowl - which is hosted here in arlington, whoo hoo! (hopefully our boys are in it!)

ahoy matey

2010-04-28T16:30:00.008-05:00

michael is out at sea turning 3!

tara found a professional cake online and asked for some minor tweaking to the embellishments.. so the challenge is on like donkey kong.. (you have to be my age to get that, lol)

this was a fun challenge! working with the fondant creating different shapes was fun, covering the cake with fondant was another story.. i apparently have slept since the last time i did this.. i made a mistake and well i covered it with creativity! i am not telling you where and how i messed up.. i would never reveal myself like that!! it turned out cuter than expected and was a huge hit! michael was pretty proud of it - that is all that matters!

tara came over and helped with the pirate ship and skull and crossbones cookies

one night. they were way cute and yummy of course!

(will add pics later... sorry)

45 year high school reunion

2010-04-28T14:44:00.007-05:00

class of 1964 technical high school bulldogs

wow.. they are still getting together for their class reunions! mom is one of the "cheerleaders" for her high school and organized another reunion celebrating 45 years.. look close, the year is made of "color flow" icing and is sparkly! the cake was 14" round white cake with buttercream frosting and it was devoured!!

wow... turning 70

2010-04-28T10:05:00.007-05:00

for daneice's mom turning 70 i made a 3-tier chocolate cake with

peppermint cream cheese frosting.......

this was just ooozing with yumminess. i was told that the family thought this tasted like a girl scout's mint cookie... score!! the cake was held in the restaurant's fridge so it was nice and chilled.

still hot at 30

2010-04-28T10:01:00.008-05:00

by brother-in-law aaron is turning 30 and the theme is "hot" so all of tara's foods are spi-cy!! his cake is a "tamale" haha, just had to through that in there (she kept referring to it as a tamale) seriously now... a chili pepper. mom came over and drew that out for me and waa laa.. it looks like it should be on the chili's ads! j/k! i added some glitter to make it pop! the cake is a yellow cake with buttercream icing.. again a crowd pleaser combo! happy birthday aaron!

santa cookies

2010-04-28T09:43:00.006-05:00

i am the most proud of these cookies (so far). they turned out way too cute and kinda too cute to eat. most did not have a problem with that though! i made a ton of these for christmas gatherings, gifts, and of course for santa himself..

maybe rudolph is my fav.. well the snowflakes are pretty fun too.. oh but the christmas tree.. the sparkling ornaments.. santa is pretty handsome.. oh i love em' all!

pass the popcorn

2010-04-28T09:23:00.011-05:00

i have an order for a movie theme cake... hmmm... the invites were old fashioned popcorn boxes (red and white stripe) and so here goes!

this rectangle cake is now shaped to be a popcorn container. i made white chocolate popcorn and sprinkled yellow sugar on it to make it look like the yummy movie theater butter popcorn. the cake is a yellow cake with buttercream icing. pretty simple, but a crowd pleaser.

i am sure that victoria will have a fabulous 8th birthday at the movie theater with all of her friends. little does she know that i will never forget this cake...

once upon a time.. I like to think of this story as a fairytale/nightmare and not what really happened, oh but it really happened..

i completed this fun cake and all ready for a early saturday morning pick-up (7:30am..yikes!) so on friday afternoon, all is good. oh but i bought the wrong size box. oh well i will head to the store amongst all of the other errands i have tonight and pick one up. no big deal right? i have plans after i leave the house to pick up kylie from school, we hang at decorator's warehouse and check out cool christmas decorations, get our hair cut, go to scott's softball game and pick up michael take him and kylie to granbury, go to the store for the box and land back at home. a lot but doable in one evening. kylie and i received a frantic call from scott.. there are cuss words involved but all in all, he "messed" up he said. well when i left him he was checking out flights to ATL for my mom, i just figured we actually bought one... nope. the cake, he says. of course my heart drops and i need clarification, stat. he proceeds to tell me that he wanted some soup.. ok. he turned on the burner and put the pot on there. ok. well he chose the WRONG BURNER. ok, yep just where you thought, were my cake is. he panicked and yes he fears me. he picked up that cake and the cardboard wrinkled and so did the cake. did i mention that it is red and white and what do those colors make? pink. yea not on a popcorn box. so i am not at home and you know my list i will not be back until at least 10 and i am possibly faced with a complete re-do because the pick up is at 7:30 am. ahhhhh... he takes pics and video with the camera. the video is comical because he is apologizing!! who likes burnt popcorn? well ok my mom, but no one else does. that is the smell i am picking up on, could be in my head too. basically to make this long story a touch shorter, i had to only scrape the icing off and then redo it. oh and scott, he is still alive. victoria and her friends do not know this story and had no idea that this even happened.

there are always "Creative Challenges" but this by far takes the cake..

ema is 2!

2009-11-27T20:31:00.004-06:00

little miss ema is having a pool party! a pool party is not complete without fabulous flip flops!!

here is a really "sweet" pair.....

why a candle for each year???

2009-11-27T20:14:00.008-06:00

how about a layer for each year? well that is a little much but look at this attempt... count em' up 15 layers baby!! this is the "brenda cake" (butter cake, dark chocolate glaze and milk chocolate frosting) taken to a whole new level... built up to 15 layers of yum.

we celebrated the season finale of our favorite show with a cajun feast and it is brenda's birthday weekend.. the cake was a delicious surprise for her! lots of candles and lots of cake.......... yummy!

happy birthday bren!

welcome audrey kate...

2009-11-27T19:43:00.006-06:00

my first niece was born august 20th, 2009. when michael was born, i made treats for tara and aaron to hand out... tara's favorite cake truffle is the triple chocolate. i made a batch and wrapped them up at the hospital with her stats on a tag.. thank you gifts for the visitors at the hospital. audrey is super adorable!!

happy birthday to you....

2009-07-16T20:54:00.006-05:00

My cousin Kristi is turning the big 4-0! Whoo Hoo!! We had a celebration for her at Baker Street Pub on Camp Bowie. A birthday celebration is not complete without a cake!

happy birthday kris... i love you, meme

Martin High Senior 09'

2009-07-16T20:39:00.008-05:00

Go Warriors!

Here is a 14" round almond cheesecake white cake for Senior Will Carson. The cap is made out of dark chocolate fondant... tastes like tootsie rolls!!

Will... congrats and good luck at Texas A&M in the fall!!

ok so you want to see the petit fours??

2009-05-26T18:17:00.005-05:00

yikes.. that took me a while to update you after that disastrous story!! well here they are. pink, green and brown (chocolate) petit fours for a baby shower.

ok actually the chocolate pic was fuzzy :)

WARNING: wear shoes when you bake

2009-04-29T21:19:00.008-05:00

tonight i am making an order of 50 petit fours for a baby shower this weekend. no big deal right? wrong! everything is going great until i simply reach to get my sprinkle storage boxes down. doesn't everyone keep this on the highest shelf in the house? also, don't you keep liquor bottles next to your prized sprinkle collection?? ok, well at least i do. i am a multi-tasker. i have my brother on the phone, hands free of course and i reach for 1 of 2 boxes to browse and down comes a FULL bottle of grape pucker, the main ingredient for jello shots (another little something i can whip up well in the kitchen). YIKES, grape and glass everywhere. sorry jeff, gotta go... why?? uhhhh just broke a large glass bottle and it is everywhere. kylie wrangles the dogs out of the way, the crash and smell intrigued them, scott manages to get his wet/dry vac for me. the washing machine and dryer are now drenched in grape yummy. oh did i mention that i was ready to cover the cakes in their icing at this point? i just got the icing consistency exactly right. ahhhhhhhh. now i have to go into glass/grape pucker clean up mode. i hate sweeping and mopping and would not choose to do something like this on a baking night. this is not a normal clean up. i have the hover craft of a vacuum blaring with the dogs as my audience! ok, now for the mop. i get the water hot, get down the bleach. simple right? not for me today. i did not pay attention to how full the bucket got, just in time saved it from over flowing. i slush some of the water out on the tile and my feet and favorite pants (bleach viciously eats the color out of your clothes) as i get it out of the sink. no big deal right? not for me today. i look down and guess what?? the stupid bucket that has been my cleaning buddy for 14 years has a hole somewhere and it is now creating a small spill... it is like the monsoon just hit. (it really is raining outside right now) ahhhhhhhhhhhh. so i quickly get the bucket back to the sink and i look down again and... whaaa-laaa i have a nice size puddle on the floor, more than enough water to mop my entire kitchen 3 times. after mopping and allowing to dry 3 times and having to suck up leftover glass during each mopping excursion, the floor is finally (cross your fingers) glass free. ok now i can go sit down. nope, i forgot i have 50 naked cakes. ahhhhhhhhhhhh. the order is to split three ways, light pink, light green and chocolate icings. pink ones done, check. light green ones done, check. now to make chocolate icing. ingredients, huh? no check. am i seriously out of cocoa and powdered sugar? can't be... yep i am. ahhhhhhhhh. not tonight, i am done. i want to set down and watch the remaining american idol saga. yikes, tomorrow is my late day at work, like 10pm late. delivery of the cakes is early friday afternoon, suddenly the hours are closing in on me. i think i just felt 5 more gray hairs populate my every 4 weeks colored brown hair. stress. ahhhhhhhhhh. ok, solution... i will go now to the store. can i throw my tantrum now?? nope, i will suck it up and put on my big girl panties and deal. oh, moral of the story... always wear shoes, thank goodness i had on my thick soled flip flops... you never know when you may have to walk through a mess of grape pucker when making pound cake petit fours, LOL!

michael's legoland birthday party!!!

2009-04-23T16:24:00.009-05:00

ok, so my little nephew (the reason why i am auntie m) is turning the big 2!! this year is a fun theme of legos. michael loves blocks, what a better theme?? tara designed an adorable invitation and we sorta designed the cakes to match! she also wanted some lego cookies for the table and the goodie bags!

so michael was diagnosed with mono on his actual birthday and the party was postponed until he got better. unc grump (yes, scott) helped with the first batch of cookies. since it was 2 weeks away the cookies would not have made it, so they were eaten... all 5 dozen of them. we went and visited michael the night the party was scheduled and still gave him a gift and brought dinner and cookies! he is too adorable... he love imagination movers from the disney channel!

ok, the party is on and this time i have a different helper, brenda. she was a vital part of the completion of this big undertaking!

we had fun BOTH times making these goodies - love auntie m

oh baby boy!

2009-04-07T22:20:00.003-05:00

i was asked by one of my favorite customers to make a boy cake for a shower. this would be for the big sister who just turned one in august and i made her lady bug cake (check that out too!) lori knew that she wanted a similar designed used in one of her showers. we just made it to accommodate a smaller crowd. the main embellishment was to have a tag with the baby's name... mommy and daddy went back and forth and by the time the shower had approached there was not a name that they were 100% sold on. no biggie, to:baby. that works!! the cake is a triple chocolate recipe with chocolate cream cheese icing. yum! the top of the "box" is styrofoam covered in baby blue fondant icing. thanks to my friend wendy at my work for the perfectly made bow, which made this gift a real hit! the tag is also made from fondant icing. the top was nicely anchored with toothpicks for easy removal and there was wax paper sandwiched in between to keep it fresher. the ladies loved this cake and it was a perfect compliment to a fabulous italian luncheon. thanks lori for the recommendations and being a repeat customer, you are the best!!

cupid's guilty pleasure...

2009-04-07T21:56:00.010-05:00

this year for valentine's we had a couples party. there were 7 couples and we all brought food and of course i was in charge of the sweets! i made several fun treats. mini pound cake petits fours (covered in raspberry, cream cheese & chocolate icings), chocolate cake truffles, red velvet cake cookies with cream cheese icing centers and iced sugar cookies. they are all decorated with a valentine theme. there was not much left to take home! little cupid was quite impressed!

strike, spare, score...

2009-03-10T22:07:00.010-05:00

Ty is 4!! YAY! My little cousin is celebrating his big 4th birthday with a bowling party. Kylie had several of these and they were so much fun. Kristi asked that I help her make his day even more special by personalizing it with some of my creations. I decided to use her rhyming talent on the cake. I made a chocolate cake with cream cheese icing for the bowling pin and the bowling ball cupcakes are white cake with cream cheese icing as well. Usually kids either lick the icing and dump the cake or scrape the icing and eat the cake. Not this bunch... they wanted seconds!

I finally got one...kitchen aid professional mixer!

2009-01-02T15:23:00.002-06:00

My family all went in together and bought me a mixer. Not just any mixer but the queen of all mixers, well at least for me it is. It is black and silver (just what I wanted) and nice and powerful. Now when I make my sugar cookie dough the mixer will be the boss and not the dough! (the dough crawls up the beaters and they get so heavy they fall off!) My handheld mixer did not have a SLOW setting so I was always making a mess with the flour or powedered sugar. UGH!! It will not fit on my counter full time, so I have made room for it on a shelf. I cannot wait for my next project so I can use this new bad boy!

sweet ornaments...

2009-01-02T13:37:00.007-06:00

For Christmas I received several "sweet ornaments, some from NYC!! I will have to get another tree just to hold my "sweet" treat ornaments. Thanks everyone!!

faux decorated cookies in treat bags / snowman baker with a tray of gingerbread men / snowman ice cream cone / cake truffle with sprinkles / glittery cupcake trinket box ornament

Christmas is here...

2009-01-02T12:29:00.010-06:00

Christmas is all about the sweets! This time of year everyone is baking something. I did not make anything out of the ordinary, but everything tasted extrodinary. I had some help I must admit. Over the holidays my sister and brother were here and wanted to take part. We had a lot of fun. I wish my brother lived closer, I schooled him on the cake truffles and he is quick!

butter pecan rum mini cakes / lemon and red velvet cake truffles / lemon, cherry and blueberry mini pies / decorated sugar cookies

pretzel turtles/ white cake, cream cheese icing cupcakes / chocolate-peanut butter mallow bars

i love old saint nick...

2008-11-30T11:09:00.007-06:00

Kylie and I were shopping at Hobby Lobby on Saturday and looking for a few new Christmas tree ornaments. All of a sudden, "mommy look at this" she said from down the aisle (I automatically do the "uh-huh" that ALL moms do) then she appeared with the best ornament we could find that day. A nostalgic glass Santa ornament, he is wearing an apron and a chef hat and is holding up a sweet treat.

Also he is glittered which makes him even more sparkly and special. OMG... this was made for me. I love Santas (ho ho's) and oh do I love making sweet treats! I just wish there were just sweet treat ornaments, none to be found.boo :(

festive fall cookies...

2008-11-30T10:36:00.009-06:00

Not much on the cookie front for fall... just an updated pumpkin and a turkey this year. The pumpkin is iced with fall inspired colors and well the turkey is just brown for now. They are still yummy none the less. Maybe I can find more cutters for fall. Thanksgiving just came and went so fast I thought of Christmas this entire month. Christmas goodies are coming soon!! Stay tuned!

gobble gobble... 11/26/08

2008-11-30T09:58:00.010-06:00

i have created a... turkey! From the inspiration of a cookie cutter, he is here. I first attempted enlarging the outline of the cookie cutter and had zero luck. (I have not yet mastered the copy machine) I now attempted to just free hand this, I can do this right??!!

It is a close comparison I do say so my self. I made the cake in a jelly roll pan and traced around the wax paper and TA DA!... here he is. I now inverted him from the pan to the base. Isn't he cute??!!

Now for the spice cream cheese frosting. yum! I outlined his feathers in chopped pecans and sliced almonds. He has a chocolate chip for an eye.

He is too cute to cut! His name is Ross. After last year's almost disaster at the "in law's", his name is inspired by that catastrophe! I now have to hand him over to his owner, Kris. She ordered him for her Thanksgiving feast. I later heard he was a HIT! He does have a great personality if I do say so myself!! Next year I will make him for myself!

yummy little cakes...

2008-11-30T09:53:00.007-06:00

tis the season for sweet treats! One very popular one I make is the cake truffle. What is this you ask?? My secret, but trust me if you like cake and icing you will fall in love with the truffle. I can make this in a variety of flavors. This is also featured/pictured in the post "autie's sunny birthday truffles" and "trick or treat". Here are some seasonal classics that will not go out of style any time soon!

triple chocolate topped with more chocolate!

butter pecan topped with pecans (of course!)

sassy spice topped with cinnamon

robynne's southern cake request... 11-13-2008

2008-11-21T07:11:00.015-06:00

Robynne requested a very southern chocolate cake for her birthday.

Chocolate Sheet Cake with Pecans.

My mom has been making this for years and it is a favorite amongst a lot of us. I did some minor tweaking to the original recipe and drizzled some extra chocolate on top for some EXTRA pizazz! Robynne has plenty of pizazz, so should her cake!

At work we had some employees that are not exactly from the south (I will not embarrass them and list who and where where!) and they could not believe the richness this cake had. One of them kept referring to this as brownies. BIG GASP... no no no my northern friends. Robynne kept correcting them. They even tried it with some ice cream, hopefully they used Blue Bell, I cannot even imagine another brand of vanilla unless it is homemade. ....OK, back to the subject at hand! It was delicious and needless to say, they were very impressed!

autie's sunny birthday truffles... 11-10-08

2008-11-21T07:08:00.003-06:00

Autumn (Autie) loves the color yellow. I am not normally a fan of yellow, however her birthday celebration truffles are very cheerful and sunny! Did I mention her favorite flower is the sunflower? I attempted this design with a glittered icing gel and chocolate jimmies. Oh, the gel icing doesn't dry well and the image of the sunflower seemed to sort of slide down the truffle. (note to self: use decorator icing next time!) They still tasted great and she enjoyed sharing with some of her closest co-workers. My favorite is the one covered in sugar. Why? I like the way the sugar just took over and just spread everywhere, like sunshine.

happy birthday autie (DW rocks!)

last by not least.....

2008-10-31T23:23:00.006-05:00

this way cool cake! A friend at work bought these Halloween party plates and they inspired me to make a cake similar to the design.The cake was a sour cream vanilla white cake recipe and the icing was orange vanilla buttercream. mmmmmmmmm good!

trick or treat...

2008-10-31T18:10:00.010-05:00

Here are some more pics of my favorite Halloween goodies I made this year. I received an "honorable mention" for our desk decorating contest at work for having such a cute set up and many sweet treats....... I attempted at sweet bribes to place, so many cool desks! All of the treats were devoured quickly!

These are my balls... cake truffles that is. The flavor is redvelvet. I made them different, they look like mini cupcakes, no wrapper! Too fun, I love this method so much I may not go back to boring balls... why? when you can have a surprise inside of a cupcake!

Mummies are yummy!I did not leave them out of the other post on the cookies, they just break easy and out of a batch of 10 yes 10 only 4 made it. I love these little mummies!!

Here are my extra spicy spice cupcakes with cream cheese vanilla icing and topped with cinnamon... delish!! Oh and here they are on my new cupcake stand.

My modest set up on my desk. A little busy I know but you get the picture!

eek... Halloween is here

2008-10-28T22:53:00.005-05:00

I have recently been inspired to create more. That goes for ALL of the hobbies I am interested in. So with that, I havc embraced decorated cookies. I have failed so many times by burning at least one cookie sheet per batch, my cut outs grew while baking and oh the icing, I look like a 2 year old. So I did some research and found some great tips and a fool proof cookie recipe! Here goes....

ema turns one!! 09-27-08

2008-09-27T15:21:00.011-05:00

ema's mom lori had several great ideas in mind for her first birthday. one of them being, taking a cake to have her portraits made. where was this idea when kylie was one?? this cake was inspired by one lori found on the internet (kudos to the designer). i just adjusted to the colors lori desired. ema was introduced to her cake the day before the pictures and was quite amazed! so on picture day she was ready to get into this cake with BOTH hands. she is so adorable! also, i made this cake again along with cupcakes for her birthday party which is today. i am sure she was a show stopper at her party!! she is quite the little ham! thanks lori for believing in me and allowing me to be a part of ema's big day!!

here comes the... groom... 9-22-08

2008-09-23T18:10:00.000-05:00

at work we had a surprise "bachelor" potluck for robby vaughn and his fiance' aubrey. i made a simple 8"white fondant cake with 3 layers, made with my favorite recipe white cheesecake, and almond flavored buttercream icing. congratulations!

footballs & turf cupcakes 9-20-08

2008-09-23T17:45:00.000-05:00

who says you cannot dress up a cupcake for a boy??? here are some triple chocolate fudge footballs and some yummy cheesecake almond turf. all for my favorite football player James, #88 for the Seminoles in Alvarado.

oh so sweet lady bug... 8-30-08

2008-09-23T07:20:00.000-05:00

an emergency situation is the way i landed this gig. a friend of a friend called and asked if anything lady bug could be made to rescue a one year old's birthday party for the upcoming weekend. auntie m to the rescue! this lady bug is hot pink and black, her fondant spots are dark chocolate, yum!

cheerleader cake... rah rah rah 7-12-08

2008-09-23T07:11:00.000-05:00

this is a megaphone cake and pom pom cupcakes i made for my Macie Jo, for her 6th birthday. this party even had real high school cheerleaders that came and did a mini cheer workshop! her colors are kelly green and purple. the cake matches the handmade invitation made by her mom. the pom poms are variegated and everything is covered in glitter!!