The Sweet Life of Retirement

Ray has moved his office location, he can now be found here, Monday - Friday.  The top tier is chocolate cake, the bottom is key lime with toasted coconut rum buttercream filling.  I'm a little disappointed that I couldn't get the hammock made out of gumpaste strong enough to hold up Ray and it had to be made out of fabric to be able to hang from the trees.  The fish are made from small molds and hand dusted with the colors, the cake itself and trees were airbrushed.

Graduation 2012 cake

This graduation cake for a 2012 Farragut High School grad has the Farragut Admirals anchor logo and stars to honor the school.  The cake is chocolate with a ganache filling.

Chicago WhiteSox throwback cap

The little league season is ending and we wanted to thank the coaches for all the hard work they have put in this season.  Don't worry, the kids all had cupcakes too.  The cake is a white chocolate, chocolate chip cake with a ganache filling.

Spring Flower cake

This cake has some of my favorite flowers ever.  All hand molded and dusted with colors to get the shading.  The magnolias are a hard flower to do.  Magnolias, Calla Lilies, Roses, and a Sunflower.  The cake is a chocolate cake with a ganache filling.

Gymnastics Party cake

To celebrate the end of a season of gymnastics, this cake has some of the paintings from the walls of the gymnastics studio, tumbling kids, and a Thank You to the teacher.

Plant a lilac in spring

My Mother-in-law loves flowers, she grows things just by looking at them (I'm pretty sure she just has to look at plants and say 'well?? Grow!' and they do).  She loves lilacs in springtime and we planted one today in the yard as well.  This cake celebrated her birthday, a carrot cake with a maple swiss meringue buttercream filling.  The dirt is Oreo cookies ground up, the gloves and trowel and hose are all fondant, the water is hard candy.  The lilac is fondant and although time consuming, I love how it turned out.

Great Cake Bake 2012 - FairyTales PeopleTales

Have you ever wondered if we read about fairies and all the things they do and dream that it is a fantastical world where the unimaginable is real, what would they read about?  Would fairies read books about children who live in houses with walls different colors, rugs that look like flowers but don't feel or smell like them?  Would the books be about brothers playing tricks on sisters?

Bedroom wallpaper with decorative letter initials and butterflies, plug ins, light switches, doors with woodgrain.

Modeled after my Kayti, chin resting in the book she's reading

Jolly Rancher fairy wings, chocolate tree

Brothers like Troy who sneak in to put frogs and worms in his sister's bed

ladybugs listening to the stories the fairy is reading

Calla Lily Wedding Cake

This wedding cake for a wonderful couple is chocolate with Kahloua buttercream on the top, and red velvet on the bottom.  Corinthians 13:4-7 is written on the front and side of the cake with gumpaste Calla Lilies on top.  Ivory fondant with black fondant ribbon

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Ares Hall

This construction project was to thank donators for their contributions to replace the benches inside Ares Hall on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.  The cake is the center section of Ares Hall and the clock tower.  All red velvet cake.

Champagne and Strawberry

For a special 21st birthday celebration, the theme for this cake was Champagne and Strawberries but subtly.  The cake inside is chocolate cake with kahlua buttercream.  The young lady's name is Taylor.

Grave Digger Monster Truck cupcake jump

Somehow its harder to impress the kids each year for their birthday cakes.  This year its the Grave Digger Monster Truck, and can't he just be suspended in mid air jumping over cars or something?  I worked all evening hand painting the detail on the truck and all the accolades from my son were '...oh...yeah, good job Mom...'.  He quickly learned how well that cut it for the effort put into his creations. :)

The Monster Truck is made from rice crispy treats and modeling chocolate and fondant, then hand painted with edible coloring.  The cupcakes are almond poppyseed with either raspberry or lemon filling, and swiss meringue buttercream frosting.

Classy Pink and Damask cake

 

This cake turned out just classy and elegant.  A 50th birthday celebration with a vanilla cake with raspberry swiss meringue butter cream filling.  Everything but the skewers holding up the numbers is edible.

MasterCraft Boat Cake

This 50th birthday cake includes a MasterCraft boat made from rice crispy treats covered in modeling chocolate and fondant, waves made from pulled sugar, and a surfer.  The cake is chocolate cake with peanut butter butter-cream.