Ladybug Cake

I went home this past weekend to make a cake for a 1st birthday party. The theme was ladybugs and everything turned out really cute! I made the shaped cake and also LOTS of ladybug cupcakes. Luckily, my mom was able to help me out since I also needed to get out of town for a Christmas party the same evening.
The mom posted pictures online, and it was so nice to see how much the birthday girl enjoyed her cake!
I've got at least one more cake planned in the next few days, so there will be more pictures coming soon.

Mom's Birthday Celebration

Mom's birthday was this past weekend so I made her a birthday cake. I wasn't really feeling well on Friday night while I was baking it, or on Saturday when we went out to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Atlanta to celebrate her birthday. It still came out pretty I think. I went to the doctor yesterday, and apparently I have this flu bug going around....by Sunday I could barely get out of bed for more than 5 minutes at a time. I was so upset because we were supposed to enjoy the
Braves game on Sunday and I couldn't go. Anyways...its finally back to classes for me today...hopefully I last all day.
The cake was a chocolate cake like the birthday "girl" wanted with buttercream icing.

Quick Update

I just wanted to post a quick update with few of the cakes I've done lately. The first one was a cake for my Wilton Course 3. It was my first fondant cake and I think it turned out pretty cute. Unfortunately, the bow ended up drooping before I could snap a picture because of the crazy humidity.

That same week I had to make a birthday cake for Dusty. I used my oval pans to help shape a football and then added the UGA symbol in fondant. The outline on the symbol got messed up slightly, but it still turned out pretty good and he was very happy with it.

Last night I finished my Wilton Course 3 and made the final cake...a 2 tier wedding cake. I spent about 8-9 hours making fondant roses in 3 shades of pink to cascade down the side. I also hand-painted the roses to make them look more realistic. I wanted to cover the cake in marshmallow fondant, but it was my first time making it and I didn't like the way it turned out. I ended up just using buttercream icing and making a pearl strand border using the marshmallow fondant. The bottom layer of the cake is a fudge marbled cake and the top layer is a Devil's food cake. Both layers have fudge sauce in the middle. I was very pleased with the way it turned out. I think if I had had a little more time during my class I could have made it looked even better, but I was rushing to get out of there and finished with the cake in time. Hope you enjoy!