Logans Rock Star Bday - 5years old

A pink and purple bass guitar. Cake was a creamsiscle (orange cake w/ vanilla mousse). Covered in fondant and accented with lots of pearl dust for sparkle. I have known the birthday girl since she was born, I got to hold her when she came home from the hospital. This was my first chance to make her a birthday cake and her reaction was worth the wait!

Nicholas Lodge Gumpaste Class

I had the opportunity to take a gumpaste flower class from world renowned Nicholas Lodge. The class was amazing! We made orchids, calla lillies, stephenotis and roses. He also showed us how to make leaves, ribbon loops and details with wire and floral tape. This is an experience I will treasure for years to come.

Painters Palette

This was a pink champagne cake with raspberry mousse. Made for a co-worker celebrating 20 years with our company. She is an amazing artist in her spare time.

Cake Tastings...

This was my first "Open House" to share my cakes and chocoaltes with friends and family. I had the open house in my home. I featured 3 types of cakes for display, a wedding cake, a birthday cake and a baby shower cake. I had 4 flavors of cake and filling combinations (Vanilla Bean w/ Hazelnut Mousse, Chocolate Cake w/ Peanut Butter Mousse, Red Velvet Cake w/ Vanilla Bean Mousse and White Cake w/Lemon filling), there were buttercream and whipped cream frosting to try as well. I also had a mini version of a chocolate bar/display with chocolate dipped strawberries, caramel covered choc dipped pretzels, truffles in a variety of flavors, fruit and nut bark and chocolate cups with peanut butter cheese cake mousse and raspberry mousse. The open house was a huge hit. (April 2008)

I did a cake tasting at a local networking/meet and greet party last fall. I made truffles in fall flavors (caramel apple, pumpkin pie, cranberry, hazelnut), fruit and nut bark, vanilla bean cupcakes w/ hazelnut mousse and dark chocolate cupcakes with Baileys ganache. I also showed a sample of holiday chocolate items for order.

My First Gumpaste Flowers

This cake was a lot of firsts for me. First gumpaste flowers...first topsy turvey, first paid wedding cake. It was a great cake to make. It was all chocolate with raspberry filling. All tiers are covered in fondant with fondant details and gumpaste lillies. People thought they were real! What a great compliment.

Bronwen Webers Class

I had the great experience of taking a class by Bronwen Weber last year. It was a 3 day course of sculpting and airbrushing. We made a fish, a bulldog and a parrot. The parrot on its stand stood almost 2 feet tall.

More Cakes

Nicole and I made this cake this cake for the womens shelter about 2 years ago. Our cake club donates a cake every month for the shelter to celebrate birthdays.

This was one of the first cakes I ever made. It was a joint effort with Nicole and Melina. I got to do the airbrushing and the flower placing.

I entered this cake in the 2008 Evergreen state fair. It was my first time entering a cake. It is a two tiered square with green and pink hydrangeas and brown ribbon detail. I got a blue ribbon!