Inside Out Oreos

I love these yummy little twists on an Oreo! I've been making these for over 5 years & I usually make them as a treat during the Christmas season for our staff as a part of their Christmas gift. They love them!

For this batch, I used colored coating & almond bark so I could get a little different color other than my usual plain old white. These were made for our New Years Eve party at our house this year.
By the way... these are VERY easy to make! If you need it... message me!

Michaela's Chubby Giraffe

 My 11 year old daughter wanted me to make a giraffe cake for her birthday party on December 27th. She has had a new fascination with giraffes since the beginning of the school year. Her science teacher, Mr. Hubred likes giraffes, so naturally... a lot of the 6th grade students like them now too!

Side view of giraffe.

Back view of giraffe.

I made this giraffe out of 12 inch cakes, buttercream, chocolate/peanut butter filling  & marshmallow fondant.

 Chubby giraffe.

I made the head out of fondant that I shaped & decorated. I painted the cheeks, lips & ears with pink edible dust & painted on freckles. I made long girly lashes and painted her eyes brown.

 Michaela & her giraffe.

 Giraffe cake with giraffe & zebra candles.

Giraffe cake lit up with birthday candles.

"Just a child in a manger... our little Savior!"

My daddy called & asked me to make him a cake for Christmas day. I chose to model this cake after a great cake maker, Heather, from Georgia. Her blog is one of the blogs that I follow. check out her Happy Birthday Jesus cake from 2010.

My Shepherd & his sheep.

Two of my little sheep in awe of the star & on their way to see the baby Jesus!

 My three plump little wise men with gifts & fancy wrapping. I wanted them each to look a litttle different so I went with a tall & skinny african king, a medium king with a fuzzy brown mustache, and a short & fat old mustache king. Each of them has a present for the Little Jesus... a box with a teeny tiny bow that I made.

 This is the beginning of a chorus to a christmas song that I wrote! It kind of fit the spirit of this cake!

 Mary, Joseph & Little Jesus wrapped in a cloth & laying in the manger trough.

 The angel & the star that guided the way to baby Jesus.

 I made this little stable out of a 6 inch cake that I cut out & covered in fondant & decorated. I added wood beams & a straw roof for the angel to stand on.

This cake was a 12 inch & a 6 inch cake & was almond flavored with a raspberry filling.

Here's Brucie!!!

This is my little brother, Josh! His 9th birthday is right after Christmas & he's in LOVE with sharks. He's my littlest sibling. I am the oldest of 10 kids & Joshua is 21 years younger than I am! Cool huh?!?!

  He also is obsessed with bugs and all types of fish & creatures in the ocean, but I knew he would love a shark the most!  

 This Shark is made out of homemade peanut butter & chocolate filling, cream cheese frosting & marshmallow fondant.

 The fin I made out of gum paste so it will harden. The teeth are marshmallow fondant.

From the side it kind of looks like a dinosaur head...  hmmmmm........ I guess I am good at making dinosaurs too!

Penny's Gingerbread House

This is my daughter, Penny! On Wednesday, December 21st, she & my sister Sara made a gingerbread house at school. 

(My sister is her Godmother & Penny wanted her to decorate with her)

 Penny made columns on each side of the doors, an orange slice mailbox, candy cane walk way, vanilla wafer reindeer & a frosting & coconut christmas tree. Penny also put hard candy under the tree as the gifts.

 These three frosting covered green gumdrops are snow covered bushes.

 I was so proud of Penny when she showed me her bench that she made out of pretzels & gumdrops.

Check out Penny's gumdrop snowman! It's soooooooo cute!

Tammy's Purple & Silver Baubles & Swirls

This cake was made for a 40th birthday party which was held on December 17th at the white Musser Mansion in Little Falls, MN. Tammy threw herself an extravagant birthday party which was black tie and hosted over 80 people.

Tammy wanted to do something fun with her birthday, so she chose a purple color for her dress & decorations & then accented the purple with silvers, whites & blacks.  

For the top circle cake I covered it in white fondant & sprayed it with a silver luster & added black swirls.  The base cake I made silver also & added white circle pearl candies and a purple fondant ribbon around the bottom. I made a "T" for the center plaque of the middle purple almond cake and added light purple & silver baubles all around the cake.

 Here is a photo of me decorating the cake that my daughter, Michaela took.

The cakes each had a different flavor. The top 6 inch circle was pistachio with a pistachio filling, the middle 8 inch square was almond with an almond filling, and the 10 inch square was dark chocolate with a chocolate fudge filling. All of the fondant was homemade marshmallow fondant.

My Little Pony "Dancing Butterflies"

My niece, MaKaylie (I call her Max) turned 6 & her favorite My Little Pony is called Dancing Butterflies. I had to make her a pegasus pony cake to match her pony at home! 

 Max posing for a photo with her Dancing Butterflies cake and Dancing Butterflies My Little Pony toy.

Dancing Butterflies cake and Dancing Butterflies My Little Pony.

 I carved this cake out of a 12 inch square and a 10 inch circle cake.

The dancing butterflies I added on last to the pony weren't exactly the right colors as Max's horse... I didn't have the blue so I used a pretty purple. It turned out great & max said that she didn't care about the color... she loved "the whole thing" just like it was! She said it was perfect!

 I made homemade marshmallow fondant for the pony's body, wing, ear, eye, mane & tail.

A close up shot of the tail made out of marshmallow fondant.

Penny & Melody's Pink Cake Pops

 We were having a cookie sale for our youth missions trip as a fundraiser so the girls & I decided to donate some cake pops. We had never made them before & wanted to give them a go! Naturally, when Melody is involved in a project, pink is the color of choice... as you can see... we chose to make pink cake pops.

They were great fun to make. We had a fun system too! After we had the vanilla pops made & dipped in the color candy & the clear sprinkles I had Penny & Melody waiting in their coats to complete the final, most important step. They would each take two pops outside & run up & down the steps in the 20 degree air for a minute to make the pops cool & harden faster. They were singing & laughing & making up cake pop songs! It was a lot of fun!

Midnight the Pony

On November 23rd, my best friend's daughter was having a horse themed birthday party... so naturally she needed a horse cake! Sofia has a shetland named Midnight, so I wanted to model the cake after him. 

 This is my daughter, Melody on Midnight! He's so small that Melody, who's 6, can get up in the saddle all by herself! It is so cute watching My daughters & Sofia riding around on this little fuzzball, just bouncing away, when I'm so used to my sister's arabian that is 14.2 hands high!

 I made Midnight out of chocolate cake with marshmallow fondant. For a little finishing touch, I added "Happy Birthday Sofia" to the outside of the cake. I also placed little purple butterflies sporadically around the pony's head.

 The bridal took a little bit of figuring out because I am not really a horse person. I actually had to research what a bridal actually looked like! I made the rings out of gum paste so that they would harden to wrap the black straps around.

  A look at the back of the mane.

Celo's Violin

My Violin for the top of the cake, hand painted.

I made this violin cake on November 14th for a teacher's birthday at our local music school. His last name is Celo & he teaches violin & other instruments to our children in Little Falls. He has also conducted & is a great supporter for the arts in our community. The request for this cake was made by a friend who's kids have had the privilege of being tutored by Celo.  

 I made a two tiered, blue cake with a white candy border. I made a curvy staff and bright pink & orange notes & also decorated the cake with black music accents. 

 I made marshmallow fondant music sheets.

 Happy Birthday, Celo! 

 Gum paste violin & bow I made for Celo. The strings I had to re-do twice because they were so delicate. I finally figured out that I couldn't stand the violin up... I had to lay it down & then place the strings on.