Doar's Backpack & Map... Vamanos (Let's Go!)

 I made this Backpack & Map from Dora the Explorer for a little girl's birthday party on January 27th. She loves Dora the explorer & is obsessed with the Backpack. I decided to make a Backpack standing up so that is looked more realistic... which made it a lot harder due to the bags shape. (angled to tip back) All in all this was a really fun cake to make & my three girls were right there with me. They helped by looking at the photos with me & telling me what colors I needed to put for the eyebrows or if I had to make the map a little bit more tan than white. I love it when my girls get into helping. Actually... while decorating this cake, Melody, my 6 year old came up to me & said that when she grew up she wanted to make cakes just like me because I made the cakes look real! That's when you know your children are watching what you are doing & seeing that what you are doing is making a difference! I know that my cakes are making people happy & that my children are proud of me. Boy, I sure am glad I took that leap & started making cakes last year! Thank you, Jesus for giving me the talent & the courage to do something that I love!

 I made a little Map to go along with the Backpack. He is kind of a staple & the Backpack always needs him so he had to come along.

 The Backpack always has to look for stars so I made some yellow sparkling stars.

 The straps are my favorite thing about the cake!  It was the finishing touch to making it look like a backpack!

 The other side view of the straps.

Backpack & Map.

Gold & Glittery Stiletto

 This Golden Glitter cake was made for a golden birthday on January 27th. The gal loves stiletto shoes so her friend that ordered the cake wanted to make it special & I told her I could make an accent shoe for the topper.

The stiletto I made for the top is the first heeled shoe I've ever made, so getting it high enough was a new experience. I think it could have even been a little bit higher tho! The stiletto is made out of gum paste.

The top, back view of the golden glittery stiletto. As you can tell from the top two photos, I added a Glitter spray over the shoe. These photos are the photos before glitter.

Heel of my little stiletto!

 Side view.

The top, front view of my gum paste stiletto.

This cake is a 8 inch 2 layer square & a 6 inch 2 layer square. It is a peanut butter cake with a peanut butter filling. I covered the cake with home made marshmallow fondant & decorated it with gold & glitter & edible pearls.

We Love our Paras!

 Lincoln Elementary, where two of my girls attend asked me to make a cake for National Paraprofessional Day on January 19th.

 I made a sheet cake and covered it in whipped frosting. My girls helped me make some of the art work for the cake so that it truly was an "Original Masterpiece!" I also found some art work that Melody made for me and I copied what she had drawn.
From top left... a spider on a web, Things we likes at school, math, melody's swings, & a smiling sun.

 From bottom left... a smiling sun, Melody jumping off a diving board, planets & stars, a rainbow, & music.

 From the top left... Penny diving, a monster, a love heart, a corn field, & twirly playground fun.

 From bottom left... a girl teacher, a flower, fishing, a boy teacher, & a monster.

 I also made a ruler to go along the bottom border of the cake.

 The chalkboard that I made along with 2 little chalks & an apple for the teacher.

My little yummy apple!

Basketball Star Paige

I made this basketball cake in October for a girl who goes to our church. This is Paige. She LOVES basketball & let her mom know that she wanted a themed party this year that wasn't girly.

 This cake was an almond cake with raspberry filling and is made out of home made marshmallow fondant.