Sonic Cake!!!

so for my oldest sons birthday, he loves sonic.
and strawberries.
so i decided to make a cake using fondant again.  i was really nervous about using fondandt againconsidering the last time the stuff tasted awful!!!  i mean super disgusting.  so i talked to my dearest friend Mandy and she gave me a recipe for some marshmellow fondant.  i was scared to make that too just cuz i'm kinda a pansy when it comes to trying new things by myself.

anyway, i made the 2 rounds and cut them each in half, iced, strawberried, and iced and then 'dirty iced' the whole cake and refridgerated it, then i iced it a again.

i then made all my sonic pieces....

and then i put it all together!!!!  and i have to say, i thought it was soooooooooo awesome!!!!

i am really pleased with myself, and how it turned out.  it gave me hope and excitment for the future projects!

and here i am with the awesome soncic cake hiding in the pantry so the birthday boy couldnt see it.

he LOVED it and so it made all the stressing and worrying so worth it!

anyway- yay for more cakes!!!!

Star Cupcakes

we are a total cupcake family here.

for birthdays i have found it MUCH easier to make and decorate cupcakes rather than whole cakes. and they are portioned just wonderfully for little kids! win-win if ya ask me!

so for my sweet little angels 6th birthday i made these cupcakes. they were a HUGE hit!

i LOVE the look of them!

these are the ones that i took to school for here.  i think i was the favorite parent for the day.  talk about an ego boost!  lol, all i did was make candy, put it in the molds, and then ice and top!

it was awesome!

definite repeat i think.... now to find different shapes!

30 minute Pumpkin Cake

for my daughters kindergarten class, i am the roommother.  and well, the teacher informed me the morning of a cake contest that i needed to have a cake decorated.  she brought a bundt cake and was going to glaze it and call it good, until she realized that i could/should decorate it!  totally freaked me out.  so after a few frantic calls to my mom, and one of my best friends i came up with this.

i filled the center of the bundt with chocolate chips. i made a 'play dough' type 'fondont' of pwdered sugar and watrer, and made some leaves.  with a fat tootsie roll as the stem.  not bad for only 30 minutes if you ask me!

oh and i used a fun size pack of oreos to crush and use as the dirt. 

i was quite pleased with how it came out on such a short notice.  her teacher was shocked to see what i did!  me too for that matter!

Zebra Cake

ok,so for my brothers birthday, i was actually in town.  and we needed a cake, and i was lucky enough to get to make his cake.  i was DYING to try THIS.  so stinking excited.

so i did.

and it was

AWESOME!!!!!

the only think i did different was i used a box, and after i had it all mixed, i took out half the white, added the coco powder to the rest, mixed and then i used a 1/4th of a cup instead of 3T, i only have so much time in between feeding and a toddler.  but i think that i want my stripes darker, so food coloring/ more coco- not sure which will do the trick.  it might have to be both.  we'll see.

i think it was a hit.  i loved it at least.  oh we then frosted it with cream cheese frosting, and these oreo sprinkle things.  YUM.