Carts, Bobs, and Dogs

This is a cake I did for a friend who went on a "pioneer trek." This isn't too uncommon in Utah (I'm assuming with my limited Utah knowledge). I know it looks blasphemous to have her "walking" on top of the American flag but it was on the Fourth of July so I figured it would be appropriate... perhaps it symbolizes her trek across the open plains of America (What?!). In any case, there are little bags of beans, sugar, flour, and postum just like the great ol' American pioneers (As a side note, postum is the non-coffee version of coffee. Feel free to ask more questions about that topic :) Everything is made out of fondant, including the cart that she's hauling. That was quite the endeavor. I didn't use wires or inedible products to make the cart... just lots of fondant, time, and love.


Now some of you might be looking at this picture of SpongeBobSquarePants (Roberto Esponja con Pantelones Cuadrados... right? Right??) and thinking to yourself "Wow, that doesn't look even remotely LIKE Mr. Square Pants." I totally agree... however, I didn't have any tools to use when making this cake (darn airport confiscated my favorite wood carving tool that I usually use for my decorations) and I made the cake with my cousins (ages 6, 11, 12). Overall, not too shabby for having nothing :)


Next up we have a cute, simple design for a small birthday party. This one was fun with no worries. I did go a bit insane with the candy balls but I wanted to make sure everyone got a few.

Mia and Father's Day

This is Mia's Birthday Cake... obviously :) Hand-made bow, giant numbers and Mia, herself in a ballerina tutu. The bow was interesting to make. Sometimes I feel like more than just a grad student... this was one of those days.




Up next is a Father's Day cake. It was for my man's three lil' kids who are beautiful blondes. I believe the child-replicas were the first things eaten... ironically, each child wanted to eat themselves... interesting... haha.

The Early Days

So I've been making cakes for people since about the Spring of this year. Since then, I've collected quite a range of cake pictures. This one was for a Jimmy Stewart Birthday Party. Who celebrates Jimmy Stewart's Birthday, you ask? The Parkins and me :) The idea was from the movie Harvey with the invisible, 6-ft rabbit so I wanted to make shadows here.


Next up, I was inspired by the most addictive website EVER (Cakecentral.com) to make this safari animal cake. I made the animals out of fondant and the cake was covered in marshmallow fondant. It's hard to see the animals here. Lo siento... but you get the idea.


Then I got really antsy for some more cake decorating and made this lil' guy. It's a fake cake with fondant decorations.

My Entry into the Blogging World

This is my very first attempt at becoming a "blogger." Scary! I must admit that my reasons are selfish... I want to get my cakes out there :) As a PhD student, I don't exactly have a ton of free time but I manage to find ways to stay up late (with the help of delicious coffee and Mountain Dew) to make my creations. I hope to update this with my latest cakes for you all to see. I feel it's only fitting that we begin at the beginning. These are the cakes (or babycakes) that started it all. This was my very first attempt at using fondant (store bought, gross-tasting fondant.... after this I switched to homemade marshmallow fondant). As you can see, I started scattered with no focus. Hasn't changed much... haha. Anywhere, here we go! I'd love feedback anytime you have it. Enjoy!