"I'm feelin' 22!"

My birthday was last week and usually we buy my birthday cake from the grocery store, but now I've become a cake snob. I think my cakes taste better than ones from the grocery store, so I wanted to make my own. When I heard Taylor Swift's song "22," I immediately thought those lines would be perfect to put on a cake. I wasn't really sure how I wanted to decorate the sides, I just knew I wanted bright colors.

Onsie Cookies

I love making iced sugar cookies, but much like the cupcakes I posed about earlier in the week, I don't have too many requests for them. A friend from church who has had my iced sugar cookies told me she was hosting a Sip 'n See for her new granddaughter and asked if I could make some sugar cookies for it. I told her I'd be happy to and after discussing a few different options she decided on onsie shaped cookies decorated in pink and white with S.G. for Sophee Grace on them. After making these cookies, it made me want another reason to make sugar cookies again soon!

Sunflower Cupcakes

It seems like cupcakes are pretty popular, but for some reason I'm not asked to make them that often. I love making cakes, so it does not upset me that I'm not overrun with cupcake orders. However, when I was recently asked if I could make cupcakes with sunflowers on them I was excited to do something a little different. They were pretty simple to make especially since the customer requested I used small chocolate cookies for the centers.

Jungle Smash Cake

I feel like I've made cakes for a lot of different occasions, but I was just recently asked to make a smash cake for the first time. A smash cake is a small cake for a 1st birthday that the birthday boy or girl eats or pretty much just smashes and gets everywhere. The birthday party theme was jungle, so my initial thought was--this is gonna be a lot of work! It ended up being so much fun! In addition to the smash cake, I made a sheet cake for the party guests to enjoy. The cakes were white with vanilla butter cream frosting and the animals were cut out of marshmallow fondant.

Simple Polka Dots

I like simple, I love polka dots, and I adore the color pink! All of that being said, I was in love with this cake! I was specifically asked to keep this one simple and put pink and green polka dots on it. This, like most of my cakes, was "white on white."

Train Cake

For this cake, I was asked to make a cake for a baby shower. I was told the theme was trains and it was for a baby boy. I had used fondant plenty of times for flat decorations, but I've never made 3D figures before. As soon as I heard train, I knew I wanted to attempt a 3D train. I feel like less is more right now, especially when it comes to cake decorating. I kept this one very simple and the customer was happy with the finished product! This was vanilla pound cake with vanilla butter cream.

Red Velvet Graduation Cake

I love referrals and not only did a friend refer someone to me, but that lady ordered two cakes within two weeks from me! I wish everyone needed cakes that often! I also wish I were able to eat cake that often! Anyway, she asked for a red velvet cake, so of course it was frosted in a cream cheese frosting. Since it was for a boy, I kept the decorations simple and used his high school colors.