Ladybug Invasion!



Recently I made goodies for my daughter-in-law's baby shower with a ladybug theme.  It was so delightful creating these wonderful little bugs!  Making the fondant ladybugs for our cupcakes was a great way for the two of us to hangout and have fun being creative.





The ladybug sugar cookies consisted of a circle base with a smaller circle

for the head, attached with royal icing.



These are the cupcakes with our fondant ladybugs!



Aah the wonderful body of the ladybug cupcake cake, consisting of

french vanilla, red velvet, and chocolate fudge cupcakes.



The ladybug is ready for her guests!



For The Love of the Cake!

I was driving home from work last evening when my sweet daughter-in-law returned my phone call. During the course of our conversation she stated she needed my icing recipe again, as she and J were going for their second attempt to create another 3 tier cake, this time for J's niece's 1st birthday.  I was reminded of the cake  in these photographs   (transported in an ice chest from Kansas to Dallas) M & J made as a surprise for my wedding.  Intially M called my best friend S for some direction for this creation, explaining to her it was kind of a "hoax."  S warned her it would not be a hoax and most likely show up at the wedding reception.  It did!  When I saw what these two sweet girls had done to honor my wedding - well, the tears began to flow... I made both of their wedding cakes!  Love, love sharing the gift, passion, and art with the next generation.  




The cake was delicious!

 

Loving Fall

 My favorite season of the year has arrived and a couple of Saturday's ago my sister and I decorated 200 cookies for a golf tournament to raise funds for the "Project Red Light Rescue" - we so enjoyed letting our creativity flow to rescue victims of human trafficking!


The leaves are my favorite, I love the simplicity



The recipe we used is my FAMOUS sugar cookie recipe. Family members and loved ones have actually hidden these cookies from other members of the household once they arrive.



A minature pumpkin patch





Just harvested



This One Takes the Cake!

Shabby Chic Wedding Cake

Chocolate Mosaic Wedding Cake in Texas

Chocolate Fudge cake, Chocolate Buttercream frosting, and fresh fruit consisting of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, rasphberries, and kiwi, enough to serve 100 guests.

Recently The Marrying Cake had the honor of creating it's first wedding cake in Texas.  This is a photograph of the cakes for the dinner wedding recepton.  Who can resist chocolate and fruit? A delicious dessert to close out a beautiful wedding day!  I'm really pleased with the end result of how the chocolate mosaic tiles looked. 

Inspiration! As I turned and walked away from the setup, an inspiration transpired -  I envisioned a 5 tier square stacked cake frosted with white buttercream and white chocolate mosaic tiles on each tier.  The tone on tone of white and creamy white chocolate tiles would look very chic and modern. I can't wait to work with the bride who is in search of such a design!  Perhaps I'll sketch the design and post a bit later...

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