2011 Cakes

So, clearly I have fallen off the blogging wagon!

Here's a quick look of what I've been up to in 2011.  Some cakes for friends bdays and such.

(I have no idea why some of these are sideways, nor do I know how to fix them at the moment!!!)

For a fundraiser at work, to raise money for the Stollery, I made this igloo cake! 

It was a huge hit! Raised $101.

For Hailey's mom's birthday, a "cougar" themed party.. so an appropriate cake.

For Alena's bachelorette party, it even had legit cleavage.. awesome!

Another fundraiser for The Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts. 

My friend Irina is with me, she's such a good friend.. even though

I was so out of my league there,

Soccer ball.. was trickier than I expected to get the pattern just right!

(I'll fix the sideways pictures as soon as I can!)

A game of catch-up...

Have you missed me? I hope so, just a little anyway ;)

I haven't posted a cake in what... a year or so? Yikes.  So here's a few things I made last year, hope you like them :)

 

Where did I go, you ask??

I'm still around.. and making cakes.  You will notice I haven't posted anything lately, that's because I'm SO DARN BUSY!!!!

I'm working part time at Whimsical Cake Studio, I used to work there before I went back to my insurance career (sounds dryer than it is haha), but I needed a part time job to save up some extra $$, pay the bills off... maybe get to go on a trip one of these days... etc!  And conveniently, they needed a cake decorator! 

I love working there and I still make LOTS of cakes now :) But I'll probably only ever post stuff I make in my "spare time" (what's that?).

But.. since I'm in a slightly gloating mood.. to ease your troubled minds while you wait for my latest masterpiece, behold the Peoples Choice winner at Books2Eat, an event supporting Edmonton Public Libraries.  You can see it/read about it at http://whimsicalcakestudio.blogspot.com/2010/05/bon-apetite.html, I helped :)

"Well, Gran, you might have noticed that my boyfriend glitters. It’s just something he does in the sun. Don’t worry about it…"

And... finally catching up on my blog this morning, please see my favorite cake that I have made lately. Here's Trish's birthday cake!

Trish asked me to surprise her, so she gave me a list of things she likes... vampires, Batman, video games, makeup, hockey, and it was a toga party to boot.

In the end, I ran with the vampires, Batman & makeup, I just couldn't fit them all in! :)

The cake was red velvet, it just seemed appropriate for a vampire book.

If you haven't read the Twilight Series, you're missing out!  The Twilight Saga Collection

You can't get lost with this cake...

Lindsay & Leif's friends moved away to Fort McMurray recently... so they asked for directions, in the form of a cake. This way, not only will they not get lost...

but they won't get hungry either :)

That's not really how it went... but it sounds pretty good!

There was a message written in that big white gaping area... I left it open for them to be creative with a food-safe marker.

I love these food writer markers, I drew the map details on with them - Gourmet Writer Food Decorator Pens, Assorted Colors, Set of 10

No no no.. I didn't say it was stupid, I said it was a dummy!

I decorated this dummy cake this evening for Trish, for her trade show.

A dummy cake is not real cake, it's styrofoam on the inside, but all the decorating is the real deal.

Is that smooth fondant or what?

And I shall call this one.... Spike!

Here's a gluten free hedgehog made this week, this may be the CUTEST cake I ever made! The bottom is not gluten free, it was a carrot cake which I very much wanted to break off a piece and eat, but I suppose they might not have appreciated that haha.

It was a very busy week of cakes! Another Thomas which hopefully I can get a picture of, the carpenter cake, our little buddy the hedgehog here.. and more to come this month, including another go at the Littlest Pet Shop. Thanks everyone for supporting my favorite hobby :) Keep those requests coming!

#1 Journeyman!

Breann had a par-tay for her man Dustin since he was away for months for school, getting a red seal in carpentry. So, in honor of his coming home and his accomplishment, she requested a carpenter cake :) Here's some Carhartt overalls, a toolbelt and some tools.

Congrats Dustin!

Hello Hailey! Er... I mean Kitty!

For Hailey's 22nd Birthday, her friends Tanya and Christine made a request for a Hello Kitty birthday cake. In fact, the whole party was Hello Kitty themed!!

Here's the cake that I whipped up that happened to match the plates, and the bow matched Hailey's hair!

The cake that Mike made...

So, Mike wanted a Roberto Luongo helmet for his birthday.... it sounded like a challenge, but I was up for it. I started by baking the cake, and stacking them and doing a "rough draft" of the carving... so to speak.
I went to the store... came home... and Mike had taken matters into his own hands! He said that my helmet looked more like this -

He wouldn't stand for anything less than an exact replica of his hockey hero's helmet. See below the results of his hard work.

Pretty impressive! He has nearly out mastered the teacher. He has been promoted from detailing lackey to co-cakemaker. :)

Cakes + Arts and Crafts = Pretty!

So, a very nice girl by the name of Sara saw my cake in the paper and asked me to make her a little something for the kids Christmas Party that WINGS of Providence was holding.
This is what I whipped up for her!

Since I didn`t actually own any snowflake shaped cutters... I cut some out of paper, then laid them down on rolled out fondant and used them as stencils!

Turned out pretty good!

Oh yeah.. ps, I`m famous! :)

I should have posted this a million years ago (or 1 month ago...)

The Edmonton Journal showed me some love on the cover of the LifeStyle section last month!!

Take a look!

This was really exciting, it still is really! I really love decorating cakes and I just can`t believe that my cake was in the paper, such a huge picture!! I`m really proud of this.

Whoops, a month went by without posting!

Hayden's Birthday Cake.... He's a Thomas Fan.

(sorry for the poor quality photo, I took it really quick, I nearly forgot to take one at all!)

Here are some pictures from the World Stone Inc. Cakewalk for Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts which happened on Tuesday evening.

It was a great evening, lots of laughs and silliness, lots of fabulous cakes and auction items.

I did not place, but I was happy with my cake and really, that's all that matters! It supported a great cause, I recommend checking out their website www.ninahaggertyart.ca

My Cake

The judges!

The hostesses.

Ron Clark, our team's celebrity. (he's from ezrock)

My facebook profile has the rest of the pictures I took, check it out.

A Spooktacular Cake!

Mike's sister in law has a spooky birthday! Oct 31!

So in honour of this creepy day/Shawna's bday... we whipped her up a little batch of something scary.

Check it out!

It seemed like a crime to make this cake...

So we're watching Vancouver Vs. Toronto on Saturday night, and I'm making THIS!

It felt like cheating on our favorite hockey team! But it did turn out cool, and fyi, Mike made the logo which was the hardest part! And since it's a Doug Gilmour jersey... we'll let it slide.

All You Need Is Cake!

So, I've gotten my song assignment and team member's for this year's cake walk!

Click the link below to see what song the cake is going to be based on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_1PAx5Ycwo

And the team members are.......

Me, obviously.

Ron Clark from EZ Rock

Cathy Derkac from Die Nasty

and the big one.. the sponsor...

Jonathan Rockliff of Rockliff Pierzchajlo Architects

Very exciting! The event is 2 weeks away!!

Catching up...

So, it's been a while since I've posted any pictures! I haven't made too many cakes in the last month or two, but I do have a couple of pictures to share.

Mike and I have moved to the south side of Edmonton, and I'm busy in school.. so there hasn't been too much experimenting in the kitchen!

Coming up though is the Cake Walk! It's a fabulous event for the Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts. I had the pleasure in assisting with a cake last year, now I'm all on my own!! I can't wait to post some details when I get some.

Check out the link below though... and please come! Tickets are $75, totally worth it!

Here's a cake I made for Mike's best friend Tim, it was his birthday.

And a cake for Sherry's (co-worker) daughter's birthday.

Baby Shower Cake!

Dont you just love baby showers and all the cute little stuff that goes along with them???

That's what I was thinking about with this cake for a lady at work.

Bottles and duckies and onesies, oh my!

Tea anyone??

I have fallen behind posting pictures!!!! The teapot you see above is for Tamara's Grandma's 90th birthday. I hope she likes it!!

Next, the sombrero for Kristy's dad's birthday. Feliz cumpleanos Senor Dennis!! (Happy Birthday in spanish!)