Star Wars Lego Cake

This was a really fun cake to work on. The birthday boy wanted a blue cake, and is a huge Star Wars fan...especially Star Wars Legos. We decided to dye a white cake blue, and use chocolate frosting. I found a Star Wars Lego dude wrap that was perfect for the bottom layer, and the top layer had the Star Wars logo. His mom and dad asked if there was any way to have an edible Death Star as a topper......so there goes my first attempt at sculpting with cereal treats! The Death Star won Round 1, but I came back in Round 2 and knocked it out. When the birthday boy saw his cake for the first time, the expression on his face was absolutely indescribable! He said, "Is that Star Wars Legos?!?" and before we could even finish saying yes, he exclaimed,  "IS THAT A DEATH STAR?!?" It was so awesome, and I was SO relieved he knew what it was! LOL

Graduations Galore!

Well, it's graduation time! In the span of a week, I did 3 graduation cakes. 

The first one was Leah's.....I don't really know what to say about her cake. She knew what she wanted on it, and provided me with a list, and what a list it was! hahaha Here is her list of things she wanted included on her cake:

3 tiers (bottom chocolate, middle and top tie dyed)
a beach scene with waves and sunshine
Live, Laugh, Love
her grad pic
her favorite colors (red, green, yellow)
hearts, stars, and peace signs
school spirit (GHS, 2010, green, white, and black)
name in 3D on the top
something funky and festive as a topper

 

I had no idea how I was going to get them all on one cake, but I did. I was so nervous to deliver this cake, but Leah and her family LOVED it, so all is good :) 

Here is Leah's cake:

This is the inside of the top 2 layers:

 (the bottom layer was chocolate)

Next came Kiersten's cake. This was a bit more of a traditional cake design. Her school colors are orange and blue, but the senior class colors were purple and silver. The class motto was Don't Stop Believing! Kiersten is a bit of a flower child, so I decided to incorporate some daisy type flowers on the cake as well. 

Here is how Kiersten's cake turned out:

 

Last came Susan's cake. She wanted to be totally surprised by her cake so I decided to go with a more traditional style with a funky twist. The top two layers are tie dyed green, black, and white, and the bottom layer is German chocolate with coconut and pecan filling. 

Here is Susan's cake:

And here is the inside of Susan's cake:

 

Ditch the Men in 2010!

Each year, the ladies of Taconite sponsor an all girls four wheeler ride. My sister goes on this ride every year and I have joined her a couple of times. It is always a great time with great friends. There is a big pot luck at the end of the ride, and this year I decided to make a cake as my contribution to the pot luck. Since Taconite is in the heart of the Iron Range, and our wheeler ride would take us on trails that would bring us through some of the local mining areas and on top of some tailing dumps, I decided to make an Iron Range cake. Anyone driving through the Range knows what the dumps are, and most people who live up here know about the pits. Those two things were my inspiration for the cake. For those of you who are not familiar with the Iron Range, here are some beautiful shots that I took along our ride:

 So with that in mind, here is the cake that I made:

The pit is chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and the dump is white cake tie dyed rainbow colors with chocolate frosting.

Here is the inside of the dump:

The ladies loved it!! :-)

Vikings Cake

I knew (well hoped!) it was just a matter of time before I was asked to make a Viking's cake. I was so excited when an old friend from high school contacted me and told me about her crazy Vikings obsessed boyfriend! :-) I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and luckily he apparently is not a big fan of chocolate, so my friend thought the plan was perfect! I started with a white cake and dyed it purple and yellow. 

Here is how it looked before it went into the oven:

     

Here is how it looked after I leveled off the layers: 

 

For the actual cake, I created a football field, complete with goal posts and the Viking's logo in the middle. It turned out pretty sweet, if I do say so myself!! hahaha

And here is how the inside looked as it was being cut:

 

Can't make it any more Viking-ish than that!! :-)

Baby Shower Cake

Here is a cake I made for a coworker to celebrate the birth of his new daughter. Pink and brown are Mom and Dad's favorite colors for the new addition, so I decided to carry that theme over to the cake. 

The inside of the cake is a white cake dyed hot pink, and layered with chocolate cake to create a marble cake in the pink and brown theme

Tie-Dye Cake

This is a cake for a little girl who is into tie dye, peace signs, smiley faces, and pretty much anything retro. The cake is a white cake tie dyed hot pink, teal blue, and orange with chocolate frosting. The pictures may not show the colors as well as they should because I was taking the pictures without any natural light, but it really is a hot pink, teal blue, and orange theme!

Mossy Oak Camo Cake

This cake is for my Dad's birthday. He's a hunter and fisherman and loves his wheeler, so I had to go with a camo theme. It is a chocolate cake with (extra) chocolate frosting for all the chocoholics in my family.