Princesses, please

I got an e-mail early last week from someone I went to church with when we were little. She wanted a cake for her little one's birthday. She said her mom had told her I was doing cakes  (not sure how her mom knew I was doing cakes...guess word travels) and that she had seen my Facebook page. She liked the princess cakes....just another sheet cake, but I thought it was cute.

Happy Birthday Mckenna!

Dr. A Cake

This summer when I was visiting my sister and her family in Columbia, SC, we visited a cupcake bakery in downtown. It was delicious! On the way home, my sister and I talked about me opening a real bakery one day and some of the things I would do. I came up with the idea of naming flavor combinations after the person who created it or someone I know who would love it. We came up with a few...

• The GP (in honor of my grandfather): yellow cake and chocolate fudge icing
• The Halliegator (in honor of my niece) : yellow cake and pink buttercream (with sprinkles!)
• The George (in honor of the cutest dalmatian around): white cake with vanilla chocolate chip buttercream...because it looks like him!

So this week, I made a cake for Dr. A, my hand surgeon. It was a yellow/fudge marble cake, cream cheese icing, and crushed Oreos, and it has officially been named "The Dr. A!" The cake flavor can be changed, but The Dr. A means it will have cream cheese icing and crushed Oreos!

Here are some pictures that show the cake being made:

Yellow/fudge Marble Cake

Add a layer of Cream Cheese Icing

Sprinkle on some crushed Oreos

Repeat 3 times and end with the last layer of cake 

Cover the entire thing with Cream Cheese Icing...as if what's between the layers isn't enough!

Some more crushed Oreos...

Add a border and a few more Oreos just for good measure...
and you have The Dr. A Cake!

 Hope someone is enjoying the cake tonight!


Click here to read the blog post telling the story of this cake!

A few more cakes...

Boston Bruins Groom's Cake

Sunflower Cupcakes

Monkey Cupcakes

Daisy Fondant Cake

Georgia Tech Tailgate Cake

Housewarming Party Cake

Sports Theme Baby Shower Cake

Dalmatian Cake made in a class @ Cake Art

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Birthday Cake

Cakes, Cakes, and more Cakes

 I thought I would share some pictures of some of my favorite cakes from the past few "baking and decorating" years!

Slumber Party Cake

Bridal Shower Cake
Real Daisies

Engagement Party Cake

Groom's Cake...He loves toast!

Birthday Cake for Triplets

Retro Alpha Gamma Delta Cake

1st Birthday Cake

Throw Back Georgia Tech Jersey Cake

Dr. Pepper Groom's Cake

Hollywood Star Baby Shower Cake

Chocolate Fondant Butterfly Cake

Spongebob Cake...obviously

Monogrammed Bridal Shower Cake

Polka-dots & Peace Cake

A few pics to share...

I did a 1st birthday cake for a friend's little boy. He likes Yo Gabba Gabba so the cake featured Muno. From the pics I have seen of the party, it was a hit!

Muno Birthday Cake

Smash Cake

Finally back to baking!

So surgery was a little more complicated than I thought it would be and after 10 weeks of OT, I am back to baking. I have done a few batches of cupcakes (pretty easy on the decorating scale)...one batch for an OT who was moving on to her next rotation, one batch to take to a Tech tail-gate, and the last batch for my OT's birthday. I only took pictures of the last batch...my first time trying chocolate-peanut butter cupcakes. I may be biased, but I think they were pretty dang good!

I have also done 1 cake. I think it turned out well...considering it had been almost 4 months since my last cake! It was for baby shower for a teacher at school...her nursery theme is sail boats.

Perfect Yum! takes a vacation

I am recovering from surgery on my left wrist to repair a tear in my TFCC and to remove a cyst. No baking or cake decorating for me for awhile! I will let everyone know when I am back to baking!