Sheila's Wedding and Catering

Well since I began this little venture, I've said I was not going to do weddings. I just couldn't manage that big a task and work. Well my friend Sheila asked me back a few months ago if I would consider catering her wedding and making her cake. She said it was going to be a small wedding, only about 30 people, and she really liked the food I had brought to past parties. I've been debating for a while about catering so I thought this would be a good opportunity to get my feet wet on a small event and see if it was something I could do. Below are some of the pictures from the wedding.

Making Cakes from Printed Material

There are times I get requests to do a cake based on a particular theme of the party that is being given, etc. This particular cake was for a 50th birthday and they had bought the party supplies, napkins, etc. The client brought me the napkin and asked if I could duplicate the napkin on top of the cake. Here is the cake.









Here is another cake I did from an invitation. It was for two children who were turning 1.  I did two of the cakes for the babies to play in and a cake for the party.

This cake was done from a printout I was given by the customer.

This cake was for a customer's 83-year-old brother in the nursing home. She was having a party for him and as a young man he loved to fish.

Royal Icing

When I was taking my Wilton classes we had to make royal icing flowers of many kinds. I have since used this skill several times. These flowers are very realistic. This is the cake that was created while in my class.

Bridal and Baby Showers

Another fun event is showers. I've done several bridal and baby showers and retirement teas. It's been a lot of fun to come up with creative cakes that you don't see at every shower. I hope you enjoy the pictures. The wedding shower with the "M" in the middle is done in a grid because they asked me about petit fors and I haven't really got those down pat yet, so I made the cake in a way that it could be cut easily in the size of the petit fors and it worked out great. You will also notice on a couple of the cakes I use real flowers on the top for added color.

Children's Cakes

Many times I get to do children's cakes which are just a lot of fun. But it also requires some planning and thinking to figure out how to make it look realistic. I've had two requests over the last couple of years for SpongeBob. I have to say, he is probably one of my favorite cakes of all. He is covered with the Star Tip and I used foam hands attached to pipe cleaners to give him some dimension.

Another coworker requested a cake for her daughter's birthday. They absolutely LOVE Mickey Mouse and so of course that is what they wanted on her cake. Here is the cake. It was a lot of fun doing this one as well.

An old friend asked me if I would do a cake for her daughter's 5th birthday. I was so excited. This person grew up beside me when I was young and I was so happy to be able to do a cake for her child. She wanted a "My Little Pony" cake. Here is my attempt.

Dora and Boots cake I did for a 3-year-old's and a4-year-old's birthday.

Also one of my godchildren, of whom I do cakes for, when asked what he wanted on his 3rd birthday cake said he wanted a "worm". So I thought about it and this is what I came up with. When he saw the cake I asked him if that was what he meant by a worm and he said "EXACTLY."

I've done cakes for my nephews, friends' children, I've lost count at this point. I've attached some just to show a sample of the variety of themes and ideas.

My latest children's cake is a Hannah Montana guitar cake. I was asked by a girl at work to do one for her granddaugher's 5th birthday, couldn't find a pattern of any kind, and then a friend of mine on Facebook posted one she had done for her daughter's birthday. (Thanks Donna!) So I used her design and made this cake. I've now had two more requests for this cake.

Here is the latest children's cake I did. My first frog, which I thought turned out pretty cute. The polka dots were colored to match the plates they were using at the party.

This cake was a request from my hairdresser for her son. He loves baseball. I used a cupcake and cut the top off of it to make the "baseball" on the top. I found the cutest bobblehead baseball player for the topper.

This was a very cute dinosaur cake for a little boy turning four.

This was a request for a cake with a road and a tractor.  Thought it turned out cute.