Confirmation cake

I really enjoyed working on this cake. It had been a couple years since I last made a cake with butter cream roses. I forgot how much I enjoyed them! There are 3 sizes of roses in 4 different colors for a total of 75
 roses :)

First Communion pool party cake

Buttermilk cake with vanilla/almond butter cream with fondant details for a first communion pool party. I have known Sebastian since he was 3, so it was a pleasure to make him this cake :)

Graduation cake

                  Graduation cake for a special lady who graduated from Cardinal Gibbons and is headed to Georgia Tech this fall. Buttercream icing with fondant details.

Teacher appriciation cookie arrangements

I LOVE making cookie pops! I had a request to make some as an end of year gift. I had so much fun making them I want to make some more! They could also be flowers or any other shapes. 

 Large cookie pop arrangement $30 (dozen cookie pops)

 

Small cookie arrangement $20 (7cookie pops)

UNC Graduation cake, take 2

I had someone email me this week asking if I could replicate my last UNC graduation cake. It's not exactly the same, but pretty similar. It reads: "Congratulations G-6" as it was for a group of roommates from one of their dads. Chocolate cake, buttercream icing, covered in fondant with fondant details.

Jack's First Birthday!!

This post is much more personal than most. My little guy turned one this past weekend! I still can't believe it! At first I was thinking about making a big elaborate cake, but decided cupcakes would be best. As we were having 50+ people coming, I decided cupcakes would be easier. That way people could eat sweets whenever they wanted, instead of having to wait for us to cut a cake. Plus, we weren't sure how Jack would react if everyone was staring at him and singing at the same time.

After breakfast on Friday, his birthday, Jack got his first real taste of sugar.
 A mini banana cupcake with chocolate icing. He LOVED it :) 

I may have gone a little over board with the dessert table.
 Counting different icing combinations, and the chocolate covered strawberries which weren't pictured,
 there were 17 desserts

 I decided to label the treats so people could decide what they wanted easier: 

 At his party Jack got to have a mini funfetti cupcake with vanilla icing. He enjoyed it, but not as much as he enjoyed the chocolate :)