Leaping Lizards Cake Girl!

On my oldest's fourth birthday, my animal and lizard lover, asked for a chameleon cake. Actually, at first it was a leopard gecko cake, then he changed his mind.

I piped melted white chocolate that I dyed green for the lizards and trees. then I covered the rest in home made butter cream frosting! YUM!

The cupcakes were a hit too with heart sprinkles to match!

Well, I think it was a success!!!

Sponge Bob Cake

This year my six year old son, picked a Sponge Bob cake for his bowling alley party. 

He absolutely loved it!! I swore before he was born, my kids wouldn't watch this show, but...

My funny fire fighter hubby has a quirky silly sense of humor the boys and I share.

We are always laughing and find humor in just about everything. LOVE it! 

So I couldn't put too much of a fight up when the little boys and my bug boy bonded

over this silly yellow sponge's annoying laugh, or oddly smart humor, once you watch it.

I suppose I survived sneaking the Simpsons' and MTV in at a friend,s house, they will survive this too.

A Firetruck for Buck

This is Buck's truck...

This is Buck's truck on cake.

Any questions?!

 

 

Little fire helmets.

Yummy cookies for the wheels.

If you can even see the original picture of this classic fire truck, you can appreciate the work it took to get this done.That dark tiny thing was on my phone and it was the only pic I had to go off of. Again, this is for my favorite customer, a fellow fire fighter named Buck. The inside was chocolate and strawberry with chocolate ganache, then sculpted in fondant.

This was my first fire engine cake I had made so it was pretty nerve racking. Anything for our firefighters though! Thank you to all who serve! This one's for you!

  

Super Mario Brothers Cake

"Move... your... hips.... from side to side! Come on all , it's time to do... the Mario!  Just take one step, and then again...  Come on all, it's time! Do the Mario!!! All together now! Just like thaaaat!" 

Do these lyrics sound familiar to anyone else? Or am I the only 80's child out there? Well go Netflix it, because my kids are obsessed with the Mario Show. I totally remember singing this with my brother and sister after school. Now my boys do. 

 Logically my second son had to pick a harder, more elaborate cake after my other son's choice from the last couple years. While my oldest chose a chameleon cake with cupcakes and then a Sponge Bob this year, my second's choice of Elliot Moose was now considered "baby cake". Therefor a big boy cake would compose of Super Mario and Luigi, and Yoshi.

Well, it was super fun to make. My kids kept adding little things to the requested design. Mom, you can't forget the pipes, and a coin. Oh! And you have to put one of the brown guys.... and a piranha plant! You have a piranha plant!

So, what do you think? Does it make you wanna break out your Nintendo, put the game in, take it back out, blow in the game counsel, then in the game itself, put it back it, put a little piece of cardboard to hold it down in the counsel so it will read it, then close the lid, (or you would if it hadn't broke off in the first few months), then sit back and play Super Mario?? Yes!

My second, proud of his choice in cake!  Rock on dude! Happy 4th birthday!

Oh Gnomeo! Where For Art Though Gnomeo?

One of the cutest cakes I have ever had the pleasure of making has been this adorable gnome cake. One of my best customers, one who comes each year for their birthdays, and has a super fun idea, and also lets me run with it. 

He had a cute little crushed Oreo dirt garden, complete with toadstools made with vanilla wafers.

His little suspenders were so adorable.

I love his little gnome cake ears!

He was ready to go to work with his little rake.

He looks like he is going to wink at me any second!

The perfect cake for any gnome fan. 

Elliot Moose Cake

           

Elliot, Elliot, Elliot, Elliot Moose. He's on the loose.   Elliot Moose, he's on the loose... Elliot Moose is on the loose! Elliot, Elliot, Elliot, Eliot, Elliot, Elliot...... This was the choice for my second son's third birthday.  It was his favorite show. It involves people dressed up like a moose, a sock monkey, and a lion. They play in a backyard around a tree. This cake was a ton of work but worth every second to get a special memory for my son.