Addison's High School Musical 3 Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake

Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong!

So, this cute little cake was my last of three fondant cakes. I was sooooooo tired by the time I got to this one, and everything along the way starting with my first cake of the week seemed to go wrong.

First, I tried one more time to make my own fondant....practice, practice, practice.....okay...still need more practice! =)

Second, the Mini Cake Drama....those little guys were hard and time consuming, so they ate up more time then expected.

Third, exhaustion set in. Friday I was so tired but my husband keep encouraging me to at least get in an hours worth of work....after dinner. I almost feel asleep standing up.....I wish someone would have been video taping me. I know it would have made America's Funniest Videos.

Finally, I ran out of buttercream to finish the decorations. Stephen had to run me to the grocery store so I could buy a pre-made writing tube to finish. I sooooo did not want to whip up another batch of buttercream!

Overall, I think this cake came out okay. Renee', Addison's mom, said she loved it. Hey...she's 6, she didn't realized how messy it really was!...or that I forgot to draw in the black lines on the basketball, that the delivery caused the buttercream icing decorations to get smashed a bit, etc, etc, etc...

I've learned that I still need a lot of practice with deliveries, that I probably can't handle three fondant cakes in a week, and that time management is still a problem. But....for some reason I THINK I work better under pressure! haha ~

Marissa's Topsy Turvy Geometric Sweet Sixteen Cake

This cake was a lot of fun. My girlfriend Sherri had two cake orders for me last week...during my busy week. This cake was ordered for a friend of Sherri's (Janet....our co-worker) whose daughter was turning 16. Marissa wasn't having a huge Sweet Sixteen party...just a girls slumber party, so Janet didn't want anything extravagant. Sherri pretty much left the cake up to me but just asked that the colors include Brown, Teal, and Lime Green and that it be a Strawberry flavored cake.

On the Busy Week Blog, I attached a picture of a cake I wanted to model. I loved all the geometric shapes. The decor is so different then all the other Topsy Turvy's I've been seeing lately, so this seemed like a fun choice! The main difference is that I did not want to use the blue green base color. As you can see, I used white.

I was really happy with the way this cake came out. This is only my third tiered fondant cake and my second Topsy Turvy Cake. I wish I'd taken a picture from a better angle. From this camera angle you cannot see the "Topsy Turvyness" of the cake.

I hope the birthday girl like it!

Marilyns Birthday PetiteFours

Let me start by saying....These were the hardest little things I've EVER made!...... Oh My Gosh I had no idea how hard these would be, but I am glad Sherri let me make them....instead of the 60 cupcakes (haha!) The pic I attached on the last post was from a professional bakery. I only hoped to come close. These are kind of okay for my first time, but basically, I need a lot of practice if I ever want to market PetiteFours as an option. From this experience, I also learned I will need to charge a bunch more then the typical Specialty cake price per serving. You would think that making smaller items would be easier, when in fact it is ten times harder. I knew this going into it, because I know from experience that making cupcakes takes more time. Now image putting a crumb coat and final coat of buttercream on a dz mini cakes and then placing your fondant and mini fondant decor on a dz....and making them all uniform in size. I am glad these little guys were ordered by a friend.....otherwise the customer probably would never order again!

If any other friends are willing to order these for a party, I'd be happy to try again....and again....and again.......

Busy Week!

I have a busy cake week! I
actually started on Sunday and have my first of three deliveries on Thursday. As you can see I have pictures of all the cakes I am working on. I love my "Customer's". So far, everyone has provided pictures from the Internet of other cakes they like/ want! It makes my life so much easier......especially when I have no idea about High School Musical! I would have had to search the Internet for ideas.

Not that you can't figure it out from the pics, but since these are just basic outlines of what I am making here is a brief description of what I am working on...


1) 2 dozen Mini-Cakes/ Petite Fours - Strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream icing, Marshmallow fondant and Fondant & Sugar Paste design .....These are a lot harder then I imaged...and I imaged a lot of work. It is just so hard to ice all the mini cakes and get smooth edges. These cakes are technically bit sized, but I cheated a little and made one dozen bite size and 1 dozen Cup Cake size. It provides the Customer with more cake....and it is easier for me to decorate. I am delivering this on Thursday.


2) Two Tier Topsy Turvy Sweet Sixteen Cake - Strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream icing, Marshmallow fondant, and fondant & Sugar Paste design. The cake with have a white base with a brown ribbon at each cake base. All the Geometric shapes will be either brown, teal, or lime green. Since it is for a 16th Birthday, I am going to make a "16" topper. This one is due Friday.


3) Two Tier Topsy Turvy High School Musical Birthday Cake - French Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing and Marshmallow fondant and fondant and Sugar Paste design. I am probably going to follow this cake design a close as possible......since I have no clue about HSM stuff. The only major difference is that it will be Topsy Turvy!

I hope I make it thru this week, because I have a busy week next week too! Say a pray for me ~

M.I.A. -

Well, if you've been following, you know I've been M.I.A. for a while. The night before Halloween was the last time I posted....and the last time I attempted to really decorate anything. Okay, so to catch you up. My last project was to make a Skull Cake. On October 29, I shaped the cake and also attempted to make my first batch of Marshmallow fondant. So, the following night, I planned to roll out my yummy tasting fondant and decorate my awesomely sculpted cake! Not so much. My fondant fell apart....apparently didn't make it right, and rather then stay up all night re-trying to make the dough and then decorating, I just put the Skull Cake back in the Freezer....where it still is today. I have every intention of finishing the Skull Cake...for the sake of practice, but I just haven't had time or energy. I started working out with a Trainer on November 3rd......My habit of going to bed after midnight and getting 4 hours of sleep a night definitely changed last week. I think I was asleep by 10 pm every night! So.....more to come on the Skull Cake. I Promise!