Has it been 4 months??

Has it really been four months since my last blog? It feels like I posted not that long ago, time flies when you are busy  guess. So what have I been doing over the last four months? Cake of course!

D's Cowgirl Cake

So first I did a birthday cake for a co-worker's little girl "D." She wanted zebra print cowgirl, with bright pink. Their last name starts with "L" so that is where the L in the middle came from.
I was really nervous to do zebra print, because I ahd never done it before bu it was way easier than I thought, I personally am not a big fan of the fat/thick zebra print stripes so I tried to make mine skinny and more realistic. The boots and belt buckle were both made of fondant about 4 days ahead of time so they could harden, note the bigger the piece the longer it will take to harden, which you will definitely want if you are standing something up.

Next up I had a cake for my cousin's baby shower, she is having (has now had, yes I know I'm running behind) a little girl and wanted "lots of pink and girly" The small flowers range from deep hot pink to a softer baby pink with the lightest pink being the buttercream writing. The darkest flowers are at the bottom and become lighter the further up the cake you go. Once again the flowers were made a few days ahead of time so they had time to dry, then were stuck on with fondant glue (aka water). I had a lot of fun with this one, I love when I get lots of freedom to interpret a design.

The next weekend after the baby shower I had my nephew's first birthday cake. One of his first words was tractor so appropriately it was a barnyard theme. All of the animals are made of a fondant/gumpaste blend, and were made ahead of time. (Tutorial on those to come at a later date). The barn is made from rice cereal treats because cake would have been too heavy. My favorite part about this cake is the muddy (chocolate syrup) pig on the bottom. It was a big challenge to make all the animals, and I had a learning curve for sure on this one. But I loved the way it turned out, and my nephew devoured his smash cake too. That is the best part about first birthday cakes to me, watching the little ones eat up the little smash cakes.

Finally, one of my co-workers is leaving us (yep you guessed it, he has already left by now) to go to medical school at UNC. We are all so proud of him and wanted to throw him a going away party, and I got to make the cake and cupcakes. The scrub top is carved out of vanilla cake and covered with light blue fondant.  The scissors, pen, syringe, and surgical mask were all made out of fondant ahead of time then hand painted. The mask even has stitching! The small little pills (sprinkles) around the bottom of the cake, on the cake board and the cupcakes were all hand made, one at a time. It was worth it, they turned out amazing, I love the bright pop of color they add!
The cupcakes were chocolate and had fondant/gumpaste pill sprinkles, mini surgical masks, and first aid symbols on them.

Now that we are all caught up (minus one cupcake order that will be up soon) I will be doing my best to keep up with my posts. Things are a little crazy around here. Until next time...