Pink and Purple flower Cake

This was the goal.......



....and this was our result!!!

So...here is the cake that I made for my daughter's 10th birthday!

So not what I had planned....I must learn to leave myself more time to do the actual decorating!!!!

I guess it's not that awful, it's just not what we imagined!! Fondant is not my friend. The end.

Merry Go Round Cake

This is the cake that I made for my baby's first birthday!! The idea was a lot better than it was actually executed...but he was one. He didn't care!!

There are definitely things I would have done differently. But, I think it turned out okay!

Spider Web Cupcakes

I know I'm a little late. But, better late than never!!!

My sister made these cute cupcakes for our family Halloween Party.

I'm quite certain that she found them on a very cute and creative website. I just can't remember which one that might be. :)

She found, on that cute website, a template to use to make the webs. She put the template under wax paper and piped white chocolate onto the template. Waited for it to harden and voila!!

She did the same with the pumpkins. Chocolate, harden, voila!!

She made some amazing chocolate cupcakes and frosted them with cream cheese frosting and put the webs and pumpkins on top.

They turned out so cute.

You could also do.....spiders, chocolate frosting, candy corn....etc. They turned out darling!! Thanks for the cute idea, Mer.

Elephant Birthday Cake

This cute elephant birthday cake was sent to me by my cute friend Jimi. She made it for her son's birthday! I stinkin' love this cake! I never would have thought to make an elephant head. You are so creative, Jimi!!!

Oh The Yummiest Cake I've Ever Made

Let me start off by saying this. I <3 peanut butter and chocolate. It's not something that I can control. It's something that has plagued me since childhood. I can't really explain it, it just is. It makes me weak in the knees, it makes me cry a little bit and I have zero self control.

My sister found this cake over on Picky Palate. So, what else could I do? I HAD to try it. I mean, come on. I had to.

How delish does that look? Not only did it look good, it tasted even better. How often does that happen??? It was actually BETTER than I had hoped.

Cream cheese, chocolate cake, peanut butter and chocolate. Does it get any better?

I ate myself into a peanut butter and chocolate induced coma.

It was swell.

Happy Halloween

Don't look too close, because it isn't great!!! But, this is the only Halloween cake I've ever made!!!

I made it for a mother/daughter activity last year and they had a cake walk...


I just baked two bundt cakes (so you get the ridges on the sides) and turned one upside down and frosted. Used a cupcake turned upside down for the stem. I would definitely do some things different next time....but, hey!!!! It's the thought that counts, right??

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street

These awesome cakes are from my cute friend Amanda. Once again, my Elmo cake put to shame! Seriously, how cute are these? I love the cookies in Cookie monster's mouth.


I am quite certain that she made the cute Cookie Monster and Elmo cakes for her son's 2nd birthday. What a talent. Click to enlarge to see the cute detail on them. Thanks Amanda for the pics.

For all you Baseball Lovers out there....

....this one's for you!!!


I made this one for my son's 2nd birthday! He had this cute little Gap baseball cap that he wore EVERYWHERE!!! So, I decided to make it into a cake. Not until I finished the hat portion did I realize I had about enough cake to feel him, alone. So. Quickly I made up some cupcakes and decided to use them in the cake theme. I just frosted them white and used red gel frosting and made "baseball stitching". I wasn't sure at first how it would turn out, but I was glad I did. It made the cake perfect! I really love the way this one turned out.

side note. To get that rich blue color I used about 14 cups of blue dye. Every one's mouths turned blue. It was quite amusing to watch. hehe

Grandma Camp Castle

This cute kid friendly cake was sent to me by my friend Andy's mom, Denise. She got the idea from Family Fun magazine. She decided to use it for her annual "Grandma Camp".


She had all the grand kids help her and they had a ball!!! Thanks for the cute picture and idea. ( I love the idea of grandma camp!! hint hint)

FuN fLoWeR cAkE

This cute flower cake was sent to me by my friend Ashley! She made it for her daughter's first birthday!


Round cake frosted in pink and pink zingers. Mini chocolate chips in the center. She also said that her friend frosted it in yellow and used yellow zingers and regular chocolate chips and it looked like a sunflower!!! How darling. Thanks Ashley for the cute cake!!!

Bumblee Transformer Cake

Melinda made this very cool Bumblebee Transformer cake for her son's birthday!

Right now, I'm thinking I'm in trouble!!!! Cole is looking at this going- car, car, car.

I've never attempted a car cake, I just may have to, now!!!


For all of you transformer fans, this one's for you!! Thanks Melinda!

Don't Swim in The Water!!!!

Thanks Melinda for this cool Shark Cake! It is kind of creepy looking, in a cool way!


I love it!

Flip Flop Cake

My sister made this cake for her daughters 1st birthday! Yay Zoe!!

This is the perfect summer birthday cake! You could do tons of different stuff with this to make it for a girl or a boy!

She made 2 9x13 cakes and made a pattern to cut the cakes out. Just frost in cute bright colors and she used twizzlers for the straps. I have also seen it done with fondant and it doesn't stay upright as well! I definitely like the twizzler idea! So....



Cute, right!?! Graham cracker crumbs for the sand (much better than my Golden Oreo's attempt at sand :) )

Thanks Anna, for the cute cake!!

Hannah Montana Birthday Cake

Check out this ca-ute Hannah Motana guitar cake! Melinda made this cute cake for her daughter's birthday!!

Guitar cake mold and licorice go a long way here!! Any "tween" girl would love this cake!!!

Thanks Melinda, my daughter is so jealous!!!

Luau Birthday Cake

I made this cake for our friend Julie's birthday!! We were invited to a luau surprise birthday party for her. Of course I had to bring the cake....It took me about 25 seconds to put this together (that's all the time I had!! :) ) So, don't judge. You get the idea.


Two round cakes frosted in white. Golden oreos crushed for the sand, blue sprinkles for the water. Flower leis for the edging!! Plastic palm tree and drink umbrellas courtesy of PartyLand!! Go me.

Summertime Cakes!!!

How cute are these summer cakes? Swimsuit, flippy flops, sunglasses! Does it get any more summery than this!!!!????


Thanks Stacy for the C U T E cakes!!

Winner! Winner!

Well, I used random.org but I very easily could have just used my fingers...Ha!!! I don't know how to get the random thing on my blog, so you'll just have to trust me. The winner is...........

Comment #1 Shauntel!!! Yay!

Shauntel said...
Emily, I posted something on both my blogs, mealtimhelp.blogspot.com and our family blog. I sent you an invite for my family blog since it is private. I am also already a follower of your blog. I hope I win!
July 13, 2009 4:52 PM

Thanks for all 2 of you who entered!!

Shauntel, send me your address at emily.williams76@gmail.com along with your preference in cake and frosting flavors!!!

Thanks to all of you who blogged about me, hopefully it spreads the word!!!

Wow. Don't all enter at once. Seriously. My self-esteem is shooting through the roof right now....

*GiVeAwAy*

Soooo, I'm having my first GIVEAWAY. Aren't you excited?? I am.

Go me!

So, here are the rules. They're not that bad.....

You have to blog about me (really about the cakes, but a few compliments won't hurt !! ;) )
About my cake blog. Leave me a comment with a link to your blog, so I can check out what you wrote. If you have more than one blog, you can do it once for each blog, if you like!!

And, if you want a second entry become a follower. Leave me another comment telling me you became a follower. If you already are, leave me a comment stating that you are.

This is what you will get...

A few of my favorite things.

The winner will recieve all of these fun things to make a fab cake!! Just send pics. That's the only request.

I WILL PICK THE WINNER ON WEDNESDAY JULY 15TH.

SO ENTER, ENTER, ENTER!!!!

Okay. I'm Over Slimy.

This cute teddy bear, first birthday cake was sent to me by my cute friend Amanda. She made this awesome cake for her son Alex's first birthday! Wow. Seriously. I don't attempt too much layering. Way to go Amanda. It's awesome!

Thanks for the cute picture...

People. Seriously. Send me cake pictures, if not I will just post random stuff about dogs. I don't know. Just send me pictures!!!

Slimy and Cute

This is another cake I stole from Stacy. Cute caterpillar, dragonfly and bumblebee cakes. So darling. Oh, to be so creative! She said she let the kids help her frost the caterpillar!! So cute!!

Lady Bugs Are Slimy, Right???

So, here is my sorry attempt at a lady bug. It actually looks a little bit creepy. The smile reminds me of the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. Poor little girl..... Oh well. It would have been cute without that. I just made 2 round cakes in a Pyrex bowl. Cut a crescent shape out of one and fit them together and frosted in red. Junior Mints made the dots and black toothpicks (colored with a sharpie!!) with gumdrops on top for the antennae and the creepy smile is done the same way, just pushed the toothpicks in all the way!! Enjoy.

Any more creepy, crawley, slimy cakes out there???????? Send 'em to me!

Snail cake and Fly cake

I would definitely categorize these cute cakes as "slithery and slimy". But HOW STINKIN' CUTE ARE THESE??? Seriously, it's hard to find cute, original fun cakes anymore! Everything's kind of a copy of a copy, if you know what I mean??!!


Thanks Stacy for letting me stalk you and track you down. These cakes are adorable!! There's many more where these came from....

Caterpiller Birthday Cake

So, here is my ONE slimy. slithery. creature cake!! I usually try to talk them into something that I "know how to make" or can figure out! This one took a little research and development, if you will. I ended up using two bundt cakes that I made. Cut them in half from side to side not top to bottom. Connecting them flat surface to flat surface and it made a curvy caterpillar! Frosting was a bit more tricky than I had bargained for, but it worked and it was a big hit!! I just used gum drops and tooth picks to make antenna. I don't actually know if caterpillars have antennae, but mine did!!!! So, sue me.

Turned out pretty cute, right?

The birthday boy. Crud, he is so little in this picture. My how time flies!! Enjoy.

New Cake Requests

Okay, I'm putting another shout out for cakes! This time I want things that wiggle, squirm and slither!! Give me all of your bug, snake, creepy crawly cakes!! I have so many cakes in the wings, but thought this would be a fun spring/summer (oh please come summer!!) category to try!

This cute lady bug birthday cake was sent to me by my cute friend Jimi. They made it for their niece for her birthday! While they were camping nonetheless! Talent comin' out their ears!!


Two round cakes one cut to fit the other. Frost and decorate with mini oreos for dots!! This one turned out cute. Makes me think twice about posting my ladybug.....

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

Are you singing the theme song to the "mickey mouse club"? I am!! This cake (cookie) is so dang cute!! Melinda made this for a birthday. It's actually a big chocolate chip cookie (I think, right?) Cut to the shape of Mickey, which is a pretty basic shape. Decorated with frosting, star tip with black frosting and then outlined in black frosting.



Can you say YUMMY!!!

And these little gems for the guests....




I believe these were made from a cupcake mold, right? Then decorated in true Mickey fashion! What a cute birthday party, I'm sure!

Underwater Topsy Turvy Cake

This cute "Under the Sea" topsy turvy cake is from Melinda. Wow! This is way beyond my level of expertise! She totally rocked this cake. If I remember correctly she covered it in blue fondant and used colored gum paste to make the starfish and turtles and other sea creatures. What an adorable first birthday cake. Even a "mini" version for the birthday boy! Thanks Melinda!! This one is a keeper!

Yeah for Andrea's First Cake!!

This is my SIL Andrea's first birthday cake. Actually, it's Julia's first birthday cake, that Andrea made! She did an awesome job! I think it turned out so cute and really can you go wrong with frosting and cake, I mean, really?






You've gotta' love their first taste of cake! The messier the better!!

Thanks Andrea for letting me post your cute pictures. Wish we could have been there!!

Oh My Cutest Lion Cake EVER!!

Okay, I'm going to be honest. This is the Cutest Lion Birthday Cake. I almost scrapped the train birthday cake when I saw this one! It's so freakin' cute! Seriously, I can not get over it. The swirly cupcakes making the mane, the cute little lion face. Jimi sent this one in from her nephews (?) birthday!! Seriously I can not get over this cake. It's just adorable!

Bulkhead Transformer Cake

Wow. This cake is so cool. Any little boy would L-O-V-E this one!!! This is Bulkhead from Transformers. Melinda used fondant and gumpaste to cover and make this amazing cake. What a lucky guy!!

Bumblebee cake, to come....

Taco Birthday Cake

This is what happens when a nine year old girl can't decide what kind of birthday cake she wants! I get creative and fall back on the old "scout cake auction" kind of cakes my dad used to make! I think this one turned out pretty cute! Original and quirky. Just like my nine year old!

Just when you thought you'd seen it all....You can pretty much make a cake into anything you'd like! Fun. What fun cakes have you made??

Cute Train Birthday Cake

So, here it is. The much anticipated (ha!) train birthday cake! I think it turned out pretty cute. There are definitley some things I would do differently, but all in all, it's a train, what else can you ask for?

I think I put too many train cars on there. I should have left one off, so you could see more of the track. It turned out really cute and you can't see it at all. Oh well. Live and Learn.

I just made 7 small loaf pans of cake. I froze them and once I was ready to use them I started hacking away. I cut kind of a well, or a hole in the top of 3 of the cakes, to use as cargo cars. Basically just so I could load them with candy and it wouldn't spill over the edges, to kind of contain it! I left the other one just regular and frosted it, for the animal cage. For the engine, I cut the front of it into a V for the cattle guard and stacked another cake on top and then just another little piece, just to give it some dimension. I don't know that it necessarily looks like an engine, but you get the idea. I gave them all a "crumb coat" of frosting and refrigerated them to stiffen up the frosting a bit. Right before I was ready to assemble the cake, I gave them a final frost and placed them on the tracks.

Up close on the engine.

For the tracks, I used those peppermint sticks. I think they were on clearance from Christmas. They were the perfect width. Then I cut chocolate twizzlers in half lengthwise, and placed them across the sticks. See why I wanted to be able to see it. Pretty cute. I just made mini cupcakes, frosted the tops and wrote on them "choo choo Cole's 2" not very creative, but it gets the point across.

The final product. I just took some white frosting and added some details to the cars. For the animal car, I used toothpicks with dots on top. I couldn't really think of a way to make a "circus car" so, I guess that works :)!! I used a little bit of polyfil (batting) for the smoke. I just kind of pulled it apart so it looked like smoke and stuck a toothpick through it to hold it on. For the headlight, a Dot with a toothpick through it! Tootsie rolls for logs, whoppers for coal (whatever!), m & m's for well, m & m's I suppose. It just looked cute!

Not too shabby!

Try it, let me know what you think!!