Birthday sheet cake

We went to my mother-in-law's to celebrate her birthday.  

I brought the stuff to make her a simple cake.

Blue and Gold {Costco} Cake

I had grand plans...  Those turned into gussying up a costco sheet cake.  Nobody complained. :)

The scouting program is inspired and I was glad to support it!  But the truth be told, I volunteered because I have a memory of my mother making a Blue and Gold sheet cake for my brother when I was little and it just made me feel close to her.

Paint-themed Sheet Cake

I was asked recently to do a cake for a church fireside with the theme, "Paint A New Beginning: Becoming More Like Christ."  I had a girl wearing a painter's smock and holding a paint brush, a framed piece of art, an unframed painting and a blank canvas on an easel.  I used a thin royal icing to look more like paint to write the words. I kept the icing white so that when you cut into it the colorful swirls would stand out  and be a fun surprise! This was a vanilla cake with a traditional buttercream. 

Bridgette

This amazing lady ordered a cake for a hospice nurses meeting she was attending. As my family recently had need of hospice this was a little more personal for me and I was so glad I got to do it! It was a fudge marble cake with chocolate buttercream. The center decoration was fondant.