Day 1 I'm making a wedding cake!

It typically takes me about 4 days to make a cake. I could probably make one in 2 days if I was kid free, HA that ain't happening! I took a peak at my Household Notebook where I jotted down my plan of action. I gave myself 2 days to make the cakes just incase I don't like the way they stack the following day, I have enough time to make an additional layer or two.
If you look closely you can see the cake I am replicating in the upper left corner.


I started out by making
-2 12 inch round cakes
-2 8 inch round cakes(I don't like the way the 10 inch looks on top of the 12)
-2 6 inch round cakes


Once cooled and leveled out I layed freezer paper on the bottom and top of each layer and placed them in the freezer.
Later this evening I will wrap them completely in freezer paper, they are easier to handle with a chill on them. I surely wouldn't want one to crack in half on me, eeekk!

It's been a while!

I was so busy planning My daughter's birthday party and my mother in law came to visit from Virginia I didn't have much time for the computer.

I have decided to start making cakes for profit. I enjoy drawing out what I want the cake to look like and making it become real. I don't plan on doing more than 3 cakes a month as I have 4 kids that need my attention and it takes about 4 days to make a masterpiece. I was shocked when I announced to several people that I wanted to start making money off of my cakes and I immediately started getting orders.

I have a wedding cake coming up for the 22nd and I would love to share the cake making process with all of you.

The bride and groom are both on their second time around and are very relaxed. They chose a bright, colorful, daisy and flip flop cake. In this case the bride found a cake she liked online and sent it to me so I will pretty much be going off of the picture. I can't wait to get started.
In the meantime here are a few cakes I have done recently.



and cake pops, these have cake and icing inside a candy shell. Very Yummy!

Cookie monster cupcakes

Cupcake Bouquet

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Party Planning

Where have I been? I have been busy planning for my daughter's 8th Birthday Party and preparing for several upcoming cakes for friends.

I had no clue as kids got older they were going to be so picky with party themes and activities. My daughter seems to think we have a money tree growing out back. I don't recall being so indecisive when I was her age, maybe I should ask my parents about this.

First we had to decide on a theme. Originally she was head over heals in love with this diva theme and this glitzy girl theme. She had a similar Rock Girl Diva theme for her 6th birthday and I was really trying to sway her away from it. She ended up agreeing with me but only if we could mesh the two themes some how. I really think all she wants to do is dance and sing to Justin Beiber songs, lol.

Last week online I found a $10 off a $30 purchase for Party City that expired Sunday. So we went to Party City and got all things Glitzy Girl. When we came home we sat down and wrote out her guest list. Girl was so picky with who she wanted to invite. She told me well I like this girl but the other girls don't and so on. It was a long process that did eventutally end with her taking 6 invites to school. I do limit the number of kids that attend an at home party because our house won't accomodate many. Although we have had success in outdoor parties the past few years.

I have gone back and forth with what activites we will have and I think we decided on making bead necklaces and decorating flip flops. Should be fun for the girls.

I mentioned above that I am making a couple of cakes. I have planned a Dora cake for this weekend, a Bulls head cake for next Thursday and Fish shaped cake lollipops for my husband aand brothers birthday. On top of that I am trying to draw up my plans for my daughter's cakes. She has asked for 3 tiers of which each tier represents what she likes. I am going to be pretty busy but will try to update you all on my progress and ofcourse pictures.

Remembering Our Angel

I have been a bit depressed lately because I have been thinking of the baby we lost 2 years ago.

We found out we were pregnant right before Cameron turned 3 months in 2007. We had no clue how far along I was so we had several sonograms which showed a healthy baby due at the end of August 2008. I was in a funk when I first found out. I was scared of having babies so close together and sad for Cameron because instead of enjoying his first we would be cooing over the new baby.

Two weeks before my sonogram I had my 18 week check up and the baby's heart beat was strong 150's range. I was given the paper to make my sonogram appointment. I made it that day for the soonest possible date which took us into 20 weeks. I though this was perfect, we would surely know if we were having a boy or a girl. I was just starting to deal with everything and get excited. To this point we didn't buy one thing for the baby. I had a shopping trip planned for right after we found out the sex. I was really hoping for a girl because we just had a baby boy.

On 4/4/2008 we went to our sonogram appointment. Chris and I sat in the waiting room for about 15 minutes. While we were waiting we discussed names. He was sure we were having a boy. We had decided on the name Sean for a boy and were still undecided on a girls name. We got called back and the tech talked to us about our other kids and was very friendly. As I lay there with her scanning my stomach I could see the screen but it didn't look right. I knew something was wrong. The tech said she would be right back. As Chris and I sat and waited what felt like hours I told him something was wrong and he tried to assure me the baby was fine. I think I may even have mentioned I didn't think I saw a heartbeat.

The tech and a guy came back into the room and he scanned my stomach. He delivered to us the worst possible news. "Your baby boy does not have a heartbeat, it looks as though he passed on a week ago" They left us to ourselves for abit and then came back to let us know we needed to wait out in the waiting room while they made some calls to see what we needed to do.

We were told to go see our OB and they would speak to us about options. My head was spinning, I was in so much pain. Blaming myself because I wasn't happy about being pregnant so soon after we had a baby.

When we got to the OB I had no clue she was going to tell me I actually had to deliver the baby. I thought they could go in and take him, this is how naive I was to the wholw situation. I was too far along to have them do a D & C yet not far along enough to consider him a baby that deserved to be recognized with a death certificate. We could either go in that day or come back. We wanted to go home and wrap our heads around what just happened.

It was a rough couple of days, the delivery was like actual labor but without the great result of taking home a baby. I still had to go through contractions, water breaking and dilating to 10.

We were told what he would look like when he came out and I searched the internet for images to prepare myself. I was deadset on not holding him but in the end he was my baby. I knew I would regret not holding him so I did. They wrapped him in a nice white blanket and gave him to me. He was tiny at 3.1 ounces and 7 1/2 inches long.

We never got real answers as to what happened. It was just something that happened. We were told it was best that he passed on if he had a heart defect rather than him going through pain living on earth.

We will always remember our Angel!