The Christmas Tree Cake

I made this cake for our Mothers' Club Christmas (OK..."Holiday") party. It was a true feat of engineering, thanks for my phenomenal husband. It was five layers of cake, each carved and supported by a star shaped sheet of plastic (custom cut) in graduated smaller diameters. Then it had a "trunk" supporting it on the bottom to keep it raised off of the ground, and a set of graduated, inset dowels running up through the center of them.

I think this was one of my more original ideas. I ran out of time to fully execute - but considering that this was only my second (I think) attempt with fondant, I think it was pretty ambitious, and turned out pretty well. I wish I had had more time to make ornaments. therwise, I was pretty happy with it.

Unfortunately, it turned out so well, that nobdy realized it was a cake. It was the buffet centerpiece, and until I was cut and served, nobody realized that it had been a cake!

The *FIRST* Cake

I made this for Anna's 1st birthday. We had a butterfly theme, and it was my first foray into the world of fondant.

Damn - now I can't find pictures of that cake. It preceeded the age of the digital camera in our house. :) Remind me to come back to this one...

Welcome to Cake Hell!

I do love doing cakes. Really - I swear. Yet, every time I do a big one, I swear that I am never doing it again. But I must be a glutton for punishment, because I keep doing them. I tend to refer to that window of time as "cake hell". As in, "Nope, I can't do anything for THOSE two weeks, I'm going to be in Cake Hell. It is truly a labor of love. Anyway - here are some of my favorite (and less favorite, but DONE) labors...