THE CHALLENGE! Hold on to Your Seats....Ladies and Gentlmen...Behold!

This post does not have any pictures of my cakes. I just wanted to write and share with everyone where I am with my cakes, and to share something that I felt and realized after a crazy cake filled weekend. It is kind of long but it was an important post for me to share with you guys about the future of my cakes :)

Not long after my Shrek cake, I was asked to make another cake by a friend from church. At this same time, I had already planned on making a cake for my best friend's wedding shower for that same weekend. I figured I could handle doing both cakes as long as I did them ahead of time, after all I had done two cakes at the same time before and they came out good. However, a few days after agreeing to do this cake, my cousin asked if I could make a cake for another one of my little cousins birthday. I REALLY wanted to, but was worried that doing three cakes maybe be biting off more than I could chew. I felt bad though because my little cousin always asks if I am going to make her a cake for her birthday ever since I started and every time I make a cake for one of my other little cousins. Soo after thinking about it and figuring a schedule out, I said YES!!! I was actually really excited to do all three of these cakes...it was a challenge that I wanted to attempt and conquer! This would also help me determine how I feel about this cake business I am interested in. I would either love doing cake after cake day after day, or find out that I do not like it as much as a career, but more as a hobby (doing cakes every now and then.) I spent about 5 days working on these three cakes, coming straight home from school and working on them with little breaks. First was the cake for my friend from church, second was my little cousins cake, and lastly was my best friend's wedding shower cake and cupcakes. I was able to pull it off...I did all three cakes without slacking on any of them ( I was worried that doing three cakes at once might affect the detail and work I usually put into each cake.) But I was able to put the same amount of detail, work, and passion into each individual cake, as if it were the only cake I was working on that week. This made me feel extremely proud of myself for accomplishing this challenge and it really showed me just how much I really LOVE doing cakes. I could do it day after day, maybe not forever, but for now at least. Who knows where this love and passion will take me or for how long it will last, but for now I know this is what I want to do. If you know me, then you probably know I am a pretty lazy and unmotivated person on things having to do with hard work (at least the hard work I do not like) lol ...but doing cakes is different, it not only motivates me and teaches me to work hard and diligently, but it inspires me, and makes me happy! It has its ups and downs, good days and days, joys and frustrations, but in the end, it is always worth it.

In a Land Far, Far Away

My cousin asked if I would my a cake for my baby cousin's birthday. Of course, I said yes! The theme of the party was Shrek....he loves that movie. So obviously the cake's theme was Shrek as well. I was extremely excited to make this cake, I love doing cartoon cakes. I wanted to go above and beyond just a regular cake like I usually do with characters surrounding it, so for this cake, I made a whole scene, including all the main characters. It was a very fun and frustrating cake at the same time, but it came out great and I was incredibly happy with the end product. :)



"Shrek's Swamp Party Cake"



Baby Joe Takes California

As soon as I got back from London, I was ready to make some cakes! My cousins from Virginia had just had a baby before I left for London, and they were coming to California to visit. I have ALWAYS wanted to make a baby cake and figured this was the perfect chance to get to! I was excited to make this cake. Since this was baby Joe's first visit to California, I wanted to make it kind of California-ish. So I added a palm tree and little boat, along with baby toys! It was a fun cake to do!

"Hello Baby Joe Cake"

What a Girl Wants

My mom asked if I would and could make a cake for a co-workers daughter. I went back and fourth on this cake for a few days trying to decide...of course I wanted to do it, but it was 3 days before I was leaving for London, and had soooo much to do. Nonetheless, I took the challenge and said I would do the cake. This cake was another fun one for me. She wanted a girly cake, just like the one I did for my mom's other co-worker with zebra print, and lots of fashion. However, I did not want to make the same exact kind of cake, so I put a different spin on it. I LOVED how this cake turned out!

"A Fashionista Cake"

Merry Christmas Charlie Brown!!!

I always make a Christmas cake for our family Christmas. This last Christmas I was trying to decided between two themes: a Charlie Brown Christmas or a Snowy Christmas with snowmen, reindeer, penguins and polar bears! Of course I picked a Charlie Brown Christmas (if you know me then you know how much I LOVE Snoopy and Peanuts.) I wanted to make the characters similar to how they look and what they do in the movie. I was happy how the characters came out, but I think the cake part looks a little too plain and boring. But overall I liked it and everyone else did too, which is all that matters to me :)

"A Charlie Brown Christmas Cake"

Go Team...Go Blue!!

My friend asked me if I would do a cake for her daughter's soccer team end of season party. I was so excited and so happy to be asked to do another cake, especially for her daughter because I have known her since she was a baby. I immediately had an idea for the cake...I giant soccer ball on the top and two soccer girls on the bottom holding the team banner. I later decided to add the names and jersey numbers of all the girls. The girls loved the cake and the party was so fun!

"Team Sapphires Cake"

The Lab Gang

My dad's birthday was coming up and I was trying to think of an awesome cake idea for him...which is VERY hard to do! I knew the one thing he really loves, our dogs, but I had done a cake for his last birthday last year that had both our dogs on it...so I had to come up with a new idea. Last summer I got my dad this adorable sign that said "Beware Lab Gang" and had a picture of each lab, black, yellow and chocolate. It then went on to describe the characteristics of the dogs and the mischievous things they do. Both our dogs are labs (black and chocolate) and my dad's good friend has a yellow lab...so I thought this sign was perfect, and it ended up helping inspire my cake for him! The theme was, as the sign said, "The Lab Gang." I wanted to make a cake with 3 very mischievous dogs who were getting into trouble. Not only that, I wanted to make sure each dog was doing something our dogs had really done, for example, Averee (black dog) likes to dig and tear up blankets, Luke (brown dog) use to chew and tear up toys, and as for Drago (yellow dog and my dad's friend's dog) I was not sure what he has done, so I made him getting into dog food and paint. This cake was so much fun and my dad loved it...we did not even eat it because my dad liked it too much. :)

"Bad to the Bone Cake"