Going to the chapel...

At the end of July I did my first wedding. It turned out wonderfully lovely.

The bride asked for a small cake for her and the groom to cut.


And then for her guests--cupcakes with white icing and yellow polka dots.


It was a LOT of cupcakes...


This was a pic her mom took at the wedding...

"I carried a watermelon?"

I did the following cake for my oldest niece, Emma, who's turning 13 (Remember 13? Oy. Let the good times roll, people...).
She had a pool party at my parents' house and the best part about it was when I got to the party a little late, walked in and had the following exchange with one of her friends:

Meghan: "Um, Emma's aunt?(I love that that's how they address me) Are you a professional cake-maker?

Me: "Nope, I'm not!"

Meghan: "Wow. Well, then, are you an artist?"

Me: "Well...no? Not really."

Meghan: "Oh. Well, then what DO you do for a living?"

Ahh, the glory that is a child's thought process...the idea that if you're good at something, that must be what you do. We should all be so lucky, right? I actually think the kid might be onto something.

The second shining moment was when we gathered around the cake to light candles and sing, and Meghan (bless her Tweener heart) yelled, "Let's all have a round of applause for Emma's aunt!"

I about died.

So, here's the cake that was the source of so much joy for me (I have to admit, it's one of my favorites)...

And baby makes three...

I love my cousin Rachel--so I asked if I could make her baby shower cake. And to prove how much I love her, I spent 2 days making said cake--that's a personal record, for me, folks.

But I think it turned out pretty spectacular...

Guess who's back...

I know. It's been a year. The thing is, I got a new job last July, picked up and moved my life 2 hours north and spent my year living with 215 college students. It's been glorious--and I'm headed back next week for another go-round!

The small catch with my awesome apartment, on our awesome campus, is that I'm kind of, well, missing an oven. Which has made baking things a bit of bigger task than I sometimes felt like taking on--but I did get a chance to make some fun cakes and goodies--so here's the update!

Just a quick glimpse of my small, oven-less kitchen. It's super cute, though!


My nephew Carter had requested his birthday cake be a police car..."with a gun mounted on top." Righto. (It's all cake...but that gun is plastic. I'm ambitious, not crazy.)


This was Ella's butterfly cake. I have to be honest, this was a last-minute one, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to pull off...


Max's Steeler/Super Bowl/Birthday cake!


Valentine's Day cupcakes that I made for my RAs. They were pink. And lovely.

Burger Queen?

It was dad's birthday today and mum always makes him a poppyseed cake--yeah, the kids aren't so into that. So I said I'd come up with something for them.

This is what I decided:




Burgers? Cupcakes? You tell me. Actually, my sister-in-law thought they were plastic and Gianna, Julia & Christian thought they looked like Crabby Patties.

Father's Day

Mum told me last night that I forgot to post a picture of the Father's Day cake I made for my Dad, brother and brother-in-law.

It was chocolate cake and chocolate fudge icing and SOoooo good.

Minis

These are mini cupcake bites. They're wonderful. I promise.

Electric Guitar Cake

This was for my nephew Logan's 10th birthday today. He was extremely cute when he saw it--he grinned so big and just said, "Thanks, Aunt Carly!" Yay!

Dinosaur & Baseball cookies

Proof that my cookies can travel! These ones went all the way to California from Pennsylvania for Dennis' 30th birthday--and were still good. I think.

Cinco de Mayo Cake

I went with a chili pepper for our Cinco de Mayo party at work. It was a hit.

Tink's Cake

This was for my dear friend Erin (Tink) and my first attempt at a fondant bow.

The House on Fire Cake

More than anything, my nephew Christian (6), wants to be a fireman. So, for his birthday last year, my sister made him a firetruck cake. This year he wanted another one. But he had a stipulation-he also wanted a house on fire that the firetruck was responding to...made out of cake...naturally.

There was no way I wasn't going to do it.

Leap Year cookies

I was making cookies for a Leap Year Party. I thought, "Well, frogs leap, right?"

Valentine's Day cookies

Sugar cookies with red chocolate.