Aaahhhhhh.....a MONSTER!

I can't wait to share this with you all!

I was able to take a class this weekend with Ashlee Perkins at Minette Rushing's Custom Cakes in Savannah GA. If you watch all the cake competitions on TV like I do, then you have seen Ashlee before. She most recently competed in the Beauty Pageant Cake Challenge.

This is Ashlee with her monster model that the class was based on.There were 10 of us in the class and we all made our own monster. I tell you I could get used to having someone else get all the prep work done for me!

We started out with a base structure so our monsters could stand on their own 2 feet! Hee Hee.
Then we gave them legs using modeling chocolate.Next comes the cake!And of course the arms!The heads were made of styrofoam....if I make this cake again I would use rice krispie treats.....I really like to use as much edible material as possible. But for the purposes of learning this worked and was faster!This is where I got busy working and didn't take my camera out.....so now you see her fully covered in fondant

And here she is in all her glory! Horns, fangs, claws and all! Have a name suggestion???

Scooby Doo.....Where are You?

Brice is turning 4 and he likes Scooby Doo! I just love how many generations Scooby has entertained! He is a timeless laugh!

This is a buttercream cake and the top design is made using a method called Frozen Buttercream Transfer (FBCT).

Are you interested in knowing how to do it?

I can give you step by step pics for the next cake I do that uses this method.
Let me know!

This is a side view of the cake. I put paw prints around the sides and bones on the bottom border.

Here is a close up of the chocolate mystery machine and Scooby I put on the front of the cake.

Happy Birthday Brice!

Braves Fan!

Ashton is turning 22 and she is an Atlanta Braves fan (#10 Chipper Jones is her favorite). Her Mom teaches my oldest son and asked me to make this special cake for Ashton's birthday.

The Braves logos were made from chocolate, Chipper's jersey and the flowers are made from fondant.

I went on the WWW and found an example of Chipper's autograph and freehanded it in buttercream on the baseball.

Hope your birthday was special Ashton!

Happy Blogiversary to Cake Believe!

Yeah! I can hardly believe it has been a year since I have been blogging my cakes and other sweet creations. I have enjoyed "meeting" so many fellow bloggers that share the same passions. I appreciate the kind words you share with me and I love to get inspired by all of your wonderful talents!

So even though it's my blog anniversary.......I wish I could bake YOU a cake!
I am bowing to you all for sharing this wonderful journey with me!
I look forward to sharing another year with you all!

Thanks!
Karen <3>

World of Warcraft

I love to play games almost as much as I love cake decorating! I haven't actually played World of Warcraft, but I did do some research on the WWW before attempting this cake. There are so many characters, lands, weapons, armors, etc. I knew I couldn't get very detailed on the cake because I don't know the details of Corey's interest in the game (and I'm pretty sure you don't want to cross the wrong line, these WoW people can get pretty serious).

It does have a really cool logo....so I went with that! This is the logo you see online.This is my chocolate logo. I like to use different shades and highlights to bring out the details.

This is the cake that the logo went on. I created a cobblestone effect on the sides because I saw several screen shots of the game, where "old world" seemed to fit in. I also found a weapon that looked cool to me and wanted to add that as well.

This is a vanilla almond sour cream and chocolate mud cake with chocolate buttercream filling and buttercream icing.

Happy 21st Corey!

Destiny's Gift Cake

It is a lot of fun to make a cake that is a present. This cake is a "present" for Destiny. Her girlfriends and her took a girl's weekend to celebrate and her friends brought this along.

It is a vanilla almond sour cream cake with chocolate buttercream icing......man this cake smells soooooo yummy! Hope it made the car ride there!

This is the side view. I love it when buttercream cooperates with me to get smooth edges and sharp corners!

Here is a close up of the bow and tag. I embossed the fondant with a swirly pattern before I cut the strips and formed the bow. I think it really helps give it a realistic look.

Hope all the girls had a great weekend....and Happy Birthday Destiny!

Yellow Dump Truck

Neal just turned 3 and requested a yellow dumptruck cake. It's so cute because he must absolutely LOVE dumptrucks.....that's the same theme he had last year!

This year the birthday truck was hauling skittles instead of M&M's. And the oversized tires are made from sugar cookies covered in melted chocolate!


This is last years cake with ding dong tires.

Who knows what next year will be?