Thankful for Teachers

I was so happy to be asked to make the "Teacher of the Year" cake for a fall themed celebration this year. I have seen this design in many ways and have been wanting the chance to make one.

I did make a smaller cake for Mrs Thompson last spring when it was first announced she would be teacher of the year for this year. So I thought I might go with a similar design....but when I heard they wanted the cake to match their fall themed decorations...I knew exactly what to do!
These are colored chocolate leaves attached to the buttercream iced cake with buttercream icing. I had some delicious chocolate buttercream icing on hand to make the branches of the trees. I hope everyone enjoyed the celebration!

Congratulations Mrs. Thompson!

Back To School!

It doesn't seem possible that it is time to head back to school. But my boys are meeting their teachers today and first day of school is Wednesday! When I was growing up I know we had much more than 10 weeks of summer vacation. Of course time does seem to move more quickly the older I get, so maybe it was the same but it just lasted longer in my child's mind.

Either way, I saw a cute picture of apple cupcakes over the summer and I knew I HAD to make them when it was time to go back to school. These cute little apples have a "bite" taken out of them that reveals the "seeds" inside.

I know it's cliche', but I just can't help myself. Every year I find some "apple themed" gift for the boys to give their new teachers. These are vanilla almond sour cream cupcakes with homemade buttercream icing. Topped with a combination of sanding and sparkling red sugars and a chocolate fondant stem and green fondant leaves.
I found this cute scrapbooking paper and knew it would make a nice background for pictures!

These are the boxes they will be taking tonight when they meet their teachers. I adorned the boxes with some cute back to school themed stickers.....I find myself in the scrapbooking aisles a lot even though I don't scrapbook....hmmm.

Here's to another successful and fun year at school. Third grade for my baby and Fourth grade for my oldest. Good luck guys!

Teacher of the Year!

Congratulations to Teacher of the Year!This is a celebration cake for the Teacher of the Year at the boys' school. I thought I would incorporate the "typical" teacher things in the design.

It is a White Almond Sour Cream cake with buttercream icing. The stars are made of fondant and the rulers are made from colored chocolate - with edible marker numbers. There is also a tiny fondant apple sitting at the base. All other embellishments are done with buttercream icing.