Mahan's Birthday

I was so disappointed that I was not able to make a cake for our friend's son, Roham in September because I only found out a few days before his birthday and couldn't plan something or gather the supplies in time. But we decided that I would do their other son's birthday, Mahan, in December instead, so I had plenty of time to plan from September to December :) I looked at tons of designs until I found the right one and then searched through different accessories to go on the cake until I found something I could be happy with. I really like how it came out in the end. The snow on the top was the advice of my husband, Omid. He always brings something creative to the table. I got to play with different techniques and had a great time with it. I'm so glad I had the opportunity. It also marked the last "major" cake I would do, since this was the time I had just found out I was pregnant. Time for a cake break :)

Baby Shower

Baby shower cake for Cynthia. I put the baby's initials on the outside and about a month later realized I had meant to put little dots all around. It would have been so much prettier that way, but oh well. Things happen and I remember having some strange out of the blue knee pain and wondering if I would even be able to finish the cake at all.

Wyatt's 2nd Birthday

Here's a cake I made for my BFF's little boy for his 2nd birthday. This was before my pregnancy and probably the best cake I made all year. No real major shortcuts taken. It was quite fun to make and I really like the colors. I love the cupcakes too.

Melanye's Cake

I made this cake for Melanye to show her how much she means to us since she's leaving us. She's also turning 40 next month so it was a 2 in 1 kind of thing. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and this is the first cake that I designed myself and did not have a printout beside me to follow.

Omid and Armin's Birthday

Armin's 4th birthday cake. He requested a pirate ship cake for a pirate party at Chuck E. Cheese's.

Here's Omid's birthday cake this year. The filling was cookie's 'n cream and it was fantastic!

Busy Week #2, Done!

This is a cake I made for my friend Shannon's daughter who is turning 6. She is having a princess party and she needed a princess cake. I had planned on adding several more details to this cake, but time got away from me this week. I think it turned out lovely even without all the details. I think it looks so much prettier in person.

And I'm officially taking a cake break! Nothing scheduled until Omid and Armin's birthdays in May. But I'm planning some special cakes for them both. I can't wait!

3 cakes in 4 days. No problem, right?

Actually, right! Other than being busy and tired and well, tired, it went great! I was super proud of them all.

Cake #1, Jennifer asked me to make this for her husband's birthday. We had seen the design and loved it!

Cake #2: For my friend's lingerie party. I can't believe it turned out so well. It was my first time to carve a cake into a particular design (other than the football). It was my first time to do the cornelli lace pattern. I said I'd do a practice cake and this ended up being it! It came out great though.

And last, but certainly not least. For Jennifer's twins Ashlyn and Elizabeth's 5th birthday. They loved making their gingerbread houses at Christmas so much that they wanted a gingerbread house for their birthday. Well, we found the next best thing for two little princesses who needed to be indulged by some candy. A candy castle! This was my first tiered cake outside of class so I did A LOT of reading to make sure I knew just how to construct the tiers. And the castle towers. Well, that required a lot of constructing and planning too. I'll just say powertools were involved and its all good now and ready for future princesses (or princes) :-)