Pink Barnyard Cake

Hello there! Here's a quick look at a super cute cake I got to do last weekend. I was originally asked to do a Barnyard cake, and then she called back and asked if I could make it "girly". So, instead of red and primary colors, I went with pink and soft pastels. What do you think?

 I have to give my 12 year old credit since a lot of the design ideas on here were hers. The party hat, birthday banner and picnic blanket as well as some of the color choices were all her ideas. 

This was a Reeses Peanut Butter cake (chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream). Most of the decorations were made with candy clay. I have found that the best "paint" to use on candy clay is petal dust mixed with a little bit of vegetable oil. I used that to write the name on the pendant. The Birthday banner was made from fondant so I used air brush color straight from the bottle. I used this tutorial to make my sheep. It was a LOT easier using royal frosting for the wool than my usual method of rolling balls of fondant. 

They also wanted a little "smash me" cake for the birthday girl so I made this little cupcake for her. 

So cute, and so fun! 

I think I have a cake free week this week, so I may get a chance to get on here later and post some of the other cakes I've done recently. 

Till next time...

God's love and blessings!

Carson's Barnyard Cake

So, Marci called me this year to do Carson's 2nd birthday cake. This is the cake I shouldn't have done. I was already over-booked for cakes that weekend and I couldn't possibly add another one onto the list. But, she just wanted cupcakes, and a barn yard theme. My mind was racing...cupcakes are easy to frost, I can make the figures ahead of time...sure, I can do it.

I have to say that this was really one of those "God" things. He knew I needed to do these cupcakes that weekend. All week long, as I started to stress about how much I still had left to do, I'd look over at those cute little critters and my stress level just dropped. I mean, who could be upset when looking at these little guys?!

As per usual, I saw several barn yard cakes and cupcakes online and picked and chose the details I liked from each one. The barn was rice crispy treats covered in fondant, and the critters were all made with fondant.

One of the young ladies from our church came by on Friday to help me out so I taught her to make grass and she helped me with the last little piggy. He was by far my favorite. Too cute!! I do believe I squealed every time I looked at him. Marci seems to have a way of making me squeal. :o)

I was totally in love with this cake and was actually sad to deliver it. I miss those little guys hanging out in my kitchen. :o(

Well, I don't have any cakes scheduled to do this weekend, so hopefully I will have time to put some of my older ones on here before I have new ones to post about.

Till next time...
God's love and blessings!