Angry Birds!

I'll admit, I've wasted hours of my life playing Angry Birds, so when a friend of mine asked if I could do an Angry Birds cake for her son's 8th birthday I had no problem coming up with this idea.

The cake was a marble pound cake, which worked great for carving out the birds, and I only had to scrape frosting once to fix a mess up while icing it free hand. I was very pleased with how it turned out, and the birthday boy was thrilled when I dropped it off. While I guess I can say the Angry Birds have consumed a few more hours of my life, I really enjoyed making this cake.

LeClair Baby Shower

I does not seem possible that it was over ten years ago when I spent a Saturday afternoon two house down from my parent's helping my friend Donna get ready for prom our senior year...and now last month I was honored to make cupcakes for one of her baby showers. Where does time go?

Donna showed me a picture of her invitation to the shower and asked for cupcakes that included the color purple and giraffes. I was stumped for a while and after spending some time walking around JoAnn Fabrics I found a giraffe cookie cutter, fondant pens, and I had my idea. I made giraffe cut outs from fondant and used the fondant pens to create their spots. I was pleased with how they turn out and am now able to add another technique to my toolbox!

Congratualtions Donna and Matt!