Kaylas Cookies and Crumbs

Ellie's Zebra Cake July 2011

2011-11-09T09:43:00.005-05:00

Ellie knew just what she wanted for her birthday cake and came to Kayla to do the creating. Ellie wanted a tiered zebra cake...

Ellie's mom checked in afterwards: "It turned out great! It was a tough choice between the 2 boas. Ellie went with the blue, but I think the pink was a little more to scale with the cake, so I took pics both ways for Kayla. She really did such a great job -very professional:). It was a beautiful cake. She did a great job and Ellie loved it:)."

Turtle Cake March 2011

2011-05-04T14:21:00.005-04:00

Kayla created this fun cake for her friend's birthday. The adorable 3-D turtle is made with fondant.

Brooks' Basketball Cake March 2011

2011-05-04T14:12:00.005-04:00

Happy birthday Brooks!!!

Kayla was asked to create a basketball-themed quarter sheet cake for Brooks' birthday. The design was based on a combination of a cake Kayla had created previously as trim work from a cake the client had seen. Kayla baked two square cakes and created this basketball court.

Customer comments: We got so many compliments on the cake today. Everyone was excited to see the confetti cake!

Zebra Cake

2011-05-04T14:01:00.003-04:00

April 2011

Pikachu Cake 0411

2011-05-04T13:50:00.003-04:00

Kayla was asked to create a simple layered cake depicting Pikachu from Pokemon for Grady. Kayla iced the cake and then decorated it like a Pokeball complete with a 3-D Pikachu made with fondant. Using her creativity, she made lighteningrods, Pikachu's ability, to keep the plastic wrap off the cake for transport.

Baseball Birthday Cakes for Hope

2011-05-04T13:32:00.003-04:00

CSA Flames star Hope wanted a couple of double-layer chocolate chip cookie cakes for her birthday, one featuring the back of her #1 jersey and the other featuring a baseball.

Her mom made an awesome display and said she really liked the cakes because they were "different...not traditional." She was also thrilled with how many people she could serve with just two cakes...two separate birthday celebrations! One with friends and one with family.

JR Tucker Girls Volleyball Cake December 2010

2011-05-04T09:12:00.007-04:00

Kayla was commissioned to create a cake for the JR Tucker Girls Volleyball teams end-of-season celebration.

She baked this quarter-sheet half chocolate half yellow cake with Tucker orange & blue design and a 3-D volleyball cake.

The scroll work is all done by hand, no stencil or template.

Boy Scouts of America December 2010

2011-05-04T09:06:00.005-04:00

One of our favorite customers returned with a request for her favorite chocolate chip double layer cookie cakes commemorating the birthday of Boys Scouts of America.

Kayla created two cookie cakes; one with chocolate fudge filling the other with vanilla. Her client requested the scout logo on one cake and suggested the world scouting logo on the other.

Eight Cake November 2010

2011-05-04T09:03:00.005-04:00

Kayla was commissioned to make a "figure 8" cake for Mackenzie's 8th birthday using her favorite colors...pink and green. Kayla created this cake by baking two 14" round cakes and using coloring details to create the number 8.

Financial Peace Visa Card Cake

2011-03-13T18:28:00.005-04:00

In August 2010, Kayla was commissioned to make a cake for a Financial Peace University class at a local church. The cake was to celebrate the completion of the 13-week class. Kayla created a sheet cake resembling a Visa credit card; the class members then ceremoniously cut the cake -- representing the act of cutting up credit cards / dumping debt.

The cake is French vanilla with buttercream frosting and was a huge hit!

Butterflies & Rainbows

2010-11-20T18:41:00.003-05:00

Now it was time for Zofia's birthday and Christa commissioned Kayla to create a "butterflies and rainbows" cake. Kayla baked this yummy yellow cake, covered it in yellow buttercream, then created a red & orange basketweave.

The spotlight feature is the fondant butterfly handpainted with an stained-glass affect.

Let's go Lakers!

2010-11-14T15:43:00.003-05:00

Pam, the guest-of-honor / recipient of Kayla's famous "castle cake" which she created with Lorna Jahn, came back to Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs for her son's 16th birthday. A big LA Lakers fan, Aaron's quarter-sheet cake is chocolate with orange and purple buttercream icing.

Kayla used wooden dowels, plywood and gallon jub lid safeties to create hoops at both ends. The court lines are made with purple icing and the L.A. Lakers graphic is orange fondant with purple details.

The reviews are in:

Pam says "Cake was awesome!!! I know where I'll be getting my cakes, etc. from now on!!!!!!"

And Jennifer, a guest at the party, says "This was the best chocolate cake ever because it was so moist! Tell Kayla that (my daughter) doesn't even eat cake but I let her have a bite of mine and she asked for Pam for a big piece and ate the entire thing!! SUPER YUMMY!!!!"

2 Thumbs Up!

2010-11-13T11:03:00.003-05:00

Kayla was commissioned by repeat customer Christa to create a cake for Bella's 9th birthday. Bella was going to celebrate with friends by watching a movie.

Kayla baked a 14" round yellow cake iced in buttercream frosting and then decorate along the sides like a movie reel. The top features a clapperboard image and 3-D popcorn created with colored mini marshmallow and a lot of creativity!

Christa said "The cake was fantabulous!!! It was so good and the kids loved it!"

Bunko!!!

2010-11-06T20:31:00.003-04:00

The Carter Sisters were planning a big Bunko & Elvis party for their mama's 70th birthday party and commissioned Kayla to create three square dice cakes to go with the bunko theme.

Kayla made a carrot with cream cheese filling, a white with white filling and a devil's food with chocolate filling. Using white and black fondant she created three dice cakes...

Kristine, our client, said the cakes were BIG hit. And considering Elvis was at the party, I'd say the cakes getting attention must have meant they were good.

Mad Scientist

2010-11-06T20:11:00.005-04:00

Kayla was asked to create a birthday cake for Katie's Mad Scientist party. Katie wanted a chocolate cake that "wasn't too girly" and her favorite color is green.

I'll let you decide whether Katie liked the cake or not...

Katie's mom said "Please tell Kayla thank you so much for the wonderful cake. The Mad Science leader loved it too! They all agreed it was the best scientist they had seen on a cake." Megan said "It was yummy! And exactly what we were looking for." Thanks Megan & Katie!

Virginia Big Cookie Project 06/2010

2010-07-25T18:11:00.004-04:00

Kayla was asked to baked five big cookies, each in the shape of the Commonwealth of Virginia for a 4th grade class project at Echo Lake Elementary School. Using a template and sugar cookie batter, she created the "blank slate"...

The students then used various edible items to represent the regions of Virginia...

And before they got to break off a piece and enjoy their creation, they had to label each region along with descriptions.

After the project, the class teacher wrote to say "the students LOVED the cookies today. They were PERFECT!!!!!!! Please tell your young chef she did an amazing job and just might have a standing gig at our yearly VA Big Cookie extravaganza if she would like. We really had a great time with this activity today, so thank you so much for what you did!"

Pageant Cake 01/10

2010-07-25T18:00:00.003-04:00

Kayla was commissioned to create the cake for the Miss Piedmont Region 2010 pageant. The client requested a white quarter-sheet cake with pink, purple & green decorations. The client wanted to display a pageant crown on the cake and requested that Kayla create the design around a space for this element.

Bridge Cake

2010-06-26T21:06:00.004-04:00

In June 2010, Kayla was asked to create a cake for a summertime celebration of a local engineering firm. This particular department works on bridges, so Kayla devised this 3-D replica of a bridge over a sea of blue buttercream frosting. The bridge is not edible, made of wood, lollipop sticks and pipe cleaner. The cake is a 14" round marble cake.

Customer Review: " They all loved it! And tasted great! Giving Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs a big two thumbs up! Thanks!" Thank YOU Sarah!!!

Mexican Fiesta!!!

2010-06-26T21:01:00.004-04:00

Kayla was asked to create a cake for a celebratory dinner at a Mexican restaurant. She baked a chocolate round layer cake with colored buttercream icing and then used a variety of techniques including a fondant 3-D cactus, flower with colored tips, colorful border and painted 3-D fondant maraca.

Tea Party / Fondant

2010-05-30T16:01:00.002-04:00

Another one of our favorite customers, Zofia, requested a Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs creation for her tea party. Kayla created the diamond-weave pattern with fondant topped with a hand-made tea pot.

Zofia's mom reports: "he cake was another stellar creation. All the parents at the Tea Party were not only impressed with the design but fell in love with the flavor. The kids enjoyed peeling off the icing and eating it!
Thank you again for delivering such a wonderful work of art to eat!!"

French Poodle

2010-05-30T15:59:00.003-04:00

This customer loves creative, personalized cakes, which are one of Kayla's specialties. For her daughter's 5th birthday, she requested this fun French poodle cake -- Kayla's biggest ever! The customer was very, very pleased (once we figured out how to fit it into her car LOL.)

Beach!!!

2010-05-30T15:53:00.003-04:00

One of our favorite customers returned in November for this fun beach-themed birthday cake. According to Kayla this chocolate cake was "even better than the vanilla!"

Keyboard Cookie Cake

2010-05-30T15:47:00.005-04:00

Sue was making plans for her son Alec's birthday and a friend referred her to Kayla's Cookies and Crumbs (thanks Karen!) Sue said to decorate the cake with a keyboard or computer. Kayla created this double-layer chocolate chip cookie with white chocolate filling and a piano keyboard around the greeting.

Sue reported back that "We did enjoy the cake. Kayla did a great job. This reading teacher made a mistake in telling you to have her do a keyboard cake. In my mind, I thought everyone knows that Alec is a computer guru. I was thinking computer keyboard and your musical family was thinking piano keyboard. Luckily, Alec thought the whole thing was funny and took pictures of the cake to show off to his friends."

Lesson learned to show design before making the cake...and so thankful for customers with good humor!

Football!

2010-05-30T15:41:00.003-04:00

Kayla made this football-themed cake for Lucas' birthday, 12/09.

Musical Cookie Cake 1/10

2010-05-30T15:34:00.006-04:00

Kayla decided to make this chocolate chip cookie cake for a band-mates birthday. Happy birthday Kristen, Tucker's 2010 drum major, trombonist & bassoonist!

Caring & Sharing November 2009

2009-11-28T13:35:00.002-05:00

Kayla was once again asked by the Girl Scouts Commonwealth Council of Virginia, Springfield Service Unit to create cakes for their annual event in honor of Juliette Gordon Low's birthday. This year, the service unit held "Caring & Sharing" where the girls did a variety of activities. Kayla created three unique cakes depicting the day's event.

What's a birthday celebration without cake? Kayla created this tie-dye birthday cake with the official contemporary Girl Scout emblem in honor of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Lowe's birthday.

Each year, girls of the Springfield Service Unit make thousands of "candy crackers" for the Henrico Christmas Mother. Recycled cardboard tubes are stuffed with an assortment of candies, stickers and small toys and they distributed to needy children within the girls community. Kayla decorated this cake using her own memories of stuffing many candy tubes herself during her 8 years of girl scouting.

The girls also created snowflake decorations to be delivered to residents in local care facilities.

Kayla presented three cakes: devils' food, funfetti and white. The reviews were overwhelming:

Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs customer Cheryl exclaimed: "Kayla did great as usual!!!" New fan Anne reported "beautiful cakes for Juliette Lowe's birthday celebration yesterday." And Lynn, who placed the order, said "the cakes were amazing. Everyone thought the cakes were beautiful and of course delicious."

Horse

2009-11-20T17:03:00.004-05:00

Repeat customer Christa called in an order for Bella's birthday cake. Kayla baked a classic French vanilla 14" round cake and created this beautiful horse head image.

Client's response: "the cake was a hit. Bella screamed with glee when she was the [surprise] design. When I asked her how it tasted she said GREAT with a thumbs up. When I took a piece I thought the flavor was good and rich, but not too rich. I thought the icing was divine!

I was hovering over the cake when one of the parents came in and she asked me who did the cake. I told her about Kayla and she said she did a really good job-she decorates cakes for a living and was impressed with her talents."

Blue Ribbon!!!

2009-11-20T16:59:00.003-05:00

Kayla's Peanut Butter Fudge Layer Cake, inspired by Rick Craven's love of all things peanut butter & chocolate, one the blue ribbon at the Virginia State Fair 2009 in the youth baked goods category for speciality cakes. Way to go Kayla!!!

Thanks to the Lindvall's for the awesome photos.

Pirate Cake for Jake

2009-11-20T16:50:00.002-05:00

Jake wanted a Lego pirate party for his birthday and his mom ordered a pirate cake for him. This is one of my favorites to date. He took his friends to Build-a-Bear to help him celebrate and they also ordered bear-shaped cookies as party favors.

Customer response: Jake's mom said "Cake was a huge hit. I thought the cookies were delicious too! Jake wanted a pirate lego party...when he saw Kayla's cake he said 'now that's lego pirate mommy. It was just PERFECT for him.

Spaghetti & Meatballs

2009-11-20T16:45:00.002-05:00

Kayla created this "spaghetti & meatballs" cookie cake for her Uncle Skip's birthday. The "spaghetti" and "sauce" are done in icing; the "meatballs" are chocolate cookie balls and the "grated cheese" is white chocolate or coconut.

Twins Baby Shower Cake

2009-07-10T17:47:00.001-04:00

Kayla was asked to make a cake for a baby shower celebrating the impending arrival of twins. The shower had a Caribbean theme and the mother-to-be loves chocolate. Kayla made a huge 14" round chocolate layer cake with chocolate filling and two parrots on top.

Our customer reported that "The cake was awesome: The kids devoured it as usual and the adults talked about how GREAT it was. Tell Kayla thank you again!!"

Musical Cupcakes

2009-07-10T17:43:00.002-04:00

As a farewell to the Hungary Creek Middle School band she played with for three years, Kayla made Funfetti cupcakes decorated with all of the instruments in the band including bass guitars, trumpets, clarinets & flutes. Each musician enjoyed a cupcake with their instrument on the top.

Graduation Cake 2009

2009-07-10T17:39:00.002-04:00

Kayla was asked to make a cake for Elizabeth & Rob's graduation from J.R. Tucker High School, June 2009. Her creation features a marble cake with a collage of graduation-related images including a cap, diplomas, and a Tucker tiger paw.

High Heel Shoe

2009-07-10T17:36:00.003-04:00

Kayla was asked to use her creativity to make a high-heeled shoe cake. Her creation is a 9x13 yellow cake with pink floral print shoe on a stiletto heel. They loved it!

Girl Scout Bridging Cakes

2009-07-10T17:15:00.005-04:00

Kayla was hired to create cakes for the Girl Scouts Commonwealth Council of Virginia, Springfield Service Unit Bridging Ceremony in June 2009. This event was celebrating girls bridging from daisies to brownies, brownies to juniors, juniors to cadettes and cadettes to seniors. The event also recognized girls who had earned the bronze award.

Kayla made four 1/4-sheet cakes: strawberry, French vanilla, chocolate and white. Each had white frosting and was decorate with symbols related to the four bridging levels. Kayla also created & packaged individual cupcakes for a few of the girls who had to leave the event early.

Kayla's client reports: "Everyone loved Kayla's cakes. Thanks so much!!! The cupcakes were much appreciated! think the overwhelming favorite among those who got to try a taste of a couple was the yellow cake - but we ran out of Devil's Food first."

Tie-Dye Tiki Cake

2009-05-13T17:44:00.003-04:00

"Just what the birthday boy ordered..."

Luke was quite specific: "I would really like it if you would make my birthday cake. I like yellow cake but I want the inside to look tie-dyed. We have made cookies before and added sprinkles to the batter to give it some color. I want the frosting to be white with a picture of a palm tree and a tiki head like this one. It does not have to be exact, but similar. I would like the palm tree to be a little bit wider. Does this sound too hard?"

Luke was very pleased with the finished product: a yellow tie-dyed cake with almost exact replica of his Tiki pinata. Happy birthday, Luke!

Flower Basket Cookie Cake

2009-05-13T17:41:00.002-04:00

This is a picture of Kayla "in her element" - listening to classic rock on her iPod and creating a flower basket cookie cake. Here's the finished product...

ELES' 10th Birthday

2009-05-13T15:08:00.002-04:00

A little bit out of order, this cake was made for Echo Lake Elementary School's 10th Birthday in March 2009. I love the shading she achieved in the dolphin, and blue & green are the school's colors. The school's current principal especially liked the opportunity to showcase a former student's talents.

In the beginning...

2009-05-13T15:05:00.001-04:00

This would have been one of Kayla's first experiences in the kitchen. I would have to guess that she's 4 or 5 years old in this photo.

Cougars Cruising into High School

2009-05-13T14:55:00.003-04:00

Kayla had an extra sweet time for her 8th grade dance...not only was she celebrating the end of middle school, she was showing off her talents. She was hired to make six double-layer chocolate chip cookie cakes for the dance!

Kayla decorated two of the cakes with all of the high schools who classmates will attend next fall...

Gymnast Sheet Cake

2009-04-08T18:49:00.002-04:00

Kayla's Challenge: Create a delicious & fun cake for a team celebrating an UNDEFEATED season! Kayla worked with one of the team members to design this cake which celebrated the team's awesome accomplishment, while honoring the sport that they all love. This is a French vanilla quarter sheet cake with frosting, words & graphic completed with a green border.

Client Response: The coach was so impressed she thought this was a family business -- not completely done by a student!

"Rush" Cake

2009-04-08T18:45:00.002-04:00

Kayla's Challenge: We've got an extra cake! Due to an error on mom's part, we had an extra marble quarter sheet cake. What to do? Cut it in half and surprise someone with dessert. Kayla researched a client's favorite rock band, already knowing that he loves her marble cake.

Client's Response: Dessert for dinner tonight! What a great way to start off the weekend.

Rock Band Cake

2009-04-01T16:59:00.003-04:00

Kayla's Challenge: We need another cookie cake! This particular client is addicted to Kayla's delicious double-layer chocolate chip cookie cake. This time: birthday cake for Bryce who likes Rock Band. So Kayla made the Rock Band emblem. Happy birthday Bryce!

Bass Guitar Cake

2009-04-01T16:48:00.003-04:00

Kayla's Challenge: One of our more anticipated cakes. Brandon had a piece (or two or three) of one of Kayla's cakes at a birthday party back in September. He went home raving about it. The interesting thing is that Brandon's not a cake eater. So his mom called right away and booked Kayla for Brandon's birthday cake. This is a remake of Kayla's marble cake and is a replica of Brandon's bass guitar.

Customer's Response: The cake was awesome! Kayla should know that my sister said the icing was "Percudani worthy"....which means a lot from an Italian family who does nothing but eat :) Brandon was afraid it was going to be gone before he had another piece, so he had three!

2009-04-01T16:45:00.001-04:00

Another special order cake, just what the guest of honor wanted. When asked what kind of cake she liked, she told us caramel, so Kayla created a chocolate layer cake with a chewy caramel center and caramel stepping stones along the top (the birthday girl loves to walk.) The bottom is lined with chocolate caramel crunch popcorn.

Patriotic Cookie Birthday Cake

2009-04-01T16:41:00.004-04:00

Surprise chocolate chip cookie double layer cookie cake for "military wife's" birthday from her children. Dad had just left for training before being deployed to Iraq. Red, white & blue with perfect roses.

2009-03-11T18:55:00.001-04:00

This is a Kings Cake for Mardi Gras. I served it to my french class the day after.

2009-03-11T18:54:00.001-04:00

This is a patriotic cake for a soldier. Its a snickerdoodle cake with buttercream frosting.

2009-03-11T18:37:00.002-04:00

I made this one for someones reconciliation

What else has she been up to?

2009-01-23T21:17:00.003-05:00

Not all of Kayla's creations are as photographic as they are delicious!

Over the holidays, she created:

Striped Delight - a divine combination of Oreo cookies, chocolate pudding, a sweet cream cheese blend and Cool Whip.

Peanut Butter Fudge Cake - this popular dessert first created at the request of a client was ordered for TWO New Year's Eve parties.

Crispy Peanut Butter Balls - given out as holiday gifts

Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs is thriving thanks to your amazing support & encouragement -- remember Kayla's Cookies & Crumbs for your next special occasion. She'll create a memorable dessert for you to share.

Baseball Cookie Cakes

2009-01-23T21:10:00.004-05:00

Challenge: Create a baseball cookie cake for your little brother!

Kayla's solution: Kayla baked TWO of her layered chocolate chip cookie cakes -- both with milk chocolate frosting. On one, she created a baseball field and used stand-up players to fill the bases for a homerun with Colin! On the other, she created the image of a baseball.

Reaction: Party-goers were so excited to have one of "Kayla's cakes" (and were very protective of it while they played ball. Very little was left after 11 9-year-old boys devoured their pieces.

Basketball Birthday Cake

2009-01-23T21:03:00.005-05:00

Challenge: One of Kayla's "regulars" came to her once again with a fun challenge: "Coach loves your cookie cakes, so please make one for him for his birthday."

Kayla's Solution: Her signature chocolate chip layer cookie cake with milk chocolate filling. The top is tie-dyed frosting with 3-D basketballs and a spider since it was from the team.

Response: Coach loves these cakes so much that he ordered one for his wife!

"It was a big hit today...we shared it with team after practice and it was > gone in 5 mins! Everyone loved it:-)

New Year's Cookie Cake

2009-01-23T20:57:00.005-05:00

Kayla's Challenge: Create a cookie cake in celebration of the new year.

Kayla's Solution: A chocolate chip cookie cake with a clock just about to strike midnight. The clock face features images of baby new year and champagne glasses.

Snowman Cookie Cake

2009-01-23T20:55:00.002-05:00

Kayla's Challenge: Now one of Kayla's signature items, Kayla was hired to create a winter-theme cookie cake.

Kayla's Solution: Kayla baked a chocolate cookie cake and decorated it with a whimsical snowman.

University of Richmond Spiders Cookie Cake

2009-01-23T20:19:00.007-05:00

Challenge: Kayla was hired by the University of Richmond Spiders Women's Basketball Assistant Coach* to create a "Get Caught in the Web" cookie cake.

Kayla's Solution: Kayla created her now signature double-layer chocolate chip cookie cake with milk chocolate center. The top shows a gray web with her rendition of the U of R spider.

Client's Response: So far, they've ordered two more cakes, so I'd say they're happy with her work!

"My boss has eaten most of it as he is raving about it for his 5th and 6th trip back to it on the table. He is amazed at how good it is and how rich it is…EVERYONE in the office has thoroughly enjoyed it….i invited people down to have some from the other offices…and everyone has been RAVING about it…It was a HUGE hit! I showed a few people the website with everything she has done and they are in awe"

* Also known as our neighbor, Ginny, but that title sounds much more impressive, doesn't it?

Christmas Cookies

2009-01-23T20:13:00.002-05:00

Challenge: Kayla was hired (yet again by Zofia & Bella) to create holiday cookies as treat bag items for their combined birthday party.

Kayla's Solution: Kayla baked sugar cookies and used my Aunt Barbara's icing recipe to create these colorful concoctions.

Client's Response: "Her cookies were a hit. Everyone was impressed!" and "Bella devoured hers with gusto!"

Tie-Dye Snickerdoodle Layer Cake

2009-01-23T20:07:00.006-05:00

Challenge: Create a cake for dad's birthday (since he never gets to taste all the cakes she makes for her customers!)

Kayla's solution: a homemade snickerdoodle cake with milk chocolate frosting between the layers and tie-dye frosting.

2008-12-15T11:49:00.007-05:00

Holiday Cupcakes

Challenge: Girl Scouts were going carolling and needed a sweet treat to celebrate the season and their generosity of time and talents entertaining community members.

Kayla's Solution: Kayla used the Internet to research fun & cute holiday cupcake ideas and created Funfetti cupcakes with reindeer and snowmen wearing Santa's hats. Of course, m&ms make everyone happy, so she used m&ms & pretzels to adorn her designs.

2008-12-15T11:43:00.004-05:00

3-D Sports Ball Cakes

Challenge: Sports-themed birthday party. Birthday Boy Lucas wanted a cake depicting his three favorite sports: baseball, soccer and basketball. The cakes also needed to be nut-free.

Kayla's Solution: three 3-D sphere layer cakes decorated as a soccer ball, a baseball, and a basketball. Each nut-free and a different flavor: chocolate, yellow & Funfetti.

Client's Response: "Lucas's cakes were fabulous, and added a nice touch to his birthday. They looked amazing and tasted great!! I would not hesitate to order from Kayla's Cookies and Crumbs in the future!"

2008-12-15T11:01:00.004-05:00

Tinkerbell Chocolate Chip Cookie Cakes

Challenge: Kayla's client was having a Tinkerbell Birthday party with a lot of enthusiastic 8 & 9 year olds. Birthday girl (with the great first name of Kayla!) wanted a chocolate chip cookie cake with lots & lots of frosting.

Kayla's solution: A layered chocolate chip cookie cake with milk chocolate frosting sandwiched between the layers and an image of Tinkerbell on top + a second cake to be sure there was enough for everybody including Birthday Girl Kayla's family!

Client's response: Birthday Girl Kayla was so excited and LOVED her cakes!!!

Follow-up: Yumminess factor lead to another order of a Chocolate Chip Cookie cake from a neighbor who saw the baker in action.

2008-11-29T18:48:00.011-05:00

50th Anniversary Cake for Mr. & Mrs. Marshall

Challenge: Create a cake for a small & intimate 50th anniversary luncheon. The couples loves the mountains and their favorite color is blue. Be creative - make it like a wedding cake or whatever she wants.

Kayla's Solution: Kayla worked with the couple's granddaughter to determine the design. She baked a 2-layer marble cake with "wedding white" frosting. Snow-tipped mountains appear around the edges of the cake. The top is adorned with "50" in blue with pretty white & blue hand made roses.

Client's Reaction: Their granddaugther Katelyn reports that "Wow! Kayla the cake is great. They love it."

2008-11-29T12:46:00.007-05:00

Turkey Pumpkin Pies

Kayla found these in a magazine and decided right away they'd be part of our Thanksgiving

2008 meals. Homemade individual-sized pumpkin pies with Nutter Butters, walnuts & icing. Cute & yummy!

2008-11-18T21:03:00.008-05:00

Go, Diego, Go! Cake

White cake with Diego graphic for Zofia's 4th birthday -- happy birthday Zofia!!!

Kayla located the graphic on the Internet, transferred the image to the cake using piping gel, and decorated with character colors.

The Review: "We had a great party and Zofia loved the cake! [Her big sister] loved it even more and snuck three pieces!!! Thanks to Kayla again! I am sharing her website with others!! I thought everything was spot on. I thought the design was great - cake was moist - icing wasn't too sweet...it was great!"

2008-11-18T20:39:00.005-05:00

Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge Cake

Customer's Challenge: "The flavor is what is important. A regular round layer cake would be great. He loves chocolate combined with peanut butter. "

Kayla's Solution: Peanut Butter layer cake with crunchy peanut butter & chocolate filling, milk chocolate frosting topped with chocolate chips, crushed peanut butter cups and drizzled with chocolate peanut butter.

The Review: "The cake was fabulous. It was the perfect blend of peanut butter and chocolate, and the perfect amount of sweetness!! Our neighbor also had a piece and she called me to say how wonderful it was. Thanks so much! "

2008-11-11T21:45:00.002-05:00

"Bubbles, Bears & Books"

These two quarter-sheet cakes were made for an annual Girl Scout event in honor of Juliette Gordon Lowe's birthday (the founder of GS.) The activity is called "Bubbles, Bears & Books;" hence the bubbles and bears!

One cake is chocolate, the other is yellow, and both were nut-free.

The event coordinator said: "it was definitely the hit of the day. Everyone was talking about how adorable and professional it was and of course it was mighty tasty."

2008-11-09T19:28:00.004-05:00

Beach Sunset Cake

Nov 8 I made this for one of my Mom's friends birthday. Here's what she had to say:

The Review: "The cake was AWESOME!!! Everyone loves it!!! It is a very big hit and I am sure she will have lots of new customers!! It was beautiful and tasted absolutely great!!! Thank you so much for the personal touch!!"

It's an image of a sunset on the beach. It is a double layer Devil's Food cake Duncan Hines mix with chocolate icing in the middle. The sand was made out of graham cracker crumbs.

2008-11-08T15:52:00.003-05:00

Sock Hop

"Polka Dots & Music Notes" for middle school sock hop, November 2008.

1/4-sheet marble cake (yellow cake with cocoa swirl)

2008-11-08T15:46:00.001-05:00

Assorted cupcakes for class party, October 2008. Pumpkins, spider webs w/candy spiders, and autumn-themed decorations.

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Castle cake decorated for Knights & Princesses Birthday party, October 2008.

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Drama Masks Cake / Comedy & Tragedy

Quarter-sheet marble cake with black icing & comedy / tragedy drama masks. Happy birthday Tori!

The Review: A TV reporter at the event was so impressed that he mentioned the cake and Kayla in a news report! One of the party-goers had several pieces because he thought it was so good -- and he doesn't normally eat cake (even for his own birthday!!!)

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Octopus cake, created August 2008 using a Williams-Sonoma cake pan and lots of creativity!

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"Kayla in the Kitchen." Kayla making homemade pizzas for everyone while on vacation at Bethany Beach, DE, summer 2008.

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"Rainbow Cake" made at Wilton class complete with flower rainbow, puffy clouds and a blue (yes...blue) penguin. Cake is confetti yellow layer cake.

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Large (and yummy) chocolate chip cookie with sea life motif decorations.

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First cake decorating class. French vanilla cake with basketweave & flowers.