Tie-Dye Tiki Cake

"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

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 - Dolphin

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...

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

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...