Cake, Cake and More Cake!

Confession: I decorate cakes!

It all started when I was a kid and my Mom made all the cakes for us kids' birthdays. Next, as an adult when Paul and I lived in Utah I worked at Kencraft Candy, Inc and I decorated Lollipals. Then after Lane came along I made his first little cake and now I make one for him on each birthday. I have also made a cake for my neighbor's son for his last two birthdays and Chloe is next! I even had another neighbor ask me to make her cake for her birthday. I am by no means, a professional, but everyone seems to love the cakes and I get LOTS of compliments. I've been thinking about taking a cake decorating class for a while, so maybe I just need to do that. For now, I just wanted to share some pics of the cakes I have made.

**Lane's 1st Cake(s)...a little rough!



**Eli's Madagascar cake...Mom Frosted it, I decorated it.


**Cameron and William's Caterpillar Cakes...this idea came from their mom, Liz, who baked the cakes and frosted them. I just decorated them.



**Lane's 2nd Cake...this one was ALL my idea! (I made this one standing on one foot...literally. 7 days before Lane's party, I broke my foot!)


**Lane's 3rd Cake-Nemo...Lane wanted Nemo, so I did a little digging online and found a coloring page that I printed and traced to come up with this one. (I did this one while 3 months pregnant and nauseous!)


**Zach's (neighbor) Ratatouille Cake...That's what he wanted! I'm thinking, "A Rat on a Cake, this should be interesting!" This one I also searched online and came up with my own design. I was pretty proud of this one! If you look closely, I forgot to give him a tail. By the time I figured it out, I was too tired to care! (I did this one while 8 months pregnant!)


**Lane's 4th Cake-Bob the Builder...Found a bunch of ideas online and used a couple of them. This is a pull-apart cake, using cupcakes...very neat idea! The only problem I had was finding the Bob the Builder characters!


**Zach's Indiana Jones Cake...Found this idea online, as well. This was my first "stacked" cake and it turned out well. Next time, I will probably wait til the very last minute to decorate, though. I decorated the night before (the party was at 12:30pm) and by the time we cut into the cake, the layers were kind of sagging. I think the weight just became a little too much. It was great and everyone at the party was impressed!


That's it for now...next is Chloe's 1st Cake. I'm thinking I will make her a flower cake with pink and purple icing. And our neighbor Lexie (11) asked if I'd make her an iCarly cake for her birthday on April 26th. I will post those cakes when they are made!