Father's Day

Although Brian doesn't wear a tie to work, nor often at all when not at work, I thought this was a fun way to decorate his father's day cake.

And this was one of his gifts from Tessa.

Diaper Cake

Here is my first attempt at a Diaper Cake. I think it came out great, if I do say so myself! This is for my sister in law's baby shower, which is in a few weeks. They are doing a polka dot theme and a couple monkies in the mix. And the backside:

I have travel size baby products (lotion, shampoo, powder, etc) to put on once I get to the shower.

Hot Dog Cake

I first made this cake for Bunco, the second time was for a Labor Day Party for work.I took a store bought pound cake and cut out the middle part, just large enough for two Twinkies to fit. I then rounded the sides of the cake to make it look more bun-like. Insert the two Twinkies end to end inside the cake. Mix frosting (enough to cover the Twinkies) to make an orangish/brown color. I sliced the cut out section of the pound cake to make french fries, sprinkled them with black colored sugar and squeezed red frosting on them to look like ketchup. I drizzled the red and yellow frosting on the frosted Twinkies for mustard and ketchup. This is a quick make if you use the store bought pound cake.

Watermelon Cake

Although the picture is messy, I had to get a picture of this cake before it was gone. I made this cake for July 4, 2008, also known as Joey's birthday (our cat)-oh! and America's!

I used Pillsbury (the best cake mixes around, I won't use anything else and they are only 88 cents at Walmart!) white cake mix and prepared as directed on the box. Then I added a packet of Kool-Aid (I tried to find Watermelon flavored, but I settled for Strawberry), any red colored Kool-Aid will work. Then added half a bag of mini chocolate chips. Cook according to the directions on the box using two 8" or two 9" pans. Cool completely. Using white frosting, remove about 1/3 of the frosting out of the tub. In the bowl of frosting, add green food coloring. Add red food coloring to the remaining 2/3 frosting in the tub. Frost the tops of the two cakes with the pink, and the sides with the green. Sprinkle mini-chocolate chips to the tops of the cakes. This will make you two cakes! The cake will also have a hint of the Kool-Aid flavor which is a fun surprise! Yum!

Halloween Treats

Ghost Cookies
I remember my mom making these when I was a kid. And they are so simple. Melt a sheet of white almond bark, dip individual Nutter Butter cookies into the melted chocolate. Immediately put mini chocolate chips on them for the eyes. And voila! Cuteness.

Pumpkin Cake

Here is a cake I made around Halloween. I took one to work and I had one for bunco. I used a yellow cake mix (Pillsbury, of course!) and baked it in a bundt pan. I spread icing on a sugar ice cream cone and rolled it in green colored sugar. I added food coloring to the remainder of the can of frosting to make an orange color, then microwaved it to make it pourable. Pour the frosting over the cooled cake and put the cone in the middle to make a stem (I put a non-icing'd cone under the icing'd one to make it stand up higher).

I think it turned out great!