Happy Birthday Katherine!
I cannot believe that I have a 6 year old daughter. She is so beautiful, kind, and loving. I am so blessed to be her mommy.
This cake was a group effort. I had about 6 of my friends come over and learn/help with the the cake. It was fun getting fondant and corn starch all over the place and sending everyone home with over-sugared children. They are a terrific group of ladies and it was fun to play! This cake is a strawberry cake with butter cream frosting. The filling is strawberry. My daughter requested a pink and purple My Little Pony cake for her birthday this year. We used toy ponies at her request as well. A good friend of mine had given me the castle towers awhile back and at the last minute I decided that the cake needed a three-dimensional piece so I pulled out the towers and used some fondant to make a castle. Katherine LOVED it! The castle was the perfect addition and pulled it all together. All the girls at the party got to pick out a pony from the cake and take it home with them. For those of you that I promised a fondant recipe to here it is.
Ingredients
- 1 16 oz package Marshmallows
- 2 lbs powdered sugar
- 4 TBS water
- 1 TBS butter flavor (optional)
- 1 TBS orange, almond, or other favorite OIL or ALCOHOL based flavoring.
- Gel coloring as desired
- Lard - for your hands
Directions
- Combine Marshmallows, 4 T water, and flavorings in a microwave save bowl. Cook for 40 seconds and stir. Repeat until it is melted (about 3 times). Cover your hands with Crisco or corn starch. Mix in all of the powdered sugar and knead until it a bread dough consistency, not sticky but not dry, ( about 5 minutes) adding 1 or 2 T of water if needed. If you find that your fondant is too sticky add a bit of powdered sugar. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours and then let it warm up to room temperature before using. I like to turn on my oven and set my fondant on top for an hour our so. It makes it just the right temperature. You can put it in the microwave for 15 to 30 seconds to warm it up a bit as well. You may add your color in at any point during the process. Note: your coloring goes in best if your fondant is at least body temp. warm.
- Use corn starch or powdered sugar to coat rolling surface, rolling pin and hands. Your fondant is done and it should be as easy as playing with play-dough. Have fun!
It has been a busy winter and this is the first time I have had a chance to post something in three months! This cake was made for a wedding shower. The bride-to-be loves daisies and thus the creation of this cake. With spring here early in the northwest it was perfect. This cake has a sour cream dark chocolate cake with ganach filling. The middle was lemon cake with lemon-lime curd, and the top was white cake with blueberry filling. Of course the outer layer is fondant as are the flowers and other decorations.
This cake was a group effort. I had about 6 of my friends come over and learn/help with the the cake. It was fun getting fondant and corn starch all over the place and sending everyone home with over-sugared children. They are a terrific group of ladies and it was fun to play! 
This cake was made for a friends bridal shower. The bottom layer is a chocolate fudge cake with chunks of chocolate and a chocolate cherry mousse filling. The second layer is lemon cake with fresh lemon juice and homemade lemon curd filling. The top layer is chocolate and vanilla cake swirl with chocolate cherry mousse filling. The cake is covered with butter cream frosting and then light blue fondant. The flowers and birds are made out of fondant as well. The cherry blossom branch is made out of chalk! I found a beautiful chocolate brown and blue ribbon to complete the cake. Mmmm good! 
I have a little boy who loves anything with wheels and this cake was for him. It went against everything in me to no have clean lines and orderly but it is not about what I want but what my son would like. This cake is a pile of mud plan and simple. I put the cake on a fondant covered board with a road and parking lot. At the party I took off the top two layers of the cake and let him drive diggers and dumpers to his hearts content. That is what a cake should be, entertainment and good food. It was so much fun watching my little boy have so much fun!
A friend and I made this cake for a bee-lovers birthday. Out of all the cakes I have done this one is by far the most unusual one. This three layer cake has a huge amount of fondant on it that we rolled into rope to make an old fashion beehive. Then we made little bees and flowers to go on and around the cake.
This cake is a simple round cake with a buttercream basket weave frosting. The top is decorated with pansies
We had a simple birthday cake for Luke's second birthday. We love you so much little Lukie!
This cake was made with lots of help from my 5 year old and my brother in-law and his girlfriend. They were great at helping me make rocks, turtles and letters. Then this cake traveled 7 hours in 100 degree weather to Shawn's parents house. On their anniversary we spent the day moving them into their new house and then finished up eating the cake. It was the best tasting cake ever with very moist white cake and blueberry filling. 
