70th Birthday

My 70th Birthday Cake

John Park, Joy and I celebrated with this cake after a lovely Red Lobster meal John Park ordered for us. It was delightful! I don't remember what kind of cake it was. We did not feel well that night and discovered in the next days that we all had Covid. This was my last celebration with my beloved John Park. He went to the hospital 5 days later, and died 16 days after that. I loved him so! I miss him so much!

 

Independence Day 2020 Celebrated during the Pandemic

This is a white cake mix baked in layers of red, white and blue. It's an 11"x7" cake frosted first with buttercream icing. The flag stripes and stars are Rolled fondant. 

I'm going to try my luck at mailing this cake to my daughter and friends in Newark, NJ and see if it arrives looking anything like this!

39th Wedding Anniversary

This is the cake for my husband and my 39th wedding anniversary celebration. We celebrate this year in Quarantine! We are going to order dinner and have it delivered.

This cake is a 3-layer, 9" round Strawberry cake with Strawberry Cream Cheese frosting. Simple and delictious!

Happy Birthday Grandma

We had all the letters made for the Butterfly cake: "Happy Birthday Grandma!" Then I invited my 4-year-old grandson to put them on the cake. And this is how he wanted the letters to be. We had such fun! The letters are Rolled Fondant. We served the Funfetti cake unfrosted, except for these letters, with whipped topping. I used White Grape Peach juice in the cake mix instead of water. It was very tasty!

Epiphany 2020

This is my cake for our Epiphany Open House on Epiphany Sunday, January 5, 2020! It is a 10-inch round 2-layer cake. The bottom layer is Strawberry (with red food color added to make it red) and the top layer is French Vanilla. Strawberry filling is between the layers. The top star is Rolled Fondant and the Silhouettes of the wisemen on the sides are also Rolled Fondant. The little stars are candies.

This cake is the bluest cake I have ever made. I think it represents the night sky well for the travelers. And it will turn your tongue bluegreen!

King's Cake (Gluten Free)

This is a "King's Cake" -- a pastry filled bread for the celebration of Epiphany. The filling is cream cheese and walnut pieces. It is gluten free and served at my January 5, 2020 Epiphany party. A "baby Jesus" is hidden in it.

Christmas Dinner Desserts

10-inch Minced Meat Pie. The crust is gluten free. I used my Christmas cookie cutters to make the top crust. I brush milk on the crust and sprinkle sugar to get it to brown nicely. 

Cherry Cobbler. I used 2 cups of cherries and my daughter suggested twice as many next time. It was delicious anyway!

Pumpkin Tiramisu

This is my first Tiramisu I have ever made. My son likes all kinds of Tiramisu, so I decided to make it for his 37th Thanksgiving time birthday. We celebrated on Thanksgiving Day. It turned out beautifully and tasted wonderful. He really liked it!

Ben's Pumpkin Cake

This is a cake that I quickly made and decorated for my grandson, when my first plan did not work. Ben likes pumpkins and his face lit up when he saw all the pumpkins on here and the corn candy! Love to please my Ben!

A Happy 84th Birthday!

This is an 8-inch round, 2-layer "Butter" cake. It has Strawberry filling between the layers and is frosted with Buttercream icing. I made this for my uncle's 84th birthday. I didn't have my equipment because I made it at his house. I bought only a few supplies. Turned out tasty with a simple flower design. The celebration was July 31. 

July 4 Cake Balls - A bit diffferent this time!

This is the third year I have made a cake ball flag for the 4th of July. This year we are celebrating with family instead of the neighbborhood. Just as I was about to dip 12 cakes balls in blue candy melts, I realized I should read the package very carefully. Sure enough, they were packaged in a facility where peanuts and treenuts are also packaged. So, I had to think what to do. I made this because I was sure my grandson would love it but he has an allergy to peanuts. Can't risk a peanut reaction! I took the 12 balls that would have been blue and pressed them out to make stars. I had the perfect cookie cutter. There were 24 stars. I put Graham Crackers on the tray and frosted with blue Cream cheese icing. Then I placed the first layer of stars. I put blue frosting on those and then put the 2nd star on top. I used a star tube to pipe the white frosting on the stars. 

I think it was a pretty good replacement and my grandson can have the "stars" today for his dessert! 

Pentecost - The Coming of the Holy Spirit Descending like a Dove and with Flames like Fire!

 This 12"x18" sheet cake is yellow, orange and red cake mixes swirled together. It served 54.

Additionally, I made 48 cupcakes to serve at the after worship fellowship. These cupcakes are yellow Gluten Free with "flames" of fire on the tops.

Bunny Carrot Patch Cake

This is an 11x7" Gluten Free Yellow Cake covered with Dark Chocolate Frosting. The "dirt" in the garden is made from Gluten Free chocolate sandwich cookies crumbs. The "carrots" just sticking up out of the ground are made from the cream in the cookies. The green tops are from Buttercream icing. And of course "Peeps" are made to stand in the garden with toothpick support. 

My grandson sure did enjoy the cake -- both the way it looks and the taste -- and so did all of the adults.

Three Kings and the Star

The Three Kings and the Star cakes. The star and the king farthest right are Lemon Cake -- each is half of a 10" round cake. The first two kings are Red Velvet cake -- each is half of a 12" round cake. These cakes were made for our Epiphany Open House on Sunday, January 6, 2019.

I made cakes similar to these back in the 70s. At that time, my mother was with me and she helped me with ideas and suggestions. It was such fun to create with her. As I made these, I couldn't help but think about her and remember. I'm still doing cakes, but I miss you Mom!

King's Cake for Epiphany!

The cake is a gluten free Pastry cake with Cream Cheese and Walnut filling. Decorated in four "Royal" colors and candy "beads." I made it for our Epiphany Open House on Sunday, January 6, 2019.