My Due Date is April 26th!

Oh yeah! I am the proud owner of the new Cricut Cake Machine. I should have mine by April 26th! It is a much anticipated find. I can’t wait to play with it. If you don’t know what it is…let’s just say it is fabulous!



The Cricut Cakme Machine is a diecut machine that can be used in decorating cakes and desserts. Once you have a rolled out sheet of fondant, gumpaste or an icing sheet, you can put it in the machine, program the die you want cut (tons of cartridges out there!) and voila! As soon as I get it, I will post a picture of the cake. Excited!

I think she will be called Little Red! With the exclamation point!

And so the countdown begins! 12 days!

Buzzin' Busy Bees

I went to the Busy Bee Extravaganza in February.  Since it's my group of stampin' gals I thought I would bring them a little treat.  I made lemon cupcakes with a buttercream frosting.  I also made a bunch of gumpaste bumble bees for the tops.  They turned out super cute and the lemon cupcakes will definitely be part of my recipe book from now on. 
So Yummy!

Hockey Puck

Happy Birthday Anthony!
I was privileged to be able to make my nephews 14th birthday cake!  He is a hockey player in the Seattle Junior Hockey Association.  So I made a giant hockey puck with a jersey.  I put his number and name on the jersey.  He chose to have a chocolate layer and a vanilla layer with strawberry filling covered in chocolate buttercream and chocolate fondant.  I copied the league onto edible frosting and placed it on the top like a real puck.  Turned out super cool and everyone loved it!

Fondant Class

I took a Fondant class at a local cake/candy store.  I learned so many neat tips when using Fondant on a cake.  Mine turned out simple in class. But I loved it.  No one ever ate it...but that is okay.  It looks pretty.  Brian was supposed to bring it to work and forgot.  The little shiney dots and smears are from the rain...lesson learned...make sure your cake is covered when you go outside and try not to wipe them off.  I could have had polka dots on the cake to match the truffles and fondant balls I used for a border. I didn't have a container for my cake.  I actually had to run across the parking lot to Safeway and buy a couple of 8" rounds.  Silly me...didn't think to bring a cake to cake class and the instructor forgot to tell us to bring one.