Bake Sale Cakes

Autumn's work participated in a child abuse awareness fair and she asked me to donate some cakes for the bake sale. Here they are!

Another chocolate rose cake.

My first real attempt with fondant and gum paste.

Graduation Vacation

So Abram has finally finished law school and we had a great time taking nearly two weeks off! We visited Monterey, San Francisco, Medford, Hillsboro & Astoria. It was a great break. Here's some photos. I never do take enough photos. But we did have a nice relaxing break. :)

Happy Birthday Abram

Happy #27 Abram! We haven't actually done much celebrating yet because he's been working on a monster paper all week, but we're going out tonight. He did make a little time for carrot cake last night though. It was nice to take a break from baskets and flowers, but I must say, this is one of my more ghetto cakes. Oh well. It's the flavor that counts on this one! ;)

On the back of our Jetta, there's a sticker that says "Whiptastic Handling." Yeah, Whiptastic. ;)

Taking a break from paper writing for cake and presents.

Butters was thrilled. Have you ever seen a more lazy ratty?

Cake O.D.

Okay. So I thought I'd be done with cakes for a while, at least until Abram's birthday next week. Rewind a little to this last Sunday. The Relief Society President was announcing the activity for Wednesday, a talent night. Alice, the 2nd counselor, pipes in...."They'll be refreshments too!" Then she nudges me and says, "How would you like to bring some of your cake decorating for your talent?" Alice is great. :) So I did two more cakes. It seems like my whole kitchen is covered in frosting. Oh well. The daisy cake is a little out of focus for some reason. Anyhoo...I promise I'll find something else to blog about someday. :)

Basket Cake

Well, here it is, the one thing I have to show for Wilton Course 2. We spent 3 weeks learning different kinds of flowers: daisies, roses, daffodils, mums, apple blossoms, violets and primroses. (Pansies too, but I didn't put them on this cake). And tonight we learned the rope border and the basket weave techniques. Now if only it could start looking like this outside, eh? :)

Squishy!

Just for fun...

Icing Roses

Well, here it is, the result of the final class of Wilton Course 1. We learned how to do roses tonight. I was really nervous about it, but it turned out to be a lot easier than I thought. Now I know they're not perfect, but much better than I had expected. I start Course 2 in February. It has been so fun!! :)

And my lovely cake decorating cohort, Ashley! :)