Finding a cake that would work for both my oldest Niece as well as my Nephew is becoming a challenge the older that they get.  Since their birthdays are within days of each other, it isn't always practice since we often have one family party, and there's only so much cake people can eat!

This year, I decided to go with a Galaxy theme.  I made cake, cupcakes and cookies (I'm trying to work on my cookie skills this year).  Everyone was pretty impressed with the display, and loved the dipped cookies!

In the middle of one of the worst summers of my life, I was able to brighten it a bit with this beauty of a cake.  My friend Larissa requested a Super Hero cake for her son Declan (see previous Treasure Chest, Thomas the Tank Engine and other cakes).  Larissa had a very clear idea of what she wanted and sent me a picture to work with.  Thank goodness for that, because having very clear direction really helped me when my mind was on other things.  I am so looking forward to next year's cake already!

Happy April Birthdays to my brother Scott, and his girlfriend's daughter Anna!  Trying to come up with a cake that would suit both of their tastes was IMPOSSIBLE, so I didn't even try.  I knew the most important thing to my brother would be that Anna was happy with her cake, so I went full rainbow on it.

This is just vanilla cake dyed with gel food colouring.  I'm happy with how the colours turned out - sometimes you need to use a lot of gel colour to get the final colour you want.

Then I had to cover it and make it pretty.  I went with a basic buttercream covering, with some sprinkle and a chocolate gnash drip.

I really can';t take much credit on this one!  All I did was bake and cover the cake.  The rest of the decoration was done by my amazing boyfriend (the cake was for his nephew).  He had a vision, and I didn't see it, so I let him run with it.  Logan was pretty pleased with the end result and we all enjoying it!

I realize this is a little late... My personal life has taken over any time I've had for running the business.  Unfortunately, the only projects I am able to say yes to are projects for family and close friends.  I would love to say yes to everyone, but time just does not permit right now.  Luckily, my friends and family keep me busy enough, that my need for creativity is satiated.

Every year, it has been my pleasure to make cakes for my nieces and nephew.  This year was a little tougher as Jamie turned 15 and Jackson turned 13.  I was short on ideas and on time, so I had to wing it on this one.  I just went with some geometric shapes and some nice colours.  One cake chocolate and one vanilla, to keep he crowd happy.  Next year will be Jamie's sweet 16 - can't wait for that cake!

God willing, the end of October / beginning of November should be a busy cake time for me for the rest of my life.  My good friend Tara decided to pop out two beautiful girls right around her own birthday.  It wasn't planned that way, but it's just how it worked out.  This year, both girls wanted Disney Princess themed cakes - Ariel from the little mermaid and Tinkerbell from Peter Pan.

This cake was Vanilla sponge with blue vanilla buttercream.  I also made 24 cupcakes to go along with this cake, also with blue buttercream.

Tinkerbell's dress is made from chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant leaves - and LOTS of gold/green edible glitter!  So pretty.

Not picture here is a Red Velvet and cream cheese cake for Tara's birthday.

Oh my gosh, when I arrived to deliver this cake for my long-time friend Larissa, I was in absolute awe of all of the work she had put in to transform her home into a Pirate's Paradise!  In addition to everything she had set up for the kids in the backyard, there was a Pirate Ship in her dining room!  The kids had a blast!  I think I might have Larissa plan my next birthday!

For my nephew's 12th birthday, he requested a "Terraria" cake.  If, like me, you are over the age of 15, you may ask "what the heck is Terraria?"  Well, it's a video game and luckily for me, I got to experience it first hand.  Many hours of Terraria were being played in my home while I was busy in the kitchen, so even though I didn't play much of it myself, I was familiar with the look of the game and some of the characters.

The giant eyeball below is made from crisp rice treats, covered in white chocolate and then decorated with royal icing.

I apologize for the poor quality photo.  I was trying to snap one while ten 12 year old boys all crowded around me to see the cake.  I have to say, I was very impressed with one young man who could not believe that I had made the cake, and complimented me heavily for it.  You don't see that kind of respect with many kids these days.  Good on his parents!

My oldest niece turned 14 this year (where did the time go?) and instead of a traditional party, she decided she wanted to take her friends out to see the new Star Wars movie.  She left the cake design up to me, and since I had already seen the film, I decided to make my favourite new character - BB-8.  Such a fun cake to make!!

This year, Tara decided to have a combined party for both of her girls, since their birthdays are so close together.  The theme this year was Princesses and both of the girls were dressed for the part!  In addition to the three tiered cake above, (yes, the pumpkin coach is 100% edible) I also made some strawberry shortcake cupcakes.  One of the other Princesses dove into those before I could get a picture, though.