A "wooden" cake with storage space

Boss's retirement cake

This was the perfect opportunity to do something special for my boss who is retiring soon. She has done so much for me and I wanted to do something personal and special for her. Since she buys and sells antique furniture I thought, "why not do a furniture cake?"

The real story behind Frosty the snowman

Cake for Grandmother's christmas party

My grandmother always has a Christmas party and she wanted me to make a special cake this year. So I wanted something that fit the season and was somewhat challenging and Frosty was born!

I'm a big Turkey

Turkey cake for office party

This is my 1st Thanksgiving cake, which I made for an office party. I think it turned out very well.

Waaarrr EEaaaggglleeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flying Eagle Fondant Figure

Since I’m a big time Auburn fan I decided my next fondant piece should be the above. The A is orange fondant brushed with a mixture of red, yellow and bronze pearl dust. The U is blue fondant brushed with a mixture of blue and silver pearl dust. The wings and head are brown fondant brushed with bronze pearl dust and the beak is brushed with gold pearl dust. I was originally going to leave the head and wings brown, I’m glad I didn’t do that.

Pumpkin Patch Kids

Cake for my sister's baby shower

This is my latest creation...my sister's baby shower cake. Boy was I excited about this one and as always, with my head full of ideas, I went to it. This will be my little sister's 1st baby and since she is always so encouraging about my decorating I put everything I had into this one. It turned out great and my sister loved it.

Where I wish I was

Fondant Bass Boat figure

This sculpture was a challenge not because of the difficulty but like I said before I’m not satisfied with doing the norm. So as my mind started to work and more and more ideas popped up and a little turned into a lot. I was very proud of this one just because it all turned out just like my mind pictured.

Grandmama’s rose garden

Grandmother's 97th b'day cake

The next one was one was for my Grandmothers 97th b’day. I was very pleased by the outcome and the way the roses surrounded the cake.

Tinker-licious

Tinkerbell Cake

The mother of one of my wife’s co-workers asked if I would do a Tinkerbell cake for her daughter. As per usual, I made a small project bigger than it should have been. The cake has royal icing flowers around the outer edges of each tier, and a fondant bow. When I was done with this cake I was surprised (I shouldn’t have been since I normally over-do my cakes) at how big the cake turned out, but the lady loved it and so did the birthday girl.

Sweet pork

Fondant Roasted Pig

This was my next attempt at a sugar sculpture. I worked on this one for about 3 weeks. I wanted it to be just right so I redid the silver tray he sits on 4 times. All in all I was pleased with the way it turned out.

Better than the 1st

2nd wedding cake

This was the second wedding cake I have done, and I learned a lot from the 1st which made this one much easier. It turned out good.

Trophy piece of sugar

Fondant mounted bass

This next picture stems from one of my artistic brain moments. Being a fishhing hobbyist and trying to think of an idea for a fondant project, the perfect idea was a mounted bass. So I grabbed some fondant and dove in head first. A month later, here ya go.

I'm finally finished

Course 4 final cake

After 16 straight Monday nights I was finally finished with my classes. I was ready to be done but learned so much. It is amazing how much thought and preparation has to go into cake decorating especially if you want to do it right. Here’s the course 4 final cake.

Stress in the form of a cake

1st Wedding cake

My co-worker approached me about doing her wedding cake. I had never done a wedding cake at this point but I can do anything I set my mind too so I told her I would. After a couple months of thought and preparation I got it done. There was things I learned during the process and things I will do different next time but all in all she liked it.

3 down and 1 to go

Course 3 final cake

The final cake for course 3 was by far the most elegant we did in the classes. The classic wedding was fun, we had to learn fondant flowers and some tricky borders but all in all I learned a lot.

Aww a present for me, you shouldn't have

Mid-way cake of Course 3

In course 3 we had to do 2 cakes. Course 3 was a little easier because it was mainly working with fondant. This cake was probably the easier one I did during my classes.

Practice makes perfect

Momma's B'day cake

After seeing the final cake for course 2 my mother wanted a similar cake for her B’day. So to practice my roses this was a prefect cake for me. She loved it.

2 down and 2 to go

Course 2 final cake

Like I said earlier, I took decorating classes to learn the fine art of cake decorating so my next cake was the final cake for Course 2. This course was the most changeling of the 4 because the techniques we learn were using royal icing. I was just glad to finish the course.

Ohh Who's sweet and moist and ready to eat. Songe Bob Square pants

Buttercream Sponge Bob

I did this for my nephew’s 6th B’day (the one I did the 1st sponge bob for). This was difficult because butter cream is so much more difficult to get smooth. I was please with the finished product.

Evil plan Z. (I did my own birthday cake)

My own b'day cake

This next one was a humdinger not because of how the cake turned out but because of who it was for. My mother approached me about making a cake for her co-worker's son and the lady was doing a pig themed party because her son’s favorite toy was a little stuffed pig (or so I was told). So I was to do a pig cake. My mother works down the street from me and the party was for that Saturday, so, I delivered the cake to my mother who was going to give it to the lady when she arrived at work (again so I was told). I even called my mother to see if the lady liked the cake and she said she was amazed. So to shorten the story a little. My family was planning on eating out at a local BBQ joint that night and I was to meet them there. I arrived the same time as my mother but my wife and sister were already in. I stayed outside to smoke a cigarette and as I walked in and turned the corner much to my SURPRISE, there was my whole family shouting "SURPRISE!" My wife and I share the same birthday which was two weeks away and since I was turning 30 my wife wanted to do something special. She had planned (with my mother’s help) this party for me and yes, I made my own birthday cake.

Birth of the Easter Franken-cake

Easter cake for family get together

My wife and I were to bring a dessert for a Easter gathering at her grandmother's house, and being as I decorate cakes it was only fitting that we take a cake. So once again my mind started to churn for ideas to make something not so traditional. So after I was done my Easter "frankencake" was born.

That other teams cake

Birthday Cake for 6 Year Old Boy

I can’t forget about that "other team," Alabama, so here’s one that I did for my mother's co-worker.

WAR EAGLE b'day cake

Auburn b'day cake for mom's co-worker's son

Since I live in Alabama and Alabamians love college football, I’ve had a chance to do a few of the most popular teams (Auburn and Alabama) unfortunately I’ve only done one of my favorite team... WAR EAGLE!!! This cake was for my mother’s co-workers son. Enjoy!

1 down and 3 to go

Course 1 final cake

After my caketastrophe I was able to finish the class. One of the main reasons I took cake decorating classes was for buttercream decorating. I could do the fondant and gum paste stuff using my artistic sense but the buttercream was different. I’m proud to say I can finally do roses.

Caketastrophe NNNOOO!!!!!!!

My 1st Ohh S#!t Experience

Up to this point I had never had any formal decorating training. So I decided to take Wilton decorating classes. I was pumped about it too. I was almost finished with a practice cake I was doing the night before class to make sure I was ready. I did a three tier cake and had almost finished putting on the border when I reached for another icing bag and, well, here’s the picture:

What most men dream about (Trophy Cake)

Largemouth Bass Cake

This cake is exactly like the F-150. As my brain started working the details increased. I bought an air-brush machine during the process so I was a dangerous man! Anyway, this was a fun one and again the WOW factor was in order.

16 and Free

F-150 Cake

My co-worker approached me with the idea of making a pick-up truck for her son’s 16th birthday. So as I started to tackle this cake my mind started going in a thousand creative directions. One thing I take pride in when I do my cakes is putting so much detail into them that when the customer sees it they say WOW. At the time I hadn’t done anything like this before so this was an intense project and at times seemed to be too much but after a lot of patience I finally got it done. My co-worker loved it and her son’s expression was WOW.

Sugar works

  

Blue Bird and His House

This was my 1st attempt at hand molding fondant. This was done without a picture to go by. The bird house was done as a hollow structure. This project was challenging and fun to do. The more I do the more I enjoy it and start to explore other mediums of cake decorating.

The case of sugar fever

Fondant Sponge Bob

After my son's birthday cake, I started to get decorating fever. So I tried to think of a good cake to do and Sponge Bob became my next victim. This was the 1st where I had to mold detailed pieces for a cake. I gave the cake to my nephew who I was told gobbled it up.

Where it all began

Andrew's 1st Birthday cake

This was the cake that started my enthusiasm for cake decorating. My wife and I were planning our son's 1st birthday and she wanted to have a very special cake for his party.  Knowing that these type cake can be costly I told her that I would make his cake. I have a culinary school background and at the time worked as a baker in a grocery store, so I have been exposed to cake decorating quite a bit but never have done a lot. Just so you know a little about me, I can be very head-strong and can do almost anything I put my mind to. So I told her I would do it and as you will find out through this blog I created a monster!