Adam's Best Cake Decorating

That's sweet right there, i don't care who you are

2012-01-10T12:43:00.000-08:00

This was my 1st cookie cake. The design is a little crooked but it was done free handed with no tracing which is very difficult. The entire design took 3 hours to complete.

Christmas Trio

2011-12-19T13:24:00.001-08:00

Mini Christmas cake for my Mimi's Christmas Party

Birthday cake for a 2 year old

2011-12-19T13:23:00.001-08:00

Minnie Mouse Brithday Cake

Frosted the Snowman

2011-12-09T09:05:00.001-08:00

Snowman cake for office party

Cake ucopuia sweets of plenty

2011-11-28T05:55:00.001-08:00

Cornucopia cake

For my family's thanksgiving party

Tickle me cake-mo

2011-11-21T07:41:00.001-08:00

2nd Birthday cake for my my nephew

99 down and 1 to go

2011-09-19T06:03:00.000-07:00

My Grandmother's 99th

This is was made for my grandmother's 99th birthday and she says she wants me to make her at least one more cake for the big 100.

Sweet Technology

2011-07-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

PC Birthday cake

Crosses, flames, and icing. What a great combination

2011-07-11T10:02:00.000-07:00

Cake for Welcome lunch for the new pastor at my church

The Ultimate celebration cake

2011-06-21T09:04:00.000-07:00

Toomer's Corner Groom's cake

This was done for my co-worker's son-n-law. He proposed to his bride under the famous toomer's corner tree after a Auburn win last year. This is turly the ultimate celebration cake.

It's a pool party

2011-06-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

Pool Party cake for 15th birthday party

Fire Truck Cake

2011-06-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

Fire Truck Cake

My 1st Gumpaste shoe

2011-06-07T12:44:00.000-07:00

Gumpaste high heel show made from Gumpaste

13 how sweet it is

2011-05-24T07:16:00.000-07:00

13th Birthday cake

Luke's Luau

2011-05-16T07:17:00.000-07:00

1st birthday Luau cake

This was done for a 1^st birthday. The cake is covered in graham cracker crumbs, brown, white, and yellow sugar. The bamboo, palm tree, sign, tiki mask, surf board, beach towel is fondant. The volcano is fondant covered cake.

Smells sweet and tastes even sweeter

2011-05-09T07:16:00.000-07:00

My 1st cupcake cake for my sister's birthday

4 tier wedding cake

2011-04-18T06:21:00.001-07:00

Wedding cake

Tuxedo groom’s cake

2011-04-18T06:20:00.000-07:00

Chocolate covered Strawberry Groom's cake

Southern crab cake

2011-04-11T06:10:00.000-07:00

Crab Birthday cake

My 1st Topsy Turvy cake

2011-03-16T10:36:00.000-07:00

Topsy Turvy cake for a friend.

This was my 1st attempt at a topsy turvy cake.

The 3rd anniversary of when it all started.

2011-01-11T07:21:00.000-08:00

Andrew's 3rd Birthday Cake

I get excited when it is time for my son's birthday because I get to make his cake. Not only because it's my son, but also because this marks the anniversary of when my cake adventures started.

Oh Christmas scene, oh Christmas scene how tasty are your branches

2010-12-28T09:39:00.000-08:00

Cake for family Christmas party

37 long years and time to go home

2010-12-02T06:32:00.000-08:00

State employee's retirement

My sister's son is turning 1

2010-12-02T06:30:00.000-08:00

My Nephew's 1st Birthday cake

This was a special one for me. My sister's (who has bragged on me and my cakes so much) son turned one and I got to make his cake. The cake is covered in butter cream with handmade fondant accents.

You wanna piece of me?

2010-11-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

Wrestling cake for 9th Birthday

Happy Boo-rthday Day for 2

2010-11-01T10:21:00.000-07:00

Halloween Birthday for 2

This cake was made for my cousin's son and his friend, who had a joint Halloween bash for their birthday party! The cake turned out very nice and was a big hit.

81 and many more to go.

2010-09-20T06:37:00.000-07:00

81st birthday cake

This cake was for my Grandmother-in-law's 81st birthday. This cake was designed to be bright, fun, and having the essence of a celebration. I was very pleased with this. My wife and mother-in-law designed it. The birthday girl loved it!

Crikee! The elusive leopard-print wedding cake. She's a beaut!

2010-08-30T05:31:00.000-07:00

Leopard print wedding cake

This reception was held in a very exclusive banquet facility called the Capital City Club. I was super excited about this one. The wedding cake is a 12in, 10in, and 8in, buttercream fondant covered red velvet cake surrounded by 50 red velvet cupcakes and 50 sour cream pound cake cupcakes.

He's alive

2010-07-14T06:35:00.000-07:00

Stand up fondant Spongebob

My latest fondant figure is a stand up fondant sponge bob. He has wire supports glued to the back and thus is able to stand upright.

Adam in Wonderland

2010-07-02T10:00:00.000-07:00

The Mad Hatter's Hat and the Cheshire Cat

My lastest fondant shapes are the Mad Hatter's hat and the face of the Cheshire cat from the cartoon version of Disney's Alice in Wonderland.

Cletus Mouse

2010-06-22T09:03:00.000-07:00

Fondant Mickey Mouse Head

This is my attempt at making a recreation of Mickey Mouse's head. It is made out of fondant and measures 3 in tall and 2 1/2 in wide. As an aside, I remarked to my wife that if Mickey had a cousin Cletus from the South, this would be a good representation of him!

Our Solar System

2010-05-17T07:20:00.000-07:00

Solar system cake for Nephew

This was for my 7 year old nephew who like space things, meterology, etc.

The cake is WASC which is colored like a rainbow with 6 different colors. The icing is black airbrushed butter cream. The planets are handpainted fondant. This was a very cool cake and it turned out great.

Purple in bloom

2010-05-10T05:16:00.000-07:00

My sister's birthday cake

This is my sisters birthday cake. The carnations, calla lilles, and roses are made of fondant. The cake is white buttercream with green "vine" scrollwork along the sides.

Dead on Target

2010-04-13T12:47:00.000-07:00

My brother's birthday cake

My brother is very hard to get any info from, so when I asked him what kind of birthday cake he wanted he said I don’t care- just a plain cake. So I said, "ok... plain cake with roses?" and he said that was fine. Anyway, the more I thought about it since he likes target shooting, why not do a target cake with a gun and bullets? It turned out well and the gun was awesome. It was one of my best.

Spring is in the air

2010-04-12T07:53:00.000-07:00

Display cake for JoAnn's

The 2nd Saturday of every month JoAnn's has an open house and since I’m the WMI I have to be there. I always bring an iced plain cake decorate in the store. I never know exactly what I will be doing. This is what I came up with this past open house

My 1st class

2010-04-05T06:34:00.001-07:00

I posted awhile back that I'm a Wilton Method Instructor (WMI) and I'm glad to say that my 1st class will meet tonight. I'm excited about getting started. Woohoo!

Egg in a Basket

2010-04-05T06:32:00.000-07:00

Easter Egg in a Basket

This was made for my Grandmother's Easter get-together. I think it turned out rather well. Everything is white cake with buttercream and the small eggs are fondant covered in sprinkles. Happy Easter!

Coming up Daisies

2010-02-22T06:27:00.000-08:00

Fondant Daisies and Vase

This was my second attempt at flowers. Since I try to do everything as detailed as possible, this was going to be no different. I was very pleased with this piece.

Smells sweet

2010-02-16T07:18:00.000-08:00

Red Fondant Rose

I was going to make a dozen fondant roses for my wife on Valentine's Day but decided not to. I still wanted to make one though, so this is how it turned out.

A lot to live up to

2010-02-02T13:20:00.000-08:00

The cake

The logo

Blink 182 logo cake

My co-worker (the one I did the F-150 cake for) wanted me to do her son’s 17th birthday cake. She said since the 1st one (the f-150 cake) was outstanding I had a lot to live up to. She wanted a logo from the band Blink 182 on his cake, so, the best way I could think of to do it was airbrush it. Two problems with that though: 1) I haven’t used my airbrush in almost a year so I was out of practice, and 2) I had to cut out a logo with a razor knife which was tough to do. But after about 10 hours arguing with and cussing at this cake, it was complete and he loved it when he came with his mother to pick it up. She was happy and said his friends were jealous. My job here is done.

The New WMI

2010-01-22T10:03:00.000-08:00

I filled out a prescreen form about 3 months ago for a WMI (Wilton Method Instructor) and have been sitting in on classes with the WMI that taught me to gain some insight on teaching cake decorating. I did an interview on Wedensday with the EC (education instructor) at the new Joann's and just got a call that my hard work paid off.

Use up icing

2010-01-04T06:57:00.000-08:00

Cake for wife's office

I had some green icing left over from Drew's b'day cake so i made my wife a cake to take to work

Anniversary cake for My son's 2nd b'day

2010-01-04T06:15:00.000-08:00

Drew's 2nd b'day cake

This was for Drew's 2nd b'day party which marks the 1st anniversary of me and my cake adventures. The reason I started doing cakes was becasue of Drew's 1st b'day cake so I wanted to make this one a special one.

A "wooden" cake with storage space

2009-12-30T05:47:00.000-08:00

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

2009-12-28T07:51:00.000-08:00

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

2009-11-19T05:07:00.000-08:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-04T07:10:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-09T08:38:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-09T08:31:00.001-07:00

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

2009-10-09T08:20:00.000-07:00

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

2009-10-09T08:13:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T11:15:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:42:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:18:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:15:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:09:00.001-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:04:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T09:32:00.000-07:00

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)

2009-09-30T05:39:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T05:21:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T05:09:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-30T05:07:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

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!!!!!!!

2009-09-29T12:50:00.000-07:00

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)

2009-09-29T12:26:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T12:10:00.000-07:00

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

2009-09-29T11:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-06-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

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!