Busy April

April's always a busy month for me because my parents come visit. It was extra busy this month because I had to do 3 cakes on top of the daily house chores and tending to a 19 month old on her terrible twos stage. Made 1 for my dad, 1 for my sister (the tennis bag in my previous post) and another for a friend's daughter turning 2. 

My Dad's Cake : set up based on my parent's house (thanks to my sister who helped me paint the scenery, my sister's dog Rusty, my dad's mobile phone and his favorite books (guns and cars). It was is big 60th birthday so I decided to do something more than his favorite Tres Leches cake. I've done gumpaste animals before but it's my first time making people figures and I was quite happy with how it looked. I could do better I know but I guess it's good for a first try :)

Sesame Street Gift Box: inspired by a cake I saw on flickr.com awhile back. The mom of the little girl wanted the street sign on the cake so I decided to have it as a gift tag. 

Cakes, Cakes, Cakes!

My sister urged me to start this blog to share to everyone my sweet works of art. I'm a little hesitant since I feel I'm so behind amongst the great cake decorators out there. I did start when I was 15 with Wilton cakes (back then it was a new thing, but note: I'm not that old haha!) but stopped in between for a good almost 9 years. I'm trying to catch up but it's going to take me awhile being a full-time mom with a 19 month old. A cake that I can do in a day now takes me 2 days to get done!

Here is one to start. The first cake I've done this year. It's for a good friend's daughter who turned 1 last January. Chocolate cake with buttercream filling. Characters made of gumpaste.