Kitty cake

I'm not gonna lie: Eating this cake was kind of creepy.  I prefer to make small animals now to put on the cakes instead of making the animal the cake.  I did this with rice crispie treats.  They are easy to mold and hold up well to a lot of man-handling.  This was also one of the first I did.  

The 2nd cake...

This was the second cake I made, well technically the third I used fondant on but the 2nd I was proud of.  I was amazed that the cake looked just like pictures I used to draw with colored pencils.  I think this was the one that made me fall in love with this particular medium.  I started painting with food coloring and it was so fun to watch it gain depth.  

Now that I know what I'm doing a little more I would do things differently with this one, but it still looks pretty to me. 

How it started...

This was my FIRST cake.  I spent days and days on it and had no idea what I was doing. I didn't even know how to frost a cake properly, but it turned out pretty cute for a first timer and since then I've been the "designated birthday cake baker" for my entire family. 

SUCH is life I suppose! I love it... 

The dog cake

I liked this one. I used lots of creative leverage.  I asked my friend to tell me about her partner and took all the info I knew and put it into the cake.  It was one of the cakes I had the most fun on. I've had fun on all of them, but this one was special.  

This was almost a year ago and they still have the dog in the freezer.  That makes me smile.