The Little Bald Dude

For my 2 year old's birthday, I took it upon myself to create a Caillou cake topper. For anyone who has never heard of Caillou, he is a 4 year old cartoon character....with no hair. He is my Solana's absolute favorite character in the world. So, Caillou it was! Solana's cake was chocolate with homemade buttercream icing and fondant decorations. Caillou was completely made of gumpaste. All edible. It took me five hours to make him, as I had to attempt it three times -- due to the quick drying nature of gumpaste, it kept cracking on me. He was not perfect by any means, but Solana could not have loved him more.


"I'm just a kid who's four
Each day I grow some more
I love exploring, I'm Caillou
So many things to do
Each day is something new
I'll share them with you, I'm Caillou
My world is turning
Changing each day
With Mommy and Daddy
And finding my way!
Growing up is not so tough
Except when I've had enough
But there's lots of fun stuff
I'm Caillou...
Caillou, Caillou, I'm Caillou...
That's me!"

Cars Confection

My sweet little Carter wanted a Cars themed birthday party, so I knew making his birthday cake would be a tall order. This is the most detailed cake I have ever made and it definitely took the longest to make. I made the marshmallow fondant the day before, but everything else was made in one HUGE kitchen session. I think I started around 8:00 p.m. and finally finished around 3:00 a.m. It was quite a project to say the least!


The cake itself was chocolate and covered with homemade buttercream icing. The bottom layer has buttercream icing exposed (brownish-red color) and is supposed to represent the desert terrain. The top layer is covered in blue marshmallow fondant. All of the decorations are fondant (rolling hills, sky, clouds, sun, rocks & grass) with the exception of the candle, cars and the homemade toothpick signs. Needless to say, excitement exploded throughout our home when Carter woke up on his birthday to a Cars cake sitting on our kitchen table. I'm pretty sure I slept all morning long. This was a labor of love, for sure.

Zebra & Turquoise Birthday Cake

I love to be in the kitchen, but I must be honest; fondant cakes are not my forte. It takes me a tremendous amount of patience and strength to complete such a cooking project. I love the way these cakes look once completed, but I don't love the process that leads up to it. I made my first fondant cake about a year ago for my daughter's 11th birthday party. Well, of course she expected another fondant cake for her 12th. So, I let her choose the design and theme. It didn't take her long to exclaim she wanted a zebra cake with the color turquoise. Oh boy, here we go... Makenzie's 12th birthday cake was an 8" round and a 12" round. Both cakes were strawberry flavored and iced with buttercream icing. The bottom layer was covered in white marshmallow fondant, and the black zebra designs & decorative balls were also marshmallow fondant. The top layer was covered in turquoise marshmallow fondant. The flowers on top were not edible (I will eventually teach myself how to make gumpaste flowers). The fondant and buttercream icing were both homemade, and I made the fondant the night before. Total time in the kitchen for this project was around 5 hours. Makenzie loved her cake and it made quite an impression on her friends at the party. The time and effort put into the cake was most definitely worthwhile because it put a lasting smile on my child's face!