Retirement

My cousin requested a road and lake scene for a retirement party, and she was going to find a truck and camper to add to it. I hope she did, because this one looks a bit dull without it!!

Pastor's Cakes

This was a celebration for a pastor at a local church. They requested lemon cake with lemon frosting. Actually, it was my friend who was in charge of coordinating this whole party who requested lemon cake with lemon frosting. Sometimes there's a payoff to being in charge!

Poor Bob

Didn't realize this didn't post... hope somebody looks back and finds it!! This is another one for the Ambassador residents. Mallory was pretty concerned about putting flowers on Bob's cake. She wasn't sure he liked flowers. I figured he'd like these, so we sent it out like this, but then found out Bob fell before the party and didn't even get any of his cake. Michael said he lost his balance after seeing such an awful cake. What a supportive guy!!

Karli Karli Karli

Ok, I thought graduation was over, but this was cosmetology! I made a little ponytail with a pink bow out of the tassel. Karli is Matt & Nic's sister... the youngest of the four sisters. Nic's coming to get it in the morning and to see the house. I need to tidy up!! But I had to post this one first. Been having fun with the stacked cakes, but this was a late one and I'm going to call it a day!!

Late last night

These were the cakes of last night. One more to go for the weekend, but I need eggs. It's amazing how many eggs I go through. I told Michael I need chickens!! From the sound of it, you're still pretty limited on eggs, but I really want my chickens!! Anyway, the kids wanted to help with these, as always, so Morgan made the blue, Matthew made the purple and Mallory made the yellow. They had to go to bed before these were done, so this may be all they see of them!

...and a wedding!!

I've been so excited about this one! First of all, it's a couple that is just incredible and incredibly made for each other. I just love Christian weddings! Even the bridesmaids and groomsmen had incredible things to say of the couple.
Anyway, Amber and Jeremy had very little concern for the cake, except that they wanted three tiers and it needed to be white cake with chocolate frosting and pink detail. She pretty much left the rest up to me, so I started with a crown cake topper. It's the newest thing in all the books, so I was anxious to see it done. They also never requested a groom's cake, so I took that upon myself as well! We all give Jeremy a hard time about his Jeep. It's bright orange, has a ladder on top, and never has the doors on. So that had to be his cake. But it had to have some sign of Amber, so I added her veil to the passenger seat. I was afraid of what his mom would do. She had such a stunning garden spread going on, and I was afraid that an orange jeep would send her over the brink! It was quite the opposite, however. She was overwhelmed with how appropriate it was! She wanted to work his jeep into the theme as well, but never figured out how! I was really counting the groom's cake as part of our total available servings of cake, but Jeremy didn't want it cut!! We made it through the line once and several people came back, so there was obviously enough cake. Whew!!

Final Grads!

Ok, these are the last graduation cakes. This is from a church to honor their graduates. Ree felt bad that she had ordered her other cakes from the bakery when she found out that I do some at home, but that's not really something I can tell her from the bakery! I've also been busy enough not to really care where I had to do them, it was so hectic either way! The sad part is why I was doing them alone. Janice, my co-worker, lost her son-in-law in a tragic accident during a church event. I just can't imagine what life has been for her family these last few weeks, so the last thing I wanted was her worrying about the bakery. Cindy called in some help and we survived. I'm not looking forward to doing it again soon, but we survived!! Glad it only happens once a year. Now, what happened to Mother's Day???