Cake favorites

I like to bake. One of my favorite things to make is birthday cakes for my children. Whenever we have a birthday, I post the cake picture on Facebook. One day a Facebook friend who I hadn't seen since grade school asked if I could make the Ariel cake for her daughter and she would pay me. I had never considered making cakes for money. It's since become that thing I do (at 3 am). It's not really a profitable business as each cake takes so much time (I have no training) and so many ingredients (I bake from scratch), but I really enjoy doing it. I've made over one hundred cakes, but I picked out a few of my favorites below:


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Bob the Builder - he was my first cake & a little jaundiced.

I've made 7 Ariels - thankfully, people have started asking for other princesses, too.

Lucy wanted a "funky girl" birthday cake and I had to learn how to make a fondant bow.

I copied my niece, Regan's "Hippie Chic" decorations for her cake.

A special request from my other niece - unicorn farting a rainbow. She's a little whacked.

I copied my stepsister's wedding invitation for her bridal shower cake.

My boss bought these decorations for her brother's 50th.

This is the disco cake I made to match the plates.

A golf cake for my stepdad.

A special request. For my birthday, I'd like a Harpoon IPA cake. 

My friend - who happens to be an adult - LOVES Hello Kitty. This is her birthday cake.

Sophie's Angelina Ballerina cake for her 3rd birthday.

Sean's 3D Thomas cake. It had a little lean to it, but it tasted good! Rock candy "smoke."

Super Mario...

...with "mushroom" cupcakes to match.

A karate cake for a karate party

A cake for a Wild Kratts fan.

Patrick had a Star Wars birthday.

I struggled with the Scrabble cake!

A cake for some Boston College graduates.

Sean's wild animal 1st birthday.

Lucy's butterfly cake

Patrick & his buddy had a joint birthday and agreed on a basketball cake.

A Fourth of July cake

For a Harry Potter fan - copying the font was tricky!

Patrick wanted a black widow on his cake. I hate spiders. It was a challenge!

I made cake in a bowl to make the spider 3D.

Charlotte had a tiny christening cake to go with her tiny birthday cake on the same day. Poor 5th child.

So, there are a few of my favorites from all of the cakes I've made. If you're looking for me, I'm probably in the kitchen, covered in buttercream at three in the morning.

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