Christmas Cookies

 I was feeling lazy this year... I hate baking... Like really hate it...  I love decorating cookies but they are so much work to actually roll out and make..  Soooo I bought the white fudge dipped oreo's and decorated them...

Polar Express Birthday

 This kid still loves the Polar Express Movie and requested a polar express cake again this year.  This time I made a frozen buttercream transfer of the train and tried to make it look like it was plowing through the snow...

Here's video of the making of the Frozen Butter Cream Transfer

monkeying around

This monkey turned 11 this year and to celebrate she choose a cupcake cake...  I haven't made one in a while and was a little worried about transport so I made a batch of royal icing and secured each cupcake to the board.  It worked.  I delivered it all in one piece.  Also played around with my new Iphone and filmed a time lapse of making her fun cake...

Shake it for Avah

Remember your middle school celebrity crush? This cake is a result of a certain teenager's crush on Luke Bryant... It's fun, funny and reflective of the joy and happiness this now 13 year old brings to our family...  Happy Birthday!

Here initial reaction to seeing the cake... I think she liked it :)

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street...

It takes a special little cookie monsters for Aunt Amy to make a cake these days.... and these two little ones just fit the bill...  It was fun making the cake, cupcakes and cake pop's for their Sesame Street party.  Mr. Hopper's store, Garbage can bowling and a special appearance by cookie monster made for a fun filled afternoon!  Great job Mom,Dad, Aunt Sara and the whole Peitz crew for pulling together another fun birthday party!

The dessert table
Oscar, Cookie, Big Bird and Elmo cupcakes!

 

The cake as it came together.... 

 

Thanks for a fun party! 

Teenager Territory...

Well, here we are  9 years after I started decorating cakes for my nieces birthday's (Here is my first cake for her) and my oldest niece is now a teenager. I may or may not have teared up re-reading my old cake post... She is an amazing, talented and funny young lady with a heart of gold... She still wants to hang out with her Aunt Amy (for now...) and still wants a Birthday cake of her own design.  I had a super busy weekend so I had to make the cake a few days in advance, which lead to a cake wreck emergency on Sunday morning...  but the crisis was averted (thank you Denise and Cindy) and the cake was repaired just in time for the party to start...  Since it was Superbowl Sunday she request a Bell skirt/dress themed bottom of the cake and the rose was replaced by a football.  She had Beauty and the Beast figurines that she set around the cake...  Here are the pics of the cake coming together, falling apart and then coming together again...

Here is the cake- Finished on Friday and delivered safety...

Then gravity went to work over the next two days and the ruffles pulled the fondant off the sides...

Here is the repair- Scraped all the fondant off, saved the ruffles, recovered the cake and then put the ruffles back on the cake...

TAD..DAHHH...... Just like new...

The party may have gotten out of control a little- Mom was flagged and had her drink taken away... :)