I'm sure Moms everywhere will relate to this. When I have a cake to do for a customer--whether it's my brother-in-law or a random person, I always put a lot of effort into it to make sure it's the best cake that I can do. I bake the cake when Kate is having her nap, and I don't start decorating the cake until both Kate and Rachel are in bed for the night. That way, there are no distractions or interruptions.
This is never the case when it comes to Rachel's birthday cake. For a third year in a row, I've had to resort to making her cake the day of the party, and decorating it with less than an hour to go before we rush out the door to the play gym, or before the first guest arrives. This year, I had the cake baked on Friday afternoon, with the intention of decorating it on Friday night. Well, 9pm rolled around and I hadn't slept in 4 days and Rob really sick and tired--and tired and sick. So we decided that he would take the girls out Saturday morning so I could decorate in peace and quiet.
Saturday morning arrived and my poor, over worked, stressed out husband had a massive migraine.
Needless to say, the cake finally got decorated at 12:30pm--in 30 min. Grrr...Not the cake I had hoped to do for Rachel's 3rd birthday. Oh Well. C'est la vie.
So no pics of the boring white princess cake. Maybe next year.
Despite the fact that I have two kids under the age of 3, and feel like I'm constantly doing laundry, emptying the dishwasher or putting back the books that Kate likes to scatter around the house, I still love baking! I don't know where I find the time, but I start to go a little crazy if it's been too long between baking projects.
Ahhh, May is finally here! Although it is raining, and we are trying to stay away from public places full of snot nosed kids who don't know how to use a tissue, I'm very excited that the winter is finally behind us! And what better way to celebrate the arrival of spring that with a golf ball cake! Okay, so the cake is not a sphere--but I do think that it vaguely resembles a golf ball. 
When I had my first daughter Rachel in 2006, I got to know two other teachers at my school really well. Lisa and Loreena both became mom's at the same time as me. We spent our maternity leave year hanging out in Lisa's kitchen while the 3 kids entertained themselves. It was a great year.
I was so excited to bake and decorate this cake that it kept me awake at night for the entire week before! My good friend Lindsay, asked me to do a cake for her daughter's 2nd birthday. Lindsay is also a mompreneur...she is working from home as a designer of the most beautifu photo cards, note cards and wall art. You can check out her website at www.graceannouncements.com.
It is often said that chef's rarely eat in their own restaurants. Well, let me tell you. We eat my cakes at home too! This is my daughter, Rachel, who would eat cake 3 meals a day if I were to let her. We were recently at my nephew's birthday dinner, and Rachel had a minor meltdown at the thought of leaving the left over cake at his house. So, we had to bring some home. Even though she had cupcakes on Friday and Saturday this week. And will have more at her Valentine's Day Tea at school on Thursday.
I was very happy to hear that the baby shower that Lisa hosted was a smashing success! Everyone loved the baby carriage cake. Her cousin, Linda, loved it so much that she called me later that week to discuss her daughter's upcoming first birthday.
Susie's mom is turning 79 this weekend so Susie ordered a nice cake to help her celebrate. I had a lot of fun making this cake--lots of royal icing drop flowers had to be made ahead of time! This is a french vanilla cake, iced with butter cream and decorated with royal icing drop flowers. I hope her mom likes it!
Wouldn't it be great if every time you were tired, sad or frustrated, someone made you a perfect little cupcake? 
