No Pics of the Birthday Cake

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.

Happy Birthday, Rachel!

My little girl is turning 3 tomorrow. I can't believe how time flies. As I sit here typing this post, I haven't even started decorating her cake. Too. Damn. Tired. I remember being this tired when she was born! So tonight, I'm just posting pics of the Birthday Girl....cake pics to follow....once I find the energy to decorate the 11X15 chocolate fudge cake with all things princess. Wish me luck!

Happy Birthday, Uncle Jay!

My brother-in-law, Jason, turned the big 31 on Friday and Rob and I headed down to Toronto to help him celebrate this milestone! My sister asked me to do the cake for the party. It was a very long, stressful week and I was tapped out of creativity by the time Thursday night rolled around. Let's just say I was in bed 10 minutes after the cakes came out of the oven--the decorating would have to wait until Friday. However, I both girls home all day on Fridays...so the timing was going to be tricky!

Nap time rolled around, and I put my eldest daughter to bed and she insisted that she wasn't tired. But I can't decorate the cake with her up. So, the deal was she had to stay in her room for 'quiet time' while I decorated Uncle Jay's cake. I wasn't expecting success. But Rachel stayed in her room for 1 hour and 45 min while I madly designed and decorated this cake. Kate (the little one) woke up as I was putting the motorcycle on the top. Talk about perfect timing!

Jason has a sport bike that he loves to drive on the weekends in the country. I bought the toy bike at Wal-mart and propped it on top of the cake using hidden bamboo skewers. The cakes are double fudge chocolate iced in vanilla buttercream with fondant 'road' accents.

We had a great time at the party, and everyone loved the cake!

Happy Birthday, Jay!

I Have Too Much Time on My Hands..

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.

These cupcakes were a last minute addition to my cake schedule this week. I had just completed a butterfly cake for Grace's birthday on Tuesday, when another mom at Rachel's school asked me if I could do the cupcakes for her daughter's birthday on Thursday! She was having a tropical theme at the party--I thought of these cupcakes instantly!

I had a great time making these cupcakes, and I really hope that she likes them tomorrow. I know the kids will!

God Bless Luciano!

Luciano is being baptised this weekend in London. His mother, Loreena asked me to do a cake to help celebrate this wonderful occasion. Luciano is the cutest little boy! This was the third cake I had to decorate this weekend, but I had a great time doing it! 

This is a rainbow sprinkle cake, iced in vanilla buttercream. The mosaic tiles are made of rolled fondant.

Happy Birthday, Gianluca

Gianluca turned the big 3 on Thursday, and he's off to London to celebrate this weekend with his family.  Gianluca loves cars--little cars, big cars and the movie, Cars! This was the second of 3 cakes that I had to decorate for Saturday.

I hope Gianluca has a great birthday and enjoys his chocolate car cake!

Best Wishes, Paul!

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. 

This cake was made to celebrate the career of Rob's colleague, Paul. Paul is looking forward to spending some time with his wife and kids, and hopefully, playing a few rounds in the upcoming weeks. I've met Paul a number of times, and he's a really great guy! I wish him the best with his future!