Baby B's Birthday Cake

My precious little niece turned 1 yesterday!!!

Her mom asked me to make her smash cake and I was happy to oblige!

The cake was a banana cake with Swiss meringue butter cream...yummmm!!

 

Since I was unable to be at her party, I sent her a little note on the cake!

 

I mean look at her?!?!  What's not to LOVE??!??! 

 

(This was just another pic I put together...couldn't decide on which one to use!!!)

 

Happy Birthday my sweet Bea!!!

Aunt Jame Jame loves you!!!

 

Smiles!

Little Monogrammed Cakes

These little 4" cakes were made for a teenager's birthday party/going away party.  She (and her sweet mom) hosted 3 of her friends at a hotel slumber party...doesn't that sound fun?!?

These little cakes were 6 layers of butter cake.  (3 layers split and filled with a raspberry glaze and french buttercream filling.)  They were frosted and decorated with a combination of French Buttercream and Swiss Meringue Buttercream.  "M," "M," "R," & "C" each received their own special treat.

We're sure going to miss this sweet family!!!

Smiles!!!

I may share these cakes at some of the parties found in my side bar =>

Ella's Farm Party Birthday Cake

 This is Sweet Baby Girl Ella's Birthday Cake!

She had the most wonderful party (will share more pics soon!)

Can you guess the theme??  Yes, a down home on the farm party!  She had ponies and everything!

Ella is one of my BFF's little girl.

It was so important to me that this cake was as special as I could make it.

Here is a little detail on the cake...I was thinking wisteria vine...my boys were thinking grapes...

Sweet Ella is a triplet...the three flowers were to let her mom know we'll always remember.

Just liked this picture because you can see Ella's mom's bridal portrait in the background.

She was the most beautiful bride!

Happy Birthday Sweet Ella!

Thank you for picking Aunt Jame Jame to make your cake!

Smiles!

May share Ella's cake at some of the parties in the side bar=>

Cheesecake with Valentine Banner

This is the Peach Tree Tea Room in Fredricksburg's Famous Cheesecake Recipe topped with stabilized whipped cream I made for a client.  She gave it to her "Quiet Cupid" for Valentine's Day.

To "valentine" it up...added the heart banner...

Sweet!

Would you like to make your own?

Here's the delicious recipe from the Peach Tree Tea Room Cookbook.

Crust:

1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup melted butter

Mix the crust ingredients thoroughly and press into the bottom of a well-buttered 9" to 10" springform pan.  Bake 15 minutes in a preheated 325 degree oven.  Remove from oven and reduce temperature to 300 degrees.

Filling:

32 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

3 tablespoons flour

2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla (I use vanilla paste)

4 eggs

1 cup evaporated milk

1. Using an electric mixer, beat softened cream cheese with brown sugar until well blended.

2.  Add flour, vanilla, and the eggs -- one at a time, blending well after each.

3.  Gradually add evaporated milk.  Scrape down sides of bowl frequently and remix until no lumps remain.  Pour into greased pan.

4.  Bake 1 hour at 300 degrees.  Turn off oven and let the cake cool in the oven with the door closed for several hours or overnight.  Refrigerate.

Serves 14 - 16

I highly recommend the Peach Tree Tea Room Cookbook as well as a visit to the actual tea room in Fredricksburg, Texas.  Sadly, Cynthia Pedregon, the wonderful woman behind the Peach Tree passed away this month.  She has had a huge influence on me as I often turn to her cookbooks for trusted recipes and inspiration.  Good luck to Tina as she continues the legacy of her mother.

Please visit the Peach Tree HERE.

Smiles!

May share this pretty little cheesecake with some of the parties in the side bar=>

Nerf Birthday Cake

Here's the cake from our Nerf Party.

As always I used classic French buttercream to frost it...so good!

Since I HAD to have the darts, the only way to make them (with any accuracy) was with fondant.  CLICK HERE for the recipe I used.

The kids all wanted a dart, but most decided they didn't taste that good.

(There was one or two little sugar-aholics, that wanted more and more...poor mommas!)

I agree, I think fondant is completely unappetizing.

Beautiful cakes, but it tastes horrible!

Smiles!

May share this Nerf Dart Birthday Cake with some of the parties in the side bar =>

Girly Girl Cake

Created for sweet 8 year old's birthday.

She requested the colors and the monogram.

I got to do everything else.

Hope it was happy!!

Lemon Cake

Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd Filling

I made this cake for a friend to take to her friend's birthday party

Its a moist 6" 3-layer cake.

There is a layer of lemon curd

topped with a layer of lemon french

buttercream between each layer.

There is also lemon curd under the frosting on top of the cake.

Star Wars Cake

6 layer cake, alternating chocolate and vanilla layers with 3 different types of chocolate filling...dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate & milk chocolate. All frosting is French Buttercream...total of 4 lbs butter, 24 egg yolks and 4 cups of sugar. What's not good about that?!?!

Race Car Cake

Race Car Cake

Even MORE cake balls!

I had some extra chocolate after playing around with some extra cake balls. The idea for this heart came from a segment I saw on Regis & Kelly. Very easy to make chocolate hearts! Just make two "squirts" of chocolate next to each other. Then, with the back of a spoon pull them down until they meet in the shape of a heart. Sprinkle nuts, candy, cherrios, really anything on top. Yummy!

Playing around with some of the extra cake balls....

...........love............

.......a sweet heart.................

.......monogrammed with an "H"....................

......chocolate drizzle.........

.........monogrammed with a "J".....................

BEFORE

AFTER

4 Layer Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Baby Shower Cake For Baby Nicholas

Spiderman Cake

Haden LOVED his Spiderman cake!!

Curious George Birthday Cake

I think this is one of my favorite cakes. Its so colorful and fun. Oh! Its tasted pretty good, too!!

Pretty Pink Birthday Cake

I made this birthday cake for my sweet friend's little girl. She was having her party at one of the princess-type dress-up places. I think my friend used some long sparkler type candles on top.

The birthday girl's initial.

This was a yellow butter cake with the traditional french butter cream icing. It tasted as good as it looked!!

Cowboy 2 Year Old Party

Tags for party favors

Cowboy boot cake and invitation. Party details were on card that slid into boot topped with bandana print tie. To make part of the boot look like suede, I dusted it with cocoa.

Table set up in foyer (party was in early January) ready for the cowboys!

Party favors labeled with personalized sheriff's badges.

I made this jail decoration out of plywood and rubber hosing. The rest of the details I had painted.

For the boot invitation, I used leather and suede papers and sewed everything together with my hand-me-down sewing machine.

I used this as a guide to make wanted posters for all the guests, including the grandparents and uncles.

Batman Party

The cake

Inside the invitation

Front of the invitation

Party favors

Cake from the back.

The cake is frosted and decorated with French Buttercream...takes some time to make, but well worth the effort.