Patriotic Birthday Cake

This red, white and blue "patriotic" birthday cake was for "Grandpap Joe's" 90th Birthday Celebration at Mira Vista this weekend. The cake was a 4", 6", 8"- all spice cake with buttercream filling and layers of fresh strawberries and blueberry fillings to keep up with the red white and blue theme! All of the little fun details, stars, and "90" are made from fondant- and yes they are all edible, and that is edible glitter on the 90 aka "disco dust"! I love how this cake turned out, and hoping Grandpap Joe got a kick out of it too!!

Navy Cake

This cake was made for Bob, whose granddaughter Brigette is in the navy in Seattle. She runs the nuclear reactors that power the ship, U S S John C Stennis. It is a nuclear aircraft carrier, with a crew of 5,000. Brigette will be deploying to the far east for 8 months.

The cake is an 8" old fashioned sour cream cake with buttercream filling and frosting, covered in fondant. I have to give a major shoutout to my brother, Brian, who is home visiting for a while-- and boy did I put him to work-- he painted the aircraft carrier for me!! Oh did I mention, he's a veterinarian!??!? I know, I know- I wish he would just ditch that crappy career path and join me in my cake ventures!! The aircraft carrier was painted on gumpaste with food coloring.

Thank you to Brigette and everyone else serving in our military!!!!

Memorial Day Birthday Cake

Here is a big 12" 92nd Birthday/Memorial Day cake. The cake was old fashioned sour cream chocolate with buttercream filling and frosting.