Different Cakes

Sorry I haven't updated for a few weeks. Nothing all too exciting has happened. More should be coming soon. (we'll be starting a redo on my bathroom this weekend.) In the meantime, I was looking through some old pictures, and found some pictures of different cakes, style wise, that I've done in the past, and thought I'd share.

This was actually the first interesting style cake I made. I was practicing how to bake large layers for the bottom of a cake, and how much batter, and baking time it would need. Since it was just a basic square cake, I decided to cut it in forths, stack them, and see if I could hand carve a round ball shape out of it. Since it was October, I frosted it to look like a pumpkin. The top was just an ice cream cone covered in green frosting. It was a silly cake that I did just for the heck of it, which rarely happens, and was very fun.

This is a favorite of my family that I make from time to time. It's a chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting, and a filling of chocolate frosting with girl scout thin mint cookies mixed in it. It also has thin mints as a border, as well as crumbled and whole on the top, and shredded dark and milk chocolate on the top. It's wicked. Too bad I'm not a huge fan of chocolate. :)

This was my first attempt at a mad hatter cake. I look back and can see all sorts of things I'd like to do differently, but it was a really fun experience, and I learned all sorts of new tricks, and style ideas.

And last, this was the cake I made for my niece Calli's high school graduation. The top is just cardboard covered in fondunt, but the base is cake with a carved front. I accidentally didn't make the tassel at quite the right length, but it was fun, and turned out pretty well I think.

I hope you'll forgive my indulgence into showing some of my work, but I have had a lot of fun making some of these cakes, and thought it'd be interesting to share.