Bakugan and Ben 10

We had a triple birthday for my nephew and sons this year:

A Bakugan ball:

Alien X from Ben 10:

Joshua wanted a pretty simple cake:

Surprise Birthday Cake

My good friend had a birthday recently, and her mother called up and asked if I would do a surprise cake for her. Since I was a few days away from a wedding cake delivery (plus packing to leave on a week-long cruise to the Bahamas), I agreed to do it, but only because it was for Jodi and she deserved more than a supermarket cake.

Jodi is as crazy as I am when it comes to being involved in activities. She is a CPR and First Aid instructor for the Red Cross, diehard Auburn fan, and Girl Scout volunteer (she's a trainer, co-leader with me, co-Service Unit Director with me, Service Unit cookie manager, plus helps out with her older daughter's troop).

She also has the coolest Hello Kitty pink bike you will ever see.

Mickey Mouse Birthday

This was for a one-year-old's birthday party. This is his smash cake:




And this was for the rest of the guests:

Both of them together:

C is for Cookie

This cake was for a friend's son's second birthday. While looking for Cookie Monster cakes, I saw a picture with a little boy wearing this shirt. I thought it would be a quick little present. The cake is fondant, and the little cookie cupcake is buttercream.

Imagination to Reality

October's theme in Cub Scouts was Adventures in Books. We had a really fun pack meeting, with our Cubmaster coming up with a fantastic mystery over missing awards. I volunteered to do the cake, since I had a book pan. I had no idea at the start of the month what I was going to do, but that's what Perry is for.
I finally had an idea of scenes from books, but I had no clue what to use. Perry gave me some ideas of what captured boys' interests and I went to work. I asked Mischa what page number to put on the book, and she suggested our pack number.

Perry then came home, saw the cake, and said it would be cool to have put a smooth brown border around the bottom of the cake (instead of the white shells here) to make it look like a book cover. I scraped off the stars and followed his suggestion. It turned out really cute.
My favourite part of this cake was the rough sketch. I haven't ever drawn a rough idea for my cakes before, and I don't think I've picked up a pencil to draw in 10 years (and I used to love to draw in high school). I changed some things around, mainly not liking the title look, moving the pirate flag/map down so I didn't have 2 black scenes next to each other, and I decided to ditch the Gryffindor crest for the golden snitch (I figured boys would like the sports in Harry Potter, and it was also a good reason to buy the gold dusting powder I've been wanting). I used silver dusting powder on the spaceship and the wings of the snitch and dragon.

(the black squiggle next to the space scene is what happens when you leave a pen and paper within reach of a certain 3 year old girl in our family)

Caleb 10

For Caleb's 1oth birthday, he wanted the alien Goop from Ben 10. I used piping gel to get the translucent slime feel of the alien.

Where the Wild Things Are

I did this for a two year old. His favourite book is Where the Wild Things Are. It was a fun cake with very different colours. The bottom cake is the sea that Max crossed. The mother was going to put a laminated picture of Max in his boat on it.

Webkinz Birthday

As I mentioned before, I have to do triple cakes for my daughters and their cousin. This year's theme was Webkinz.

R2D2

Blue's Clues

This was Caleb's first birthday cake. I had to make a special egg and milk free cake for him because of his allergies. I did it as a little paw print.

Out of This World

It's amazing what a few Crisco and spice jar lids can make! I also handmade the white chocolate candies on the side.

Can We Eat It? Yes We Can!

Bob looks happy that Caleb chose him for his birthday cake.

Barbie

A cake for when your daughter wants a Barbie Cinderella.

Witzy

I love Suzy's Zoo characters! They are perfect for baby cakes.

Dora the Explorer

This was Mischa's 3rd birthday cake. Another colouring book design.

I Choose You, Pikachu!

A birthday cake for a close friend's son. A little nostalgic, since he's almost done with high school. I found a Pokemon book with punch out figures, which I then laminated with clear contact paper to keep the grease from the frosting from soaking through.

Finding Caleb's Birthday

I did this one for Caleb's birthday while we were in New Mexico. Another colouring book design. I think if I did this cake again, I would like to add green fruit rollup "kelp" strands along the sides of the cake.

Joshua Loves Thomas

I used a colouring page for the design.

Dora Cupcakes

Mischa wanted cupcakes with figures on them for her birthday.

Spiderman

Caleb's 8th birthday cake. We had a lot of kids over, so I did a shaped pan on top of a sheet pan.