My Latest Cake

So for my latest cake, Lauren and Jersey asked me if I wanted to make their sister-in-law Janae's birthday cake. It is her 24th birthday and she loves the TV show "24" so I made several little cakes in the shape of the numbers 24. My goal was to make them look just like the numbers on a digital clock, like the TV show's logo. It turned out pretty well. I got a nice message from Janae telling me that it was her favorite cake ever and that she thought it was too cool to eat. That message totally made my day!!!! Responses like that is one of the main reasons I love to make and decorate cakes!

My New Hobby

I never really thought of myself as artistic in any way other than in dance. Recently, however, I have discovered other talents. It's very undeveloped, but I think someday it could be really good. It all started when my mom gave me cake decorating books and tools for Christmas. I had expressed interest in borrowing my mom's decorating tips to decorate cookies. One day I was online and for some reason I looked up a recipe for fondant. It looked easy, so I decided to try it. It actually worked pretty well, so I made Andy a Valentine's Day cake. After the response I got from that, I decided to practice more. Now I think I am officially in charge of all cakes at family functions. For Dane's birthday I did a Mickey Mouse cake, and for Trent's birthday I did a basketball. I am hoping that if I practice enough, maybe someday I can make some money out of this and also try making wedding cakes.