the last cupcake hurrah.

i've been trying to quit the cake/cupcake business (temporarily) for quite awhile now. something about being pregnant and tired and having a to-do-before-baby list 3 miles long has stolen the joy of cakes from my soul.

a month or so ago, i drew a line in the sand and decided to finish any previously agreed to orders, but i would be declining any new requests. the following cupcakes are the last order on that list...

(i mostly only took pictures of the cute little ball cupcakes, since the others i've done a couple of times now. they're not all that exciting.)

"the man game" cupcakes

isaac's birthday was on january 24th, but since we were in ny a) we didn't get a chance to celebrate with his nc family and b) i didn't get to make a cake for him.

the b) part was the part that was making me a little sad. i make cakes for so many other people. strangers, even. and then, when it's my own kid's birthday, i buy an $8 cake from bj's wholesale. and he didn't even like it. we picked it out because the adults at the party would like it.

before we made the spontaneous (and expensive) (and frustrating) trip to ny, isaac had been trying to decide what sort of cake he wanted. it bounced around from a chick fil a cake (whatever that is). to thomas the train. to a heart cake (which i would have talked him out of had he settled on). and then he finally decided on a "the man game" cake. which is what he calls super mario bros.

so, in an effort to keep myself sane, i went with cupcakes. and did my best at creating some memorable characters from super mario bros. mario himself looks a little crazy, but he was the last one i made and isaac's patience with my ignoring him was growing thin, and my patience with isaac's attempts to gain my attention and destroy my house was growing thin... so he'll just have to look a little crazy, i guess.

sabres cake

i was surprised to receive an order for a buffalo sabres cake (you know, since i live in winston-salem, north carolina). even though i had intended to cut back on cakes, i couldn's say no to this request....

dice and hearts

made these cupcakes to order for a valentine's (tues)day bunco extravaganza.
72 fondant dice, plus a few spares... means i'll be dreaming of fondant dice. (which would actually be a good break from the crazy pregnant dreams that i've been having...)

hello kitty

(for grace rapert's 6th birthday).

red monogram red velvet.

some cupcakes for your friday viewing (and someone else's eating) pleasure...

 

 

baby abigail's cupcakes

whipped these up today for one (future) miss abigail mielke...

thomas the train cake

with the help of my faithful assistant, allison roehrenbeck, i assembled this cake for the 3rd birthday of mr. luke mielke, with whom we will celebrate at fuddruckers tomorrow. he's already been a semi-recipient of a thomas the train cake, but this one is on a much larger scale (and the train itself is cake).

when i pulled the cake out of the fridge for photoing, i was alarmed to see that a small crack had developed in the icing. i'm hoping to pass this off as an earthquake...?

baby boy cupcakes

made these for a yet-to-be-named-baby-boy-on-the-way... with some fondant assistance from allison r. and her degree in art from wake forest. :)

baby kessler's cupcakes

cake.... the final frontier.

here are 13 of the 50 cupcakes awaiting pickup for the post-wedding party of mr. and mrs. cliff and sara (parkes) muncy. apparently, this is the star trek voyager logo, not to be confused with the other star trek series. (which i may have done with the title of this post, who knows). anyhow... here's the cupcakes....

and my week of caking is officially closed. :)

the lavender monkey cake.

Beach fishing cake.

Decorated this pre-made costco cake for gretchens dads surprise 70th bday.
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speed. i am speed.

today's (very procrastinated) cake features lightning mcqueen for 3 year old nathan. i was having a bit of trouble with thin frosting, but i made it through. hopefully, young nathan will not hold it against me...

 

firetruck cake...

this one's for isaac's cousin, who turns 2 in a few days.

 

cruise ship cake

 

speaking of thomas...

...here's the cake i made for noah and luke mielke to enjoy (eat, smear, smash, lick, etc) at noah's birthday party, while the rest of us ate from the superhero cake.

B cupcakes.

made these for a wedding shower for a former student.

 

 

superhero cake for a superhero

here's the latest cake.
it's for the 4th birthday party for little noah m. who has spent the better part of the last year battling brain and spine cancer. he's a tough little man and i'm honored to make his cake...

 

 

 

thursday caking.

somehow, i managed to get two "orders" for cakes on a thursday, which is a little weird. most cakes are for weekend parties. but, whatever. two thursday cake making adventures on the docket...

one cake was for baby ellie, who has the softest butter skin and turned one yesterday. here's some shots of that cake:


the second cake (actually cupcakes, i've been lying all along) was for emerson, who loves dogs, goes by "hadji" and turns five tomorrow. (the tie dye are for emer's mom, who is a wannabe hippie).