TamaraLynCakes

It has been quite a while since I sat down to enjoy posting about cakes I have done.  Actually, it has been a long time since I really had any cakes to write about.  The last 9 months, I have been taking a much needed break and trying to cut out a few of the extras in my life.  While cake designing and decorating has becoming a fabulous creative outlet for me, it was also, in some ways, the most extraneous thing in my life.  So, in early September, I went on a temporary retirement of sorts.    Over the last 8 or 9 months, there have been a few cakes I have done that I thought I would share with you now.

Gymnastics Abounds

This cake for for a good friend’s daughter…

This was for my son’s 5th birthday.  He has been taking gymnastics this past year and he is loving it!!

Birthday on Ice

My oldest turned 9 this spring and she wanted to go ice skating with her friends.  I had a lot of fun with these cupcakes…simple yet elegant for my sweet girl.  I made the ice skates out of royal icing and “painted” the blades and laces with silver.  Then I sprinkled the cupcakes with with edible confetti.  They turned out perfect!!

I also had a fun opportunity this past spring.  A friend has two daughters that have birthdays really close together and they asked her if they could have a cake decorating party.  She called me to see if this would be something I would be interested in helping with.  I said absolutely and I am glad I did.  It was SO much fun!!    I got to teach the girls a little bit about decorating and show them how to make several different fun cupcakes.  We made watermelon slices, flowers and then did initials and other fun fondant cutouts on another.  I did the watermelon slices another time with my MOPS group and this is a picture from then.  They are so adorable!!!

I have done a few more cakes recently…I will have to save that for another post, another day.  Until then, happy baking!!