hungry for cake.

for eli's hungry caterpillar themed birthday celebration!

No tricks only treats!

two dozen halloween cupcakes - perfect for spooky school parties!

Fishing for cake

Chocolate tackle box and yummy can of worms:):)

Completely edible

Oh so sweet 16!!!

baby girls and butterflies!

Ellie's 1st birthday cake!

sweet baby boy

cason boy, cason boy, how i love my cason boy!

 

lemon curd and pound cake

hand-tailored cake bunting

growing old..

hand-made fondant vegetables, growing on a lemon curd filled pound cake

for mr. jimmy's 50th birthday!

look whoo's turning one!

topsy turvy pound cake for kinley's 1st birthday

sailboats for andrew

 Andrew's 1st birthday cake

..and his very own sailboat.



baby girls on the way!

buttercream iced pound cake for 30 people

fondant ruffles and bow

mini mouse

olivia's birthday cake

chocolate and pound cake laters

raggedy ann and ron

zoe's first birthday cake + 4 inch smash cake

pound cake with lemon curd filling.

smash cake is iced in buttercream

i remember my brother being the andy to my raggedy ann when we were little.  i am pretty lucky to have been born with a best friend! i love him :o)

arrgh!

chocolate and pound cake layers, with buttercream and fondant

 treasure chest filled with rubies and gold coins (all edible) and a treasure map to make sure you can find it!

cake diva!

pound cake and buttercream, center tier fondant

i made this for Josie's 9th birthday, from her very on grand cake design!

the big ONE!

pound cake and buttercream, fondant elements

for sweet baby abbie grace's 1st birthday!

cupcake lady

pound cake cupcakes with chocolate buttercream

sometimes people call me the cake lady.  thats true. but i also make cupcakes too! and paintings and bread and ice creams cakes and biscuits!

a dog named chocolate

chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream

i made this pheasant themed cake for friends all the way in gainsville.

i got a new purse

chocolate purse, buttercream and fondant

small birthday surprise

pound cake and buttercream,

handmade sugar flowers, hand painted fondant tag

for my mommy

chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream

who ordered the fish platter?

 pound cake, fondant scales

peanut butter cake ball "hush puppies",

lettuce, lemons, and a side of ketchup.... hand made from fondant!

polka dottie

pound cake and buttercream, fondant elements

sweet pink buttercream

pound cake and sweet pink buttercream

sunshine and birthdays

for rebekah's birthday

father's day cake

pound cake with lemon curd and candied lemons

finish each day and be done with it. you have done what you could. some blunders and absurdities have crept in;  forget them as soon as you can. tomorrow is a new day. you shall begin it serenly and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. -emerson

in these 24 years my daddy has taught me to worry less and do more. i still have plenty of working on that to do, but he encourages me everyday. i love him. 

oh happy day!

Timbo's masters degree celebration!

pound cake with buttercream, fondant elements

The owl is also made of cake! he was a little last minute saturday morning project.

sweet baby girl

sugar cookies with royal icing

Inspired by the shower invitation, i used two shades of green and pastel pink to create these.

Cute confections, homemade goodness!

the good word, in cake!

bible cake

pound cake and buttercream. fondant elements.



for a new grammy

Mrs. Vickie's birthday cake,

pound cake with lemon curd

i chose baby blue to accompany the ivories, because of mrs. vickie's new baby grandboy! she is so in love with the handsome little fella!

one cake, two cake, red cake, blue cake

Jayken's 4th birthday cake

birthday cake collection

ruffle cake with lemon filling

sweet summertime

ashley and erin's graduation cake

baby boys and big tractors

Sutton's 2nd birthday



happy birthday cake!

for Elliott's birthday

saying the blessing..

a broken air conditioner and a purse cake

when my niece first learned to say the blessing, she would ramble, making a list of all the things she was thankful for.  one night at supper, in the middle of her sweet little blessing, she says "thank God for the white cheese". parmesan cheese :o) she loves it so much. enough to thank God for it. when i am in the kitchen, with chocolate cake batter freckles on my nose, powdered sugar up to my elbows, and no electric cooling, i am still thankful. for baking and cakes. because i love them so much!

on writing letters

hand written, for the purvis family

i don't write many letters. i have a few, maybe 3, written mostly to myself, just so i won't forget.  i do have another collection of letters, about a dozen. torn and wrapped in faded brown envelopes.  i found them at my gram's house recently.  they were written from my pop to my gram in 1937. he was living in miami, she was staying in pahokee; they were only boyfriend and girlfriend then.

sometimes i like to lay in bed after i wake up and just listen.  the other morning as i lay listening, i heard my mama and daddy discussing the letters i had gotten from my gram.  they wondered out loud what letters my children would read.  i can't help but wonder the same. 

make a joyful noise!

some are meant to sing, some are meant to teach, some are meant to farm, and some are meant to preach.  me.. maybe i am meant to bake!

oh the places you will go!

glorious monday! i love wearing my apron all day!

Aubrey's Strawberry Shortcake

sweet sunday

my sister has arranged for her handsome kitchen aid mixer to spend some time with me! i am so excited about this!!! i used it this evening to whip up a double batch of cake batter for a preschool graduation cake i am making.  in less than an hour i effectivley put to use 6 sticks of butter, a dozen eggs, and probably 5 pounds of sugar!