Ice Cream Birthday Cake

Taylor is a tough customer. He wanted an ice cream cake. Not just a cake with a layer of ice cream in it, which I've done before. Nope. He wanted an all ice-cream cake because he doesn't like cake.

Well, it took a while. But I finally got it done. Basically, I bought a tub of chocolate ice cream, and one of strawberry revel, which is his favorite. But because I wanted the cake to be soft, and not hard...I couldn't just cut the ice cream out of the tub and put it on the platter. So, I got out my kitchenaid, and mixed it up until it was at soft-serve state. I had to make this cake layer by layer. Just adding soft-serve ice cream to the platter, quickly shape it and then put it into the freezer. This took all day to slowly get the cake to be the right shape. Then for the frosting. I wanted to use strawberry revel, but by mixing that up it would make it PINK...not very boyish...so I had to add some food coloring to it. I came up with yellow, because I wasn't sure what green and pink would turn into. So, although this cake isn't as beautiful as some of the others I've made, it was very very tasty for a summer birthday! I finished off the borders with whipped topping and added sprinkles.

Matthew's Birthday Cake

For Matthew, I went bright colors this year. He's three, and two of his favorite colors are yellow and blue. I had a lot of fun on his cake using different border patterns.

Yellow Cake with Fudge Frosting

No really, this frosting isn't "sugary" chocolate, it's that really good "cocoa" tasting chocolate that just melts in your mouth. I made this cake for a meeting at our church...the ladies liked it. Hey, it was chocolate, how could you NOT like it?

I really like using fresh flowers on cakes. Flowers make a cake with the simplest borders look beautiful and finished. And...they're extremely easy.

Valentine's Day Jello Cake

Yum. That's all there is to say about a jello cake! Start with a white cake mix, and bake it according to directions. Let the cake cool a few minutes and then poke it all over with a fork. Mix up your favorite flavor/color of jello, and then pour it over the cake. Don't worry! It WON'T make the cake soggy. Put the cake into the fridge and let it set. Then, just before you're ready to serve it, place cake pan for just a few seconds into a sink of hot water, and then you can put it onto your serving platter. The hot water releases the jello so the cake comes clean out of the pan. I "frost" my jello cakes with cool whip, and then add fun things like flowers, sprinkles, or sugar glitter to make it pretty.

For Valentine's Day this year, I made a white cake with strawberry jello. For a little added fun, the filling is cool whip mixed with sliced fresh strawberries. Yummmm....so good. I used one of my Valentine's Day roses to make it beautiful and tada! Cake!

Caution: There will NOT be any leftovers.

Lainah's 1st Birthday Cake

Here is a picture of Lainah's 1st Birthday Cake.
Lainah's personal cake is the one with the candle on it...the other one is for her guests to eat.

She demolished it...it didn't stay pretty for long! On these cakes I used silk flowers, but I prefer real ones for the nice scent they add. A little lace along the bottom of the cake is an easy way to dress up a cake border too...we're all about easy here!