Rolled Roses, Blue Ribbon, White Pearls

1st Communion for Two

Blue fondant board and all cake from there!

Blue, Green, White Rolled Roses are always a neat way to finish off a cake

Hand piping is getting easier and easier, not that I necessarily enjoy it, with more practice though - it flows better!

Zooming Along...

Definitely a fun cake to work on!

Bottom tier - carrot cake with cream cheese filling and covered in black fondant all rolled into a tire

Middle Tier - Chocolate Mocha, covered in blue fondant and decorated with the flags, name, and quotes page.

Top Tier - Red velvet with vanilla buttercream filling and covered in a red flames

Barry (Daniel's Boss) came and celebrated with Daniel - so we included him on the cake as well! 

The "blue Baerry" is an inside joke.

The #24 is for his favorite NASCAR Racer - Jeff Gordon

Some of the quotes we decided to include on this cake

all these written on by hand

Mothers Day

"Owl Always Love You"

A fun way to show Mom on her day we love her!

A Carved and covered cake

A Pillowed Effect

1st Communion

Frozen

 Dear faithful followers, I am so incredibly excited to introduce the airbrush to Rach's Cakes!
So looking forward to testing out the endless possibilities of this new tool!


Here is just the beginning!

Before

Hand-piped snowflakes in white and airbrushed in silver dusting!

                           

 After: a glittery touch!

Just neat to see the transformation from a plain white board to a sparkly, silver board!
You know what they say - it's all in the presentation!

Draped Fondant, Quilted pattern, and a Designed Cross

Behold Children are a heritage from the Lord

....and the fruit of the womb is His reward

Had a lot of fun with this cake
with the quilted look, the draped fondant, and the pressed cross...

I've been struggling to blog about the different cakes right away, 

so when I finally find time to do it I almost forget
what I was going to write!

This cake was totally worth every second spent on it - to see the look on the little girls face when she came to pick it up! This is what I'm reminded of as I work on the cakes, that no matter how late it gets, how long I've been working on it already, just one more detail will totally make the cake!

Swirled Into a New Year

I remember when hand-painting on cakes first became big - never thought that I would get into it... however it`s one of those things, if you don`t jump on the bandwagon with both feet - you`re either going to drag behind everyone, or get left behind - both are good recipes for disaster if you are trying to succeed in anything. 

I have discovered so many different techniques and have grown to love spending the time, making sure each stroke is just how I like it, blending the colors, and making someone else`s day - just the way they envisioned it - I HOPE! 

Swirled fondant and a hand-painted peacock cake

Snowflake Birthday

All of us winter babies have a special place in us for snowflakes, icicles, and anything winter!!
Royal Blue and Bright white make an amazing contrast, 

tipped with silver - the perfect combination.