Theatre

Made this cake at work.

Half Life 2

Half Life 2(c) cake for my sister. 

I love the 80's

80's cake I had fun making at work.

Bus cake?

Bus cake made at work.

Monkey

Monkey cake made at work.

Tractor

Tractor cake made at work.

Peoria Push Derby Dames cake

Birthday cakeeeee made for one of my derby girls.  It has cupcake wheels!

Cherry blossom cake

Birthday cake made at work for a coworker.

Snowman!

Happy snowman! Made at work.

Foxhound

Helmet, card, and cigarettes for my friends birthday cake.  Made with fondant.  I think this might have been my first fondant cake?

Dallas Cowboys(c) helmet

Football cookie cake made at work. 

Grimmmmm reaper

Halloween cookie cake made at work.

Rubber Ducky

Rubber Ducky cake I made at home with fondant.

Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox(c) cake made at work.

Chicago Cubs cookie cake

Chicago Cubs(c) cake made at work. 

Wookie cake

I'm forcing myself to post this cake(I wasn't pleased by how it turned out).  It's a relief cake of a wookie mmmyessss. ;)   Its my first cake that used sculpting.... and lots of icing.  Dont judge! haha

Earth day cookie!

I did not make the boarder for this one. (I basically took a cookie cake that already had a boarder and decorated it.) And at this point I was still shaky at writing but it was still fun to make.

Penguin cookie cake

Birthday cookie cake for a friend.  The writing is not my best but I think the penguin is pretty cute.

Hello Kitty birthday cake

This was a birthday cake for my cousin who loves Hello Kitty(c). 

Chicago Bears cookie cake

This was made at work.  Its a Chicago Bears (c) cookie cake.  The boarder isn't perfect but this is from awhile ago. :)

About me

As you've probably guessed, my name is Kathy. I'm 24 and am employed at a grocery store bakery.  During my time there I've gained a lot of experience with decorating cakes and allowed to be creative with my design experiments.  My first day on the job, I received a crash course in decorating. I was shown the very smallest of basics on how to write with frosting. My trainer/boss was called away for a while so I was left all alone. Not even five minutes after she left I had a customer wanting me to fill out a cake decorating order which included writing and designs.  At this point, I have NO idea what to do for decorations and she wasn't very specific on what she wanted even though I kept asking.  I'm sure if she wasn't entirely pleased with what she received but I think that experience is what drove me to quickly learn how to decorate and do it well. I'm always striving to get better and find new creative ideas for cakes. I don't always get to use my ideas at work as we have to follow templates and legal things get in the way as well. When I can't get an idea I want done at work, I tend to find any excuse to say "hey lets celebrate ______ with a cake!" and do what I can at home.
I've experimented a little with fondant but I will admit I don't full understand how to work with it. Most of the cakes are made with buttercream icing. Some of the cakes posted are made at work and some are made at home.