It's Inspiration Sunday!

It's Inspiration Sunday, again! Meaning, I like to try to take some time out and find and share cakes that I think are awesome.

Here are 2 really good ones!

Okay, first....although I am absolutely not a fan of McDonalds and think their food is really super gross, and I don't eat there, and I don't think anyone else should eat there either, EVER.....I still appreciate this Big Mac (Debbie Goard, debbiedoescakes)!

I bet it tastes much better than a real Big Mac!

I came across this awesome Wall-E Cake made by Don Buciak and just HAD to share! What I love about this cake is the buttercream! Everything is freehandly piped with buttercream icing!

Luggage Travel 60th Birthday Cake!

This was a 60th Birthday Cake made for someone who loved to travel and had been to tons of places. This was a representation of her actual personal luggage set and included were little trinkets representing some of her most favorite places she's been....Paris, Australia, Egypt, and Vegas.

Oldies, But Goodies!

Remembering Those Darn Baby Cakes!

I was doing so many of those Baby Cakes for a while, I even stopped posting them. I was getting so tired of them and thought it would be too soon if I never saw another one again! Well, I guess eventually I ended up getting my wish! I've been so booked with other cakes, and though I had only received a few Baby Cake requests anyway, I hadn't been able to take any. So, now I kind of miss them. Afterall, these Baby Cakes are what jump-started this whole thing in the first place! So, here's to them! And, here are some of my favorites.....oldies, but goodies:

Inspiration Sunday!

It's Inspiration Sunday! I get to post pics of the cakes that I think are awesome and that inspire me and the kinds of cakes I wish people would ask me to do! Here are some of my favorites!

Let's start out with an awesome Peacock Cake:

Okay, now...come on! How awesome is this next one!

Oh my gosh, and I can't believe this is even cake! Doesn't this sea turtle look so real!?!?

Okay, now...this has got to be the cutest, most awesome-est, most adorable gingerbread house EVER!

Boxing Fan?

Awwwwwwww!



Neverending Storrrrrrryyyyyyyy!





I run across other cakes on other cake blogs and websites that I follow. Most of these I ran across on cakewrecks.

Award Winning Peanut Butter Pie! I just had to try!

(First I apologize for the cell phone pics. My camera died, and this is all I have for now.)

Okay, so...

I had never made a Peanut Butter Pie before. I really haven't made very many pies in general. I really loved my Apple Pie experience and have been branching out into pies ever since. Since I love Peanut Butter, I wanted to have my own wonderful Peanut Butter Pie I could add to my baking must-haves and share with my family and friends as a new tradition. So, I was on a mission. It could also be that I'm currently on my "must look good in my swimsuit this summer" program and won't eat things like this. It makes me just bake more and to have my family enjoy for me!

Anyway, back to business. So, I was on the search. I wanted to find a super fabulous to-die-for Peanut Butter Pie recipe that makes everyone request you bring it to every function and beg you for the recipe. After reviewing several Peanut Butter Pie recipes, I wasn't feeling them. Then, I finally stumbled on what sounded like the close to perfect (just needed some Sarah-fied adjustments) Peanut Butter Pie recipe! It was the 2009 winner of Best In Show in the National Pie Competition. An award winning Peanut Butter Pie? I just had to try!

This pie has an awesome cookie crust, with 2 different peanut butter layers. It's very smooth and has the best peanut butter flavor. I loved what I did with the crust so much, that I plan on using this crust as my go-to crust for other cream pies from now on!

So, after adding my own personal (secret) fabulous adjustments...here is my awesome version of this award winning masterpiece! Too bad you can't lick the screen!

(This pie was pretty darn perfect the way it was. However, I am more of a "less is more" person and don't always necessarily need the super-rich additions to great flavors that are strong on their own. With that said, I would like to try this pie without the Peanut Butter Cups. I think it will be just as awesome, maybe even better without. In the future, I also may reduce the whipped cream. I don't think it needs as much.) I also loved this pie so much and am confident everyone else will too, that I am willing to make one for free for any of my friends who ask me! It's THAT good. Just ask and provide me with your favorite 9 inch baking pie dish and I will return it to you filled with this awesome goodness!

Inspiration Sundays!

I wanted to start a new thing. See, I am limited to only getting to do the cakes that people want and ask me for and that they can afford. So, I decided to start a new thing I'm calling Inspiration Sunday. I decided I would try and take time out every Sunday to post the cakes that I love and inspire me and that I wish people would ask me to do. So, here's an absolutely positively super adorable Dr. Seuss Cake that I came across on another blog (Cake Wrecks) and fell in love with and just had to share. And while we're at it, some super cute Dr. Seuss cupcakes too!

A Darth Vader Cake (that killed my camera)

It was hard for me to get a distinguishable picture of this cake. I had to troubleshoot and fidget with my (almost 8 year old) camera and find a setting that would actually produce a viewable picture. I got a couple in before my camera finally died on those settings too. So, this is all I got. Sorry it's not very good, but it was the best out of the bunch. This was a half Chocolate with Chocolate Buttercream and half Butter Yellow with Golden Oreo Cookies and Cream Buttercream. Hand carved and sculpted free-hand, covered in an extra thick layer of Vanilla Buttercream for extra yumminess, and then wrapped in Black Vanilla Fondant. Though the pictures do not show it very well, it was sprayed with an edible food lacquer to mimic that ultra glossiness and shiny of the real Darth Vader and the screws and details of his mouth piece thingy (I am not well versed in Star Wars, so I do not know the correct terminology) were painted in silver (which you can't really tell that either in this pic) So, may the force be with me on the next cake. Hopefully, I will have a new camera or at least a substitute that can get me by.

Attention Candy Bar Lovers!

Snickers Cupcakes! Chocolate Cake with a miniature Snickers candy bar surprise baked right inside! Topped with a Caramel Buttercream, Caramel drizzle, and then finished with some crumbled candy bar pieces right on top!

Another Dora Cake

Butter Yellow Cake with Vanilla Buttercream. Decorated in Vanilla Rolled Fondant. Dora's head, body, backpack, and balloon are all made out of cake.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

Cute little babies, cute little onesies, and cute little footprints! Chocolate cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream and Yellow Cupcakes with Golden Oreo Cookies and Cream Buttercream.

Go Diego Go! Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie

My Chocolate Chip Cookies have always been pretty famous among my family and friends, so I've recently been asked to do a couple Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies here and there instead of cake. Diego and Go Diego Go logo are freehand (as always).

Another Spongebob Cake

25TH Anniversary Cake

White Wedding Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and hand formed and painted Gumpaste Roses.

First Birthday Mickey Cake

Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

First Birthday Dora Cake (with matching Boots Balloon Personal Cake)

Pirate Cupcakes!

These were a combination of Buttery Yellow Cupcakes with a Golden Oreo Cookies and Cream Filling and Chocolate Cupcakes with a Vanilla Buttercream Filling.

Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Gymnast Birthday Cake!

Just one Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie decorated for a little gymnast 7th birthday party!

Barn Cake with Farm Animal Cupcakes

My Pal Violet Cake

This was half Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mousse filling and half Vanilla White Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

First Birthday Owl Cake (from the Look Whoo's Turning One party theme)

 

This was an Alternating Chocolate and Vanilla cake with Cookies and Cream Buttercream

Toy Story Tiered Cake

This was a Vanilla White Cake with Strawberry Fruit Filling and Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream Filling.

Snow White Doll Cake

This was a Butter Yellow Cake with Golden Oreo Cookies and Cream Buttercream Filling and a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream.

Tom and Jerry Cake

This was Vanilla White Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream and Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Buttercream.

This Week's Featured Cakes:

Tiered Minnie Mouse Themed Cake

Grateful Dead Terrapin Station Cake

Grateful Dead Terrapin Station Cake

Daisy First Birthday Cake w/Little Ladybug Personal Cake