Birthday cake

This is a birthday cake I did for a co-worker's family member. The cake is yellow/chocolate marble.

Who could possibly resist this face?!

I think this is easily my favorite picture since I've started this whole baking adventure. Look at the sheer joy and straight leg excitement! This is little Charlotte, for whom I made the owl cupcakes. She is just too sweet.

And to close the week out...

I experimented and used some leftover batter I had from two different jobs this week. The week old batter still worked fine - just didn't rise much, which wasn't surprising. The 2 day old batter worked much better - so good to know! I sent these with Chris since he was going to a friend's house to watch the Steelers game. Yeah, yeah - I know the pink cupcakes weren't very guy-friendly, but at least I used black & yellow liners!!!

This is a chocolate chili cake with chocolate ganace I made for my friend Tracy's birthday - at her request. We used to get a great chocolate chili cake at a restaurant here before they took it off the menu, so I hope it comes close!

Her birthday was Friday, but since she was out of town - we're celebrating tomorrow night. The cake has quite a kick to it - I hope she likes it!

And now I shall rest...until Thursday, when I have a 60th birthday cake to make!

It has been one busy week!

I have had one wild baking week. It's amazing what you can get done, even when you work full-time!

The week started off with some mini cupcakes for my friend Melissa's physical therapy peeps. She broke her leg about 6 weeks ago and they are doing a fabulous job of helping her recuperate.

Next up: "Chocolate cupcakes with blue frosting and sprinkles" requested by Wyatt (my co-worker's son) for his 3rd birthday party. Hope to get pictures of the birthday boy and will update soon!

And the biggest job of the week: 4 dozen owl cupcakes and a smash cake for Miss Charlotte. I work with her mom Ashley and they were throwing her a big bash for her 1st birthday. I'll post pictures of her soon!

The cupcakes are made with Golden Oreos and Junior Mints for eyes, and banana Runts candies for the nose - turned out so cute!

And the last gig - 2 dozen chocolate chocolate chip cookies for my friend Matt's mom. Delish!

And I'm still not done - I've got a birthday cake for my friend Tracy's birthday to make tomorrow...so stayed tuned!

My youngest taste-tester!

This is my "niece" Carrigan. She's munching on a homemade doughnut last night on Halloween. Gotta love that face!