Nature Cake

For this cake I had to enlist my oh so helpful boyfriend.  I wanted to carve it into a mountain shape and was too scared to hack into it myself, so I forced my boyfriend to play cake with me.   So I pretty much handed over the knife and let him go at it while I sweated, cursed a little and panicked in the background.  I also only had a day to bake the cakes, make the frosting and all the fondant pieces and put it together, so I was a little frantic.  In case you're wondering what I look like while making a cake, my boyfriend was also kind enough to illustrate for you:

Yup, that's pretty much accurate, except I don't have a goat leg.

Anyways, the cake turned out pretty cute.  I had the hardest time covering it with fondant, and with the time crunch I ended up falling back into my favorite stage, the 'ah fuck it (oh excuse me, but this stage does include profanities), good enough' stage.  There was a very obvious seam in the back and a huge hole on top which is how the mountain got it's very snowy cap.

My Dad kept saying 'wow' and it was the most amazing cake ever, gotta love the unwavering support of the parents!  I thought it was an okay cake.  I do love my moose and wooden sign, it really made the cake I think.

More Truffles

Next week is my best friend's birthday.  I'm super sad I can't be with her while she has her birthday breakdown, happens every year, so I wanted to send her some chocolate to help since I won't be there.  I made my favorite, brownie bon bons.  I wanted to make them extra cute, so I had the idea to make them look like little sundaes.  Put a cherry on something and the cuteness level instantly goes up.

I also made some covered in white chocolate, and some in a peanutbutter ganache (use peanut butter chips instead of white or chocolate chips)

Happy Birthday Anna Banana, I love you! 

I know, I'm kinda ruining the birthday surprise, but it probably won't show up looking this cute so I wanted you to see them before they showed up as a box of crumbs and melted chocolate!

Welcoming Ella Grace

There is a bit of a baby boom going on here in Kodiak, a girl baby boom too.  Maybe it's the cold weather, maybe it's the lack of things to do in the winter, but myself along with several other women here in Kodiak are pregnent, almost everyone having girls too.  My friend Breanna is due with her baby girl, Ella Grace, next month and yesterday was her baby shower. 
I was asked to make my favorite kind of cake; the 'just make what ever you want' kind of cake.  This cake was inspired by a cake I saw on Pinterest, oh what would I do with out this site?
Did I also mention she's a super talented photographer,? See her amazing work! http://www.breannapetersonphotography.com/   She took these pictures for me, so I finally have a decent picture of one of my cakes, so excited!  Thanks Breanna, and I can't wait for girly play dates!