It has been a while since I've made a cake. I had some help with this one, and it didn't quite turn out like I'm used to. Obviously, she's happy with it!

Firetruck Cake! What fun this cake was for all the 3 year old boys attending! I did NOT make this, but it was all organic and nearly healthy. I cannot stress how incredibly yummy it was!! And beautiful, what a creative mommy!

Someone made her own birthday cake! Woo Hoo! (I helped a little with the oven parts). Those polka-dots are actually Nerds. I'm so glad we decorated this at Dana's place-those things bounce everywhere! We did sweep up when we were done.

WooHoo! Rainbow cake! Kathy has a little toy caterpillar with rainbow stripes. When she announced it was having a birthday, there was only one kind of cake that would work! I am quite impressed with how very easy this was.

Sometimes chocolate cake is a good breakfast.

Instead of fondant, I mixed half marshmallow fluff with half powdered sugar. It rolls and shapes like playdough or fondant and colors easily. I rolled it out and cut out a guitar shape. I would have looked better if my cake was level. Next time, I will allow more than 2 hours for the whole project including baking. Overall, I was happy with it. I could use some more practice. I still have a lot of fluff and powdered sugar left.

Yay! A rocketship birthday cake! Abigail decorated the one on the right with a car.

Pineapple upside down cake. Very similar to my great grandmother's, but not quite.

A mini colorful cake. Katherine thought it was so pretty she took a few bites before leaving class. There is a "D" on the top and her attempt at writing "Dana" above it. I convinced her that it was ok to eat, since Dana lives too far away to save and give.

The cake.

A German Chocolate cake. This is the real thing, all from scratch. This thing is heavy, and super delicious and moist! I could have cooked the frosting base a bit longer but overall, for a first, excellent!

The last of the cakes for a while. (not decorated by me)These little cakes make for awesome tea parties!

Katherine is also enjoying the practice.

This is such a happy little cake! We can make 6 tiny cakes at once now- so lots of decorating practice.

Airbrushed clowns- so fun! Hard to get a pic with good lighting at the end of the night, but impressive they waited this long to gobble them up!

I'm not the only one responsible for decorating cakes around here now. Since learning a few tricks at "Cake Class", I've had a full staff of decorators.

The girls have started taking a cake decorating class. Not bad for a first class!

Another birthday cake. They are all close together at the begining of the year at our house. This one is topped with tons of colorful sprinkles and then written on with white icing, although, the writing is hard to see.

Totally blurry- the camera is having serious issues lately. You can mostly get the idea of the cake I've made.

May just seem like an ordinary cake, but it is actually a sweet potato cake. The first time I've used this recipe. If I were a better photographer, I would have taken a picture of the beautiful inside color. It was very yummy!