American Flag Cake

I am so excited to share this cake with you! This was my most recent Fourth of July cake from 2013. 
















There is even a surprise on the inside! 

This cake took hours to bake but it is not as hard as you may think. The trick is to cut each layer into "rings." First, it is important to make sure that all of the layers are the same size radius-wise. You'll then need to make three layers of cake (red, white and blue) all the same size. Cut the red and white layers in half through the middle, creating one layer of cake into two layers of cake. The blue layer will not be cut into halves. Layer the red layer of cake on the white layer of cake. This next part is tricky. Pile the second layer of red and white and cut a round hole in the center of the cake, about an inch away from the outer edge of the cake. Then, take the center of the cake that was cut out and place it on top of the blue layer. Cut the blue layer to match the same size as the center of the cake. Then place the inner circle from the blue cake inside of the red and white outer ring. You should now have a single leveled cake. You can now frost the cake and choose how you would like to design it. I decided to make red and blue stars out of sprinkles and it looked great! I know this may be confusing so please comment with any questions and I will be happy to answer them!

Mini Flower Cupcakes

These scrumptious cupcakes are my absolute favorite to make! They are mini cupcakes and they are absolutely adorable! They are even perfect to make for a mom, grandma or anyone. I especially love how the colors of the flowers go so well together. I used Wilton’s garden tone color gels. For these flower cupcakes, I used a Wilton no. 104 tip and piped each flower onto the cupcake. You can either pipe the flower onto a flower nail and place it onto the cupcake using pastry scissors, or you can just pipe them right onto the cupcake. Personally, I prefer to pipe the flower right onto the cupcake as it helps keep the shape of the flower much better. You can read this tutorial here on how to pipe the perfect flower.

Turkey Cupcakes

Although we have quite a while until the Thanksgiving holiday, I want to share these turkey cupcakes I made in 2012. These were the talk of my family celebration! I must say, these cupcakes were the longest I have ever spent on one baking project (they took me about 2 days to make--about 16 hours total). I started by baking the cupcake and then putting a layer of green frosting on the cupcake. The actual turkeys are Kraft caramels that I warmed up in the microwave and shaped like fondant. I wrapped some caramel around a pretzel stick and dipped the ends in the remaining white frosting. I then piped on the leaves in 3 different colors. Although these cupcakes are extremely time consuming, I was glad that I was able to make something perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday!

Peeps Cake

In honor of Easter, I want to share the cake that I made this year for the holiday. This is definitely the solution to a quick last-minute Easter cake. It took me about 30 minutes to bake once I took the cake out of the oven and froze it.

This strawberry-vanilla cake tasted great!

The first step was to frost the cake. Start by frosting the top with a spatula and then work your way to the sides.

This is how your cake should look when you have finished frosting it.

Next, add the Peeps. I had an issue getting the Peeps to actually stick to the cake so I used toothpicks for each Peep and they stayed standing just fine.

Last but not least, add the M&Ms to the top of the cake and voila!

Watermelon Treat

With summer just around the corner, I thought I would share the perfect tasty treat! This is a marshmallow treat shaped just like a watermelon. Here is what you'll need:

8 tbsp butter
8 cups mini marshmallows
8 cups Rice Krispies cereal
Red food coloring
Green food coloring
1/8 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips



1) Melt the butter and marshmallows over a double broiler on medium heat.
2) Stir in the Rice Krispies and divide into two portions. Make one portion about 1/3 of the Rice Krispies and the second portion about 2/3 of the Rice Krispies.
3) Add about six drops of green food coloring to the 1/3 portion of the Rice Krispies and mix well. Then, press around the edges of a greased round pan to form the outside of the watermelon.
4) Repeat step 3 but with red food coloring and the remaining portion of the Rice Krispies and press the Rice Krispies into the center of the pan, forming the middle of the watermelon.
5) Top with chocolate chips and slice like a pie. Enjoy!

Art Cake

I like to call this cake my work of art! My inspiration came from a piece of work that my sister painted years ago. This is a two-layer vanilla cake with irish cream flavored frosting. For the small designs I used a Wilton 124 tip. I made one batch of frosting and divided it into four separate parts. I dyed one part blue, one part yellow, one part pink and one part green. I then put each colored frosting into four pastry bags. I started by piping one color, then moving on to the next and so forth. When I got to the last color, I used it to fill in all of the open spaces I had not covered on the cake. This cake took quite a bit of time and to be honest, I had no idea how it was going to turn out. I just went along with it as the cake progressed. I chose four colors that all went well together. With no plan from the start of this cake, I think it turned out well!

Large Flower Cupcakes

These cupcakes are super cute and one of the easier flower cupcakes to bake. First, I baked a dozen regular-sized cupcakes. I then made the frosting from scratch and divided it into three separate bowls. I dyed the first bowl blue, the second green and I left the third bowl white. Using a Wilton no. 104 petal tip to pipe the flowers. You can watch a YouTube video here on how to pipe the flowers. It's easy once you get the hang of it. I used a Wilton no. 67 leaf tip to pipe the leaves. I made sure that I put the tip directly at the base of the flower right before I started piping the leaves. These cupcakes are fairly quick to bake and look awesome when they are finished!