Busy making cake pops

I am participating in a bazaar on December 2 and 3. I am selling cake pops. I currently have 8 flavors made up. I still have many more to go. I have 14 cakes left to make, and then, put together my pops. I will be busy for the next week. Thankfully, it's a holiday weekend, so I don't have to worry about school.

TinkerBell is adorable

I am about to be blessed with two great-nieces. Both babies are due about two weeks apart, roughly in January. At first, I was upset with the prospect of becoming a great aunt at the young age of 35. But I soon realized that I am still young enough to enjoy the little girls while they are also young and energetic.

This week, one of the girls had her baby shower. She asked me to make the cake. Her theme is TinkerBell and lady bugs. I was very excited. I purchased some Tink cupcake toppers about 8 months ago and have been designing the cake in my head ever since.

The cake was pink champagne with buttercream frosting. I used gum paste flowers and I do believe this is the best cake I've made to date.

I spent the day with my other niece, whom I do not know very well, and I am extra excited about bringing her and her little girl into our family.

Children are a very big blessing.

Well, There is Dirt

Instead of making a "muddin' cake," I decided to make a construction themed cake instead. Less messy, but still has some dirt on it.

The first muddin' cake I made had lots of mess on it, and it wasn't very brightly colored. This is for a one year old's birthday, so I wanted to integrate some bright colors into the cake.

The little guy's favorite toy is Chuck the Truck, so I thought a dump truck and a construction theme would be closer.

It turned out really cute... But, when I put it in the box, the front was damaged. :( I was not happy. I think it's pretty easy to fix, but still. I'm not happy about that. :(

This is a chocolate cake with no filling. I used chocolate buttercream frosting. The "dirt" is made out of low -fat Oreos. Something I discovered about using low-fat instead of regular: when I crush the regular, I have a uniform color - dark brown. With the low-fat kind, there is more white and it's a lighter color. It's better as dirt. I used pretzels for the stack of wood and the orange fencing around the outside of the cake is orange colored candy coating. I used silver sprinkles for the gravel under the jeep and cement truck. I found the trucks at my local dollar store.

The biggest issue I had was writing on the cake. I made a couple mounds of dirt and the frosting rolled off as I tried to write on the cake. So, I made a sign instead. It looks kind of like one of those "The future home of..." signs that are always around construction sites.

Hope they like it.

Such fun!

I have another cake order for the very first "theme" cake I've ever made... The muddin' cake. It's for a one year old, so lots of bright colors and fun.

Very excited because this is a rectangular cake, so I have more room to play. Hooray!