Rapunzel? Who's Rapunzel?

Okay... so here is a funny story.. A friend of ours referred me to her sister about her daughters birthday cake. Jared took the order (Jared is my Hubby) and the request was.. It didn't matter which one its is just as long as it Disney Princess. So he thought well a Disney Princess that is freshest in our mind because it was in theatres would be Rapunzel. We didn't think to actually run that idea past our customer... so we came up with this idea. Rapunzel, standing in the cake and her hair wrapping all the way around the tiers of the cake.

I was so pleased with the way the cake turned out.. but we thought we would throw in a key element to the story.. the frying pan:

plus some flowers in her hair and if you look close her pet chameleon is there too...

So we deliver the cake and this cute little girl come running in so excited to see her cake and.... she stops and says.. who's that? I WAS MORTIFIED! Her mom said.. you had to pick the one Princess she hadn't seen the movie to??? EVEN MORE MORTIFIED!! After the blood left my face we thanked them for the opportunity and apologized profusely for the mix up we left.. and we forgot to take pictures of the cake.. Luckily our friend took these for us and emailed them over to us. We again were so thankful that we had the opportunity to have made this cake.. with each one I learn something new.

What I learned from this cake:
1. Always re verify with the customer orders that Jared takes by himself. (I love him SO much)
2. Take pictures BEFORE delivering the cake..
3. My husband is the smartest guy ever.. The frying pan made this cake and it was his idea.

Precious Moment

              I really loved making this cake. I made it for my Great Nieces 1st Birthday Party.

Her invitation had this cute little precious moment fairy on it, and her mom asked that I put it on the cake some how. So each important detail was cut out separately. (Ex. the flower and the butterfly.)

Then hand painted.

Then I hand made a Lady Bug which was a great addition to the cake. Also a bunch of little hand made flowers and roses.

Things I learned from this cake:
1. Although the may have cake started out being pastel purple, the sun will change the color to pastel green. (Who knew?)
2. Leave "quilting" up to the professionals.

big "G"

This cake had a unfortunate turn of events...

The cake never got ate. Which I am sad about, mainly because that was the coolest part of the cake. I used a special technique to make the cake look like camouflage.

Things I learned from this cake:
1.  Even though the top layer of the cake fell apart it made a great shelf for the G.
2. Once you make camouflage colored fondant, you shouldn't pull it up and re-knead it.. it loses its effect.
3. I will never do two cakes at one time again. see "Two words: Topsy Turvy".

Two Words: Topsy Turvy

I am so glad this didn't turn into a disaster. I made this for a very deserving sister of mine on her **th Birthday.

Things I learned from this cake:
1. My husband completes me, he actually did 99% of this cake .
2. Topsy turvy is such a simple idea, but its complicated to get it to turn out.. unless your Jared.. then its easy.
3. Never again will I do two cakes in one night.. see "big "G""