"23"

23 - Birthday Princess

December 2009

Each number is a double layer sheet cake (totalling to 4 cakes) hand carved into each number...leaving a lot of scraps!! :-)

Getting into the grooves of this cake was a challenge while trying to decorate the sides.

Kristy Kake

Chocolate Sheet Cake with 3-D Gift

The gift made the weight of the cake a little uneven and had to be supported with toothpicks, but the overall look was pretty.

Single later sheet cake with the gift being two layers thick

GEAUX TIGERS!

LSU

OCTOBER 2009

Three Layered Red Velvet cake with Cream Cheese Frosting for an LSU fan's Birthday

I used the "Frosting Pens" that they sell in local grocery stores to draw an outline because I was super nervous about having to draw this tiger....

The Finished Tiger....took a lot of effort!

The sides were looking kind of plain so I added lil "LSU"s all around

Kake Progression

Trials, Errors, & Masterpieces!

I was getting tired of the 3-layered cake so I thought I'd get fancy for my friend Andrea's birthday with a sheet cake

July 2008

This was a last minute project...my roommate made a cookie cake for our friend whose birthday was right around Christmas time, so at the last minute I offered to decorate it for her

December 2008

This is definitely the UGLIEST Kake creation I have ever done...I learned my lesson about drinking too much wine and trying to decorate a cake while mad...
November 2008

This is my favorite cake of all time....a 7-layered sculpted Jack-o-lantern cake
October 2008



This was a cake I did for my boyfriend at the time when he got accepted to the Art Institute of Atlanta for graphic design
September 2008

Introducing Kitty Kakes

So I'm brand new to the whole concept of blogging...but I wanted another forum to share my cake decorating endeavors. I started gettin' fancy with cakes and icing in May of 2008 when I wanted to make an extra special cake for my mother. She has made me great birthday cakes every year since I was born and I wanted to return the favor. After her birthday it was one of my closest friends birthday so I thought I'd try again....the rest is history. Any opportunity I got to get creative with cakes, I took and this is what it has turned into: A hobby/ new business that takes hours and hours and hours of my time...but I love the results and the reactions of my friends and family who get to enjoy the cake creations. Pictured are the first three cakes I ever did. From the bottom up is my mother's b-day cake, then my roommates birthday cake, then two of my close friends who have a birthday within days of eachother. As you can see I was set on the three layered style...

First attempt at a flower...

Looking a lil rough... the frosting pretty much slid down the sides of the cake