congrats grads.

This weekend I made another cake for my friend Lindsey!  It was really fun because I had already made a cake for her, but last time it sort of had to match a couple of other people's cakes, but this time it was more personalized...still school colors and everything...just a little more HER.

My little brother Erik also graduated this weekend!  Woohoo!!  We had a big party at our house to celebrate.  His school colors are black and white but he wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting...so this is how I made that happen...we also needed some cupcakes because there were so many people coming...it was really fun, actually, despite the small frosting catastrophe I had at 2 o'clock in the morning. 

Love you Erik!   So proud of you!

Okay, that is IT for the graduation cakes...though I do have another one in August...but for now, we'll take a break.  Whew.

Farmers' Market!!

PiperBellies started Farmers' Markets this week and here are some photos taken by my lovely taste tester/market assistant/photographer, Tracy!  It has been going quite well so far!  I can't wait to see what the rest of the summer brings!

                                                                                              

 

                                                    

                                                      

   

                                                                    

            

Well, that's all for now!  There is more to come!  Hope to see you at the markets!  

Laconia on Main Street on Thursdays from 3-7 and 

Farmington on Saturdays on Route 11 at Cardinal's Farmhouse Sampler from 10-2

Happy Summer!

Ian and Nick

My friend Nick, whom I have known since he was 3, has also graduated from high school this year, and I was asked to make the cake for him and his friend.  Nick and Ian's school colors are silver and blue, and wanted a vanilla cake....so here it is!  Congratulations, guys!

Flower Cake

I was asked to make a cake for a 50th anniversary celebration...50 years!  What an honor to make a cake for such an event!  This cake was a blast to make because it was only for 10 people, so the bottom is 8 inches and the top is a little 6 incher!    Its a vanilla cake with apricot filling and swiss meringue buttercream frosting.  Yum.  I was told that the flower for the 50th anniversary is the violet and the color is gold.  SO I made little fondant violets and put them all over the cake like they were spilling over from the top.  I also put a gold ribbon around the bottom of each tier.  I really enjoyed making the cake!

There it is!

Jungle Cake!

A friend of mind had a baby shower today and I was asked to make this cake!  A jungle themed cake to welcome little Evan Robert into the world!  I had so much fun making this cake.  It was the most fondant work I've done on my own and I just had a blast.  I didn't get a picture of the inside of the cake but when you cut into it, each tier is cut into three layers and the frosting between the layers was colored too.  One yellow and one green, and chocolate cake.  This made it not so hard to take apart and cut into after all my hard work, because I knew the inside was pretty too (and delicious, if I do say so myself).  So I took a bunch of pictures so you could see all of the elements and details.  Here they are, and congratulations, Cassie!

The CAKE!

 The BACK of the cake

The TOP of the cake, snake and all

 Mr. Giraffe

Monkey!

They call him the King of the Jungle.

The elephant is my favorite.

The tree on the back of the cake.

And the whole thing one more time...just for fun.

Isn't it fun!?!?

many cakes.

hello!  these are a bunch of cakes....some from class, some from orders.  i'm a little behind on uploading, so...prepare yourself.

This is a Chocolate Caramel Cake from class.  

Terrible writing..it was one of my first.

 Lemon Meringue Cake from Class

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

from Class

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Fondant Carrots

from Class

Vanilla Apricot Cake for a Baby Christening Order

3 Cakes for a Graduation Order

Diana and Lindsey's cakes are Chocolate and have blue frosting in the middle

and Nick's cake is vanilla with yellow frosting in the middle.

The graduation caps are made out of fondant!

Dummy Cake from Class

Fondant Airbrushed Flowers!

SO fun!

k i guess that's everything!  sorry for the backup!  these cakes have been keeping me busy!

read if you really want to, but don't expect much.

well, i guess i should blog about something. 

i have no one to talk to at the moment, but am feeling like i need to get some stuff out...so...here goes nothing.

sometimes i feel like i just say the same things over and over....my mind does that a lot, so that's pretty much just what comes out.  over....and over.......... i apologize.

well, my phone is dead.  it worked for a day.  then died completely.  also, my old phone is just sending texts in the middle of my typing them.  gosh i hate that phone.  i'm dwelling too much on this, i know.  but really.  the ONE phone i've ever liked.  ah, my brain.

my friend marcus has FINALLY arrived.  he travels a lot, so we only get him for a few months at a time once a year if we're lucky.  last time he was here was last summer for tracy and josh's wedding when piper was little....by little i mean younger than she is now, but way fatter.  she was a little leery of him for the first couple of days, but now loves him again.  thank goodness!  we're really glad that he's home.  we miss him when he's gone.  its nice to have a friend who always feels like he belongs.  you know what i mean?  sometimes you have friends that are just a lot of work.  you're always worried about them feeling awkward and not entertained enough or...whatever.  he's not like that though.  he just fits.  speaking of people that fit... uncle alex is on his way home!  he's had a rough end of the semester and we're really looking forward to welcoming him HOME.  he will arrive on friday night after spending some time in jersey for God knows what reason.  so....summer is here!  let the games begin!

i have a lot of cake orders coming up at the end of the month for graduations and baptisms and 50th anniversaries....7 cakes total, with some cookies and brownies and whatnot thrown in the mix.  woohoo!  i'm pretty excited to make them all, but i'm really having trouble organizing my time so that its not a HUGE deal for me to make a cake.  yes, its an art and it takes quite a bit of time...but i think maybe i'm in the wrong mindset about the whole thing.  i started my own business so that i could spend more time with piper (who is very close to walking...many many steps have been taken...just not a lot in a row).  BUT having your own business is a lot of work, and therefore takes a lot of time.  so i can't just expect that i'll have enough time to do all of my work when piper is asleep...its just not realistic.  i need to have people help me when i need help...i need someone to watch piper while i bake, or even while i just get myself organized!  i just need to accept the fact that i am only one person and i have kind of a lot going on.  i'm a single mom and i own my own business for starters.  i need help, and i need to learn how to ask for it and accept it because i just can't live like this anymore.  i'm tired of doing everything half way.  i need to do life well.  i just feel so unaccomplished, even though i'm getting things done.  i just know there is so much more.

okay i feel a little better.  now i just need to DO what i just decided for the hundredth time.

phew.