Oscar the Grouch

Most of the time, I'm a busy person. I like to keep it that way, so I'm always on the go, filling my time with work, play (recovering from play), and cakery. Once in a while though, all the things I plan to do and all the commitments I sign myself up for catch up with me and I have what I like to call "Just Kill Me" weeks. This, has been one of those weeks. In between packing up my entire apartment, making all the arrangements for moving, working almost every night at the bar, celebrating my best friend's 23rd birthday, and taking on several large cake and cupcake projects over the weekend, I've been ready to rip all the hair out of my head for days now. On top of this, I've managed to pull something out of place in my back, so I've been doing all this hopped up on pain killers and feeling like a crippled old woman. Just in case it wasn't clear, this has made me a raging ball of stress, caffeine, and pretending to be thrilled about serving customers every night while wishing cartoon anvils would fall out of the sky and crush them so I could just go home and sleep.

Everything always works out in the end though. This Just Kill Me week is over, all my cakes and cupcakes were a hit, I survived bartending a ridiculously crazy Saturday night on 3 hours of sleep, and my apartment is spotless and gleaming for viewings! So after all that, here are a few of the products of this week's craziness:

This wedding order had the best theme- old school tattoos! The best part
is, the talented tattoo artist bride is going to be doing my first tattoo
when she gets back from her honeymoon!

So of course I had to bust out the edible markers

I thought about stenciling these images, but settled on freehand drawing
to keep the 'tattoo' effect.

I love this rose- such a pretty accent for the cake!

Swallows mate for life- this bride wanted the swallow tattoo to be the
featured tat for her cutting cake and it was a great choice!

On the other end of the spectrum, I spent
my Saturday creating a Smash Cake!

A little Sesame Street, a little chevron, and some Canuck colours were
the order of the day for this giant cupcake.

These cakes are so dramatic...such a shame it's going
to be smashed to bits!

I loved making Elmo, Big Bird & Oscar....something about the texture of
the figurines makes them so adorable!

Rainy Day Updates!

September is here! In BC this means it's time to bust out the umbrellas and rain boots- or in my case, persevere with totally inappropriate footwear and run like a maniac between sheltered areas so that I don't always look like a drowned rat. It also means that the creations featured in this post are probably the last of the summery things to come out of my kitchen- as soon as fall hits and the rain starts, I just want to make giant pots of tea and bake cold-weather treats to feed everyone (like these warm buttermilk raisin scones!)

Triple Berry Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Petals! 

Flavoured with blueberries, blackberries, & raspberries- perfect late summer treat!

This is what you get when you ask for a "Trivial Pursuit Baby Shower Cake"

I love decorating baby shower cakes and cakes for small children
with "stitched" fondant shapes- it's simple and whimsical.

This teddy bear really didn't want to sit up straight- the muggy early
September afternoon didn't do his posture any favours either!

It's A Boy! Cream Cheese Buttercream wrapped around a 3-layer
double chocolate cookies and cream cake...

Classic Wedding Roses on vanilla bean cupcakes

So simple and pretty.

It took FOREVER to decide on a plan for this cake- after multiple attempts
at creating hot bikini babes for this 19th birthday cake and ending up with
what looked more like teletubbies in swimsuits, I settled on a theme:
"19th Bithday Party- The Aftermath"

balloons, speakers, red solo cups, boxers....

Underwear and empty tequila bottles....yup.

oh Patron. 

yuuup

Beer funnels- don't try this at home.

19!

Chocolate Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting!

And of course, glitter.

Owl Cake for the graduation of a die-hard Elvis fan!