Cake Crazy



Usually, I make a whole lot of cupcakes every week with the occasional cake thrown in. Lately, it seems like all I make is cakes, something I just noticed this weekend when I was looking for recent cupcake pictures to throw up. I have been a cake machine lately, churning out custom fondant occasion cakes, signature buttercream birthday cakes, and the ideas just keep coming! Although these are much more time consuming than cupcakes, I've really begun to love working with fondant, and I've started to plan for taking some of my "dream courses" next year. While I have a knack for decorating, I have sooo much to learn and I just don't think you can ever learn enough. There is always going to be room for improvement! Right now, I'm taking every opportunity to try something I haven't done before and to find the styles and techniques that work best for me. I never ever thought my cakes would be a big thing for Little Bow Sweets- they've always been an afterthought for me. Apparently, all of you lovely people have other ideas! Here's a little of what I've been up to lately.

 



This classy striped cake was made for a photography fanatic- her 19th birthday party was a photograph scavenger hunt, which I think is an awesome idea!

I made this Little Red Riding Hood cake for the Cake Central inspiration challenge. I would never normally enter a contest, but I thought it was a great opportunity to try something new and stretch my skills! We were given this inspiration board to design from, and there were some crazy amazing entries! The winning cake had the same painted silhouette idea as mine, although with considerably more skill behind it and another tier! I'm really happy with my entry though and will probably enter the next one just for the awesome practice!

Painted Pumpkins and other creations from the Fall season so far!

This cake was a last minute request- no time to plan ahead, no time to work our alternative methods...while I would have liked to put a little more effort into the prep, I'm actually really happy with the end result on this one, and the birthday boy was thrilled!



The glitter all over this top tier is still turning up in my clothes, on my face, in my hair...it just won't go away!