I made this cake for my friend Sigrun who’s a great gardener…and it makes me anxious to plant my own garden.
Thinking spring
It’s down right freezing outside but it’s almost April and everyone has spring on their minds. For my friend Joan’s birthday I thought it best to remind us all the spring flowers will soon be on their way. Can’t wait!
Red electric guitar
Brad’s first electric guitar, when he was a young kid, was red. His mom thought it’d be fun for him to revisit it!
American (er, Canadian) Gothic
Since they love farm living, it was decided that a cake made to look like Grant Wood’s iconic farming couple, would be an ideal image for their cake…with a few modernized touches, natch!
An A-mazing cake
Seven-year-old Isis was celebrating her birthday with a Halloween party at a corn maze. The black cats are navigating the maze as is a snowy owl, a nod to Isis’s costume. She was going to her party dressed as Harry Potter.
Ball pit cake
My friend Sarah turned 40 and her partner Steve decided to surprise her with what he calls a “Ronna cake.” Since we live about five hours apart from each other and he wanted to keep it a surprise, it goes without saying there were many emails back and forth! In the end, he told me that Sarah always wanted to try out a ball pit. So the theme was set.
She loves sheep, so I made three of them from fondant. Steve loves penguins and together they love their kitty cat Addie. All are playing in the ball pit made from bubble gum. The cake is marble covered in chocolate icing.
I met Steve in the parking lot of a gas station on Highway 401 to cut an hour and a half of driving. Still he made an eight hour trip to get Sarah a “Ronna cake” for her birthday. Boy, was she ever surprised.
