What's cooking Wednesday - My first fondant cake

 My very first fondant cake...

I made it in Feb 2009 for my 10th wedding anniversary. I made everything from scratch including the chocolate fondant. The inside cake was black forest and number 10 on top are sugar cookies covered in molding chocolate... 

My first diaper cake

My very first diaper cake. 

My co-worker and I made this cake for another colleague as a baby shower gift. She was expecting twins, hence the 2 duckies on the top. I do not remember the exact no. of diapers at each layer, but we used size 1 diapers box from Costco and we had a few left over. The bottom layer had approximately 36 diapers, the middle layer had 20 and the top layer had about 10. Again, I do not remember.

Follow these instructions to make this cake

Zoo themed birthday cake!

This weekend I attended a special boy's Birthday Party at the Oakland Zoo. The mother of the 4 year old teamed up with a friend and made the cutest birthday cake. As her Facebook updates showed the progress of the cake, I got impatient, left office early and reached her house to help make the cake... I couldn't help it, I just had to. Even though I could only stay a short while, I contributed to the cake by making the giraffe and the snake.

Here is a picture of the finished cake.... Isn't it lovely!

Farm Animal Cupcakes

Last week, my darling boy just turned three and we celebrated his Birthday in his classroom with these "Farm animals" cupcakes. It was so much fun to make these cupcakes and my kids could not wait to eat these.

I was up till 2 AM making the cupcakes, but they were worth the effort.

My son's favorite was the dog, while my daughter loved the duck the best. My husband thought the pig was the best and I was in love with the sheep...  would you please settle our argument and let us know which one you like the best?

The Duck cupcake

The Dog Cupcake

The Sheep cupcake

The Pig Cupcake

Ready for the Classroom

And no party can be complete without the goodies...

And after the class party, the weekend was spent celebrating the event with family and friends...

See you next time!