Welcome to Lisa's Sweet Tooth!

Hi! My name is Lisa (duh), and I am a 29 year old mom of three wonderful gifts from God ;) I have loved cakes, candy, chocolates and sweets since I was a little girl. I have taken up a serious interest in baking cakes for the last year. I always did little rinky dink cakes here and there, but nothing I even spent a lot of time on to make them "pop". Til February of 2010. I tried my hand at my very first cake, which happened to be for My best friend's son's 5th birthday party. I was so nervous, because it was a big party, and I didn't know exactly how it would turn out. Here's what happened:

I was actually pretty proud of myself by this cake. I had put two cakes together, side by side, hence the dips toward the top and bottom middle, lol. And that was before I knew there were cake pans this big, so I didn't have to combine two cakes =) So, I went out and bought myself a Wilton cake pan, that is a 15x18 I believe. The next cake I made was for the superbowl. I thought this one turned out pretty good as well, although I learned from this cake that it takes a steady hand and patience to make straight lines! What do you think?

My kids saw what a great job I was doing, and with their dad's birthday coming around the corner, they asked me to make him one. So, I did. I tinted the icing green, and since his birthday is on St. Patty's day, the design worked well!

The boys' were so happy that I made their dad this cake and their faces lit up when I brought it to grandma and grandpa's house! I ended up making one for my oldest son, Nik for his 8th birthday. He lives and breathes WWE, so naturally, that was the cake he picked. I was so nervouse to make it, and I had so many ideas for it too. I originally wanted to make an entire wrestling ring, but I was a little short on time, so this is what he got instead:

Next up? My second son, Eric, had his 6th birthday. He was so easy to make a cake for, I already knew exactly what to make. Sponge Bob Square Pants. The only problem? I am FAR from the greatest sketch artist ever. I can't even draw a stick figure without it looking distorted! But, I managed. I went on my laptop, looked up a picture of him, and copied it line by line with my buttercream. This one turned out well, I think, too, for my first spongebob cake!

Now, I'll admit, I really messed up on Patricks mouth, Sponge Bob's eyes, and I really didn't plan enough space for the writing, but hey; I think it at least looks like the real characters! LOL! Morgan's birthday, my daughter, was about 2 weeks after Eric's and of course, she HAD to have a princess cake. Now, at this point, I thought I was getting to be pretty good at this cake decorating thing. So, I decided to step it up a nothc. A castle she wants? A castle she gets! This baby was 3 whole layers tall, and the plastic kit, I bought from a local grocery store. I had so much fun with this one, and it really brought out my creativity! And she was in LOVE.

I only wish I had a better picture of it! I think I either forgot to get pictures, or I misplaced them, but I was thankful to at least find this one! The whole thing was pink, and I decided to have green vines growing up the side of each wall. The front of it had a door, although you can't see it :( Sorry.
After Morgan's birthday, I had a baby shower cake to make for a friend of a friend. It turned out pretty well, and I got the idea from Wilton's website. Great source for cake ideas. It was very time consuming, but well worth it, for a first time carved cake!

Anywho... I had to take a few months off from the cake decorating because I had 2 surgeries over the summer. My mom came to help me with everything including the children after my second surgery, since that one was a major one. Her birthday had passed one week before. I desperately wanted to make a birthday cake for her to show off my abilities, but it was so hard. I ended up making her a small cake about one week after my surgery, and even that took me about three hours I think. Here was her cake:

A little messed up, I know, but hey, that's what percocet does to you after surgery. She at least appreciated the effort, LOL. Oh, and I totally forgot--- I did make a small round cake for a dear friend of mine back in February. She wanted a chocolate cake so badly, so, that's what I made. The whole thing was chocolate. It was double layer, and I saw a video on youtube, showing that you could use a textured paper towel, to pat on the design in the icing. So, that's what I did, and this is how it turned out, after piping on the icing following the pattern. Looks kind of weird, I know:

After taking a little time off to recouperate, I decided to make a friend of mine a welcome home baby cake. She did the entire nursery in "A very hungry caterpillar", so of course, that was the theme of this cake! And she loved it!!! I was so proud of how it turned out, especially all the detail I put into it!

And, the very last cake I made for 2010 was a chocolate cake for Thanksgiving. It was a quick cake, since I was so short on time, but just the same, I thought it turned out great!

Really wish I had a bigger picture of this one! Anyway, so thus far, these are all of my creations! I definitely think I have come a long way since the biginning of this year, that's for sure! Now that we begin 2011, I am going to attempt working with fondant. Haha, we'll see, and I'll be sure to post pictures, no matter how it turns out! Hope you enjoyed this post!