Margo Madness!

So who knew going to the gym more than once a week would pay off? Back a few months ago, a friend of mine & I decided to attempt a Boot Camp Class @ PF...little did we know we would barely be able to walk, let along sit down the next day! Needless to say...it was an awesome class! You're probably asking yourself, why are you talking about working out when this is a cake & cookies blog? Well...I'm getting to that..hold your horses! Back to Boot Camp...the reason the class was so great was because the instructor was awesome! Ms. Angie was the nicest yet tough Boot Camp Chic ;) And for some reason, we just clicked...well, if you ask my husband, that tends to happen with me...anyway, I continued to see Angie & the gym (when I was there) and then I'd see her other places around town...specifically Jalapenos! One nite, we were chatting outside after dinner/beverages and somehow started talking about cakes...well, one thing led to another and she needed a cake...a Margarita Birthday Cake! Woo hoo...talk about a FUN & FESTIVE cake! So...what's the moral here? Keep on keepin' on @ the gym...you just never know what you may get out of it...fitness & friends!

Happy Summer!

Hello cakes & cookies friends! We had the pleasure of going to one of our many fabulous neighbors for a Memorial Day Gathering...was soooo much fun! Torie & I just feel so blessed by our neighbors (friends) and love having so many kiddos for our peeps to play with! I thought it would be fun to create some kind of summer kick-off cake...so, because we alway seem to be @ the pool (we clocked 3 days this past weekend already!)...what better way to kick-off summer than with a pool cake! This cake was super fun to create...lots 'o candy (somewhere around 10 packs of gum!) and teddy grahams (sun bathers) to boot! The most fun part was "dressing" the bears...I mean, how do you begin putting a bikini on a teddy graham...minus the one nude bear-bather...LOL? Needless to say it...I loved it and when it came to picking out just the right candy...my sweet Hannah completed the look by picking out sour something or other for the towels...was perfect! Happy Summer!

Let there be Cosmos!

What would a bachelorette party be without Cosmos...cookies that is! A friend of mine so graciously asked me if I could "mix up" some Cosmos (with a twist & some bling!) for the bachelorette party she was hosting last week....and of course, I said YES! These cookies were so fun to cut out (by hand because there wasn't a cookie cutter big enough) and looked good enough to drink! My peepers, Hannah & Hank especially had fun looking at them and asking all kinds of questions about Cosmos and things that go along with Cosmos...so I changed the subject! Thank you Anne for letting create your Cosmos...Bottoms up!

ROCK CHALK...Congrats Ashley & best of luck!

A good friend of mine asked me about a month ago to create her daughter, Ashley's graduation cake from KU...whoa! What an honor! I was so excited to come up with a "cake-like" Jayhawk that resembled such a cool bird...even though in our house we represent several colleges. My husband went to Nebraska (Go Skers'!), I went to K-State (Go Cats!) and well, Hannah sometimes wants to go to Nebraska and K-State while Hank is our resident Jayhawk fan...he was the most excited about this cake! So...back to creating this guy...'er Mr. Jayhawk! I chatted with Karen and showed her some ideas and it all came down to the good 'ole Jayhawk...she was surprising Ashley and only asked what flavor...LOVE it! Off to create the Jayhawk...I started with baking a 1/2 sheet cake which so graciously "fell" right out of the pan (gotta love that as a baker!)...then it was off to decide which way to "cut" or "trace" Mr. Jayhawk (after awhile, I start referring to my cakes as him or her....scary, I know!)...I even consulted my husband...it was a tall, skinny Jayhawk or short, squaty Jayhawk...we went with tall & skinny! Once I got "him" traced out and cut....it was off to decorate...I always love "bringing these cakes to life"...I say that alot but it's so true. I was telling Karen and her husband, Jerry when I dropped "him" off, that Mr. Jayhawk started to "come to life" once I got his big blue eye on there...I so loved doing this cake! Thank you Karen for asking me to do Ashley's cake...I'm just so blessed and love making all my friends and families celebrations "come to life"!

Let there be doggies!

My friend Kim called me a couple weeks ago to get the creative juices flowing for her sweet daughter's cake...it was kind of a funny conversation in that Ashley had a very specific design complete with specific details in mind. Kim was kind of laughing as she was describing the cake....here's kind of how it went..."Now feel free to tell me if you can't do this...but Ashley would like a chocolate lab cake." Me, "okay, that sounds fun!". Kim, kind of laughing, "but wait there's more, she wants the collar on the dog to be rainforest color, no wait (Ashley in the background) turquoise with orange, then Kim said, "Ashley, how about turquoise with hot pink"...and actually as you can see from the picture, I went with hot pink collar & turquoise name only because the background sky was blue (another request). I LOVED doing this cake and even more LOVED all the details too...and you should've seen the look on Ashley's face when I delivered the cake...priceless and the reason I love creating cakes & cookies! Thank you, thank you, thank you Kim & Ashley! Thank you also for having my Hannah...she had a fabulous time and I even got to taste the cake...YUM! Happy Birthday Ashley!

May the "G-Force" be with you!

So...yesterday I had the pleasure and FUN of creating guinea pigs on a cookie...I know what you're thinking...what? a guinea-pig on a cookie? yuck! Well...a friend of mine so kindly referred me to a friend of hers who has a son turning 6 today! She was laughing herself when she let me know what theme "Jack" wanted for his birthday cookies...G-Force! How in the world can you turn a cookie into a guinea pig...and for that matter...does a guinea pig cookie cutter exist? Well...to my surprise (and probably yours)...it does! Pretty much it looks like a blob of something with a dangling foot...okay, well, I'm opted for a circular cookie with a guinea pig face...talk about FUN! Loved putting on the furry fur and those beady black eyes...the icing on the cookie (haha) was the little pink nose, mouth and whiskers...who knew guinea pigs could be cute? So...lo & behold, guinea pig G-Force cookies can be created & celebrated! What a lucky group of guinea pigs!

Happy Spring...or, ah the end of Winter! Anyway....doesn't really matter since spring really is coming...my tulips are trying to make their way up!

I had the honor of doing TWO birthday cakes this weekend...one for a very 1st birthday...Mr. Kaleb turned one and had a monkey theme going on...and Ms. Tori turned 7 and she is an ice skating champ...hence the ice skating cake!

Happy Birthday to TWO darling peepers!

Now...bring on the spring and more celebrations & cakes!