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!

More spring creations!

So excited it was almost 40' yesterday here in KC.... talk about a heat wave! Of course the warmer weather gets me thinking about spring and really believing it's coming soon!

Speaking of spring...here are some cookies I created for a friend which were just so fun to create & decorate!

Let me know what your cake & cookie needs are and we'll make it a party!

Spring Cakes!

Hooray....spring is less than one month away (well by one day!) and my latest creation...a ladybug cake really has me looking forward to spring!

Let me know what your cake & cookie needs and how we can make your event a party!

Recent Cookie Creations!

A friend of mine had posted an "ad" on Facebook, if you will, looking for someone who knew of or could create Dr. Seuss cookies for her son's 2nd birthday. Me...loving a good baking challenge responded, "sure, I'll give it shot!" So...I created a "test batch" last weekend and I'll have to say they were so much fun to create and especially decorate...I think my faves were the fish because once I put on the face, they just came to life!

Welcome to Colleen's Cakes and Cookies!

I'm so excited to "officially" begin my baking journey. One of my favorite items to bake are birthday character cakes for my peepers, Hannah & Hank! I've started a trend with their birthdays by doing "character cakes" which they choose...so at 6 & 4...I have quite the collection already!

Check out the slide show to see what I've baked for their parties...they are so fun to create and bring to life! If you see something you like, please let me know @ phillipsfamx4@gmail.com.