I finally got the chance to make a Turkey Cake for the potluck we have annually at work and it was a huge hit. Body was carved from two 9x9x4 square butter cakes, drumsticks and wings are rice crispy treats. Someone actually had to poke the cake to find out if it was real or not...though they stuck their finger in the cake it was a huge compliment!

Hannah Montana Guitar

By far this has been the best and funniest cake I've turned out (expect my sisters babyshower cake)! I've always wanted to do a gutiar and I pulled out all the stops for this one; it was supposed to only be big enough to feed 10 little girls but I had to make it somewhat actual size so naturally it feed about 50 people! Totally worth it though, the cake was apparently polished off in 20 seconds flat and the little kids were even fighting over the strings!!

Princess Castle

This one was certainly a new one for me and I'm not sure I'm going to do the faux rock technique again (#12 dots that are then pressed down and together)...it looks messy to me at certain angles and it was very time consuming. I think I'm going to invest in a brick stencil :)

Bakugan

Well I never heard of Bakugan before this cake and come to find out it's a pretty awesome little game for kids - like Pokemon' but with little sphere's that pop open to reveal little monsters. Very neat if you ask me. I tried my best to replicate the little battle arena (monsters and all) for a 10-year-olds surprise birthday party/Bakugan tournament.

Flip Flop

Halloween Birthday Spider

The Very Hungry Catapiller

Warren's Football

This (so sweet) was a request from work for someone's manager on Boss's Day; he coached College Football at one time. It's Yellow Cake with Fudge Filling and covered in Chocolate Fondant. Everything in edible.
Looking at the photo, I really wish I would have re-done the "Warren" a third time....cutting cursive with an exacto knife is not the best method to doing lettering.

60th Wedding Anniversary

Even though I love the way this cake turned out in the end, I swear to you it almost didn't make it out my front door. Everything was fine and dandy until I started decorating....my buttercream yellowed on me for the first time ever! Then, when I went to airbrush the cake back to white my airbrush nozzle decided it wanted to break. So there I was at 11 p.m. at night crying my eyes out because I thought I was going to deliver an ugly cake to one of my dearest friends because it was due at 2 p.m. the next day. Well long story short, I went in search of a replacement airbrush the next morning only to buy an airbrush and find out my compressor wasn't powerful enough. So after crying again, I broke out the Luster Dust and my biggest brush and just started dusting. When I stopped, I was actually surprised, the Luster Dust combined with the yellow (okay not Spongebob yellow but cream colored) buttercream the cake turned this beautiful antique color. I guess things happen for a reason.
Pearls are edible peppermint pearls made by Wilton, Silver Balls are Satin Ice Fondant that have been painted with Silver Metallic, White Almond Sour Cream Cake with Strawberry Filling, Buttercream Frosting.

Something Blue........

Chocolate Cupcakes filled with Bavarian Cream and topped with Embossed rounds of Satin Ice Fondant. Flower were molded from Satin Ice as well and airbrushed silver.
Made for a surprise Bridal Shower and I got my first "thank you" letter out of these babies:

I just wanted to send a quick note to thank you for the cupcakes you made for my bridal shower. They were absolutely gorgeous! You’re so very talented, I told Laura you need to open your own shop!
Thanks for making my day so special!
~Lisa

Crystals Baby Shower

I made this for my twin sisters baby shower.....alot of work; about 80 hours went into this and a 2,000 trip (shipped it to AZ from FL). The Monogram, Bow (that broke in transit), the pearls, the butterflies, and the little baby figure are all gumpaste. Cake is Red Velvet with Strawberry and Creamcheese filling, frosting is buttercream (chocolate on bottom tier), larger pearls, strips, and dots are Satin Ice Fondant.
Most importantly my sister loved it and got to help me assemble and decorate - ton of fun.

Stella

Gumpaste Kitty (I named her Stella), White Cake with Strawberry Filling, Buttercream Frosting, and Satin Ice Fondant flowers. My first time doing Cornella Lace.....turned out pretty nice.

Hello Kitty

This cake was so much fun, constructed to be an exact replica of a little girls Hello Kitty Doll right down to the purse. White cake with vanilla pudding fill, buttercream frosting (faux fondant style), and all other accents (including the dress) are Satin Ice Fondant.

Goth Birthday

Replicated after Duff's "Ashley" cake. Red Velvet cake with Cream Cheese Filling, Covered in Satin Ice Fondant, White Chocolate Skulls.

Birthday Bunny

Gumpaste Bunny and Umbrella, White Cake with Strawberry Filling, Buttercream Frosting.

DONUT!

Made for my dear friend Anne who loves Donuts! Decided to replicate Homers (Simpson) dream donut. White pound cake with bavarian filling and covered in Satin Ice Fondant.

Gobble Gobble

Gumpaste Turkey made for a couple of Thanksgiving cakes that were auctioned off for charity....love these little guys.

Home Sweet Home

Gumpaste House, White Cake with Cream Cheese Filling, Buttercream Frosting

SEMPER FI

White Chocolate Topper painted with Luster Dust, Red Velvet Cake with Strawberry Filling, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.

Birthday Fairy

Gumpaste Fairy Topper, Chocolate Cake with Fudge Filling, Buttercream frosting.

And so it begins............

I've finally decided to make a blog.spot dedicated to my cakes. I've procrastinated this long because I honeslty didn't think my cakes were good enough to deserve a site of their own, I still don't entirely but with more people asking me to do cakes for their special occasions I thought it was time.
This is just the begining stages so please bare with me over the next few weeks until I get this thing configured the way I'd like it.

Happy Caking!