Sugar - Cookies, Cakes and More

Hello Kitty cookies

2012-01-27T07:33:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine asked me recently if I could do "Hello Kitty" cookies for her little girl's birthday. I jump at any chance to do girly cookies, so I agreed. I have had the Hello Kitty cookie cutters for a while now. If you all remember, I made Halloween cookies with them back in October. These were just your basic Hello Kitty heads.

I did make a few extra and had some fun with them. This is Hello Kitty's cousin - Hipster Kitty!

Happy Birthday MJ!

Cub Scout Birthday

2012-01-26T12:38:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine asked me to make a birthday cake for her son who is turning eight. That's a pretty big age for boys in our neck of the woods. They are baptized and become members of our church, and they get to be Cub Scouts. Her son was very excited about the Cub Scout part, so she requested a Cub Scout cake. He got his wish!

The cake is chocolate with a fondant finish. The badges are done with edible ink.

Happy Birthday Philip!

Mickey Mouse Birthday

2012-01-26T12:29:00.000-08:00

My third little boy, Evan, turned four a couple of weeks ago. For the longest time all I could get out of him when I asked what kind of cake he wanted was "A circle cake." He finally agreed to a Mickey Mouse party when I suggested that. (At our house, they get their first "friends" party when they turn four.)

I usually make cookies for the to take to their school classes, but he isn't in school yet, so I made them for his church class.

We had his family party on the actual big day. I made him a simple mickey-shaped cake, and he was thrilled. Three circles is better than one, right?!

The next week we had his friends party and I made cupcakes with mickey silhouettes on them. I briefly thought about doing black frosting, but decided against it. Because it was a party for pre-schoolers, after all!

Happy Birthday Grizz! I love you!

Belle and Buzz

2011-12-27T15:37:00.000-08:00

I received an Etsy order last week for a split dozen Disney princess and Buzz Lightyear cookies. I have done Buzz before, but not and princesses. The Mom gave me a list of princesses and I chose to do Belle. I worked out a design and went to work. I had a tough time with her face. Characters are so hard to get right! I hope she is close enough for the birthday girl!

Gingerbread Galore!

2011-12-21T07:17:00.000-08:00

I made roughly 27 dozen gingerbread men this weekend. They were only 2" tall, but still - 27 DOZEN. They didn't get decorated like the first batches I did. They didn't even get their pictures taken in their state of nakedness. I do have a photo of the last batches I made:

They got all fancied up.

I wasn't sure if I'd have the motivation to make cookies for my boys' school classes after all that, but I somehow found some. I made 5 dozen of these:

Which turned into these:

Aren't they fun? My five-year old thought they were silly. I hope his classmates enjoy them!

Vintage Hot Air Balloons

2011-12-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine from back in my college days contacted me a few weeks ago and asked if I would do some cookies for her daughter's first birthday. She is planning the party with a hot air balloon theme, as the baby's first year has "flown by." How cute is that? I designed the cookies to match the birthday invitation, which had a vintage feel about it.

Happy Birthday Reese!

Etsy Shop is Open again!

2011-12-05T08:17:00.001-08:00

I've decided to ring in the new year by re-opening the Etsy shop. I am currently booked until the second week of January, but you can now order from the shop again. Find it here. Be sure to check the calendar for availability! Thanks everyone!

Buzz & Woody cake

2011-12-02T18:30:00.001-08:00

This week's order is for a Toy Story cake. The Mom specifically asked for a Buzz and Woody cake. I found this cake online, and knew it had to be! So, here is my version.

The lucky birthday boy is also getting a dozen Toy Story Alien cookies.
The cake is chocolate with chocolate filling and a fondant finish.

Happy Birthday Luke!

Baseball Birthday cookies

2011-11-30T18:10:00.001-08:00

A good friend of mine had a birthday yesterday. She has two boys herself, and her family is BIG into baseball. So, for her birthday, I made her some baseball cookies.

Happy Birthday Karen!

Cars 2, two

2011-11-30T18:08:00.001-08:00

See? I told you there was a fourth car to the Cars 2 series. I got photos immediately after the cookies were done this time (lesson learned). Introducing... Francesco Bernoulli.

And, all together... the Cars 2 gang.

Cars 2 cookies

2011-11-18T17:40:00.001-08:00

I bought these Cars 2 cookie cutters a few months back. I finally got around to using them this week. I'll admit it, I was a little overwhelmed at the detail the cookies require. Character cookies can go so wrong so easily. You have to get certain parts just right or they won't look like the intended character. I'm not saying mine turned out perfectly, but they did turn out a lot better than I feared they might.

There were actually 4 cars in this series. I had all 4 cut out and iced - a dozen of each one. I sent the majority to school with my seven-year old for his "All About Me" day today and the rest were sitting out of reach on my entertainment center, waiting for their turn to get photographed. At least, I thought they were out of reach. I went in to the family room this afternoon to check on my boys, and they had eaten every last "Francesco Bernouli" cookie. While watching Cars 2, ironically. They are little stinkers they are. So, I have no pictures of Francesco. Maybe next time.

Delicate Arch cake

2011-11-11T13:51:00.001-08:00

This past week was my Uncle Jim's birthday. We are celebrating tomorrow, and I got to make his cake again. He is a big fan of Southern Utah, so I made him a cake with the Delicate Arch on it. The design came from the Utah centenary stamp that was released a few years back.

Jim loves my carrot cake, so it is a carrot cake finished in cream cheese frosting.

Happy Birthday Uncle Jim!

Great Outdoors 80th Birthday cake

2011-11-04T18:36:00.000-07:00

A friend in the neighborhood asked me to make a cake for her dad's 80th birthday tomorrow. Her only instruction was for it to be "outdoorsy." I thought on it long & hard, but most of the designs I came up with seemed too juvenile for a man celebrating his 80th birthday. Then, I had a brainstorm. I would paint the cake with outdoor scenes. The only other time I've painted with food coloring was the Westie cake and that was pretty simple. This time it was more of a watercolor type painting. I think it turned out good, though food coloring is a bit different to paint with than water colors!

Hello Kitty Skeleton Cookies

2011-10-29T21:11:00.000-07:00

This is my last batch of Halloween cookies - really! I had leftover cookie dough & leftover icing sitting in my fridge just calling to me. And, I had a brand spankin' new set of Hello Kitty cutters just begging to be used. I saw some fun HK Halloween cookies floating around the web, so I thought I'd give them a shot. This is my take on Hello Kitty Skeleton cookies.

Halloween cookies are done!

2011-10-26T17:07:00.000-07:00

I can't do math in my head. If I could, I may have said "no" to one or two orders of Halloween cookies. I had five customers who wanted cookies. In my head that equaled 5 dozen cookies - no prob. In actuality, when I went through the orders in my head, four of those five people wanted two dozen cookies. That equals nine dozen. Oops. Good thing I realized that before making the cookies. But really, who could I have said no to? Four dozen go to my boys' school classes, two dozen are for my Mom's work, two dozen are for my cousin's work and one dozen is for a neighbor. I started the cookies on Monday and finished them today. Not bad, time-wise. And I didn't have to spend 12 hours a day making them either. (So glad I didn't do the Dia de los Muertos cookies for the boys' classes!)

I made some minor changes to a couple of the designs, and added a fifth character to the lineup. I still like the skeleton best.

This is what eleven and a half dozen cookies looks like:

Yes, you read that right. Eleven and a half dozen. I ended up making some for my hubby's work too. Ain't he lucky?

Square Pumpkin, and others...

2011-10-22T11:41:00.000-07:00

I thought I was done with Halloween cookies, but then I found these cute napkins at Hobby Lobby and just had to make cookies out of them.

I need to get some better icing tips for the details, really. But I think they are cute!

We have a winner!

2011-10-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

There were only 8 entries for the giveaway, so I'd say your chances of winning were pretty good. Without further ado:

Our winner is number 4 - Andrea B! Please get me your info to claim your prize.

300 Fans!

2011-10-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

I reached 300 fans on my Facebook page earlier this week. To celebrate, I'm giving away some cooking goodies! Here they are:

Included is a set of Halloween cookie cutters, a Paula Deen recipe organizer, PD coupon organizer, and PD recipe cards. Are you excited?

To enter, leave me a comment telling me what cookies you would like to see on the site by midnight on Friday, October 21. I'll announce the winner on Saturday! Good Luck!

Dia de los Muertos

2011-10-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

I have been seeing sugar skulls and cookies all over the web as Halloween approaches. I have wanted to try making some, so I did today. I based my design off an amazing needlework pattern I found here. Mine is a simplified version, of course, but still a lot of detail!

More Halloween Cookies

2011-10-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

I made some cookies this week just for my kids. I wanted to try out some new Halloween designs, and our cookie jar only had two half-decorated cookies in it. Two - that isn't even enough for one each. So sad. So, here you go, some new Halloween designs.

These are all made with my skull cookie cutter.

The skeleton idea is all over the web, but I thought I'd give it a shot. The mummy was inspired by another cookier, but I can't remember where I found them!

School Fundraiser cookies

2011-10-10T12:44:00.000-07:00

My boys' school is having a safety fair and fundraiser tomorrow night. My cookies sold really well last year, so I volunteered to make more for the bake sale this year. I ended up making 4 dozen cookies.

Inspiration came from the following:

Spiderman cookies (with tutorial)

Erlenmeyer flasks

Cauldrons

University of Utah cookies

2011-09-30T19:27:00.000-07:00

I bought this drum and feather cutter over a year ago.

I have meant to use it for the past year.

I finally got around to it this week.

We are big University of Utah fans at our house. Even our little boys are die hard fans. I had some left over cookie dough from the Batman cookie order, so I made up some Utah football cookies. I think we'll take some to the game with us tomorrow. My oldest thinks they're "Awesome!"

GO UTES!

Batman Cookies

2011-09-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

I love return customers. I am always happy to do custom orders for them (or for anyone!). I love knowing that people enjoy my baked goods. It makes me happy. I recently got an email from a woman who I had made Buzz Lightyear cookies for last year. She wanted Batman cookies for her son's birthday this year. I happily obliged, we settled on the Batman logo, and here we are! I shipped out two dozen of these babies this morning!

Thanks Erin and Happy Birthday to your little superhero!

Westie on a Cheetah Print Pillow cake

2011-09-27T09:16:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks back my hairdresser, Kim, traded me a haircut for a birthday cake for his partner. I am always happy to barter, so I happily agreed to do the cake. He requested a cheetah print pillow with a Westie on top. They have a Westie puppy named Ella, so the collar on the iced doggie read "Ella."

This is Ella:

This is the icing version of Ella:

This is the cake:

Happy Birthday Dan!

Mecham Wedding Cake

2011-09-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

I was asked by a friend to do her brother's wedding cake. The wedding took place a few weeks ago and the couple was great to work with!

The cake was vanilla or vanilla almond with cream cheese filling. All the flowers are edible.

All the flowers before making it on to the cake!