Baby Carriage cake

This baby carriage cake is 3 layers of chocolate chip pound cake with white chocolate cream filling--ummm-yummy!!!  I am not a seamstress, but took on the task of sewing this carriage skirt and attaching it to my board.  I think I did a pretty good job considering I don't work with a sewing machine much.  It has actually inspired me to try and make some of my chidren's dresses.  We will see how that endeavor works out and who knows-- I might have found another hobby!!!
Back to the carriage-- I threaded some floral wire through some powder blue tulle and shaped it to form the cover of the carriage and then covered some dowel rods with fondant and sprayed them silver for the handle.  I have done a cake like this before and have learned from both experiences on ways to improve this cake.

Flowers and flowers

My sister and I decorated this cake for a birthday girl, her mother and her grandmother.  The flowers are fondant flowers that she painstakingly stamped out and then molded-- we lost count of how many we actually put on this cake. 

Veggie Tales Dedication Cake

Veggie Tales





Larry the Cucumber

Bob the Tomato

Veggie Tales is not something that I have watched a lot of- even with having 2 little girls at home.  I have watched it a couple of times, so I know who the main characters are.  After making this cake, I have decided that I am going to go and get some of the dvds and let my girls wathc it.  It is comfortaing knowing that there is a Christian based cartoon that my girls can watch and I am not concerned that they are being exposed to propaganda.

That being said, I was asked to make this Veggie Tales cake for a dedication of a little girl and boy.  I wanted it to have something that the characters say on the show, so since the internet is so wonderful and I don't have any of the dvds to consult, I searched "veggie tales sayings" and was rewarded.  This saying fit so perfect-- " God made you special and He loves you very much!"

I love that saying and have told my girls that every day since I read it and of course I add "and so do I" at the end of it.