Non-wedding cakes

Back in February it was my cousin in Indiana's birthday. I had been toying with the idea of making her a birthday cake and shipping it to her  for her birthday in the hope that it would get there in one piece. But I wanted it to be a surprise to her, so I didn't say anything. I packed in up snuggly and sent it to her via usps two days before her birthday. One her birthday I wrote on her FB page... " Hope you get some good cake.", to which she jokingly replied that she was waiting for the fedex man to show up with a cake from me. I remember thinking to myself that little does she know she will be getting a cake delivery from me, just not through fedex, and hoping it got there in one piece. By 1 pm it was there! And she was sooooo surprised.  And amazingly... it got there in one piece and looked almost as good as it did when I sent it!
This is her little birthday cake....

Last week was our last day of winter term. We have two classmates who are pregnant so we decided to make our end of term get together one dedicated to them. I made a special cake for the ceremony as the loved it. I'm so glad they did....

This cake is just a cake I made for the fun of it... no fancy decorations or anything like that! Just luscious, smooth, silky dulce de leche Italian Merengue Buttercream. It is so good! Just looking at it makes my moth water and my hips grow!!!

Jamelyn & Andy's cake

When I first came to this country, 7 years ago, none of my education was accepted anywhere, and it was very difficult to get a job. So I started housecleaning. One of my very first housecleaning clients went by the name of Jamelyn. I cleaned 3 different houses for Jamelyn as she moved over the years. About two years ago, she decided to quit her job and hence didn't need a housecleaner anymore. So for about two years, I didn't clean for her. Then she emailed me last August and asked if I was willing to come back. I did... but had to quit a few months later because of the hectic pace of nursing school. She did, however, ask me to make her wedding cake as she and her very kind and friendly boyfriend were getting married. They got married this past weekend and I was fortunate enough to make their wedding cake. They really liked the idea of a topsy turvy cake, so this is what we came up with...

The top tier was banana with white chocolate ganache for filling, middle tier - coconut with white chocolate ganache and the bottom tier was chocolate with chocolate ganache. It was all covered in fondant and then buttercream scrollwork in the same white as the fondant.

I made all the flowers out of gum paste. There were roses, peonies and tulips...