Oregon State vs University of Oregon

After going to a local bakery for a football themed cake for the upcoming Oregon State vs. University of Oregon game, a friend discovered it would cost $100 because of the holidays. Not wanting to pay them that amount he asked if I could work something out. For the amount of people, we decided on cookies. I made my popular ones with a bit more color!

 

University of Oregon Shortbread Swirl

Oregon State shortbread swirl

 

Some of the shortbread had sprinkles, some had colored sugar.

 

 

Found these football trays. Perfect for the theme! Sadly, my colors were not as vibrant as I had hoped.

Go Ducks!

Cookie dough truffles, shortbread, double chocolate, and peanut butter. 

Go Beavers!

Our First Dumpster Dive

Ok, we didn't truly dumpster dive. We recycle bin searched. After searching the internet and thrift stores for weeks, for certain shaped bottles, we came up empty. Or found the asking price far higher than we wanted to pay. By accident we spent the day searching nearby neighborhoods recycling bins.

I have a plant growing from my Buddha beer bottle. My sister said to me a few days ago that she wanted a Buddha bottle. While we were Recycle Binning I found one!

 

 

After getting the bottles home, I boiled them for 10 or so mins., removed the labels and any remaining sticky bits with nail polish remover. I'll wash them again to do a final clean.

 

 

 Among our finds, a round vinegar bottle which, to me, looks like a potion bottle. An orange and red bowl, my cat will enjoy his meals from. Awesome square bottles. And a few handfuls of corks!

 

Princess Sofia Cake



The What: Princess Sofia birthday cake.



 



I knew I wanted to make the cake look like Princess Sofia's dress and purple. That's it! I drew out some ideas... A lot of ideas! Made a modeling chocolate tiara. Later I ix nayed the idea.

I ended up doing 4 alternating layers of 2 different purples and white buttercream frosting.

 

The finished cake.

 

 

Rolled the fondant into 'pearls'. store bought candy pearls for the edge of the dress.

 

The first cut! My favorite!



 

 

Halloween Cookies

The what: Halloween themed cookies

 Cookie Dough Truffles

 

Candy Corn Spiral



 

Tray of cookies

M&M, Shortbread, Cookie Dough Truffles, Sugar.

Seahawks

The What: Seahawks inspired cookies and cake.. Green and Blue.

Green and white shortbread spiral with colored sprinkles

Blue and Green M&M Cookies

Cookie Dough Truffles

Last minute cake.

First Slice. Go HAWKS!

Teeanage Mutant Ninja Turtles

After seeing some of the just-for-fun cakes I've done for friends, I was asked if I could make this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake based off of  http://deliciouslydarlingevents.com/blog/ . I really wasn't sure if I could pull it off! Never had done a smash or petal cake nor had I really done much with fondant figures. But I was their last hope! 



 

Fondant heads almost done

I began by making the fondant cake top a week or so in advance to allow time for it to harden enough to stand on the cake. 

 

 Fondant manhole cover. Sprayed with edible silver spray. I didn't like the flat plain look of it so I rubbed it with brown gel dye and a damp paper towel to give it a dirty look.

The finished turtle topper. Ready to go into the box for transporting.

 

I hadn't done this type of frosting before. After some trial and error I had it down.. I think! There are some things I will change when I use this technique again in the future. Overall, I am happy with the outcome of it. 



 

Top and Front view



First slice thanks to Leonardo.

Sesame Street Birthday

 

 The What: Sesame Street birthday cake.

All the messy layers.

Not wanting a lot of Fondant, I frosted the entire cake white.



Fondant sign, letters, and balls.

It's so happy!

That first Slice... Hack job. I only had a plastic knife!

Cake is almost bigger than the birthday boy!

Welcome to Sesame Street
Big Bird, Grover, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Zoe