Tinkerbell Tree Stump Cake

 A friend asked me to make her daughters birthday cake. She wanted a Tinkerbell cake and I had the freedom to experiment with the design.  After looking through a ton of Tinkerbell designs, this is what I came up with.

Here are a few pictures before I added the flowers on top and some close ups of the decorations.

I love how this tree stump turned out.  I could have just left the Tinkerbell candle on top with out the flower, but felt it need a little pop for a special little girl.  This cake would be cute for a couple as well.  Their initials could be carved on the side in a heart.

The cake was my new favorite chocolate recipe with butter cream icing inside.

Rose Swirl Cake

This is a chocolate cake with a rich cream cheese frosting. 

Rainbow Cake with Swirl Rose Decorations

Sarah had a cake walk at school this week and I decided it was time to try my hand at a rainbow cake. I've seen a few variations of this cake on different sites here is what I came up with.  I did have grander plans for the outside of the cake, but since I'm less than two weeks away from delivery, I decided to forgo fondant decorations.  Well, that and I still need practice on my butter cream piping techniques.  Overall, it was a fun cake to make and I think I'm going to try it again for Brenna's birthday in August.

 Before the icing...

 Can you taste the rainbow?

 Little dots and swirl roses.