Cake Decorating

When I was getting ready to be a stay-at-home-mom I made a list of things I wanted to learn/do to keep busy and continue to stretch myself. On that list was cake decorating. Nothing too fancy, just the basics so that I could make a decent cake every now and then. My sister, Deborah, is really good at this kind of thing and makes cakes for every occasion. She was kind enough to give me a few lessons. I hope I can get her to give me some more lessons. hint hint Deb!!

The first of my lessons was a cake that I made for my friend's baby shower. I was a little nervous that it wouldn't turn out well but it sure did. We put little pink baby booties on each slice of cake. I thought it would have taken forever to do every single little bootie, but it went fairly quickly.Once I did such an awesome cake (with a lot of help)... I was ready for more. My cousin just had her baby and we were bringing them dinner their first night home from the hospital. I made cupcakes for desert with their sons name on it. If you can't see it very well it says Patrick.

I went back to my sisters for another lesson and I made a little individual cake for Rick. It didn't turn out quite so cute as the others because I got carried away on the lettering which ruined it. LOL.