I've always made my son's birthday cakes. It was Easter of 2007 that I took a cookie decorating class with son #3, and got hooked on cookies. Watching the FOOD network cake challenges, and ACE of Cakes, and now The Cake Boss, I got a little creative. For Valentine's Day 2008 my husband bought me a food grade air-brush, and a class. It opened up a way to add color and depth.

What was a mild hobby is now an obsession, creative one. I have more then 200 cookie cutters, more then 60 cake pans, 126 decorating tips, 6 rose nails, 30 Kathy Scott Silicon Molds, (I'm still counting my candy and lollipop molds) and 30+ air brush stencils. A HUGE Thanks you to Jeff and his family for increasing my inventory of tips, pans, and molds. They gave me all of their mother's Wilton cake, candy supplies. It's is great shape and some item's I have never seen before. I don't think they still make all of the things I have acquired. I owe you cakes for many celebrations to show my thanks!

"Who doesn't LOVE cake?" My icon is actually a deep dish pizza CAKE I made.

March of 2009 was crazy busy with cakes, cookies and a St. Patrick's Day menu. April 2009 looks just as crazy right now also. I made a seperate 'set' page for each month. You can check it out...Oh yeah, did I mention I work full time too? ha ha.

I'm going to cake camp again in Sept of 2009. I'm taking 10 classes; some demo only, but most are hands on. I'll post pictures once I came back. I posted cake camp photo's from 2008.

As I have been doing this for a few years, I've had friends ask me to try new flavor combinations. Here is a list of some of them. I've also posted pictures on the photostream of some of the batter photo's.

Red Velvet - The real deal made with cocoa powder and pickled beets.

Vanilla/Chocolate/Marble

Strawberry - With fresh pureed strawberries in the batter and my own recipe for fresh strawberry filling.

Morello Cherry Vanilla

Pumpkin from the patch - I bake and puree my own pumpkin in the fall.

Mango Cheyanne Pepper - Thank you Warren Brown for your recipe.

Cocount cake - Thank you Paula Deen for Jamies recipe

Starbucks inspired cake - Deep Chocolate with real espresso, Chocolate Ganache filling (A.K.A. Cafe Mocha)

Carrot cake - my own recipe

Chocolate Coffee Cheyanne Pepper

Chocolate cake with partially melted chocolate chips

Black Forest Cake with Morello Cherries

Brownie (instead of cake) and Vanilla Bean Ice-Cream

Homemade Caramel Filling cake, thank you Martha Stewart for your holiday caramel recipe

Peach, Ginger, Cinnamon, Pecan coffee cake. (I need to get the name of the creator of this one, and post it)

Luscious Lemon cake - Martha Stewart thanks for an awesome Lemon Curd recipe.

Lemon Poppyseed

Reese Peanute Butter Snow Men

Peppermin Chocolate - Holly's creation

Snickers Candy Bar Chocolate Cake

German Chocolate cake, filling inspired by the Sweetend Condensed Milk Company.

Gluten and egg free recipies for my Vegan family members, and Kim's mom Colleen who cannot tollerate the flour.

Because of my friends and family I have learned so much.

Many thanks to all who comment on my photo's. Thank you to all that encourage me to put on my lab coat and make some interesting taste combinations!!!

Happy Baking!

C.J.