A Veritable Bath of Icing

I love a blank, white sheet of paper.

So many possibilities!

So much room for creativity!

The only thing better is when it's an edible:

Enjoy that whiteness now, because here comes some 

COLOR!!!

LOTS of it.

--Oh, and to those who may wonder, this is NOT Hope's birthday cake. Those are on a different camera, and I kinda forgot about them. 

Later. 

This cake was for a friend's daughter.--

Kept away the sugar monster with a tall cup of water...

Followed by the necessary cup of tea...

Now I know this looks strange...

And that it appears to be a smurf-sorta-creature with alien eyes...

but trust me, this was planned!!

Bubbles and polka dots.

Don't worry, if you're puzzled, you aren't alone. 

Oliver couldn't figure it out either.

TA DA!!

A Christmas version of THIS "spa lady" cake from sweetartbybecky.com.

I personally loved the cucumbers.

There are just some cakes I would never think to invent.

:)

For the Sugaraholic...

...yet another birthday cake! 

Though thankfully the last one in the back-to-back line-up of 4 family birthday, Tyler's cake is always takes a bit more thought than the others. Why? Unlike those sisters of mine who request a horse or teddy bear cake every year...Tyler's must be utterly unique! 

So behold, the 10th Tyler cake...

take a good look, and then come help me clean up if you please. 

:)

 Yes, isn't it amazing.

*cough*

 You knew better than to think that was it, didn't you? Oh my. Three more hours of work, my friends!

 First some construction work! After the previous cake adventure (!!), you'd better believe I used a lot of THESE:

And it worked...what do you know? Planning ahead and taking precautions against the gravitational pull pays off!

Take a pause here, and sing with me!!

"Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! 

Let the earth hear His voice! 

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! 

Let the people rejoice!"

 Now for some sparkling water,

tall evergreens,

rich, spongy grass,

and colorful river stones!

 I won't rush you all...you know you want to explore!

Go over it!

Go under it!

 Hide behind it!

 Soak in the peaceful river that somehow flows off on either side of the cake without running out of water...

 By all means, read Isaiah 58:11!

  But enjoy the peace and quiet while you can...this deliciously rich and beautiful place won't remain undiscovered by others for long...

  Whatever else it may be...I'm always kinda glad the only goal is "unique". :)

Newton and Birthday Cake

 Time for a science lesson, kids!

 No worries. 

I'd tell you it'll be a piece of cake...but I don't do puns.

Seriously--this doesn't look so bad, does it?

I didn't think so either! I thought "Hey!! I can turn this lamb mold [below] into a HORSE!!!" Without a single thought in the direction of the laws of science.

 Because see? It was going great!!

 My mistake.

 The law of gravity states that: "every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportionate to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them."

Ummm...in other words, the earth is big, my cake is small. 

When improperly supported, said cake is attracted towards the earth in such a way that is extremely undesirable.

 I could only stand by and watch as a faulty theory of cake and frosting fell apart before my eyes.

 The price? 

At least 5 toothpicks to the head and a fork up the throat.

But you wouldn't have been able to tell if I hadn't told you, would you? :)

Good Taste in Music

"The LORD your God is in your midst, 

a mighty one who will save;

He will rejoice over you with gladness;

He will quiet you by His love;

He will exult over you with loud singing."

~Zephaniah 3:17~

I ADORE the person who made kit kats...they made perfect black keys!!

Primitive roses...

...and mini musical notes.

And a letter "m"...that was supposed to be a triplet. 

*ahem*

The verse chosen by my...

client?

cake requester?

baked good hirer?

dear sweet friend?

Yes.

Ta da!!

Ready to sweeten a pre-recital.

Frosty's Relations

 First a notification: YES I got my previous cake idea from this recipe. :)

My Frosty Cohorts: 

 Grace

 and Abbie

 As you'll note, they require their own Mugs of Something to get them through the arduous work.

 As always...my very own...

 And Christmas music!!!

 So it begins.

Sugar cookie.

Royal frosting.

Melty marshmallows.

 Prepare yourself to meet Frosty's extended family!

 First up is Mel:

as he'll be quick to tell you, with a tearful sniff, it stands for both

MELancholy and MELting.

Though he isn't sure which one causes the other.

Regardless, his sadness today was caused mainly by the absence of Cookie Cohort Bekea, who wasn't able to make it to our annual Cookie Day because of sickness in the ranks.

We missed you, Bekea!!

 But then there's Harold, who's holding up pretty well. 

At least in spirits.

 Rave. N. Us would speak to you, but his mouth is full.

 Then there's Bug O. Phobe

 B.S. Nuss

Geeky O. Mittens

 Unicorn.

I think he just read that he doesn't exist.

 I forget this fella's real name, but his nickname is 

"Red-Cheeked Cuddler with Bears"

Nobody remembers why.

 P.J.

"Dreamer of Chocolate"

 Frosty's sister, Janet

 Ummm...this is the black sheep of the family.

"Flame"

Really a great guy when you get to know him...the trick is to catch him when he's not listening to his i-pod.

 Frosty's cousin, Frostily Ann. 

Behind her is her father, Frosty's father's brother-in-law, Bill.

 Then there are a couple that I don't think are actually related to Frosty, but wanted to join the party:

Louise (left) and Edmund (right)

 and then there's Penelope (there on the left) and...

well, we don't know what the other visitor's name is!

 We're not even sure HE knows!

OH my! I almost forgot there were TWO black sheep in the family.

Below, Frosty is ashamed to say, you catch his second cousin, Ban Dit, being caught red-handed with Frosty's mother's pearl necklace! Thank goodness for undercover-policeman like Officer Redman White! (Not related, btw, just invited to this event for activities such as this!)

 Because you never know when a random snowfight will erupt!

 And sweetest for last:

This is Frosty's mother,

Queen Frostine. 

Maybe not as slim as you last saw her on the Candyland board...but I'd say that, overall, the years have been good to her, wouldn't you?

 Such a happy family!

If only we'd remembered to make Frosty!

Oops.