Haven't posted in a bit....

Hi all,

I haven't posted in a little while. I will put up some pix soon. Tonight I made a vegan chocolate cake with some flowers and coconut on it for my friend's birthday. I need to work on piping flowers - not easy. Also, I need to practice writing on cakes.
On the gardening front - still waiting for my sunflowers to open and all my green (lots) tomatoes to ripen. Hope we have some more sun and warmth to encourage them!
I planted corn salad, carrots, golden beets, salad mix and red lettuce back in August for the fall. Looks good! YUM!
We also have a good amount of plums from our neighbor's plum tree that hangs on our side some. Made plum crisp the other night - Nummy!

Well.......that is all for now.

Happy gardening and best baking!

Sunflower cake I quickly made for our 2009 Block Party

The cake was yummy - it was a homemade yellow cake with homemade lemon filling and butter cream frosting.

Ice Cream Cake Cupcake (August 2009)

I made ice cream cake cupcakes for Riley's 5th birthday along with his wolverine cake. This way i could make ice cream cake of different flavors. They all had a chocolate cake base and a chocolate ganache topping. This one had coconut ice cream.

Upper Garden harvest Aug 2009

August 2009 Harvest from my upper garden

Starbuck's Coffee Cup Cake for Jerilyn's 40th Birthday

Here is a "40 oz." Starbuck's coffe cup cake that I made for Jerilyn's "40th" birthday. (August 2009) I even put a "lipstick" mark on the top of the cup. It was a fun cake and the first time I made and used fondant.

Link to inspiration........

Here is the inspiration for the Starbuck's cake. This gal did a great job - so I ran with the idea! :) She creates some amazing cakes!