Jilly's Bridal Shower

In February 2006, our friends Annie, Beth, and BJ hosted a bridal shower for my daughter, Jillian. I made cake - lots and lots of cake. There were seven cakes in total, all 3-layer 6" cakes, which we sampled as a shower game to help Jilly decide which flavor she wanted to serve at her May wedding reception.
Here's a picture of all of the cakes:Lemon-Lovers White Chocolate Cake and Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake:
Strawberry-Pecan-Coconut Cake:
Caramel Cream Cake and Chocolate Peppermint Cake:
Anniversary Cake (almond-lemon-coconut-flavored cake):Tropical Carrot Cake:For the luncheon we served spinach and chicken crepes, feathery orange rolls, and a green tossed salad:
So which cake did Jillian choose for her wedding reception? None of them! Hers was a chocolate-themed wedding, so we had to have a chocolate cake, but Jilly and her fiance Carl wanted coconut too. I made them a cake of my own invention - a Chocolate-Coconut Cream Cake which was a rich and fudgy chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache filling topped with a coconut cream filling, frosted with more whipped chocolate ganache and embellished with chocolate shards. It was decadent!

Ella's Baby Shower and Christening

Under construction, awaiting more pictures:

The Red Hat Cake

When my friend Kaaren turned fifty, she was inaugurated into the Red Hat Society with a luncheon in her honor. Here are some pictures of the cake (also a red hat) and the table decorations:

The Little Old Lady Cake

When my friend Sandy turned fifty, some friends and I held a luncheon in her honor. I brought this Little Old Lady birthday cake. I'd made similar cakes (with a princess doll) for several of my granddaughters, but with the "creative" substitution of a granny doll and the addition of homemade almond bark and star-tipped icing to the skirt, we had a perfectly sweet "over the hill" cake for Sandy's birthday.