CakebyDottie

A little about me...

They say you can't have your cake and eat it too... Well, I say you CAN!

Hi my name is Dottie. I am a wife, mother and baker.

I love cake. And even more than I love cake, I LOVE frosting. Put us together and something magical happens! I love trying new recipes and flavors!

Email dotg400@yahoo.com

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Happy Birthday Grandpa John!


This cake was for my grandpa's 80th birthday this past weekend, he was a teacher and football coach and loves football... so I thought a "book cake (he taught Government)" - White Raspberry cake with White Chocolate buttercream, "football field" was a 3 layer lemon cake with lemon cream cheese buttercream and raspberry fillings, and the football (which everyone said was the best!) was a moist chocolate cake with carmel swiss meringue buttercream filling. The filling was SOooooo good. I ate a piece of each cake, which most of us did - and they were all good but the White Raspberry was my favorite :)
Happy 80th!

Baby Shower

I LOVED making these cute chocolate carriages as toppers for these cupcakes!
They were all chocolate/cream cheese cupcakes. Cute AND yummy!

Church activity

These fun cupcakes were for a young men/young women activity a few nights ago... I am told the Pink Lemonade ones were delish!
Chocoloate/Chocolate, White/Vanilla and Pink Lemonade/Lemon Buttercream.




Monday, May 16, 2011

Panda Bear Birthday



For my bff's sweet little 5 year old, she wanted a Panda bear. The cake was a vanilla cake with white chocolate buttercream. The pattern for this cake can be found at howdini.com

Cost of cake: $30
Little kids with black frosting faces: Priceless.

Happy Birthday Preslie!

BEAUTIFUL Wedding



This cake was so gorgeous - and so was the bride! The middle two layers were real cake - 8" square white cake with white chocolate buttercream and 12" round carrot cake with cream cheese frosting - and the top tier was a round 6"x6", bottom tier 14" square, decorated with the damask pattern. This cake was almost 2 feet tall! The decorations there were done by Embellish the Moment (www.embellishthemoment.net)

Monday, April 25, 2011

Garland Craft Fair

Hey everyone - I will be selling yummy cupcakes, cake pops, and cookies at the Garland Craft Fair this coming weekend - April 29th 12-8, and 30th 10-5, at the Garland Armory. Come enjoy some delicious treats and shop the other vendors' booths.
There will even be oriental food for lunch - I will be getting some of that for sure! Come check it out - anyone who mentions they saw this on my blog will get a free cupcake.

Feathers and Bows



This cake was for my best friends daugher - last year she had a shoebox and purse cake - this year, now she's turning 9, we needed something slightly more sophisicated :) It turned out darling! Vanilla cakes with coconut/carmel/chocolate buttercream. One of my favorite flavors!
Happy Birthday Robbie!

For the graduate...



This was a german chocolate-style cake, 10" round, for a lovely young lady graduating from college.

Funky Birthday



This funky cake was so much fun! Vanilla cakes with strawyberry cream in the middle.

Olivia the Pig



Ok, not to pat myself on the back - but this cake turned out so cute! I even used my newly-found sculpting abilities and made Olivia out of fondant! The ears are my favorite :) This was a 6" and 8" round vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting. Happy Birthday Zellie!