Garden Cake

Yellow cake with vanilla buttercream. Fence and flowers made with royal icing, soil made from crushed Oreos, flower pot is a cupcake covered with buttercream and rock wall and grass both made with buttercream.

Yard Sale Steal!

Gotta love yard sales this time of year! Got a great deal on a box full with all these cake supplies; Pans, decorating tips, rose nails and cookie cutters... everything for $2! :)

Bird Nest Cake

White cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant/gum paste bird, nest and flowers.

Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream, crystal sprinkles and fondant flowers.

Cake in a Jar

Cake in a jar filled with two chocolate cupcakes and layered with yellow vanilla buttercream. I sent this to my cousin Kevin in California. Hope he likes it!

Rainbow Cake Smash!

White cake with vanilla buttercream and multi colored sprinkles.

This cake was made for MariaJane Photography and her Cake Smash photo shoot.

Fruity Pebble Donuts

Baked cake donuts with vanilla glaze and topped with Fruity Pebble cereal.

Nutella & Peanut Butter brownies

At my job this weekend we're doing a bake sale for the March of Dimes. This is what I made!

Healthy Whole Wheat Banana Nut Bread

Got this recipe from King Arthur Flour and made a couple substitutions. Unsweetened applesauce instead of butter and egg whites instead of whole eggs.

This recipe is delicious and only has 135 calories per slice! ;)

Mug Cakes!

Some people think that microwaving cakes in a mug is some sort of baking sin, but I find it kind of neat! I came across a list of various Mug Cake recipes while browsing on Tumblr today and decided to give one a try.

The one I made in the picture above is the Peanut Butter recipe. It wasn't as good as a cake baked in the oven, but definitely tasted better then I expected it to be! I ended up microwaving it for about 1 minute and 50 seconds even though the recipe said only 1 minute. It may be because my mug is larger and thicker than most mugs. I think these recipes would be something fun to do with kids. Give it a try! ;)

Happy Birthday Evan!

2 tier cake: chocolate cake on bottom, yellow cake on top. 6 inch 3 layer: yellow cake. Both cakes frosted with vanilla buttercream and details made with marshmallow fondant. Cake pops: half chocolate, half yellow cake, dipped in candy melts!

Congrats Farrah!

I made this Lemon cake for the winner of the contest I did a couple weeks ago to see who could refer the most people to "like" my Caitie Cakes facebook page and Farrah Rummell won with a total of 63 people!

Congrats Farrah and hope you enjoy the cake!

Nutella Brownies

Found this recipe and knew right away that I had to try it because I'm a big Nutella fan! Since I'm on a diet I decided to alter the recipe a bit by using healthier substitutions to make it a bit more "guilt free". Original recipe can be found here.

White flour --> Whole wheat flour
Eggs --> Egg whites
Butter --> Unsweetened applesauce

I was extremely pleased with the way these came out! So moist and flavorful! With the alterations I made to the recipe, each piece is about 170 calories.. not too bad!

"Peep Show" Smore Bars

Sometimes I bake more than just cakes..

I came across this idea from Bakeat350 and decided to try it right away since I knew that peeps were on clearance at the grocery store and wouldn't last much longer! I ran to the store and got the last 7 boxes they had left for 50% off! This is what I came up with :)

This is such a delicious treat and great mix on the traditional Smores. It's a bit messy to eat but who cares! ;)

Happy Birthday Madison!

Made for my niece Madison. Chocolate cake filled with peanut butter frosting & chopped reeses cups, and chocolate fudge buttercream.

First post!

My first post on blogspot! This page is currently under construction. Stay tuned! ;)