Jonah and the whale

Baby Jonah is due in just a few weeks. A whale themed shower for mom Hannah was held Saturday. Since Hannah loves cannolis, Vernon baked a white cake, torted it and spread cannoli cream (from Gerardo's Italian Bistro) between the layers. It was nummy. I covered it with an ocean of whipped cream frosting and a whale made of fondant and gum paste (I cheated and put an empty soda can inside.) It turned out fabulous ... if I do say so myself!

"Cool" Truck

Tomorrow is my buddy Chaz's birthday. He likes trucks. I asked him if he wanted a truck cake for his birthday. He replied, "I want a COOL truck cake". Hope this is cool enough ...

Though the detail is hard to see in this picture, my son-in-law Logan would be impressed with the rims.

p.s. I never posted a picture of the bear cake I made a few months ago for Chaz's sister Ryley.

Another Diaper Bag Cake!

This time for a boy baby ...

How did we ever survive?

Though Vernon watched TV as a youngster, the Petersen's didn't get a television until I was in High School. It was a HUGE 19" COLOR Zenith in a behemoth stereo cabinet (with turntable). It had 13 channels and we thought we were so cool! Vernon and I actually made it through high school and college without an IPod, cell phone, or labtop computer! Our kids think we were raised in the dark ages. Though I have gladly embraced the technology age, I'm proud to have made it through the "no remote" years. (However, having spent my youth filling the wood box on the back porch and splitting kindling for the fireplace, I have to say my gas fireplace with the remote that you can program the night before is mightly nice.)


Back to the subject at hand .. I have been decorating cakes for about 30 years and I have never used a turn table. My mother gave me an old wooden lazy susan that I tried a couple of times but it was almost more hassle than it was worth. This week as Vernon and I were buying supplies for a wedding cake, we impulsively went over the edge and bought a real bonafide top of the line cake decorating turn table called the "Fat Daddio". Isn't it beautiful???



I can honestly say I have no clue how I ever survived this long without one. My black and white world is now screaming technocolor. It's a amazing! And the fruits of our newly simplified labors ...

Bag It!

This evening the Young Women in our Ward are having a "Diaper Party" for one of their leaders who recently delivered a baby girl and they asked if I could make a cake. If everyone is bringing diapers, there needs to be a diaper bag ...

Yes, MAM

Both of our kids were pacifier babies. But not just any pacifier, they both perferred MAMs. Not Nuk, not orthodontic, not Playtex, not mini MAM .. just plain MAM. We had tons of them, but sometimes not enough. Like the time Vernon had to make a midnight run to ShowLow when we were visiting my parents because no stores in Snowflake sold MAM and Mandy wouldn't go to sleep without her "plug".

A couple of weeks ago my friend had a baby shower for her daughter who is expecting a son. I volunteered to bring a cake. When Vernon thinks of babies, he immediately thinks MAM pacifier. So ...

Look what Vernon did this morning!

This is a cake for Nick's babysitter when he was a baby. The Jewels are handmade with glitter on them to make them sparkle. All of it is edible. Now I just need someone to clean my kitchen!