Anchor Cookies and Ombre Cake

 This weekend I made these cookies and Ombre Smash Cake for the first birthday of the baby that I made a babyshower cake before he was born!  It was fun to see everything come full circle!!  Here's the baby shower from a year and a half ago!

Chocolate Drip Cake

I've taken a few weeks off but I had an order that I couldn't refuse - also was kind of sad to not eat it all myself!!

Brendan's Promotion to Lieutenant Colonel

 Today we had a party for Brendan's promotion to Lieutenant Colonel!  It's a huge deal and something that he has worked towards for 17 years.  We are all so proud of him and we wanted to celebrate!  We had a taco truck come to provide the majority of the food and it was a major hit!  The food was fantastic and everyone loved it.  It was so much fun - not something that you get to do everyday!!!  I made some side dishes and cakes - of course!  One was filled with lime filling and one was coconut. The lime cake was entirely eaten at the party - I don't know if I've ever made a cake that disappeared that fast!  We had guests come in from all over!  Mimi, Dan, Nora, Clinton, Grama and Daddy Jim came down from Massachusetts and Justin, Brody, Chase and Bryna came up from North Carolina.  We were so happy to celebrate with so much family and so many friends - both from all of ours years in the Army and new friends from Arlington as well.
We got a bouncy castle for the kids and we were able to make use of the tent that we bought years ago in England and it was a good things too because we were able to squeeze the party in between rain storms!  It did rain a little on us during the actual promotion ceremony but no one seemed to mind.  MG Funk came to promote Brendan and it was a really special ceremony.  I only wish that Declan had been able to stay awake for it!
We were also celebrating Brendan and Aoife AND MG Funk's birthdays - Brendan and MG Funk have the same birthday - totally crazy!  So I made one cake as a birthday cake and one cake as a promotion cake.  The seals and the rank are made of white chocolate and painted with luster dust!  It worked out really well!!

Music Note Birthday Cake

 I made this music note cake to match the party invitations for a one year old's birthday party!  The notes were cookies and it turned out super cute!!

Ganche Cake

 I made this cake for my friend's mother's 70th birthday!  It was chocolate inside with cherry filling and chocolate ganache drizzled over pink buttercream!  It turned out sooooo great!  I hadn't done a ganache drip cake before but it was pretty easy and came out so great!!

Ombre Smash cake and MORE cookie!

 The cake and cookie orders have started flowing in!  It's so much fun to make each one completely different from the last!

Aidan is 11!!

 Aidan got the BEST birthday present - a snow storm on his birthday - and a day off from school - AND having his cousins here for his birthday!  We slept in a little bit, opened presents, had cinnamon buns, played in the snow, watched movies and ate cake!
   I wish all birthdays were like that - so much fun!  It's incredible that he is 11 already.  He is getting so tall and so responsible and mature.  It's going to be a breeze heading to middle school next year - he is so ready to go!