week of april 19th thru 24th

so it was another calm week for me but with a last minute wedding to make it a little interesting everything turned out well. 

i made these cookies for one of my good friends birthday

mexican hot chocolate cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream - these were for the childress womens council monthly meeting and they were delicious :)

mickey mouse - i wasn't completely satisfied with the way this one turned out but i'm always overcritical of myself

i wasn't given too much to go on with this one the customer just told me cream and red for the colors so i just went with it.

this was for a 50th birthday obviously...i brushed the top and bottom tier with silver pearl dust per request of the customer and i think it turned out really pretty.

and this was my last minute wedding cake...they called me on thursday and wanted it for saturday...that is very short notice but i try to work with everyone...all they really wanted was all white with some maroon flowers.

so thats it for this week...thanks for stopping by!

cakes april 12th thru 17th

ok so here goes my first post about my cakes for the week!  this was a super slow week for me...only 3 cakes!  i usually average 8-10.  i'm glad when these weeks come along because i need them for my sanity! all 3 of the cake designs this week were pretty much left up to me to decide.  sometimes thats a good thing and sometimes its not.  i tend to overthink things and try to do too much.  but this week i think everything turned out fine.

this was my first one of the week- i wasn't given any direction just that the recipient liked the color purple.  i really intened it to have more flowers but somehow it just didn't turn out that way.

this one was for one of my cousins who was getting his ring from a&m

this was my last one of the week for a special little girl- and i actually finished it this morning before it was picked up at 10:30!  i have decided after doing a few hannah montana cakes that i really don't like hannah montana cakes!  i always try to make each one look different and this one by far was the most unique of my hannah montana cakes.  i angled the tiers downwards and i have never really done that so i think that element turned out well.  my signature swirlies around the side...they can cover up any unsightly frosting job..lol..pink and purple hannah montana i don't think you can go wrong with that for a 5 year old.

anyway so thats all for this week.  thanks for looking and i hope you come back next week to see what i have coming up!

new focus

i have officially changed my blog to focus on my baking!  i think it will do me some good to talk about all the joys and frustrations of my baking business.  i will still add in some family antidotes from time to time but mostly i will talk about my cakes from the week.  the reason it is called "kakes by holly" is because my 3 kids and my 2 nephews and niece's names start with "k" so i thought it was fitting and plus i cant think of anything else! i am going to try to get more pictures of my specialty items for examples.  anyway hope you all will enjoy it and continue to check out my new blog!