Disney...Christmas and Gardening... Who Would Have THought!

I was contacted by Christine a while ago about making her Mom a special cake. She asked if there was any way we could combine her favorite things... Christmas, Gardening and (My favorite...Disney!)

So right away I thought- Mickey heads in a garden! But I was a little confused with how to get christmas in there... Until i saw in my head a picket fence! Filled with garland of course!

These Mickey heads are gumpaste. I added alot of sparkle to give it that pixy magic and lots of little hand sculpted flowers and leaves. The top is crushed chocolate cookies with a three layer chocolate cake. Fillings are Chocolate with melted chocolate and Vanilla with real vanilla bean!

Here is a close up of the flowers that I love!!!

Christine, Thank you so much for allowing me to make this cake! It is my all time favorite!

Millies 60!

So, let's talk a little about my Mother In Law. It's not what you think! I promise. I LOVE HER.


You know those people who give and give and give and genuinely want NOTHING in return?


Thats her.

So... I decided that my first major two layer cake- although playing it safe- would be for her.

The top layer is carrot cake, and the bottom layer is lemon drop cake.

I made this awesome fondant that I got off of a website (That I can't find now!!) but its marshmellows! It is so amazing and delicious and soft and easy to work with!

She has a dog, names scrappy that she loves, she loves to garden... and she is the ultimate grandma! So0.. I added all those into her cake!
Okay, maybe I over accentuated her..um... top... but I didn't know how else to do it just yet!!

I also decided that I would try my hand at some fondant cookies! Hey, she's 60 why not?!