Erin's Birthday Cake

Erin is celebrating her 35th birthday this year! We are celebrating with her in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend.
I learned how to make roses in my cake decorating class and haven't had an opportunity to try it - so figured now would be a good time.
It is a chocolate fudge cake with 2 layers of frosting - one is a peppermint cream made from scratch and the other is chocolate Hershey filling.

Baby Shower for Kavita

A friend at Sara Lee, Kavita, is expecting her first baby on July 7th (which also happens to be my birthday). We threw her a baby shower at work.
The main cake design was the Baby Bottle - using a Wilton baby bottle shaped pan. I took pictures along the way to show how it builds up to the final design.



With the remaining cake batter I created a second round cake:


I torte most of my cakes so I can put in a layer (or layers) of frosting.