My Grandbabies’ 1st Birthday
Who knew that these two little munchkins would pack so much happiness into my life? (I suppose any other grandparent would know, but it was a rhetorical question anyway) Sitting at their party...
View ArticleBridal Showers
I have been lagging behind in my blogging efforts. June was an insane month for me, and I am finally finding a minute to post my last two cakes. A few weeks ago, I was asked to make a bridal shower...
View ArticleHole In One
Click to view slideshow. Last year, a friend asked if I would make her husband’s 75th birthday cake for a party she was planning for the following June. Bonnie knew how big, the flavor, and the basic...
View ArticleBaby Shower Gift Box
Click to view slideshow. I can’t believe it is September. This past summer is a blur and it looks like the last months of the year will be no different. I have not posted my cakes as they were made,...
View ArticleSweet Sixteen – Rachel’s All Grown Up!
Click to view slideshow. When did that happen? It doesn’t seem plausible that our babies are young women now. Rachel and my youngest daughter have been together since preschool. Although they no...
View ArticleHello Lucy!
Click to view slideshow. Another cake that I have not gotten around to showing you… My granddaughter Lucy turned one in August – but we celebrated her birthday in June when she was up visiting us with...
View ArticleLana’s Matryoshka Doll
My brother’s girlfriend is a beautiful Russian woman. She recently celebrated her “29th” birthday (again). I was thrilled to make the cake. I just didn’t know what to do. I don’t know her well...
View ArticleWhere’s the Cake???
I haven’t posted since September. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been baking. It just means I’ve been too busy to share my kitchen adventures with you. I’ve only made a couple of cakes since then, and...
View Article50′s Girl Cake
Click to view slideshow. I was not a 50′s girl. I was born in ’61, so I guess that means my heyday was in the 70′s. (now there’s a theme I’d like to avoid!) For some reason though, the 50′s era is...
View ArticleRapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair!
Click to view slideshow. Doesn’t every 4 year old girl want to be a princess? Our little neighbor, Isabel, certainly was one for her birthday. She requested a Rapunzel cake for her princess party,...
View ArticleStay Tuned…
I don’t have anything to post just yet, but I was pretty excited because I finally got my new camera (thanks to a perfectly timed birthday and a very generous family)! Hopefully that will mean better...
View ArticleCommunion Cupcakes
I just finished a set of Communion cupcakes for my daughter’s friend. Her son is receiving the sacrament today. She requested a mix of chocolate and vanilla cakes. Sounds simple right? I have a few...
View ArticleMary Engelbreit Inspired (Joanne’s Retirement Cake)
Last week we said farewell to our longtime friend Joanne. For almost 32 years, she graced the front office and kept things moving like a well oiled machine. Now she is off to start the next chapter –...
View ArticleLessons Learned From A Plastic Toy Flower
Let me preface this by saying that this post is totally unrelated to cake. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine visited my home. She brought me the cutest little plastic flower, saying it was “all the...
View ArticleThe Twins Turn Two!!!
Click to view slideshow. Well, it was bound to happen. It was only yesterday when these grandbabies of mine were born. I can still see them all snuggled up in their hospital bassinets, looking so...
View ArticleBaby Jack’s Christening
Click to view slideshow. My neighbors have a new addition to their family. You may remember a few months ago I made a Repunzel cake for their daughter. Yesterday was Baby Jack’s christening and I was...
View ArticleLife Changes, Country Wedding & Magnolia Baby
I’ve been hesitant about posting anything lately. It has been a difficult few months for my family, as we lost my husband a day after he had undergone a major surgery. It was shocking. It was surreal....
View ArticleShort and Sweet (Everything should be Sweet)
I hope you will all forgive my blogging absence. Since my husband’s passing in May, I have found a few things that have been oddly difficult to do – blogging, for one, reading mail, and returning...
View ArticleAre you curious about Cakedoodles? (answers to some of your burning questions)
Cakedoodles has opened the shoppe at 782 S. Brewster Road in Vineland. We have been busy baking and decorating for weeks now but many of you have no idea what we do or when we are open. That is totally...
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