This adorable cake took me right back to my childhood. I loved the My Little Pony’s growing up and it’s always fun to reminisce when working on a cake. I covered the cakeboard in green fondant, which is something I rarely do, but I wanted it to look like grass. The bottom tier was covered in baby pink fondant and I placed bushes in different colored greens along the bottom. I also placed white puffy clouds in fondant around the tier, making one big one in the center. I added the little girl's name in colorful fondant inside the large cloud.
 
The top tier was covered in sky blue fondant. I started with purple fondant and rolling it into a long rope before creating the bottom layer of the rainbow. I repeated with all of the colors of the rainbow, curling the ends off to the side. To finish the tier I added more tri-colored bushes, white puffy clouds, and little white stars.
 
The last touch was adding some keepsake My Little Pony toys on top. Seeing the little girls smile when she saw the cake just melted my heart!

Its fall and I love soup this time of year. Nothing is better than a warm bowl of soup on a chilly night, and surprisingly it’s already starting to get cool here!

I wanted to add a new soup to the rotation and I came across this one and put my own twist on it.

Indigents:

• 2 lb  ground beef
• 1 cup onion diced
• 14.5 oz diced tomatoes
• 2 cups green peppers chopped
• 15 oz tomato sauce
• 4 cup beef broth
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 1/2 cups Minute Rice uncooked

​Directions:

• Brown the beef with the onion in a pan over medium heat.
• Drain your beef and onions and place in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Add the tomatoes (juice and all) and the rest of your ingredients.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours.

 
 It was delicious and filling and even Andrew enjoyed it!

In my standing tradition of fair cakes, I recreated a piece of art on a cake. This year’s masterpiece was inspired by one of Claude Monet’s water lily paintings. I had a fun time playing around with new techniques to decorate the cake, from hand painting to piping buttercream, even some fondant work. 

​Update:  I got first place!

I love to make aprons and I love wearing them. I probably have over 20 aprons I wear for every day, special occasions or the holidays. Since I’m always buying fabric to make more aprons means I have lots of fabric, so I recently decided to clean out some of the fabric bins I have and started sewing! I now have a bunch of aprons available for sale on my Etsy Shop! They are great quality and will last for years to come.

Go take a peek and see if there is one perfect for you or to give as a gift!