Josey's Classic Winnie the Pooh Cake

Josey was turning one and needed a "Classic Winnie the Pooh" cake to celebrate!  I've not done a Winnie the Pooh cake before and was very excited to get the opportunity!  Josey's mom, Lindsey, had just two requests.  She wanted the cake to say "Happy 1st Birthday, Josey" and it needed to have at least one "Classic Pooh" character on it.  That sounded like a plan!

And here's Pooh with a butterfly.  :)

The cake is a chocolate-flecked cake with buttercream filling and frosting.  This Pooh was made out of gum paste and I used some watered-down food coloring to "paint" him.

I added Piglet running around the bottom of the cake with a balloon.  He was just too cute to pass up.

What a milestone!!

Here's Josey on her special day!  Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!  Blessings to you and your family!

The Venerable Steve

How lucky am I?  My friend Erin ordered a cake for her husband, Steve's birthday.  She leaves it up to me to come up with ideas, but she surely wanted something "simple".  I've been dying to make Martha Stewart's Chocolate Flecked Cake and asked her if this would be something Steve would want.  I know he's a chocolate lover, but would this be ENOUGH chocolate?  I got the green light and then she asked me to make a Nutella Frosting for the cake.  I thought the combination sounded amazing, but would it taste as good as I thought?!!!

Here's what the cake looked like on the inside.  It was SO moist and beautifully chocolately!

The frosting turned out really creamy as well.  GREAT hazelnut flavor for all of you hazelnut lovers out there!

Now, to decorate the cake.  Erin said she wanted something simple.  I took a look at the decorating tips I had and I pulled out number 21.  And then I just had fun!

Zig-Zag.  Zig-Zag!

A fun, yet simple cake for Steve.

And, by the way, the cake tasted delicious!!!  I mean, the scraps did. You can even ask my husband who said this was his favorite cake combination yet! ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!!!!  I hope you had a great day yesterday and enjoy more celebration today!