A New Year, a New Decade and a new year of celebrations to look forward to!

Happy New Year and New Decade to everyone! Can't believe it's 2010!

Heavenly Bites is off and running this year with a Baby Shower cake already completed this past weekend, cupcakes for my nephew's christening next weekend and participating in my first charity event!

First, the cake for the baby shower this past weekend was for a red-headed mom-to-be who has an adorable pointer dog - her sister-in-law commissioned the cake for her shower.  Inside was red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and frosting. The fondant was a pale green, with yellow, white and brown polka dots...the mom-to-be sat on top next to her little pup!

They sent me a picture of the mom-to-be with her sweet dog next to the cake all set up for the party - what a great shot!! I didn't want to put the picture up without permission, but it was a great one! I love seeing people with their cakes! :)

Stay tuned for next week's christening cupcakes and more information on the charity event Heavenly Bites will be participating in - looking forward to a fun new year filled with sweet memories and sweet cake! :)

A (anything but) "Hokie" Bridal Shower

These fall flowered cupcakes, cake topper and Virginia Tech Hokie Bird sugar cookies were made for a bridal shower. The bride (Jen) is a friend of mine and I had the honor of attending the party as well, which was so much fun! It was a wonderful party, planned by her mom and bridesmaids and it had a lot of little touches that were perfectly Jen.

These are the cupcakes - chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with a swirl of vanilla frosting on top. Each cupcake was topped with a large flower made of fondant in fall colors.

The cake was vanilla with chocolate frosting and filling, covered in cream colored fondant, topped with a bouquet of fall flowers, with a brown and burgandy ribbon around the base.

Finally, as a party favor, I made Hokie Bird sugar cookies to celebrate the bride's favorite college football team/alma mater.  These were displayed at each place setting in clear goodie bags and tied with a burgardy ribbon.