katie cakes

Cake Jars

2011-11-14T10:38:00.001-08:00

We'll be at The Holiday House selling our new favorite thing...cake jars! Cake jars are
pint sized servings of deliciousness in the form of cake & yummy filling in a jar complete with a spoon so you can dig right in!
We thought it might be fun to adopt Sprinkles secret word whispers and do some itsy bitsy giveaways. Come visit our booth and be among the first 3 people to whisper the secret word of the day and get a free itsy bitsy sample cake jar (4oz)!
The Holiday House runs this weekend: Friday, November 18th (9am-7pm) & Saturday, November 19th (9am-7pm)

our cake jar shoppe menu for this weekend...

Chocolate Heaven
Our most popular triple chocolate cake baked with chocolate chips and paired with our favorite whipped chocolate filling
Velvety Red
A light chocolate flavor with a velvety red texture layered with a white chocolate cream cheese filling
Harvest Spice
An autumn blend of spice cake & cream cheese icing
Chocolate Chip
White cake dotted with chocolate chips and layered with chocolate fudge frosting
*microwave a few seconds to make it warm & gooey
Mint Chocolate
Chocolate fudge cake baked with chunks of Andes Mints paired with an Andes Mint buttercream
Pink Lemonade
Alternating flavors of strawberry cake with whipped strawberry filling
& a light lemon cake with a lemon cream cheese icing

ShandiKakes...edible cake prints

2011-10-24T09:18:00.000-07:00

I wanted to feature my new cake friend Shandi Forrester for this blog post! Shandi makes some pretty neat edible cake prints that I was super impressed with.
Heeeeere's Shandi....
I have always had a love for baking and have been making our family birthday, holiday, and occasion cakes for many years. I briefly had a cake business and found that I enjoyed it much more as a hobby.

When making my cakes, I always ordered edible cake prints from another source and found that I was often disappointed in the quality of the product and level of customer service I received.

I had considered an edible cake print business for a few years and in July of this year, I did it! ShandiKakes Edible Kake Prints are now available on eBay, Etsy, and our Facebook Store. Each sheet is $7.99 plus shipping. Current available sizes are 7.5" x 10" (1/4 and 1/2 sheet) and 3" rounds (KupKakes and Frosted Kookies).

Alexa's smash cake

2011-10-12T14:49:00.001-07:00

This girl loves to eat. Anything you put in front of her goes in her mouth. Except raisins. But this was no raisin. This was CAKE. White butter cream in all it's glory. It's your 1st birthday Alexa...enjoy!

photos by: Desiree Hunter Photography http://www.facebook.com/pages/Desiree-Hunter-Photography/172750582784357

Blue & Yellow & Green Polka Dots-1st birthday smash cake

2011-10-12T14:45:00.000-07:00

This cake, is a very special cake. This cake was born to be smashed. Demolished. Mutilated.

By this guy.

Happy 1st birthday Easton!

photos by Desiree Hunter Photography: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Desiree-Hunter-Photography/172750582784357

Baby blocks cake

2011-09-29T09:50:00.000-07:00

For a small work friends baby shower...a tiny cake is just right! I love to do mini cakes...less baking time and more time for decorating! This one was especially fun because Karis let me have creative control with just a little guidance about color and them. Thanks Karis!

Ladybug Cake

2011-08-01T17:56:00.001-07:00

This was an exciting cake to make because it was for our very own tiny little thing! Our baby turned one last week and we celebrated with a ladybug party!

Bryan did about 99% of this cake and spent a lot of time thinking about what he wanted to do. He really wanted to try doing some fondant lattice work but when we googled the internet for ideas we couldn't find any. I don't know if it hasn't been done before or we just didn't search very well but here it is ladies and gentleman....*drumroll please*....the very first fondant lattice cake ; )

We didn't get any pictures but the inside was red and black too!

Our lil lady tore into the top tier...too cute.

with benefits...

2011-05-24T18:55:00.000-07:00

Sometimes our cake hobby has some pretty cool perks. This year we made a cake for Jolieand her mom took our family photos in exchange! visit her here.

Golden Plates Baptism Cake

2011-05-03T12:53:00.001-07:00

Blue & Green Wedding Cake

2011-05-03T12:45:00.001-07:00

Jones Wedding

2011-03-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

Simple and beautiful this wedding cake was straight up traditional white cake with white frosting. The colors were Black and Blue and the last minute revisions to this cake (florist issues resulted in a lack of flowers so the bride requested black ribbon instead) really made all the difference!

Karch Wedding Cake

2011-03-05T09:40:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to the new Mr. & Mrs. Karch! Married on 1/1/11, I was so happy for this couple who contains one part my good friend Tyberious. The cake flavors were lemon with a whipped raspberry filling, german chocolate with coconut pecan filling, and red velvet with cream cheese frosting filling. yum.

Winnie The Pooh Cake

2011-02-21T09:23:00.000-08:00

My Dear Shosh had her baby shower this weekend. The theme: Winnie The Pooh of course! The cake was a delicious spice cake with cream cheese filling accompanied by spice cake & whipped cream cheese bites. Bryan is becoming somewhat of a fondant Winnie the Pooh expert if you'll remember from this cake. We finished the fondant topping off with a little steam for a nice n' shiny look! I can't wait to see Baby James in a month or so!

Tangled Cake

2011-02-17T18:29:00.001-08:00

This year for Jolie's birthday her mom requested a Tangled cake. The tower was made of fruity pebbles (because they're gluten free!) and the landscape was chocolate gluten free cake. Yummy and tons of fun! Happy 3rd birthday Jolie!

Maroon and Gold Wedding Cake

2011-01-05T09:06:00.000-08:00

ASU colors? No, the beautiful and creative wedding colors selection of Rachel Smithson. I met with the happy and easy going bride to come up with an idea for her wedding cake and after tossing around a few ideas she came up with design all by herself-it turned out pretty dang cute!

Fondant over white cake with whipped raspberry filling and a few styrofoam tiers for show-congrats to Rachel & Jordan.

The Yankees are the best baseball team that ever walked the face of the earth

2011-01-05T08:58:00.000-08:00

I was pretty ecstatic to make this cake mainly for reasons stated in the blog title, but also because it was commissioned by the young wife of an air force soldier coming home from training. She told us that they'd have a little time together before he left again for a whole year! My brother-in-law is in the military and is often gone for extended periods of time and my heart goes out to all military wives-you amazing women-you are strong and capable and brave and make sacrifices I'm to weak to make. Thank You!

We surprised the hubby with this Yankee's cap cake which was chocolate with whipped strawberry filling-yum!

Cake Boss

2010-08-29T20:47:00.000-07:00

This pink & zebra striped cake is a pretty darn cute and very popular design. If you've ever watched TLC's Cake Boss you may recognize it as the cake Buddy made for his niece's 13th birthday. I've seen lots of different versions of this cute n' sassy design so I was pretty excited to create one of my own when Amber sent me the picture straight off of the episode for her sister-in-law Tiffany's birthday.
Our favorite triple chocolate cake covered in fondant stripes, balls, bow, and stars-Happy Birthday to Tiffany!

Beauty and the Beast

2010-07-10T23:49:00.001-07:00

A Beauty and the Beast cake for one Beautiful future bride! It was so fun to deliver this cake to Meghan's movie themed bridal shower because it fit into the decor perfectly! I'm always amazed at the talented hosts that commission cakes from us and the Langes are definitely among the best! An old fashioned popcorn machine, roses, dramatic black and red sparkled color scheme in tribute to an old cinema feel with flair!
This was a white cake (my personal favorite!) with whipped strawberry frosting filling, decorated with icing, gum paste roses, and edible shimmery white glitter-A very romantic and tasty cake that had us singing 'we're painting the roses red' for days after completion!
Congratulations to the future Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lange!

little n' sweet

2010-06-30T11:59:00.000-07:00

Fairy Baby Cake

2010-06-02T14:12:00.000-07:00

Lisa's fairy themed baby shower was perfect for a tiny little one named Violet (expected in August!) Lisa is a katiecakes return customer so we knew exactly what flavor cake she'd like-triple chocolate, the same as her wedding cake! (Lisa loves this cake so much, she is the only bride I know who requested a whole tier of the cake be wrapped and sent to her honeymoon suite with her!) We were so excited to be able to share in the happy event of Daniel and Lisa's first baby as well. Wild color depth, shape, and vinery sprinkled with golden shimmer dust created one mystical, magical cake! Congrats to the 3 of you!

Nursing Cake

2010-05-15T17:11:00.001-07:00

Shosh-Mish

2010-05-10T13:01:00.000-07:00

My amazing friend Shondra just finished her Masters Degree and wanted to celebrate with a family party and CAKE! When she called me to talk about what kind of cake she wanted she told me she wanted something bright blue, something sparkley, and something that 'captured the essence of Shondra'-and left the rest up to me. Shondra's been a friend of mine for some time now so as I thought about the 'essence of Shondra' thoughts of Winnie the Pooh, soccer, dogs, poetry, OCD-cleanliness, and the real desperate housewives of orange county (which she is addicted too) ran through my mind. How do you capture the essence of someone so unique and awesome? One word: Whimsical. Shondra has three tattoos of colorful fairies and these little displays truly describe our 'Shosh-Mish'. She is silly, she is playful, she is bright and smart, she is bossy! She is a goddess! Congratulations on your Master's Degree Shondra, and thanks for letting us be a part of the celebration!

Desiree's Grandma

2010-04-28T10:18:00.000-07:00

I've never met Desiree's grandma, but Desiree shared her grandmother's favorite colors (purple & green) with me and requested chocolate for her birthday cake. Desi also couldn't resist tying in a few polka dots for a personal touch from her polka-dot loving granddaughter. What we came up with was a great little yummy chocolate number celebrating the life of a great woman and her sweet granddaughter wishing her a happy birthday via cake!

Baby Nathaniel's cake

2010-04-09T09:52:00.000-07:00

Baby Nathaniel is one of the cutest newborns I've ever seen! He was so tiny and precious and sported a full head of thick beautiful blonde hair! His baby shower was a coed family BBQ followed by our famous triple chocolate cake! Congratulations Mommy, Daddy, and Baby!

We're Back!

2010-03-30T18:08:00.001-07:00

For those of you who've not heard...we are officially back in AZ and are excited and ready to fulfill your cake wishes and dreams!

: )

Jolie and her Minnie Mouse Cake!

2010-02-09T16:33:00.001-08:00

Cute Jolie LOVED her Minnie Mouse birthday cake! Her mom threw her a pretty awesome Disney club house themed birthday party-lucky girl! Because Melissa and Jolie are both allergic to wheat we made a top layer of gluten free chocolate cake complete with gluten free icing. It was our first time baking anything gluten free but it turned out pretty well! The bottom layer was a spice cake with cream cheese frosting filling-deelish! Heres what Jolie's mom had to say about it:

Hi! Thank you SOOO much for the cake, Katie! It was perfect and beautiful and I loved it! The gluten free was good and we didn't get sick! Thank you for taking the time to make it gluten free!

I was going thru some of Jolie's birthday pictures and these pictures stood out to me! I LOVE it!

After you left, she was obsessed with her cake! She wouldn't stop looking at it and saying MY MOUSE CAKE!!! over and over again. Anyways this picture just says it all with one look!

After I snapped this picture and walked away, I came back later to find her with her finger in the frosting dots all around the bottom of the cake. She was eating them all!!! She couldn't wait to eat her cake!

Thanks for sharing your pictures with us Melissa! & Happy 2nd birthday Jolie!

Roses n' Cream Wedding Cake

2010-01-11T09:17:00.001-08:00

Dusty Rose and Ivory were the bride's color scheme and theme for this beautiful wedding! This cake was a four tiered cake with white icing trimmed with Ivory ribbon and roses in the color of dusty pink and cream. One of my favorite parts of making wedding cakes is dropping them off and getting a sneak peek at the finished reception hall just waiting for guests to arrive. This wedding was particularly beautiful and made me want to get married all over again! (Same wonderful groom of course). Sparkling white lights, floral arrangements, dim lighting, a false ceiling, and one incredible cake ; ) really made Michelle's wedding reception elegant and gorgeous!

January Birthdays!

2010-01-10T19:40:00.001-08:00

Bryan comes from a family of SEVEN children, and five of them share January birthdays. Our family usually gets together to celebrate these birthdays in one big celebration. This year Bryan and I were asked to make a birthday cake for the birthday siblings. We brainstormed a few ideas before we decided on making each sibling their very own personally themed birthday cake. Heres what we came up with:

*note: each of these cakes were made rather quickly! Pardon all the mistakes and the unprofessional nature of the background items : ) lol

David is turning 21 this month and works at...you guessed it Quick Trip! (The greatest gas station IN the world I might add. F'real chocolate shakes are aaaawesome!) David is more than your average QT employee. He is obsessed with the company. He's constantly spouting off little known Quick Trip Facts (about founders and statistics and such) and asking us to play 'quickopoly' which you guessed it again, is QT's version of Monopoly. The boy drives a little red car with a license plate that brags: QTGUY. Happy Birthday David!

When Amber came to my bridal shower she got to meet my sister for the first time. Introducing herself she said, 'Hi I'm Amber, I'm Bryan's sister'. My sister said nice to meet you and all that jazz to which Amber replied, 'No, you don't get it. I'm the ONLY sister, and that makes me special.' That story pretty much sums up Amber, but the truth is she is pretty special. Super friendly, beautiful and talented at almost everything, the woman is incredible! Not to mention she was the only girl with 6, yes SIX, brothers. Happy Birthday Amber! (and her daughter Reagan!)

Kenny loves the white stripes and the cardinals. We tried to tie both of these ideas into this cake and I thought it turned out pretty well. Bryan did a super awesome job with the cardinals hat...awesome detailing huh? Bry also tried piping for the very first time (thats usually my job) with that white line along the edge of the brim. anyway, we love you Kenny (whose the second oldest)-Happy Birthday!

Bryceon is 3rd and loves the Simpsons. He also loves the cardinals but one cardinals hat per cake, ya know? Bryceon hosted this years birthday party at his brand new house and fed us all super yummy chili...I'd say Bryceon's off to a great start for this year. Happy Birthday Bryceon! p.s. awesome donut huh?? Thats all fondant baby.

Daryl is oldest and spends a lot of his time either playing or talking about playing chess : ) this passion somehow transferred from oldest brother to 4th brother cause my hubby loves to play as well. (It took me a while but I even beat him once!) This cake is in honor of the brilliant and competitive Daryl-Happy Birthday Broth-a!
check out that leaning tower of bishop pawn. Thats what happens when you don't let fonant dry all the way before you stand it up!

Young Women in Excellence

2009-10-28T21:09:00.000-07:00

Twilight Baby cake!

2009-10-18T00:43:00.000-07:00

Brittany commissioned a twilight cake for her friend Dandi's Baby Shower. Apparently, Dandi is a huge twilight fan just like the rest of us! I was super excited to design this cake as I'm also a gigantic fan of the twilight series but I have to admit Bryan got particularly excited about this one. He loves straight lines and exactness so this checkerboard cake was right up his alley. We had so much fun making it together and I hear that Dandy's baby shower was a blast as well! Hope you had fun ladies! (thanks for sharing your pictures with us Brittany!)

Autumn Wedding

2009-10-17T01:45:00.000-07:00

The new Mr. and Mrs. Casey Muns had a beautiful poolside wedding that we were very pleased to be a part of. The Bride and Groom radiated an enthusiastic joy as they exchanged vows at Saguaro Ranch Park and then guests headed to the reception for a night of yummy food and dancing! Tearah picked an elegant four tiered cake with gorgeous autumn colored flowers (to match the ones in her hair!) and it turned out beautifully. For this cake, we used frosting instead of fondant and for the first time decided to transport the cake already stacked. We were a little worried about the ride over so we decided to use several wooden dowels to keep it from sliding. IT WAS HEAVY! Bryan carried it and about died after 30 feet. Luckily everything worked out and the wedding was perfect!

The Office party cake

2009-09-17T22:44:00.001-07:00

My 23rd Birthday

2009-08-26T11:28:00.000-07:00

I turned 23 this month (yikes!) and had the privilege of celebrating my birthday with all of my very best friends in Utah. A cookout including my favorite food (hot dogs), a reunion with good friends, and one yummy birthday cake made my 23rd birthday (am I really that old?!) a pretty great one.

Melissa and I shared our joint birthdays by 'blowing out' sparklers instead of candles. Maybe that means we'll get bigger wishes too...

Winnie The Pooh 1st Birthday Cake!

2009-08-01T00:36:00.000-07:00

It was pretty obvious why Emily and Tanner requested a Winnie The Pooh cake for Kendal's first birthday when we went to make our delivery. Kendal loves Pooh! She was super cute in her Pooh outfit with her giant Pooh doll all dressed up for her big day! I grew up with Emily and I can't believe she's been a mom for a whole year! So happy 1st birthday Kendal, and happy one year of mommyhood to Emily!

Just a Little Icing...

2009-07-30T17:06:00.000-07:00

Oh they say when you marry in June...wedding cake

2009-07-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun working on Lisa and Daniel's wedding cake! Lisa was very specific about wanting a beautiful and impressive cake in her colors of charcoal and lapis purple with FIVE layers! This was our first cake with more than three layers and Bryan and I were excited about the challenge. The triple chocolate recipe the Mortensen's chose was super delicious and had guests coming back for seconds and thirds! It was a hot June Arizona day leaving the bride a little sunburned after pictures, but she was beautiful and we enjoyed being a part of their big day!

Pretty in Pink Wedding cake

2009-05-06T00:07:00.000-07:00

Matt and Kara's cake was a collaberation. My brother Matt is talented and creative with pretty much everything he does but he especially enjoys working with food. Matt and Kara dated in high school and Kara's been obsessed with the color pink for about that long so it was no suprise she chose pink roses for their wedding theme. Matt came up with the design for this cake and Bry and I helped him execute it. The top layer is cheesecake-Kara's favorite.

Angela the amazing floral artist did all the flower arrangements! Check her our at theposiepatch.blogspot.com

Daisies n' Polka-Dots Wedding Cake

2009-04-28T21:58:00.000-07:00

Abby and David's cake was a blast to decorate! The bride requested white polka dots on a white background and the rest was up to us! Bryan came up with the creative design and I added the flowers for some color and fun. They served green and white cupcakes to the guests and smashed cupcakes in each other's faces as well as cake!