Whoooo hooooo....I'm a Mother-In-Law! My lovely daughter, Emily, married her sweetheart, Ed, on June 27th. The ceremony and reception were at the Monday Club, right here in San Luis Obispo. My DIY daughter/bride created a truly unique wedding that reflected their personalities to a "T". Everything was fun, colorful and full of good spirit. She wanted a collection of cakes....a three-tiered cake, German Chocolate cake (she had a hand in its creation) and cupcakes in fun, bright wrappers. Emily and Ed....my congratulations and love to you both!

Avila Golf Course was the venue for yesterday's wedding. It was a gorgeous day out at the beach and the big yellow and white tent looked amazing. The theme of the day was 'Beach Elegance' and Linda Renfrow, Events Director, and her talented team had certainly made the Bride's dream a reality. The cake was made up of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors, with chocolate and strawberry fillings. The fondant sparkled with super pearl dust, while white chocolate seashells, roses and ranunculas cascaded in two downward spirals from the top tier. Congratulations Courtney and Eddie! (Photos courtesy of Applemoon Photography)

Another car cake...this time a Porsche...for a graduation party. Adding the little details on this one was a blast; the spoiler, the hubcaps, even the windshield wipers! Actually, the wipers, for some odd reason, was my favorite thing about this cake, probably because they were so dinky and cute! (I know...I'm weird!) If you want to see a couple more photos of this cake in progress, check out my Facebook page. BTW, the cake, itself, was Chocolate Kahlua with Chocolate Buttercream filling.

God's Haven For Children, a local organization in San Luis Obispo that does amazing work with foster children, held a fundraiser at the beautiful, historic Biddle House. It was such a fun day featuring local wines, delicious food from Chef Leonard Gentieu of "ONE-Onboard Nautical Events" in Morro Bay, live music....and desserts from yours truly, Cake Cathedral. The mini cakes were White Velvet, rolled in powdered sugar which created a yummy glaze, then decorated with Italian Meringue Butter Cream leaves. To finish, red sugar roses were added to half the cakes, white sugar hydrangea blossoms to the other half. Dean Sullivan of Sullivan Studios did a beautiful job of capturing the cakes and was kind enough to send me this photo. Thanks, Dean!

The Spectacular Spring Bridal Faire at the Madonna Inn this past Sunday certainly lived up to its name! A large number of brides and grooms showed up to check out the booths, talk to vendors and sample the myriad of tasty treats set out by caterers and bakers. The Cake Cathedral's booth was a buzz of activity for four straight hours and I got to meet some really fun couples looking for cakes that would truly represent their personalities. Congratulations to you all, and I look forward to making some spectacular cakes!

Beach Butlerz, a new Central Coast business, celebrated their grand opening with a beach party at Avila Beach this past Saturday. They asked me to make a cake that would tie in with the general theme....soooooo......this is what I came up with. The cake and 'cuppies' are Chocolate Kahlua with Italian Meringue butter cream. The cake was then covered with a textured blue fondant and decorated with handmade sugar mermaids, royal icing coral, sugar octopus, crab (he's hiding in the back!) and seaweed. The seashells that are on the cuppies were dusted with edible pearl dust.

Hi everyone! I'm posting my latest creation...a Christmas cake for the PG&E party at Rosa's Restaurant in Pismo Beach last night. It was a replica of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant...complete with a little Christmas tree off to the right, beside one of the reactors! There were waaaaaay to many little buildings on the site to be incorporated into the cake, but I got the main ones; the turbine building in front, the two reactors behind that, and an auxillary building in the back. Of course, I had to get the shoreline into the scene (piping gel that was tinted blue, with white royal icing 'whitecaps'). Too much fun! The true test, though, was whether or not the engineers would be impressed....they were!!!!!! (Phew!)