It's Busy Time

The garden's thriving, and cakes are getting made like they're going out of style, so it's a busy time. I know it's not officially summer, but all the natural signs say it is: peaches, plums and cherries are at the store, cilantro is blooming and tomatoes are flowering, and the baby swallows in the back yard are poking their heads out of the birdhouse as if they're thinking about trying to fly. And, we haven't had any frost since the week before Memorial Day -- yay!

Here's some cake pictures from the last couple weeks. I need to retrieve some pictures from the computer at work of cakes that I didn't get to see completely assembled. I'll try to update the garden pictures soon, too. It's looking very lush today, though I'm about to go harvest a bunch of cilantro and freeze it before it goes to seed.

The cartoons on this cake were orignally drawn by the couple themselves, and I transferred them onto the cake by freehand piping. It was definitely a challenge, but turned out really cute. This was set up and their reception was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art -- how appropriate!

I made this for my husband's Civil Air Patrol unit because they were celebrating their cadets who are graduating from high school this month. The decoration in the middle is their squadron logo, which I piped out over fondant.