Crawfish Pot #3

Here is my third "Crawfish Pot" cake! It was just picked up this afternoon. The cake is a 10" brown sugar butter cake (one of my faves) with toasted coconut caramel filling and iced with a coconut buttercream. The phrase means "The Joy of Life".

I really enjoyed creating these because of the semi-realistic look they had. I was really able to stretch myself and get creative with how I constructed these cakes. By this third one it was a breeze and I had my system down! That's always a good feeling compared to doing one for the first time and being so worried as to how it will come out.

The customer also informed me when she picked up the cake that she might have to order one more for her husband's birthday! Thanks to everyone for all of the kind comments on FB.  I appreciate your support in my baking endeavors!

Overwhelmed

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/run/7606696.html

As I sat here reading the above article that was posted on "The Woodlands Marathon" page I became overwhelmed with a sense of gratitude, thankfulness and awe, mixed with a tinge of "unworthiness", at how far God has brought Rick and myself.

I am truly amazed, on a daily basis, at how effortless our Lord is bringing things together for Launch Multisport (Rick's company) to host The Woodlands Marathon on March 3rd of 2012.  That's not to say there isn't work involved but the Lord has opened every door that needs to be opened and closed those that need to be closed.

If you'd have asked me last year what I thought we'd be doing this year it probably would have been somewhere along the lines of "working."  That's it.  Working.  Not much vision, hope or fun there.  But now, after seeing what has transpired and what I know is ahead in our future I can assuredly and confidently say, "pursuing our dreams and fulfilling our purpose!"

Not only are we pursuing our dreams but we are pursuing a healthier lifestyle...something else we've always wanted but up until about 3 years ago, never figured how we could.  It wasn't enough of a priority, we were too lazy, our lives were too busy...whatever excuse we chose to spit out at the moment it wasn't the right one.  Because there really is no excuse for not making healthy choices whether it's exercising, choosing to eat a salad instead of a burger or spending time at a park instead of in front of the tv.  We ALWAYS have a choice.

For these things I am overwhelmingly grateful to my God, my Savior, my Friend and Heavenly Father.  Thank you.

My Mom's Birthday

I'm really tired but I wanted to leave you with a little something before I go to wonderful land of Nod.

My mom's birthday will be next weekend but being as it's father's day weekend we decided to celebrate it a bit earlier.  Today!

I finally made my mother a cake!  I've been "caking" for over 2 yrs now and I hadn't made a cake for my mom.  I made one for my mother-in-law in '09.  Does that make me a bad daughter or a good daughter-in-law??

Anyhow, I made a cake and we celebrated my mother...complete with Karaoke!  She loved it!  We had a great time, all of us "kids" made it, we had fajitas and there's always a bunch of laughing because my family is full of comedians!  We love to act silly and make each other laugh.

My mom loves cheetah print and her and dad have a Harley which they ride whenever they get the chance so I thought I'd combine the two.  Throw in a strawberry cake with fresh strawberries and cream filling and you've got a pretty good thing going!  At least in my humble opinion.

What's something special you've done for your mom?  I'd love to hear how you celebrated her birthday!

As always...God bless, leave some love and thanks for stopping by!