Two cakes=Moose

For our hunting/fishing/nature-loving friend's birthday, we wanted to make him a cake that's as loveable as he is. We debated on whether to go with a fish or a moose, and when it came down to decision time, we opted for the latter.

It took 2 1/2 cakes, three different frostings, and lots of man hours. In the end, the cake looked a little like Bullwinkle, and we learned that David is amazing at masterfully frosting nearly impossible surfaces.

Antlers: Chocolate lava chip cake with mint frosting

Face: Death by Chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting

Nose: Chocolate coffee cake with butter frosting

Tongue: puff pastry with Raspberry jam

Happy Birthday Wayne!

My two favorite baking tools...

$15 handheld blender from Target, and a year-round Christmas tree spatula from Miss Darcy B...

(I also always use a pair of chopsticks, be it for baking or cooking, which is a habit that I probably got from my mom.)

Together, we've made countless batches of deliciousness over the years.

Two weekends ago, it was blueberry scones and MANY chocolate cakes.

The chocolate cakes were the structure of a more extravagant birthday cake (pictures to come)

A painting I did during a weekend in lab...

plus another one that came on a lazy Sunday

Had a dream

Then this LARGE painting came out over the next two weeks...

Mugs, big and small