(Sigh**) Hopefully I will get the opportunity to post some really big news in the next couple days.. but until then I think it would be fun to have you guess at what kind of BIG news Carrie might have???  Leave your comments as to what you think this super fun secret might be!

DOUBLE BONUS! Here are some of the images you will see and a link to

Utah Bride and Groom blog…

http://www.utahbrideandgroom.com/blog/?p=2698

I remember meeting with the bride, Kassi and her family for the BEST part of wedding planning….

THE TASTING, she was a doll…  She we are so glad she came to us for  her cake…  Kassi wanted her cake smothered in gold pearls, on top of a white fondant cake. Perfect!

Congratulations Terra for the excellent news!!

And HUGE congratulations to Kassi – for the absolutely beautiful wedding!!

 If you are wanting to learn how to create cakes with the Cricut Cake these are definitely the way to go! OR if you’re having a little trouble getting started and just want someone to walk you step by step through the process of making the gumpaste and applying it on the cake, HELLO…. this will show you exactly what you need to know, how cool is that?  

I say the best part is you don’t have to sit and figure it all out for yourself and waste precious hours trouble shooting… Skip the frustration and order your DVDs today.

#1 Simple Designs Using Cricut Cake

#2 Advanced Designs using Cricut Cake

To order send in a check for the amount of $35.00 per DVD plus $5.00 for shipping and handling. Don’t forget to include your name, and address where you want the DVDs sent to.

Or even easier, Call us at 801-571-1620 and order your DVD by phone with a Visa or Master Card.

The flowers were beautiful and location was beautiful the linens and decor were done PERFECT!

The bride used Christine Miller from LiBella Events to help her plan this incredible and stunning wedding. The reception was at The McCune Mansion, a grand statuesque building in the heart of Salt Lake’s City Center. It’s incredible marble interior and warm atmosphere make ANY wedding beautiful.

Shawn from Sax Romney did all of the floral centerpieces and bouquets. Shawn is a WONDERFUL and sweet guy who’s talent with floral design really shines in these photos! I was baffled when I delivered the cake and saw the amazing designs that he was making! Simply amazing!

This four tier round wedding cake draped in a rich chocolate fudge looks absolutely decadent, doesn’t it!?!  Pepper Nix caught the beautiful lighting created here and the excellent contrast between the red rose petals and the chocolate, honestly I could eat the photo! LOL just kidding, but it is definitely one of my favorite cakes!

The Lord Of The Rings was a VERY popular movie with Carrie and her family so it worked out perfect when we were asked to create grooms cake! It is a complete scene with wizards, hobbits and Tree-beard. When your considering a grooms cake think of what his absolute favorite thing is, and you can be creative with it.

We have made fish wearing tuxedos, moose with a sign the said “Trophy wife” (obviously for the hunter) and even a cow with a Santa Hat on. Enjoy this day and spoil the groom too!

The reason I say all of this is because of the cake photo below. It just really appeals to me, I am a BIG gardener! Flowers are some of my most favorite things in the ENTIRE world.  When I saw the photo of the weaved baskets full of different types of flowers I just thought THAT’S IT! That is my favorite cake! Aparently the bride, Leslie and I have a lot in common.

Carrie made this look with three separate cakes and did a basket-weave look on the side, these baskets look just like you would see in a french country side garden! And then we filled each round cake with the same style of flowers that the bride was using in her bouquet (made by Every Blooming Thing) … And to finish the look of the “basket” we made handles out of gumpaste and attached them…  CLASSY! This was another wedding we did at LaCaille so we added the grapes, LaCaille has the best french food and wine in town! 

Thank you yet again PEPPER NIX for the fantastic shots of this wedding. It is always incredible to be able to see the whole thing all tied together!

This is a fun way to show that you can use any color on the cake. A lot of the time our brides are a little hesitant to put their colors on their cake, but when done right and in the appropriate amounts it can be very classic. Sage is also pretty, subtle color, and easier to work with. Some of the brighter colors just need to be used a little here and there and they look beautiful too! This is our Holly Cake, done in a three tier square with the pretty, soft white fondant, but we have done it in various shapes and sizes. Always to fit the brides needs… SO, I don’t know if anyone has caught on when looking through our website but each cake has a name. (I doubt you’ve missed that) When Carrie first started making cakes for her friends and their daughters she would call the cake by the brides name as an easy way of remembering the design. So the tradition stuck and now if it is at all possible when we have a new design we LOVE to give credit to the bride and name it after them… I laugh because some names are just too popular, we should technically have about 30 Ashley cakes and just as many Chelsea’s so what we do when we have a cake with that name is either use the brides middle name or we ask her to name it. I think it is really sweet to name the cake after the mother of the bride. (BIG) Aweeee!

Carrie will show you step-by-step how to create Topsy Turvey cakes her way. It’s fun and informative. Learn how to make  Topsy Turvy cakes without carving or special cake pans! Your cakes will be sturdy and sound.  To order see below…

$30.00 Each DVD (includes taxes & shipping) – Please send a check and your return address we will ship direct to you.
Carrie’s Cakes
1454 Ridgemark Dr.
Sandy, Ut 84092

Back in October Linda came out to Utah to teach Carrie how to use the Cricut on our wedding cakes. This is the newest and MOST fun way to create wedding cakes. It has a completely different look to it! Carrie and I have talked a TON about these cakes and she is really excited to start implementing it on the wedding cakes for this Upcoming Wedding Season.

We had a few bridal shows that we attended back in January and we needed some new display cakes to show our brides the photos below are what Carrie and here crew came up with. Aren’t they exquisite!

The first cake is on our website, we simply called it “Shilouette.” It is a 5 [five] tier stacked wedding cake with all the detailing in black gum-paste. The Cricut really has so many different designs that we could have gone CRAZY trying to pick designs! Don’t forget though if you do not need a cake to serve this many people  is available in different sizes and colors.

We also wanted a cake that would really “hit home” with the brides that don’t want the traditional wedding cake. Carrie wanted to make something that was really different! So we took a spin off of one of our other popular cake the “Lindsey“,  it  has beautiful chocolate inlay swirls, and to change it we pleated the fondant to give a funky texture. I love this one and when we showed it at the bridal shows it really was a hit. The crowd loved it. If you want to order this cake it is also on our website it is called the “Shelby.” Named after one of Carrie’s assistants that helped make the cake!  

With this 3 tier square, extra deep, green goody,we wanted a cake that would show off the tiny delicate, lacy patterns that the Cricut could do. Once again mission accomplished! It was a huge hit at the shows also, the girls really liked that they could pick a lacy pattern similar to their lace on their wedding dress  and have it put all over the cakes. This cake is on our website, if you would like to order it we named it the “Josette.”

{If square is not your style don’t forget you can change the shape, size and color.}

And last is the best of all! Well in my opinion, I LOVE the princess style cakes! This is a very classy, pale yellow cake. Carrie carves out some of the tiers to have that beautiful scalloped look. Then one of Carrie’s other assistant Rita (another daughter in law), embellished the whole cake with different piped patterns and put on a few small groupings of rolled ribbon roses made out of fondant. It is a rather large eye catcher, it’s 6 tiers! A cake this size would serve somewhere around 375 of you guest a reception size slice. THAT’S  lot of cake!

Out of all of the Show cakes we made this year this one is by far my favorite! Again it is available in different colors and sizes. If you want to order this cake from our website it is called the “Claire.”

 I hope you enjoyed this post of all of our new patterns and styles. And we really hope it gave you some new ideas! Feel free to leave comments!
 Brookie