once there was a blog named sweetbakes..

And then she was busy...but alas I am back and really want to keep this blog updated and refreshed so get ready! First off the best Christmas ever and just a few hints of why it was so great...

A perfect two year old birthday...She LOVES M&M's... and she was so excited about the cake. She just kept taking handfuls of M&M's off of the top as we sang to her. A the cinderella doll...Oh how she loves Belle and Cinderella! She is so much fun!

a little peak of what I have been up too...

Here is just a tid-bit of what I have been keeping myself busy with...there is oh so much more....I am so blessed and am having so much fun at this time of year...I do love to bake...have I said that before?

These cookies and cake and cake balls were done for one of the cutest mom's of all time...a first birthday party. Everything she did matched and was fantastic! Cake is buttercream with a hand stencil design on both the cake and the 4 dozen cookies! (8 dozen if you count the mini cookies in the shape of 1 that I did)

Simple gingerbread...But I love it. Just tonight I made another batch and this time I dipped the backs in chocolate.

A great big order of Christmas cookies (5 dozen)...and tonight I made a double batch to decorate for myself and my truest friend. I am going to do the next round in non-traditional colors...can't wait. Also tonight I made toffee and my hand dipped See's chocolates Butterscotch squares. Hopefully I will get to share some with you! :)

a new favorite..

I love this cake...the picture is a cake halfway done, before I finished the last details....I also added glitter disco dust, a bottom border with some roses and custom writing on the top. I then proceeded to forget to take a final picture...I love the design and anything with black and white with pops of color makes me happy! The picture is so deceiving...the cake was very tall and weighed a ton.

baby oh baby shower

This is my new favorite baby shower cake! I found a new technique for doing the rosette buds...I love it. A little bit of whimsy just the way I like it.

1st birthday lady bug...

I Love to do cupcakes...all of the fun none of the stress. These were funfetti cake with a strawberry buttercream filling.

a sneak peak....

yes...I still bake...

I am still baking...but apparently not blogging! Here are just a few of the baking adventures I have been up to. I keep saying, "when I have a min. I will sit down and catch up my blog"...and then I turn around and it has been 2 months! I also have found that because of a shift in priorities as of late that I am baking and then not even taking any pictures! My newest favorite to bake is a ...Banana chocolate streusel bundt cake...The kids are over the moon every time I make it and it has wholesome ingredients all through it! I will post the recipe...when I get a min..... :)