This birthday cake was baked for someone who just recovered from a heart attack two weeks ago. It was her forty-something birthday, and I thought this french vanilla heart cake with rolled fondant bandaids was a perfect fit. I decided to use the phrase “…and many more” which is sometimes added to the tail end of the traditional “Happy Birthday to You” song. It seemed appropriate for someone just recovering from Angioplasty.

I swirled red food coloring into the batter after it was in the pan. This added a very nice marbled effect to the cake when it was sliced.

10″ high decorated Christmas tree cake.

This cake was made with two different frosting treatments.

This frosting treatment shows the Christmas tree cake made up of small leaves close together, making it look like an evergreen from a distance. This is my favorite.

The second frosting treatment shows the Christmas tree cake made with up of individual needles.