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Thankfully, now that we’re grown, we’re allowed free range in the awesomeness that is the kitchen (Easy Bake Oven, it was nice knowing you). What better way to reflect on our (semi) mature selves than a grown up version of the Easter Egg.

This Faberge inspired egg cake was so much fun for us to make. Instead of dying actual Easter eggs this year, we dyed fondant, just as messy- way better sugar high. The fabric base surrounding the cake is also sugar. We roll the sugar paste extremely thin and wrap it around the cake to mimic fabric.

Erin took the lead on this project, bedazzling and glittering the heck out of this edible work of art. This cake really took the Easter egg to a new level. And yes, everything on this cake is edible- even the jewels.

My favorite detail are the miniature brooches that Erin placed on the front medallion and along the fabric; simple and elegant.

Wishing everyone a sweet Easter and a Happy Passover.

So when we were asked if we could make a cake to match the birthday boys invitation we were thrilled. The invitation and party were full of colors! Bright, happy and fun colors that were perfect for a little boys birthday party. Of course we had to be sure to include  Curious George’s signature yellow from his shirt, and thus began the basis for our cake.

Erin drew an exact (and I mean EXACT) replica of Curious George from the birthday invitation and then hand painted the little guy to look like he had real fur. Seriously, Erin just amazes me every time.

We hand cut a balloons from sugar that went along with the theme of the party to place on the cake and cupcakes (better believe there were matching cupcakes too).

The cake was vanilla, the birthday boys favorite (have to admit, I didn’t see that coming) and the cupcakes were our signature chocolate recipe.

We really liked how it looked as if the balloon cupcakes were floating around on the dessert table.

 And this is Robbie. He doesn’t really like to “pose” for pictures and was far to busy with the bounce house for the likes of us. I didn’t blame him, we kind of wanted to jump in there as well…

These miniature stuffed Curious George dolls were an amazing favor and just the right touch. The kids went crazy over them!

We stayed and watched Robbie blow out his candles. It was so much fun to see! It’s very rare that Erin and I get to see a cake of ours once we drop it off at the party, so it really was a treat to see how excited all the kids were when we arrived with the cake. Robbie had put full force gale winds into that birthday wish and went to town on those candles! I don’t think I’ve laughed so hard in such a long time! Do you remember any of your birthday wishes?

Happy birthday Robbie! Wishing you a lifetime of bounce houses and birthday cake.

First is our contemporary styled Valentines cake; I {heart} you. By far, this was one of my favorite cakes; simple, sweet and to the point. I LOVE YOU and here’s a bunch of sweetness to prove it!

Victorian and romantic, we love the combination of lace and sugar flowers.

And lastly, our tribute to modernism in the form of buttercream. Edible art? Heck yeah.

These next miniature red velvet cupcakes are among our favorites. These cupcakes are colorful, they make an impression and by golly you can easily stuff three or four in your mouth at the same time (oh, and that’s a proven fact).

This is what happens when I’m left alone with a box of cupcakes and a camera for far too long. I have way more shots of these little guys than I probably need but they’re just so tiny!

What a better way to display your treats than placing them in their own porcelain carrier? Just so you know, this did start out as a full tray of cupcakes…

Then it turned into breakfast.

I know we did this same design for some of our Valentine’s cupcakes last year but what can we say. It’s a staple here in our kitchen and a crowd favorite. We will probably do this every year from now until forever.

As if all of the above wasn’t enough of a sugar jolt to get your blood sugar climbing, what’s Valentines day without a bit of chocolate? Enter in our homemade brownies.

Our favorite tip? Take your favorite brownie recipe and use a cookie cutter to cut out whichever shape your little ol’ heart desires. But be forewarned whenever you are cutting out shapes from your brownie pan, you are bound to have brownie scraps left over. The leftover brownie scraps are so tragic in fact, that we had to eat ever leftover piece immediately; we couldn’t bare to look at that brownie graveyard.

A cold glass of milk helped to wash away all of the shame.

It was clear we were going to have left over goodies on our hands. So the big questions was, “What to do with the Valentine’s Day left overs?” Package them up and know that they will find a good home.

Erin helps me out with most cake orders and adds amazing details to each cake we work on. Whether it’s from the kindness of her heart or from what she calls being “volun-told,” Erin is an amazing cake partner and little sister (it’s at this point she’ll probably say, “Casey, I’m your only little sister” and though this is true it changes nothing…)

Since the baby was turning a full quarter of a century I wanted to celebrate her in our traditional way, with a bit of sugar.

For those of you who don’t know south Florida, US-1 is a long and sometimes bumpy stretch of road filled with lots and LOTS of traffic lights and drivers who fear the use of turn signals, a perfect environment for transporting a cake. Yeah, right. In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best idea to transport the cake on a solid diet of coffee/ caffeine; my nerves were not built for such things.

As a result, the little balloon detached itself from the elephant. In all honestly, I’m a bit surprised the cake survived the car ride at all. Miami drivers make NASCAR look like a round of bumper cars at the fair. And being a fellow Miami driver, I can tell you from experience, WE WILL RUN YOU OFF THE ROAD and blame you for getting in the way (I’ve even seen someone knitting while driving!).

Our mother joined us and we surprised Erin with lunch, cake, cupcakes and a heavy dose of embarrassment. Everything was chocolate, from the cake to the cupcakes; it’s Erin’s favorite.

These are the cupcakes we made to match the cake…

(Sorry for the low-res cell phone pic. I was too busy embarrassing my little sister to remember to take one with the actual camera)

Everything was meant to be girly and young, I wanted her to know, that no matter how old she is, she will always be my baby sister.

Happy birthday little one.

Though some people are in it for the game and others for the commercials, I’m mostly in it for the food. Not that I need a reason to get down and greasy but it’s good to know I can blame that food baby on an entire casserole dish of Swedish meatballs and guacamole (not all at once of course, that just wouldn’t taste right—or would it…).

It’s sometimes hard to admit this but we are Dolphins fans and seeing that they weren’t in this year’s super bowl (or any other for that matter) I wasn’t really invested in the winner of last night’s game. So I basically ate my football feelings in large saucy quantities.

But this is Creations by Casey and its tradition to finish our meals with cake.

I had decided the day before that I wanted a cake at our little super bowl party. So I took the liberty of dragging Erin along with me.

In 24 hours Erin and I pumped out a football cake on what we felt was some pretty realistic looking AstroTurf. That’s right, we decided we were calling it AstroTurf instead of grass; it had that tough synthetic look only AstroTurf can pull off but mostly, just because we could. Erin can wheel a mean airbrush.

We added a little bit of texture and shadowing to the football for more of a rough a tumble look.

And around the 3^rd quarter we unbuttoned the top button of our jeans and helped ourselves to the final course; dessert.