'Tis the Season for saying thank-you!

I donated a certificate for a 50 serving cake to the Epilepsy Foundation and the good folks at the Gebauer Company were the winning bidders. They ordered a chocolate chocolate cake with raspberry filling and chocolate buttercream frosting as a centerpiece cake for their winter holiday party at the Cleveland Skating Club.

The sign is an exact replica of the one that greets visitors to the Gebauer plant complex. It was made out of Rice Krispie Treats, covered in fondant, and scored to replicate the stonework. The logos and address were impressed with an alphabet press and colored with food grade markers. The snow is royal icing. The rocks are marbled fondant and the hand modeled cardinal is the state bird of Ohio.

"Weighty" Birthday Cookies and the World's Smallest Violins

The hexagonal cookies were made for a gentleman celebrating his 45th birthday. He was a power lifter in his teenage years, hence the barbells. Each cookie was individually wrapped because they were going to be shipped. To minimize the possibility of damage to the decoration, the inscription was done using edible food markers. The cookies are vanilla sugar cookies covered in fondant.

The violin cookies were made as favors for a private party honoring a Grammy-nominated violinist hoping to release a solo CD . Each cookie is about 4 inches tall and includes all of the parts of a real violin. The strings are piped from royal icing and the rest of the decoration is hand-cut fondant.