Patriotic Cake

I am so in love with these two blogs I have found.  They both have amazing ideas and great tutorials.  Recently I found an 4th of July Flag Cake on Glorious Treats and a Patriotic Rose Cake on i am baker.  They are so amazing and I wanted to try them both on the same cake.  Both sites have tutorials on how to accomplish the look, so I will not go into too much detail.  Both blogs are great and they deserve the credit for these amazing ideas.
Here is my attempt at combining the two looks together.

First the outside.

And the inside.  I had my mother take the pictures, since I could not be there when the cake was cut.

I am going to attempt it one more time for a family get together just after the 4th of July.  

Past Project- 1-Up Mushroom Cupcake Cake

My husband and my daughter have birthdays just a few weeks apart.  The year she turned 1 was the same year my husband turned 30, so we had a big blow-out bash for both of them.  I decided I wanted to do a Super Mario Bros themed cake, but I was unsure exactly what I wanted to do.  So, since they both were going to be a year older, I decided on the 1-Up Mushroom.  I had looked online at all kinds of ideas and found an idea for a Mario Cupcake Cake.  So I set off to plan my own cupcake cake.  I found an 8-bit graphic of a mushroom and counted how many cupcakes I would need and how many of each color for the icing.  I decided to use mini-cupcakes, since regular ones would yield way too many for the number of guests we were having.  With some simple planning, I was able to accomplish my very own 1-Up Mushroom Cupcake Cake!

I made some Sculpy decorations to place around the cake.