First Cakes

I remember first watching Food Network and thinking how fun it would be if I was able to do something as creative as cake decorating. When I moved to Kentucky and when my husband was never home with me, and while my not-yet one-year-old slept, I would watch Food Network all. the. time. I knew I was going to Vegas during Ammon's "red phase" of the first drill sergeant cycle, so I decided to make Matthew's first birthday cakes, along with my first real cakes. With the help of my mom, these were our first fondant cakes! I also made a smash cake for Matthew, a small frosted baseball. It took us many hours, but I fell in love then!

What did I learn? How to roll, frost, cut letters, dye fondant...the was the start of it all--the start of something grand!