I want to start off by saying a HUGE THANK YOU to those that have supported me throughout these last few years…family, friends, customers…I am truly blessed!  I love making cakes and seeing the reactions to them!  They are my little babies and I love each and every one!  It has been a pleasure working with each and every one of you to create your perfect cake for your occasions!  I love starting with a wedding cake, making baby shower cakes and then eventually your children’s birthday cakes…it’s fun to be a part of your lives in that way!

For almost 5 years, I have worked very hard to not increase my prices, but I make/bake everything from scratch and as you may know from personal trips to the grocery store, the cost of many ingredients I use has more than doubled since I started this adventure 4+ years ago.  In addition to a cost output for ingredients, there is also an output for structural needs of a cake (bases, boxes and sometimes supports.  On top of that, there is a tremendous amount of time involved in making a cake: from answering emails, preparing quotes, planning out the design and/or structural needs, shopping, baking, cleaning up, making accessories for the cake, cleaning up, filling/icing the cake(s), cleaning up, decorating, and cleaning up again…you get the idea!

My new pricing structure will reflect the increase in ingredient cost as well as my skill improvement and the time involved in prepping, making and delivering your cake.  It will be charged on new cake orders from today until further notice (if you have already contacted me regarding a cake and we have discussed it, the previous price structure will be in effect).

I will now be charging a base price of $3.00/serving for both buttercream and fondant tiered cakes.  For 3-D cakes (non-standard shaped cakes such as cars, purses, etc.) or specialty cakes (“topsy-turvy”, ball, etc.), the base price will be $5.00/serving.  The prices will increase from there depending on complexity of design and any extras that are needed for the cake.  Added on extras will include, but not be limited to: sugar flowers, sugar figurines, sugar crowns, rush orders and delivery.

This new pricing structure doesn’t actually make up for all of the time and money I spend making cakes.  Truthfully, I should be starting somewhere around $5-$7/serving, but I know my market and I know that just isn’t feasible for most people to spend that much for a cake right now.  I will probably end up having to increase these prices on a more regular basis, but for now, we’re going to start here!

Thank you again for your patronage!  I look forward to making more of your cakes in the future!

Please forgive me…I’ve been a BAD blogger, I know.  I’m sorry!  Allow me to explain!

First, I am a wife and mother to 2 VERY active little boys!  Then I bake and decorate cakes.  During the school year, I work as the school’s Kitchen Manager, cooking lunch for around 150 every day.  It’s an interesting job, very stressful and tiring.  I also serve on our church’s Pastoral Council and Youth Ministry Council, design and layout the school’s auction fundraiser program, co-lead Vacation Bible School, and I could probably go on, but I won’t bore you with all I do!  But you get the drift…I can’t say no and as a result, I’m a busy lady and blogging just got pushed into the VERY low-priority list (I’m sure there’s a lot of you out there that can relate)!  I promise to try harder!

I have been updating all of the galleries with new pictures of the cakes that I’ve been doing.  And if you want more up-to-the-minute updates (or as close as possible, anyway), you can follow me on Facebook…I promise, I update faster there!

There are big changes in store for Cake is Life in the future, including a newly redesigned website (there…I put it out there!  Now my husband HAS to do it!)

I assure you, I have been making cakes, I still LOVE to make them and will continue to take orders for them!  Email me at CakeIsLife@gmail.com to place your order or use the Contact Form here on the blog.

Thank you so much for your continued loyalty!  It is such a pleasure working with great people such as yourselves!  I’m honored to be part of your special events and I love it that you let me help you to create your perfect custom cake centerpieces!

So, if you don’t want your cake to melt, please, PLEASE, pretty please…use fondant and DON’T have your cake outside in these conditions (your guests will probably thank you too!).  After all, you’ve paid all that money for me to spend all that time making and decorating your pretty cake…your guests should be able to enjoy it too!

Thank you, Mrs. Weber, for creating a video demonstrating this exact problem!  Sometimes people just need to see it for themselves!

Lego Head Cake

Ben's Lego Cake

Sam’s 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Sam!

Coach Purse Cake

I like being able to create cakes that look like things besides cake! This one is one after my own heart…who doesn’t wish they had a handbag made out of cake (shh boys, you just don’t understand!) Happy Birthday, Jennifer!

Cupcake Birthday Cake

It’s funny that both cakes I’m featuring today are for Jennifers! I assure you, they aren’t for the same one though! I think this cake turned out really cute! It was designed after the partyware for the party! Happy Birthday, Jennifer!

Farm-themed Birthday Cake

I love creating cakes for this little one!  This is the 3rd one…year one and year two!  Happy Birthday, Lucas!

Once again this cake was as delicious as it was beautiful!!!! Way to go Emily!! The cake was Fabulous!!!! ~Jennifer

Candy Land Birthday Cake

This was another fun cake to make! I loved Candy Land as a kid and my own kids enjoy playing it too, so it was pretty easy to come up with a design.

I just wanted to send a quick note to Thank You for such a great cake! Everyone loved it and it tasted amazing! ~Jennifer

XBox Logo Cake

This was a difficult cake to create! It looks easy, but any time you have to bend a logo around a sphere, it starts to get wonky! In the end, I was very pleased with the way it came out.

Toodles Cake

This cake was based on the invitations to the party.

Tool Belt Father's Day Cake

Dad loved his cake. He was impressed by the “stitching” on the toolbelt. My nieces and nephew fought over who got to eat the tools. ~Kay

Lawn Mower Father's Day Cake

Safari Gift Box Baby Shower Cake

This cake was designed after the invitations for a shower for twin boys.

Monkey Baby Shower Cake

This cake was also designed after the invitations for the shower. It came with 4 dozen of these too!

Monkey Baby Shower Cupcakes

Mardi Gras Wedding Shower Cake

I really like the way this cake came out…just like the image that was in my head!

 It was delicious!! ~Melissa

Spring Flowers Wedding Cake

I had to deliver this cake on the first heat wave of the season! It was 99 degrees with what felt like a heat index of 110! Not fun with sugar! But it made it in one piece.

The brides flowers matched the handmade ones perfectly and the lace appliques matched the lace on her dress.

Congratulations and best wishes to Lisa and Sean!

Congratulations Laura and Ryan! May you live long, happy lives and always enjoy each other’s company!

These cakes were absolutely awesome! Thank you so much Emily for your hard work. They tasted as good as they looked (and I had three out of the four flavors). Thank you again for a fabulous job! ~Laura