Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Dad's 39th Birthday

Dad's strawberry cheesecake

Dad's Birthday Cheesecake Baked by: Mommy
Mommy's little helpers: Lance, Troy and Reanna!

Mommy's little helper poses with the Birthday Boy

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Wedding Anniversary, 2008

Our 8th wedding anniversary cake

Created By: Richland Market Bakery, Ceres, CA
Details: Patterned after Richland's famous "Signature Cake", this cake was perfect for our 8th wedding anniversary. It's a 2-layer chocolate cake filled with a generous layer of chocolate pudding and topped with cream cheese icing and a blanket of chocolate ganache. White roses, which also decorate the Signature Cake, were our wedding flowers. I requested that they write "Happy Anniversary, Lorenzo and Renee" with silver icing and dot the white roses with silver "leaves". Yum!
Shared With: our close friend Debye and family, after she graciously watched our kids while we had a one-hour couples massage near her home.

11th anniversary of our first meeting

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Troy's 7th Birthday Pirate Cakes

FIRST CELEBRATION, June 5, 2008
Troy's first Pirate cake, chocolate from Raley's
chocolate w/ raspberry

Venue:
CVCA, last day of school. party for Troy's teacher, Mrs. Tank
Cake Created By: Raley's Bakery, Cares, CA
Details: "Pirates of the Caribbean" two-layer chocolate cake with raspberry filling which Troy brought for the last day of school because not all of his classmates will be able to celebrate his birthday with him during the summer.

SECOND CELEBRATION, July 17, 2008
Troy's Pirate tres leches birthday cake
tres leches w/ strawberry mousse

Venue: Sunbeam Room and poolside, Salvation Army Red Shield Community Center, Modesto, CA.
Cake Created By: Mi Pueblo Pasteleria, Modesto, CA
Details: "tres leches" cake with strawberry mousse filling. "Tres leches" cake is made and infused with three kinds of milk, hence the name.
Trivia: Mommy thought the actual cake was executed better than Raley's' cake, but the writing was so bad, she went to the Manager to insist that the "Happy Birthday Troy" be redone!
Mrs. Tank holds Troy's cake as the class sings "Happy Birthday"! Troy's second Pirate cake, tres leches, from Mi Pueblo

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Reanna's 4th Birthday Party

CARE BEAR CAKE
Reanna's Care Bear birthday cake

Design by: Mommy
Created by: Raley's Bakery, Ceres, CA
Details: Mommy already had a cake topper, which she got from the dollar store, so she just designed a cake with sky blue icing, two clouds and a rainbow.
More Trivia: Mommy originally ordered 2-layer a round cake, but Raley's ran out of round cakes after Mother's Day, so they made a quarter sheet cake for the same price!

PINK PURSE ICE CREAM CAKE
Reanna's pink Care Bear purse cake

Created by: Baskin-Robbins Standiford, Modesto, CA
Details: This was a featured Mother's Day cake, which Daddy actually wanted to get for Mommy for Mother's Day, but Mommy just opted to get it for Reanna's party!

Reanna's pink purse ice cream cake Reanna's Care Bear cake

Monday, April 14, 2008

Lola Arlyne's 62nd Birthday

My Mom's birthday cake 2008

Cake From: Richland Market, Ceres, CA
Details: Lance, Troy and Reanna blew out the candles while Lola Arlyne (Renee's Mom) was listening over the phone from her home in New York.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Alexander's 7th Birthday

Alexander's football cake

Venue: Alexander's home, Modesto, CA
Who's Alexander? Troy's classmate and close friend from CVCA
Cake by: Alexander's Mom.

Alexander and Troy

Friday, March 28, 2008

Mom's 40th Birthday

'my

Venue: Chuck E. Cheese's, Modesto, CA
Guests: Daddy, Lance, Troy, Reanna and Patrick
Baked by: Richland Market, Ceres, CA
Details: Spring-inspired cupcake bouquet with dragonfly decor

Mom celebrates her 40th at Chuck E, Cheese's

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Nanay's 72nd Birthday

Nanay's 72nd Birthday cakes

Venue: Sereno residence, Milpitas, CA
Details: surprise birthday party for Lorenzo's Mom

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentine's Day flan

my Valentine flan

Baked by: Renee
Occasion: First Grade Valentine's Day luncheon
Venue: Central Valley Christian Academy
Guests: Troy's classmates and parents

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Joe M.'s 50th Birthday

Kuya Joe's 50th birthday cake

Details: Hawaiian-inspired cake to cap the luau to celebrate a family friend's 50th birthday
Where: Fireside Room, Ceres Seventh-day Adventist Church

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Jandell's 7th Birthday

Jandell's 7th Birthday

Details: Transformers chocolate cake
Who's Jandell? Troy's classmate at CVCA and son of a family friend
Where: Modesto Tennis and Racquet Club, Modesto, CA