While I pride myself on my ability to master nearly any craft I really set my mind to, I have not yet mastered food craft. More specifically, I have not masted the art of making food beautiful (although I can decorate a mean cookie). I simply don't have the love of food craft that makes it's mastery possible. My MIL however, makes beautiful food, and I have been extremely negligent in sharing with you all the the beautiful cakes she makes for my kids on their birthdays, but no longer. Today I will share her beautiful cakes. Most recently, she made my son a Top Gear Cake for his 5th birthday, representing his favorite Top Gear Challenge - killing a Toyota. The cake depicts that Toyota perched on the top of a building, right before the building is demolished. (By the way, Top Gear is a British car show that tests the merits of cars in a variety of wacky scenarios). In this picture, my son had already removed the Toyota from the top of the tower because it was afraid it would be hurt.

Here is the truck on top of the tower block, waiting to be demolished.

My daughter wanted a simple dinosaur cake for her 6th birthday.

My son's 4th birthday was a lego party, so my MIL made a giant lego with a sheet cake and cupcakes.

For my son's 3rd birthday, my MIL made an incredible monster truck cake, complete with jumbo doughnut wheels.

I have also made a few cakes that made the cut, and I am including in this post. The first of which is a Halloween themed cake I created for my daughter's birthday.