Do you remember this book? About Prudence and her potty? I totally saw this book and grabbed it for Madison, I used to have the same book as a kid.

I have been potty training Madison this weekend. She's 20 months old and can control when she goes, but it's only a matter of her wanting to do it on the potty. I literally have gotten her the whole sha-bang, according to this book a friend referred to me. Videos, books, potty teddy bear, I got it all. There's a baggy of M&M's sitting in the bathroom and every time Madison goes potty we have a big celebration in the house (even if it's just me and her) and we both partake in some M&M's after every success. Today is day 3 and she's officially gone about 80% of the day dry and done most of her deed on the potty. Tomorrow we have a birthday party to go to so that might affect tomorrow's results. I purchased a travel potty cover for regular toilets, so wish us luck. I honestly can't wait until I don't have to change anymore diapers.

Wedding Cake

So Kayla's wedding was fabulous, and the cake came out pretty good. I tried marshmallow fondant for the first time, and it took me a few hours to get the hang of how different it was from butter cream. With butter cream fondant I usually roll it out into parchment paper, then lift the parchment paper and lay it across the cake.. it comes out perfect about 85% of the time.. Marshmallow was way different.. if I tried the parchment paper it would just stick and tear, so out the window went that idea. Here's the recipe.

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 (16 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
• 4 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 pounds confectioners' sugar, divided

Directions

1. Place the butter in a shallow bowl, and set aside
2. Place the marshmallows in a large microwave-safe bowl, and microwave on High for 30 seconds to 1 minute to start melting the marshmallows. Carefully stir the water and vanilla extract into the hot marshmallows, and stir until the mixture is smooth. Slowly beat in the confectioners' sugar, a cup at a time, until you have a sticky dough. Reserve 1 cup of powdered sugar for kneading. The dough will be very stiff.
3. Rub your hands thoroughly with butter, and begin kneading the sticky dough. As you knead, the dough will become workable and pliable. Turn the dough out onto a working surface dusted with confectioners' sugar and continue kneading until the fondant is smooth and no longer sticky to the touch, 5 to 10 minutes.
4. Form the fondant into a ball, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. To use, allow the fondant to come to room temperature, and roll it out onto a flat surface dusted with confectioners' sugar

you can use Crisco instead of butter, which is what I did. I made a vanilla cream cheese frosting for the center of the cake, but used regular box red velvet for the actual cake. I crumb coated the cake with butter cream frosting only because it dries really well (unlike vanilla cream cheese) so if I have to re-lay the fondant on the cake I don't have a mess of frosting all over it.

Bridal Shower Cake

This was my latest cake I made. I was going to make it 3 tiers and taller, but it didn't work out due to lack of supplies at the grocery store and I didn't have enough time. It was a good practice cake for the wedding cake I'm making for Friday the 13th, my co-worker's wedding. The size worked out well for the party because we still had a few slices left over. The Bride is requesting marshmallow fondant, which I have never done. I've only made butter cream fondant, so I'm excited.

Along with the small wedding cake I'm making for the wedding, there will also be a cupcake tower. this it what it looks like