Don't Cry Over Spilled Coffee ... Cake

I made this one for my branch manager's birthday. Her husband works for Energen (AlaGasCo), and she never drinks from anything other than her Energen coffee mug. I thought it would make a nice personal touch.

I defaulted to my French vanilla batter with buttercream icing for this one. If I could do it over, I'd probably do a coffee cake with a hazelnut buttercream icing.

Oops!

So I sort of fell behind uploading the cakes I've been doing. I'm either modest or just plain honest, but I really don't think they've been that jaw-dropping or amazing, but I suppose it's all a matter of opinion.

Since I don't want to bombard with a post full of photos, I'll try to upload one a day until I get caught up. I think there's 4 or 5 cakes to update on, so it won't take too long.

The first up is a dinosaur birthday cake for a friend. Apparently she has this little guy on her office desk or computer desktop at work. I'm not sure which, but it was fun to make nonetheless.