I Take The Cake

31/12/2021

I am posting to let you know that I will be taking an extended break from everything cake & business related while I focus on my family for this season.
Thank you all for your support this past year especially, and 
Happy New Year!! 💗

27/09/2021

My Aunt Ella in her kitchen—I remember learning how to pipe buttercream roses and shell borders in this very kitchen, back when I was a kid. She was my biggest inspiration, and a huge reason I am where I am today.

The second photo is one of her hand written recipes 🧡🧡🧡

15/09/2021

Last day to sign up for the Welcome Fall! Cake Party! Must sign up by midnight tonight to reserve your spot.

❤️🍁🌻🧡🎃😻🖤🎂🌞🍂🧡🌾❤️

Link to sign up in my Facebook event here on my biz page 🌻

Or message me if you have questions❓❓

Pics of cake styles you may choose to decorate are in my stories. 🎂

See you there! 🧡
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14/09/2021

How do I achieve gold accents on my cakes?

SWIPE ➡️➡️➡️

🟡 First, make sure you are using a buttercream or frosting that crusts/sets up when chilled.

🟡 Frost your cake as desired, then chill in the freezer for at least 20-30 minutes.

🟡 While the cake is chilling, I mix up gold luster dust & Americolor Gold Sheen airbrush food color in a small dish. A little goes a long way here and it’s always easy to mix up more.

🟡You want it to be liquid, but not too runny, or it won’t set up well.

🟡You can always add a couple more drops of the airbrush color if things get a little too dry.

🟡Use a soft, food safe paint brush, and paint with your edible gold paint anywhere on your cake that you desire.

🟡You can even paint over the entire outside of a cake like this, if you do not have an airbrush and don’t mind the bit of brush stroke texture.

🟡 If at any time you have frosting coming up with the brush, you can pop the cake back into the freezer for 5 minutes or so to get it set back up.

Go gild some cakes & have a lovely Tuesday! 💛💛💛

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13/09/2021

Are Galaxy Cakes a fall thing?

Ummm…probably not. 🤷🏻‍♀️

But, it’s still an option of a cake style to decorate for the Welcome Fall! Cake Party coming up this Friday!

So if you’re not a big fan of fall, or maybe just a bigger fan of the galaxy, come on out and decorate with me! 💜💖🖤

•Friday, Sept. 17 @ 6:30 pm
•Ages 12 & up
•At my home in St. John, IN
•Link to sign up in event, or below⤵️
•Must sign up by this Wednesday to reserve your spot.

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Link: https://forms.gle/c69L4bzd2YqPomgQA
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11/09/2021

➡️What does I Take The Cake offer in this season?

☑️One themed Cake Party for ages 12 and up, per month, at my home in St. John.
☑️Social media engagement & content.

Right now, I homeschool our three kids, 👧🏻👦🏻🧑🏼and that is my focus in this season.

In the future, I intend to expand what I offer, including
☑️private parties
☑️decorating classes
☑️kids parties
☑️custom orders
☑️cupcake club
& more.

I do not currently take custom orders. (This cake was created for my daughter’s birthday.) 🥳

What is your focus in this season of life? Comment & let me know 😊

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10/09/2021

What are some reasons to decorate a cake? 😆 Tell me in the comments! ⤵️

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09/09/2021

A really big THANK YOU! to all who came out to decorate at my summer kids cake parties!
🦄🦔🦙🐧🦊

The final kids party for the summer wrapped up in August, and now moving into fall, I’m back to doing themed cake parties once a month for ages 12 through adult.

Welcome Fall! Will be Friday, Sept. 17 @ 6:30 pm (link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/c69L4bzd2YqPomgQA )

Tentative upcoming dates:
Harvest Cake Party-Thursday, October 21
Thanksgiving Cake Party-Thursday, Nov. 18
Cozy Christmas-Thursday, Dec. 23rd

Cupcakes & Christmas photos collab:
Saturday, Nov. 6th w/ Rachael Tucker photography

Would anyone be interested in a kids event during Christmas break? Comment below & let me know what you think. 🎄🎄🎄
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08/09/2021

Who is excited for fall? 🙌🏼💃🏻 Do I see some leaves just starting to change colors?🍁🍂

Well, here’s a great way to celebrate the changing of seasons—
a Welcome Fall! Cake Party!

DETAILS:
🔸Friday
🔸September 17th
🔸6:30-9:30 pm
🔸at my home in St. John, IN
🔸ticket pricing from $45-$79 depending on the project you select
🔸link to sign up:
https://forms.gle/c69L4bzd2YqPomgQA
🔸deadline to register: Wednesday September 15th (by midnight)

To see photos of the cake styles available to decorate for this party, please see the event posted here on my Facebook biz page:
or continue following my posts here for more to come over the next week or so.

The cake in this post is one of the available styles (but you may choose your own colors if you like). 🤎

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21/08/2021

Hey everyone! Happy Saturday! 💖

This week on Tuesday, I celebrated my 36th birthday with good friends, yummy food, and of course, CAKE!! 😆

I had been craving carrot cake for weeks, so that’s what inside this bright & textured babe! Moist carrot cake, with plump raisins and chopped walnuts, and cream cheese filling….mmmmmmm!!!

I like a good cup of coffee with my cake! ☕️What about you? What beverage do you prefer with your cake? 🍶🧋🥂🥤🥛🧉

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11/08/2021

Every time I look at this cake, I feel like I should be throwing on my slap bracelets & playing cassettes on my boom box 🤣🤣🤣
What 80’s fun does this splatter cake bring back for you?? Throw down a comment to let me know!

Cake details—inside was yummy banana cake with cream cheese filling 🤩

Splatters (COMPLETELY EDIBLE for those who have asked, but your tongue will definitely change colors 😜) were done with Americolor gels.

And yes, I made a huge mess making this at 11:30 at night 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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06/08/2021

I had so much fun with these cute lil cookies! Such a great challenge this month over at Instagram page 🥳

What cereal would you want to see turned into a cake?

🍪 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪

PS.: I’m working on fall themed adult cake parties for September so stay tuned😉

💜Happy Friday, ya’ll!!

02/08/2021

☀️Last Kids Cake party of the summer!☀️
➡️TODAY (midnight) is the deadline to sign up!

☀️It’s this Thursday, August 5th, 2-4:30 pm
St. John, IN
(specific address provided after sign up)

☀️Sign up for any age kiddos 4-15 as long as space is available; kids ages 8 and under must decorate with an adult.

☀️Link: https://forms.gle/3pww6tXMUtjTq4AR9

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29/07/2021

MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY IS EARLY IN THE MORNING BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE WAKES UP.

It's the moments when I sit and pray & read and feel so much peace. It’s also the time of day when I tend to have the best ideas for business and family!

What about you... what's your favorite time of the day that you look forward to?

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27/07/2021

3 ACCOUNTS I LEARN FROM EVERYDAY.

You might know me as a dashing Cake Party hostess😉 and I feel lucky to love what I do... but behind the scenes, I'm always learning too.

Here are 3 accounts that I follow on Instagram that teach me something new everyday:

💖Rosie at is one my oldest inspirations; not only is she a trend setter, and always whipping up something bright and glittery, but she wrote a beautiful bake book that sits on display on my bookshelf!

💜Katie of inspires me with her innovative flavor profiles and textures, both of which I'm also passionate about. Besides all this, she is just a kind and good human being anyone would be privileged to know!

💙Courtney of has taught me so much about business and hosting an excellent party, and is such an amazing creator even though she doesn't put frosting on her creations 🤣🤪.

I'm sharing this because a) their content is awesome and b) I believe it's important to book with & support someone who's always learning - not just staying static.

Is there an account you love to follow on Instagram or a page you love and want me to check out? Tag them in the comments below and I'll have a look!

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26/07/2021

Hi! I’m Twilight Sparrow, founder of I Take The Cake, LLC and these are some of my favorite pictures of me ever taken! 😊

I absolutely love the beach🏖,
the sunshine☀️,
the sand🐚,
the colors of the water blending together🐠,
the soft sigh a wave makes when it has just run out and is turning back to rejoin the rest of the water🌊.

I’m a creative in many ways.🦋
I love vibrant color! 🦄
I enjoy decorating for parties, 🎉
arranging beautiful fruit & vegetable trays and charcuterie boards, 🍉🍒🧀
drawing and coloring colorful designs, 🎏
and a dozen more things in kind. 🎂

Hidden/less obvious talents:
I love planning things. 😁
I love taking chaos and creating order.

I love people! Connecting people, relationships, knowing people.💞

So, what’s your hidden or less obvious talent? 🤔 Tell me in the comments!
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Ps.: Check my stories for cake decorating videos, highlights from parties, random updates where I look mildly homeless, etc 🤣🤣🤪

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21/07/2021

QUESTIONS!!! All the questions! I’ve been getting so many of them in my emails, in person, and through phone calls. 🧐

So! If you have any questions that you would like answered, please feel free to drop a comment below, or message me, and over the next few days I will reply to all of your questions in my stories.💜

The most COMMONLY ASKED question lately
has been WHEN is the next Cake Party, & HOW do I sign up? ⤵️

WHEN: August 4th & 5th
HOW: The link is in my IG bio and also
here➡️ https://forms.gle/3pww6tXMUtjTq4AR9 ⬅️ on my Facebook business page.

You can also find these events here on my Facebook biz page in the events section.

🤔 Need more info? ⤵️

✅ Check my stories over the next few days for more Q & A!
✅ I’m just an email or message away!
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13/07/2021

You guys. Facebook is having a little too much fun at my expense 🤣😭🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

So here’s the thing… Kids Cake Party next week on Thursday the 22nd at 2:00 PM!🎉 INFO BELOW!⤵️

Don’t even look at what’s going on in my event section. Facebook won’t let me delete events, it’s duplicating events, and generally everything is completely wacko over there 😱🤷‍♀️
I CANNOT WAIT til my website is finished 🥺 and Facebook events can be bypassed.

💥Here is what you need to know:💥

✅Thursday, July 22nd @ 2:00 pm✅
Must sign up & pay by Tuesday, July 20th in order to attend this event.

✅For this event only, Mommy & Me class and Budding Bakers classes will be combining. Any child ages 4-8 MUST have an adult supervising/decorating along side them. Ages 4-15 may attend.

✳️Where is this:⤵️

THIS PARTY WILL BE HELD AT
Busy Bee Creative Works
3530 Michigan St.
Hobart, IN 46342

✳️How does this work:

🌀Sign up using this link:⤵️
https://forms.gle/3pww6tXMUtjTq4AR9
https://forms.gle/3pww6tXMUtjTq4AR9

🌀Wondering about cost? Size options for cakes with pricing are listed on the form to sign up, accessible through the above link.⤴️

🌀Please fill out a separate form for each child that will be attending.

🌀After your form is submitted, I will reach out to you (generally by email) within 24 hours with information about payment and details specific to your Cake Party.
You choose from the cake styles in the event cover photos below, which cake style you would like to decorate and what colors you would like to use, and reply to my informational email with that. 

✳️This Classic Cakes theme will be repeated bi-monthly through the summer, alternating with a Party Animals theme in the same age ranges.

✳️PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE SELECTING THE CORRECT DATE/PARTY ON THE SIGN UP FORM, THAT YOU WANT TO ATTEND.

✳️If you have any questions, as always please feel free to privately message me here, or email me at [email protected]

🖍✴️🌼🍀🌀💟💕 🖍✴️🌼🍀🌀💟💕

06/06/2021

➡️Are you on the struggle bus, looking for the link to sign up for the Mommy & Me Cake Party, or the Father’s Day Cake Party? I’m here to the rescue! ⤵️

Mommy & Me: https://forms.gle/3pww6tXMUtjTq4AR9

Father’s Day: https://forms.gle/c69L4bzd2YqPomgQA

(for Mommy & Me or Budding Bakers events, please see other form)

04/06/2021

➡️Mommy & Me Party Animals Cake Party coming up!

*️⃣Friday, June 11th
*️⃣2:00 pm
*️⃣Deadline to register: Wednesday, June 9th

*️⃣Sign up >
(which is currently a bit of a pain, sorry 🤦🏻‍♀️)
> Go to my Facebook biz page events
OR link in my Instagram bio
OR just give up and MESSAGE ME FOR IT⬅️
> click on link
> fill out form
> you and I both get email confirmation
> I send you an email with info (check your spam)
> You choose the style of cake you’d like to decorate and
> pay for it
> all set!

*️⃣Facebook biz page is also

*️⃣email: getcake @ ITakeTheCake .com

⤵️Drop a comment below if you have questions or to let me know I’ll see you there! 🥳
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29/05/2021

This cake is giving me all the summer, elegant beach wedding vibes! What do you guys think of when you see it?

16/05/2021

The joy of creating! 🥳

Kids baking events are posted on my Facebook biz page right now! Sign up your favorite child for some creativity and keep them busy & learning with school letting out!

Itakethecakenwi (Facebook & Instagram)

Happy Sunday!

12/05/2021

☀️Celebrate school letting out for the summer by signing up the children you love for some fun creativity!

☀️You can create alongside your child, OR drop them off for a few hours and go get some coffee or grocery shopping done and enjoy a few minutes of well-deserved peace and quiet.

🖍✴️🌼🍀🌀💟💕 🖍✴️🌼🍀🌀💟💕

Upcoming June events:

Mommy & Me Kids Cake Party
Ages 4-12 with an adult decorating alongside them
Friday, June 11th, 2-5 pm

Budding Bakers Kids Cake Party
Ages 9-15
Thursday, June 10th, 5-8 pm
Intended for child to decorate on their own; parents may sign them in and drop off, or relax in the adjoining room.

See my stories for screenshots of the events from here on my Facebook biz page, and
SWIPE ➡️ for a photo of the cake styles available to decorate for these two events.

✴️Currently events are all held at my home in Saint John, Indiana.

Link to sign up: ⤵️
(Message me if you would like me to send you the link directly)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSchHf018SdYufKAiFJ_u30AtETbm_xsHsh4Bz_AO0rFZ3GJKg/viewform

✳️If you have any questions, as always please feel free to privately message me here, or email me at [email protected]

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11/05/2021

Layers of white almond cake pair with luscious strawberry filling in this classic two tier buttercream cake with fondant bow & fresh hydrangeas and carnations!

I’m no longer taking private cake orders, but still finishing those previously booked on my calendar, and this one was just too pretty not to post!!!

09/05/2021

Lots of textures pair with fresh florals to create a cake that looks equally ready for a garden party or your Mother’s Day table!

Would you like a slice of this red velvet cake? 😋

09/05/2021

Need a last minute gift for Mother’s Day? You’ll look like you thought long & hard (AND maybe be the favorite child 😉) when you sign up Mom and her bestie for this super fun DIY night! May 15th @ 5:30 pm

Flash Sale TODAY ONLY—$10 off tickets for one, share a project with a friend and take off $15!

Only until 6 PM—
🛍 $10 OFF single ticket - automatic
🛍 $15 OFF 2 seat ticket - enter code: MOM21

Visit and check the link in their bio to sign up or click below! ⤵️
https://hammerandstainnwi.com/collections/hobart-studio/products/diy-tray-cupcake-decorating-workshop-may-15th-5-30pm

07/05/2021

We’re back with a super sweet workshop collab!! You don’t want to miss this!

🧁🧁🧁12 delicious cupcakes to decorate as your heart desires🧁🧁🧁
PLUS
a tray to stain/paint and designer handles of your choice
&
all with guided instruction!!

And you are welcome to bring your own
snacks & drinks!

Hosted by Courtney at
To sign up, visit her website below!⤵️

https://hammerandstainnwi.com/collections/hobart-studio/products/diy-tray-cupcake-decorating-workshop-may-15th-5-30pm

Looking forward to seeing you there!! 💕

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22/04/2021

Bunch of random topics coming atcha really quickly, but I’ll keep it fairly brief:

1. The cake here is a reminder of how far I’ve come—buttercream roses were one of the first things I learned to make as a kid!

2. Addressing the fact that I’ve kinda been MIA lately—I had some health concerns come up that needed to be dealt with, but turns out it’s nothing serious, thank God!

3. Thank you guys for being patient and hanging around while my stories and posts have been fewer and farther between. I’m working on new content now for the upcoming months!

4. This Bouquet of Roses cake is one of the options to decorate for the upcoming Classic Cakes—Mother’s Day Cake Party, May 6th. If you want to know how to jump on that bandwagon, drop a comment below and I’ll get you hooked up.

5. If you signed up for a Cake Party and haven’t seen follow up info from me, please make sure you check your email and your spam folder, and let me know if you still don’t see it. I don’t ever want to harass anyone by emailing them repeatedly “Did you get it, did you get it?” Because that’s just not cool.

Happy Thursday, friends! ☀️

Ps: What’s been your favorite things to see in my stories, or what would you like to see? Let me know!

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17/04/2021

Channeling my inner today 🤣🤣💖💕🎉✅🌈🙌🏼💛🤷‍♀️🥳🦄☀️ If you don’t follow Sammy Wonka on Instagram, I’m sorry for you.
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Check my stories over the next couple days for more footage of this bright & happy cakey-cake! 😛
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