Mini Cooper Cake

This cake was made for a Mini Cooper owner.  Her husband requested that the cake be a Mini Cooper and that flowers should be included.  I decided to go with fondant to give the car a really smooth look.  I also decided to go with a bright orange car and bright pink flowers to give a fun, almost 70s look.  The cake was a Strawberry Cake with Lemon Curd Creme Filling.  It was fun making all the little details for the cake.  I used lustre dust to create the chrome accents on the car.

Chocolate Lava Cakes

I decided to make Chocolate Lava Cakes for Valentine's Day.  I recently aquired some ramekins and I wanted to use them!  They turned out to be fabulous!  We ate them warm--just out of the oven.  Lots of gooey chocolate richness oozed out when we cut into them.

Scuba Diving Birthday Cake

I made this cake for my husband's birthday.  His favorite hobby is scuba diving, so that's what I went with.  He requesting a Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Peppermint Ganache.  It was a 3 layer 10 inch cake.  I iced it in Classic Buttercream Frosting.  I dyed piping gel blue and put it on top to create the water-like look.  All decorations are made of gum paste/fondant.  I used the air brush food coloring to color the diver and the shark.  The sand is crushed graham crackers.

Airplane Birthday Cake

This cake was made for a two-year-olds birthday party.  His daddy is a pilot, so the cake was decorated with airplanes.  It was also his daddy's and grandma's birthdays, so I put banners behind two of the airplanes with their names on it.  You can't see it in this picture, but the little boy's name is on the opposite side of the top tier.  I used skittles around the bottoms of the tiers.  The cupcake on the top was the birthday boys portion.  All decorations are edible.  The cake was our Classic Yellow Cake with Lemon Filling and Classic Buttercream Frosting.

Patriotic Birthday Cake

This cake wasn't actually meant to be a patriotic cake!  The person that ordered it asked for stars and confetti in red and blue, and wanted something for a New Years Eve birthday party.  Even though this was a New Year's cake, it could very easily be a cake for a patriotic holiday or for a serviceman.  This was a our Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with a Chocolate Ganache Filling with Classic Buttercream Frosting.  The confetti and stars are made of edible gum paste/fondant.

Christmas Present Cake

This cake was made for two people who had birthdays right around Christmastime.  They requested a Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Peppermint Ganache.  This cake was made vegan because one of the people this cake was made for is vegan.  After tasting it, they were very surprised this cake was vegan because it had a great taste and texture.  It is iced in Buttercream Frosting and has gum paste/fondant details.

Cookies, Cookies, and More Cookies

My husband's boss asked me to make Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookies for the office.  They went over VERY well.  I decided to bake up a storm of tasty treats to give to friends at Christmastime.

Snowflake sugar cookies with Almond Buttercream Icing.

Snickerdoodles!

Raspberry Thumbprints

Gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate chip cookies.

Chocolate Cake Balls

Dark Chocolate Pretzel Bark

UNCC Graduation Cake

This cake was made for some UNCC students who were graduating.  I was sent the school colors to match for the cake.  They were very happy with the cake and said I got the colors just right!  They chose to have our seasonal Pumpkin Pecan Cake with our seasonal Eggnog Creme Filling.  This was a two tier cake--the bottom tier was a 10 inch cake, and the top tier was a 6 inch cake.  It was iced in Buttercream Frosting with fondant/gum paste details  The stars, cap and diploma were edible.

Snowman Holiday Cake

This cake was made for a holiday party.  This was a three tier cake.  The bottom tier was Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Filling.  The middle tier was our seasonal Pumpkin Pecan Cake with our seasonal Eggnog Creme Filling.  The top tier was Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with Mocha Creme Filling.  I iced the cake in Buttercream Frosting.  The hat on the top was made with Chocolate Fondant as well as the stick arms.  The other details including the carrot nose were made of fondant/gum paste as well.

Harvest Cornucopia Cake

This cake was the cake I made for my final cake decorating class.  I made another Pumpkin Pecan Cake and used Almond Buttercream Frosting to make a basket weave on the sides and went with grass on the top.  I used Chocolate Fondant to make the cornucopia and regular fondant to make the fruits and veggies.  I love the vibrant colors of this cake!  My husband took it to work with him and his coworkers loved it--no leftovers!

Fall Leaves Harvest Birthday Cake

This birthday cake was for an older man whose birthday landed around the Thanksgiving holidays.  They wanted something that they could have with their Thanksgiving dinner.  I made a Pumpkin Pecan Cake with a Pumpkin Pie Filling.  I also iced the cake in Almond Buttercream Frosting, which gave it a little something extra special!  I made leaves out of gum paste/fondant in fall colors to decorate the cake with.  Everyone loved the cake and it got rave reviews!

Ribbons & Bows First Birthday Cake

During the wedding reception, I was asked to make this cake.  They were impressed with the wedding cake and loved the flavor, so they asked if I would make the cake for their little girl's first birthday party.  They chose the Ribbons & Bows theme and chose their colors.  They also decided to have Strawberry Cake and Strawberry Filling.  The pink of the inside really complimented the pink of the frosting!  All decorations are edible (except for the stick holding up the birthday sign.)

Their comments about the cake:

"The cake was beautiful.  We didn't feel like cutting it yesterday.  Everyone admired your work.  Thank you soooooooooooooooo much!  It tasted good too.  Thanks again...."