Baby Shower Cakes

Baby Carriage Cake

Wild Thing! Cake

Baby Shower Colors Cake

Its a Jungle Out There! #2

Jungle Theme is great for baby showers welcoming a baby boy (or two)!

 

Sports Confections

Chicago Bears Cake

 

Tennis Birthday Cake

Buffalo Bills Cake

 

Baseball Bat Cake for the little man to dig into!

Baseball Cupcakes to go with the Baseball Bat Cake

 



Holiday Cupcakes

Christmas Ornament Cupcakes

Mint Oreo Cupcakes

 

Wave the Flag Cupcakes

Two Vegan Cakes in a Row

I was asked by two different people to make vegan cakes for their children's birthday parties.  Vegan cakes are more challenging to make because they fall apart so much more easily than cakes with eggs in them.  The Curious George Cake also had to be gluten-free--which also makes it more likely to crumble.  Anyway, they both turned out fine, depite my stressing that they would fall to bits!  The Curious George Cake was a 9x13 and the Carnival Cake was a half sheet.

On the Road Again...

This was made for a guy's birthday who loves motorcycles.  He rides them and works on them.  They wanted the bike on the cake to resemble his own Suzuki motorcycle.  I did have some issues with the creation of this bike because I used two very different kinds of fondant in it, but in the end, it worked out!  The cake I covered in green fondant and made a winding fondant road on it.  I also created a rider with a helmet on, of course--Safety first!  :)  I built up a little hill on the top of the cake so when I draped the fondant over, it created an interesting little hill for the road to curve around.  I also added grass and flowers just to make it a little more interesting to the eye!  This cake was definitely a challenge for me, but it could be used in so many ways.  You could go so may directions with this--cars, bicycles, hikers, etc.  My dad rides a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, so I was thinking what a great cake it would make for him, too! 

A Rumbly in My Tumbly

It may come as a surprise, but I had the MOST fun making this cake!  It was so fun doing something that had such a retro feel to it.  Plus--who doesn't love Pooh?!  I have to admit that I'm a big fan of Winnie the Pooh and am excited to see the new Pooh movie that's out.  The colors in this cake are so vibrant and the theme is so much fun!  I made this cake very textural.  There's the grass that looks like real grass and then the flowers growing up through the grass.  I made Winnie the Pooh look fuzzy and cuddly--although you probably would rather eat him than cuddle with him!  Its the perfect treat if you have a rumbly in your tumbly!

You're A Star Going Away Cake

This cake was made for a friend who was joining the Peace Corps and being sent to Ukraine.  She had a secret love of watching Hannah Montana, so her going away party was Hannah Montana themed.  This cake was made to match the colors and theme.  The silver stars and polka dots are made using edible lustre dust.  This was a 4 layer Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with Chocolate Peppermint Ganache filling.  It is iced in Peppermint Buttercream Frosting.  This was a 9 inch cake.

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.

Daisy Cake

This cake was my final project for my Fondant & Gum Paste class.  I think it was a Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake.  I crumb coated (or dirty frosted) it in Buttercream Frosting and then covered it in light blue fondant.  There are white fondant ribbons on it and it is accented with white daisies.  I used really tiny white daisies on the ribbons and several medium daisies in the middle.  Its actually one of my favorite cakes that I've made.  It reminds me of spring or "Flower Power"!

Up To My Elbows in Marshmallows!

Anyone who uses fondant knows that its not cheap!  I had heard some people saying that you can make your own fondant out of marshmallows.  So, I bought big bags of marshmallows and confectioners' sugar and commenced attempting to make fondant.  You have to melt the marshmallows until they turn into a very sticky fluff.  Then you have to grease down your counter very well, put a huge pile of confectioners' sugar on the counter and make a well in it.  Then you pour the melted marshmallow into the well.  I colored the melted marshmallows first because I figured that would be easier than trying to add color after it was made.  I greased up my hands, too.  The marshmallow was so sticky it was really hard to knead.  I had to knead it for probably about half an hour to get all the confectioners' sugar worked into it and get it to the right consistency.  It was a lot of work and once the mixture got stiffer it took a lot of elbow grease to keep kneading it.  I ended up using it on a birthday cake for my mother-in-law.  I worked OK, but it didn't have as smooth a look as store bought fondant.  It does have a better taste than most store bought fondants.  I decorated the cake with white fondant polka dots and a white fondant/gum paste bow.