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...."

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"!