Mario themed birthday. All accents handmade from fondant except for the Mario on top. Fun cake to make! One of the few I've made for boys, which is a nice change of pace!
This was for a couple who wanted a Celtic "ring of eternity" incorporated into their cake. The ring was made from fondant and hand woven around the cake piece by piece. It took so long to do! It turned out both rustic and elegant and very simple which they wanted.
This was for a young girls birthday. She requested "girlie skulls". French vanilla cake and sugar cookie cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and fondant accents. Now my oldest says she wants a skull cake for her birthday (roll of the eyes). :)
This cake was done for a one year old as the smash cake. Chocolate cake and filling with vanilla butter-cream decorations. The animals are all made from fondant. Super fun cake to make.
This cake was for a small reception. White fondant with black fondant textured ribbon and paper flowers. Vanilla and chocolate cake with vanilla frosting and chocolate ganache filling.
This was for an at home reception. The colors were sangria and white and she wanted daisies on the cake. The four tiers were all chocolate cake. The bottom tier had chocolate truffle with french vanilla buttercream (bc) filling with vanilla bc frosting and a layer of chocolate bc frosting over that. The next tier had peanut butter bc with chocolate bc frosting. The next tier had mocha bc filling with mocha bc frosting and a layer of chocolate ganach frosting over that. The last tier had chocolate Kahlua and chocolate Kahlua truffle filling with chocolate bc frosting and a layer of chocolate Kahlua truffle frosting over that. Lots of chocolate! All the outside work is fondant. I wasn't entirely happy with how this turned out from a design stand point but the bride loved it so that made me happy.
Emma loves animals and this year she wanted a Cheetah on her cake! The cake was strawberry cake with lemon cheesecake filling. The strawberry cake recipe needs some adjustments but the filling was so good. The icing is all buttercream with royal icing accents.
This cake was for a 30th wedding anniversary. Chocolate cake with raspberry mousseline filling and chocolate buttercream frosting. The roses and pansies are all handmade from fondant.
This cake was for my nieces 14th birthday. Decorated in her favorite colors. It was chai tea cake with coconut lime filling and cream cheese icing. It was really good! Covered with pink fondant and decorated with purple dots, gold stars, a gold gumpaste K on top for her name and the 14 is also gumpaste painted with purple luster dust. My 11 year old nephew and 8 year old daughter helped, she made the fondant roses!
4 tiered wedding cake for a March wedding. Covered with off-white fondant, white royal icing swiss dots, gold ribbon border. 2 teirs were chocolate cake with raspberry mousseline filling with chocolate buttercream icing. One red velvet cke wake with chocolate truffle filling and cream cheese icing. One lemon cake with lemon curd filling and vanilla buttercream.
This cake was for a friends little girls 2nd birthday. Decorating work is all fondant except for the figures that the mom gave me to put on the cake. Chocolate cake with raspberry filling and vanilla mousseline buttercream frosting. Yummo!
My daughter requested this cake for her 8th birthday. I have a feeling it might be the last princess cake she asks for since she already told me she wants a Hannah Montana cake next year!
Thanks for visiting my cake blog! Here you will see most of the cakes I have made since I began decorating in 2003. When I first started it was more out of a feeling of obligation to make my kids' cakes homemade but I soon came to love it and now look for any excuse to make a cake! Your comments are welcome and appreciated.
Cake Favors
Cakes Lemon Chocolate Vanilla Red Velvet Banana Coconut Pink champagne Chai Tea Fillings fruit fillings (raspberry, stawberry, pineapple, etc) lemon curd chocolate truffle mocha buttercream coconut lime bravarian cream Icings butter cream (flavored in various ways such as lemon or vanilla) chocolate butter cream mousseline buttercream cream cheese fondant (There is no real limitation to the cake flavors I can produce but this represents the most popular and most requested flavors I have. I love coming up with new recipes and trying new combinations!)