Poky Little Puppy Cake

I love doing cakes! I have been getting a lot of orders from word-of-mouth advertising. A big THANK YOU to all of you who recommend my services! 

This is the latest cake - another first birthday cake. The theme was The Poky Little Puppy book. I had the book growing up, and bought a new copy for reference that I will give to my boys now that the cake is done. It was a chocolate/white marble cake with Bavarian cream filling, finished with buttercream with fondant and royal icing accents.

Happy Birthday Larric!

Cub Scout Birthday

A friend of mine asked me to make a birthday cake for her son who is turning eight. That's a pretty big age for boys in our neck of the woods. They are baptized and become members of our church, and they get to be Cub Scouts. Her son was very excited about the Cub Scout part, so she requested a Cub Scout cake. He got his wish!

The cake is chocolate with a fondant finish. The badges are done with edible ink.

Happy Birthday Philip!

Mickey Mouse Birthday

My third little boy, Evan, turned four a couple of weeks ago. For the longest time all I could get out of him when I asked what kind of cake he wanted was "A circle cake." He finally agreed to a Mickey Mouse party when I suggested that. (At our house, they get their first "friends" party when they turn four.)

I usually make cookies for the to take to their school classes, but he isn't in school yet, so I made them for his church class.

We had his family party on the actual big day. I made him a simple mickey-shaped cake, and he was thrilled. Three circles is better than one, right?!

The next week we had his friends party and I made cupcakes with mickey silhouettes on them. I briefly thought about doing black frosting, but decided against it. Because it was a party for pre-schoolers, after all!

Happy Birthday Grizz! I love you!

Westie on a Cheetah Print Pillow cake

A couple weeks back my hairdresser, Kim, traded me a haircut for a birthday cake for his partner. I am always happy to barter, so I happily agreed to do the cake. He requested a cheetah print pillow with a Westie on top. They have a Westie puppy named Ella, so the collar on the iced doggie read "Ella."

This is Ella:

This is the icing version of Ella:

This is the cake:

Happy Birthday Dan!

Jungle Animal Cookies & Panda Cake

Our downstairs neighbors have the most darling little girl. She turned one a couple of weeks ago and I got to make the cookies and cake for her birthday bash!

These are the cookies, made to match the party decor:

This is her cake:

They love pandas. I loved being able to use my new pillow cake pans and the 3D teddy bear pan I was given almost a year ago! The panda bear was chocolate cake with a buttercream finish. The pillow was chocolate/vanilla marble cake with buttercream filling and a fondant finish.

Happy Birthday Kaia!

VW Bus Cake

In my family we usually get together at the end of the month for dinner. If there were any birthdays during the month we have cake & ice cream and celebrate them all at once. This past month, we had 5 birthdays. My husband's was among them, so I made the cake for tonight's dinner for him. 

He loves VW busses. He even owned one when we got married. It was sitting with it's engine in a box, where the seats should be, in his parents driveway. He no longer owns it, but the affinity is still there. So, this one is for you Love!

 Yes, I know it isn't perfect. I call it my "droopy bus." But aren't all VW busses a little run down?

Lego Cake

I made this cake today for a friend of my son. He is really into Legos and his Mom hired me to make him a birthday cake. It is actually 4 separate cakes. Hope he likes it!

Happy Birthday Connor!

TMNT Cake

I remember watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles growing up. I liked it too. So, at least I had some images in mind when Christy asked me to do a TMNT birthday cake for her little boy Lincoln.

There are a few examples of this cake floating around the web. I thought it was awesome, so I copied it, with a few changes. I was a little apprehensive about the project, but I think it turned out well.

The manhole cover is based on a NYC sewer one, and it definitely took some time. I dusted the black fondant with some edible metallic dust to make it look worn.

I learned a few things, since this was my first fondant-covered sculpted cake. One, make sure you have enough fondant before you start. Two, think things through before you cover everything in fondant. I had to do some "brain surgery" on this guy because I forgot to cut the back of his head at a slant so the cover would sit right. All in all, It was a success. Happy Birthday Lincoln!

Barbie Cake

When my friend Kandace asked me to help her decorate a cake for her daughter's birthday I jumped at the chance. Why? Because I have three boys. I never get to do girly cakes! So I happily agreed. Here is the result of our efforts: 

(She looks like she's a bit tipsy, but she really isn't. It is just a bad camera angle on my part.)

It was a fun project and I learned a couple of new things. Number one, don't just shove the barbie into the cake - it WILL crack. Number two, string work survives better if you apply it very last. Lessons learned, on to the next project!