Sunday, May 12, 2013

Army Cake


There aren't many 8 year olds who are as fascinated by Army stuff as this kid!

 
I even camo-ed the vanilla cake just for him :)
Happy birthday Frank!

Valentine's Day treats




One of my best sellers: chocolate cake truffles.


Salted Caramel Mini Cupcakes


Chocolate mini cupcakes filled with a soft salted caramel sauce and topped with satin chocolate frosting.  There are not many marriages better than chocolate and caramel if you ask me :)

Spongbob Rainbow Cupcakes



Rainbow vanilla cupcakes with fondant letters and a fondant SpongeBob to boot! Happy Birthday Lily :)

A Nautical Nursery



I made a nautical themed 2-tier diaper cake for a dear friend having her first baby.  The sailboat at the top was hand sewn to be a special keepsake topper. :)
Welcome little Ethan!! You have one of the best mom's in the world!

Fit for a Princess!


Here's a pink lemonade smash cake with an edible pearl fondant tiara and pink lemonade frosting fringe border.  Happy Birthday Molli!

Look who's ONE!!!





My sweet baby Roh turned one in November....we had a little whale party for him, complete with an argyle-style smash cake, marble fudge cupcakes with satin chocolate frosting and whale sugar cookie favors.  Time goes by too fast, I can't believe it's been a year!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Baby Jungle Diaper Cake


Here's a two-tiered jungle themed diaper cake wrapped in two receiving blankets with a plush Pottery Barn giraffe on top. 

Night Owl



A two-tiered gender-neutral diaper cake made with 66 size 1 Pampers diapers; each tier is wrapped in a receiving blanket and tied with ribbon.  Decorated with two green silk daisies and craft twigs, topped with a night owl rattle plush toy and a cute little door hanger! :)

Monday, October 22, 2012

T-ball Cupcakes



It's the end of my 4 year-old's T-ball season already!!
We had chocolate and vanilla cupcakes topped with fondant baseballs to celebrate. 
Way to go Nationals! :)

Batman Birthday



Here's a two-layer 6" chocolate cake just for the birthday boy with Gotham city and the Bat Signal decorated in fondant.  For his Bat-friends, there were vanilla cupcakes filled with whipped chocolate ganache and frosted with birthday buttercream and topped with a fondant Batman logo.

He had a small party at school, so I made sugar cookie pop favors using the same fondant logo and royal icing :)

Happy 5th Birthday Aiden! :)



Coconut Birthday Cake


A two-layer coconut cake filled with sweetened coconut and a whipped cream cheese coconut frosting.  The flowers are fondant painted with shimmer dust. 

Monday, September 10, 2012

Long Overdue.....

Well it's been a while since I've posted....Easter feels like yesterday! Here's what I've been up to in the cake department since then:

I'ma Mario!


Here's a 9" round strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream decorated to look like Super Mario's World...Happy Birthday Beautiful Sophia!

A Sweet Spring Wedding





The Bride and Groom wanted vanilla and chocolate cupcakes topped with embossed fondant and a sugar peach rose for their intimate wedding.  The cutting cake on top was also covered in embossed fondant with 3 roses, one for each year they have been together.  The cupcake stand was hand-decorated in their wedding colors.

Purple Ombre Petal Birthday Cake



This cake was so fun to make!! The ombre "petals" were made with swiss buttercream topped with handmade chocolate butterflies!! Almost too pretty to eat....almost :)

80th Birthday Party



Vanilla cupcakes and swiss buttercream with a fondant star topper sprinkled with gold stars....Here's to many more birthdays!!

WWF and Littlest Pet Shop Birthdays



Here are a couple birthday cakes for a brother and sister birthday party at a bouncy house! So much fun for such great kids!! Happy Birthday Dylan and Brooke!

Owl Baby Shower



Fondant owl cupcake toppers on vanilla cupcakes with swiss buttercream and pink cake pops covered in white nonpareils!!
Pink and grey owls are a really cute theme for a baby shower :)

Friday, March 30, 2012

Happy Easter!!


Cute vanilla cupcakes in paper baskets topped with vanilla Easter 'grass' and jellybean 'eggs' for my little preschooler's Easter party.

Celebrating the years....


Here's a double layer chocolate cake with raspberry filling covered in swiss meringue buttercream topped with fondant shimmer flowers. 

Simply Chocolate


Chocolate cake.  Chocolate ganache filling. Chocolate fudge frosting.  Chocolate shavings on top. What more could anyone want??

Goal!!


My eldest son turned 7 this month....how time flies.  He's becoming quite good on the ice, and decided to make a birthday out of it.   The cupcakes were lemon (his fav) with homemade molded chocolates on top.  The hockey rink cake was chocolate with vanilla frosting topped with plastic hockey figurines and goals.  Happy Birthday to my one and only Shailen!!

May the force be with you....

Here's a 10" double layer square vanilla cake with vanilla icing made to look like a Lego brick.  Topped with fondant stars and letters plus a few Star Wars guys, just for the birthday boy :)

Crayon Hearts


Ok, so these aren't edible.  But they are super cute, and I did have to use the oven to make them...Individually packaged with love for the kids' valentines at school. 
The label read: "Let's color, Valentine!!"

Pooh 1st Birthday

I was requested to make cookie pop favors and chocolate cake balls for a Winnie the Pooh 1st Birthday!! The cookies were sugar, iced with royal icing....I hear they were a hit :)

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea??


I made a Spongebob cake and some cupcakes for a 6 year old's birthday party.  The cake was a double layer yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, covered and decorated in fondant.  The cupcakes were chocolate with chocolate buttercream with a fondant cupcake topper. 

Friday, January 20, 2012

Mint Surprise Brownie Cupcakes

Brownie cupcakes with a peppermint patty surprise in the middle topped with freshly whipped cream and a mint sprig.

Christmas 2011




Somehow I managed to make lots of edible gifts for Christmas this year....  Pretzel trees, handcut sea salt caramels, and chocolate and peppermint cake balls!! Yum!!

A Toy Story Birthday




My "little" Kieren turned 4 in December and wanted a Toy Story Birthday.
He had a chocolate chip cake with a Woody figurine topper and lots of stars for his birthday along with cute colorful Toy Story themed vanilla cupcakes: aliens, sheriff badges, planets (for Buzz) and cowboy print toppers. 
Happy Birthday to my big 4 year old!!

Fly Baby, Fly




Last October I made these for a baby shower with an airplane nursery theme. 
The diaper cake is a two layer cake with personalized plaque, two baby blankets, and bow topper.
The cupcakes are almond cake with swiss buttercream topped with mini shimmer fondant airplanes. 
Welcome Cole!!