Thursday, October 21, 2010

Angelina's 4th Birthday Cake

This cake was created for a little girl celebrating her 4th birthday at Wild Things Animal Park. The top two tiers are white cake with strawberries 'n cream filling; the bottom tier is chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. It's covered in homemade marshmallow fondant which I tinted a light green. Then the background foliage is airbrushed and hand-painted on. The animals, trees, presents etc. are all hand crafted out of fondant.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Jaday's 20th Birthday Cake

This is a chocolate fudge cake with a banana creme mousse filling decorated to look like a Coach purse. It is covered with fondant and has gumpaste accents. I have also attached a picture of the actual purse.


Saturday, July 24, 2010

Isaiah's 5th and Dominique's 8th Birthday Cake



This is a three tier mad hatter style cake. All three tiers are 8" rounds, covered in homemade fondant and topped with gumpaste candles. I also made the birthday kids individual chocolate cakes topped with strawberries.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

April's 25th Birthday Cake

This is a two-tier stacked gifts cake. Vanilla cake with strawberry cheesecake mousse and fresh strawberry filling, iced with strawberry buttercream and covered with homemade strawberry fondant. I hate to say this - but it's probably the best fondant I've ever tasted!

I had made a beautiful gumpaste looped bow but on the night before it was due, our new cat found where I had hidden it and subsequently dropped it from the highest point in the house. Of course there was no time to recreate...so I had to improvise...

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Taylor's 2nd Birthday Cake

This Spongebob Squarepants cake is a White Almond Sour Cream cake filled with strawberry mousse and fresh strawberries. The flavor of the mousse reminds me of Nestle strawberry milk. The pineapple is made from the same flavor cake.

Spongebob, Patrick and the number 2 at top are rice krispy treats covered with gumpaste and hand decorated. Gary is all gumpaste and hand decorated. The flower shapes are candy melts and the happy birthday sign and streamers are gumpaste. Spongebob is even holding two candles for the birthday boy!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Summer's 13th Birthday Cake


This is a two-tiered cake, covered in mostly homemade marshmallow fondant (the black is store bought), zebra stripes and sugar pearls. Chocolate with chocolate mousse filling for the bottom layer and funfetti with homemade strawberry/blackberry jam filling for the top layer. Gumpaste stars on top.

I can see where little fingers decided to pick at the pearls ;) and test or maybe redistribute them?

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Giselle's 3rd Birthday Cake


This cake was made for my niece's 3rd birthday. She loves the cartoon Ni Hao Kai Lan and wanted a Kai Lan birthday cake. The cake is a two-tier rich chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling, iced in buttercream with fondant accents. The characters were hand decorated, made from gumpaste.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Eagle Scout Court of Honor


I was asked to make the cakes for another Eagle Scout Court of Honor celebration. This means a lot to me, not only to be supplying the cakes for this milestone, but also because the cakes I supplied for the last celebration made an impression! Chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling and white almond sour cream cake with lemon curd filling.