Baby Forest Critters Galore!

This cake was for a friend's baby shower. She is expecting a little boy and the invitations match his nursery pretty darn well. The host of the baby shower wanted the cake to look like the invitation as well. While it took a while to decorate this cake it was well worth the response I got from the mom-to-be, the host of the shower, and the guests!


This cake was an 8 inch round cake, perfect for the amount of guests at the shower. It was a confetti cake. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a white cake with sprinkles in the batter. It was iced in vanilla buttercream and decorated with fondant accents.


The base of the cake was lined with a tan strip of fondant decorated with brown, green, and white polka dots to match the base of the invitation to the shower. I started with this because while I think it's cute, it's probably the least cute thing on this cake. Each of the animals were hand cut from fondant to match the invitation as well. Begin the cuteness parade...

Mr. Bear looking very brown.


Mrs. Fox looking very foxy!


Mr. Frog just chillin' on a toadstool!


Whooooo's that? It's Mr. Owl!


Ms. Bird. Ms. Blue Bird to be exact!


Almost to cute to eat huh?


The top of the cake was decorated with the words, "Sweet Baby Kohman". Kohman being the parents-to-be's last name (Duh!). These words were hand piped with some brown buttercream.


The words were written on a slight angle. Had I done them straight across I feared that they would cover up too much of that adorable little tree with Ms. Blue Bird and Mr. Owl on it!


The cake was very well received at the party by all the guests. The mom-to-be loved it as well, which for obvious reasons is the most important thing! I thought I did a very good job capturing the invitation also! ::pats herself on back:: I really like the style of this cake and I was so glad I was asked to make this cake for such an amazing event!

Congratulations Leslie! I can't wait to meet baby Kyle!

Polka Dots, Flowers, and Zebra Print,... OH MY!

This cake was for a little girl's birthday party. She is 7 and super fabulous and her cake had to match!


Her mom wanted a two tier cake that was pink, had polka dots, and also incorporated zebra stripes. Ask and you shall receive! The two tiers were a 6 inch round a top an 8 inch round. Both tiers were white cake with vanilla buttercream. They were then decorated with fondant to complete the design.


The top tier was iced in pink buttercream and decorated with polka dots. The black, hot pink, and white polka dots were hand cut from fondant and strategically placed around the tier. Some were overlapping and some stood on their own but they all made this top tier look super cute!


The bottom tier was decorated with black zebra stripes. I painstakingly cut each stripe from fondant and placed them on the cake. It took a long time but I really like the effect and how it turned out!


Along the bottom of both tiers was some hot pink fringe! This was made from buttercream dyed hot pink and piped with a special tip. I like the effect and it kind of reminds me of a fabulous pink boa! Perfect for a 7 year old girl!


There was a topper on the cake that was purchased by the mother of the birthday girl at Hobby Lobby. She also wanted some roses thrown in to really make this cake precious.


The roses were hand molded from fondant. There were some hot pink ones as well as some light pink ones. I had to keep the colors from the rest of the cake going on top of the cake too! I also incorporated some green leaves (also from fondant) to complete the look.


Overall, I think this cake turned out just as fabulous, fun, and fancy as the mother of the birthday girl wanted. It was picked up before the party and while the birthday girl didn't seen it then, her mom sure liked it! A co-worker attended the party and she loved the cake as well. Sometimes it just takes a little fabulousness to make a great cake!

Money Matters...

Especially when you are on a fixed income! :)


This cake was for a dear friend's parents birthdays - yes both Mom and Dad were celebrating on this one. Since they are now both retired they have been running around joking and saying that they are on a "fixed income" now and my friend wanted to incorporate that into their birthday cake!


This cake was a 6 inch round - perfect size for the family. It was a delicious chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing. The cake was then covered with a layer of green fondant to add to the overall theme.


The writing on the top of the cake was hand piped in vanilla buttercream. I decided to do a pun on the 'S' in "Fixed Incomers". See it?! Clever little me! :) Then it was on to all of the expensive decorations!


If you know my friend at all you know that she LOVES fondant! So needless to say she wanted lots and lots of fondant decorations. I aim to please so I loaded up on the greens, golds, and silvers with this cake.


There were lots of bills on this cake including $100 and $50 bills. But they also ranged down to $5 bills as well. Hey, I had to have some variety!


In addition to the bills I made some gold and silver coins to add to the flare of the cake. All of the abstract decorations, both on the bills and the coins were hand painted with some food coloring and vodka. I'm sure this couple didn't mind... did you see their Cheers! birthday cake last year? (It's the second one listed.) But seriously, the vodka evaporates leaving the color.


I also incorporated some hand cut dollar signs. What's a money cake without some dollar signs? Not a complete money cake that's for sure! The bottom of the cake was lined with some vanilla buttercream dots to make it look complete as well.


I'm most proud of this giant dollar sign. It's hand cut from fondant but I also dipped it in some green sprinkles to make it sparkle. I didn't want it to be too much so I only put one on the cake but I think one is just enough to stand out!


The daughter of the birthday couple loved the cake, and I'm sure the whole family did as well. I really liked doing this cake. It gave me the chance to make a non-symmetrical, abstract cake and it turned out really cute! Happy birthday you fixed incomers, I hope you had a wonderful weekend celebrating!

Green Floral Bridal Shower Cuppies

These cupcakes were made from love for a dear friend's bridal shower. Her wedding colors are green, ivory, and black and I wanted to incorporate them into her bridal shower dessert as well.


These cupcakes were a delicious and light white cake with vanilla buttercream. I iced these cupcakes in two different designs to match the party decor.


With the buttercream on half of the cupcakes I swirled it to make it look like little flowers. Then I accented the floral swirl with some green sugar crystals.


The other half of the cupcakes were iced in a giant upward swirl. At the top of that swirl was a green fondant daisy. These daisies matched the green daisies that were on the invitations and sprinkled on the tables at the shower.


I love the way these little cuppies turned out and so did the bride-to-be! They matched the overall theme and were delicious to boot! I'm so glad that she chose me to be one of the ones to be there for her on her big day and making her cupcakes and helping to plan the shower was the least that I could do! Congratulations Tori and I can't wait for the big day!

Rockin' and Rollerskating!

This cake was for a 9 year old girl's birthday party. Can you tell where they went for the party? Ok, for those of you who don't get it they went to a rollerskating rink and her cake was 2 (pretty much) life size rollerskates!


These skates fed 30 people, 15 people per skate. The cake was a delicious white cake with vanilla buttercream. Then the entire cake was covered in purple fondant. Everything on this cake was edible except for the cake board and the support boards that each skate stood on.


The stoppers on the front of each skate were hand molded rice crispy treats into the proper shape. They were then covered in black fondant and scuffed up a bit to make them look authentic. I then attached them with some good old buttercream and a dowel for support.


The front of the skates looked much like real skates did with a tongue, laces, and hooks to lace those puppies up. I even ran a tool over the edges to make it look like stitching. I love the little details on cakes!


All 8 wheels were shaped from rice crispy treats as well. And again, they were covered in black fondant. I then piped "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" onto each wheel by hand with vanilla buttercream. Most rollerskate wheels have some type of writing on them so I thought it was appropriate to incorporate those words here.


Here's a shot showing most of the wheels and those long laces hanging down. The wooden base for these skates is hidden by the fondant soles on the skates and the wheels underneath. Who wants to eat a cake with a bunch of wood showing?!?!?


The cake board that the skates sat on was completely covered in fondant. I textured it by hand to look like a wood floor since most rollerskating rinks are wood. I also incorporated "Happy 9th Birthday Adaina!" just in case someone didn't get the clue that it was Adaina's birthday!


I had a lot of fun doing this cake and I think it turned out great! Adaina's mom, who ordered the cake, loved it as well when I delivered it. Unfortunately, sometimes gravity and cake do not mix and one of the skates had fallen over overnight. I was unable to get back to the cake before the party but Adaina's mom brought the one skate to the party and everyone loved it! Don't worry, she and I worked something out and she is happy to keep referring customers to me. You live and you learn and next time I will give each skate a little more support to keep those little guys upright!

"We took the single skate to the party and the guests were amazed, so I would definitely consider purchasing more of your cakes in the future" -Colette B.

Just for kicks, he's 106!

Yeah, I said 106! Last year I made this man's birthday cake as well. It was a lot fancier with a bigger party. Which cake was it you ask? It was the famous doctor's bag cake with the saxophone coming out of the top. You can see on my Before the Blog page.


This cake was a two tiered beauty. A 6" round cake atop an 8" round cake. Both cakes were iced in vanilla buttercream. The bottom tier was a rich chocolate cake and the top tier was a light vanilla cake. A perfect combination for such a young man at heart!


The sides of each tier were decorated with some simple yet elegant piping techniques with vanilla buttercream dyed blue. These "U's" mimic a garland around each tier.


The base of each tier was decorated with a simple blue swirl also in vanilla buttercream. Above that was a line of stars that really made the edge of this cake elegant and exciting!


In addition to the designs on the sides of each tier the numbers 106 were strategically placed to make this cake a 360 degree beauty and to let everyone know just how old (but still young at heart) the birthday boy is!


I'm really happy that the family of this man ordered his birthday cake again from me and I really like the way this one turned out. I know most of my cakes are made using some sort of fondant accents but it was nice to get back to my buttercream roots and decorate everything with a bag-o-frosting!


I can't wait to see what the family comes up with for his birthday party next year!

A Chocoholics Dream County Fair Cake!

Yes, I am a chocoholic and yes, this is my dream cake! I made this cake not for a customer but for my own personal goal of getting a blue ribbon at the county fair!


This cake was a three tiered chocolate (of course) cake with vanilla buttercream icing and covered in regular and chocolate fondant. It was never eaten since it sat out on display at the fair for a week but if it had I'm sure it would have been delicious!


I had to make this cake viewable from every angle since it would be out in the open at the county fair. So this whole cake, 360 degrees, was decorated to perfection and 100% edible!


The top of this cake was actually a solid piece of chocolate shaped in the form of a cupcake. The cupcake was swirled with chocolate buttercream and then adorned with a hand-shaped fondant strawberry. The strawberry had chocolate fondant on it so it looked like it was dipped in liquid chocolate.


Look at those little pores on the strawberry! And that shiny shiny chocolate! Mmmm... mmmm... mmmm!


The cupcake sat a top a slice of cake that literally looked like a slice of cake. This piece of cake was also covered in fondant and decorated to look as if it had just been cut from a larger round cake. I love the way the "crust" on the cake turned out, it makes it look like it could be a piece of pie. I guess it's up to your own interpretation.


On top of the slice of cake/pie sat three individual cherries. No these were not real cherries but actually hand rolled red fondant. The stems were also made from fondant and pushed into the cherries. I just want to gobble them up they are so cute!


I did not get a close up of the middle tier but I'll use this picture for my description. The middle cake was a full blown 100% chocolate cake. The swags were fondant along with the white swirls on top of that tier. I tried to make all of the tiers not only different but a little bit different colors so that each tier would stand out on its own. Misison accomplished!


The bottom layer of the cake was made to look like a bundt cake drizzled with chocolate ganache. I could have used chocolate ganache but instead used chocolate fondant. By now you are probably asking yourself, how did she get some of the fondant to look so shiny? Well, I sprayed some Pam on a piece of waxed paper and basically painted it on. It really gave this cake definition and pop as I like to call it!


On top of the bundt cake were a few little raspberries made from fondant and textured to look like actually raspberries. The white behind the raspberries is actually vanilla buttercream. It's one of the few appearances buttercream makes on the outside of this cake.


And the results are in! My cake won a first place blue ribbon in the decorated cakes category! I also won a whopping $3.00 as my prize money. I almost did not even cash it and just put it in the frame with my ribbon and a picture of my cake. Unfortunately, it did not fit so off to the bank I went. I was really proud of myself and I will definitely be entering again next year. Perhaps next time I'll enter more than one category!