Merry Christmas

I'd like to say thank you to everyone that's allowed me to be a part of your special event in the form of cake! I appreciate all the kind comments when I post pictures.

Thank you for encouraging my dream and allowing me to do something I love! I look forward to what 2011 brings! I wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Cupcake Theme Birthday Cake

Here's a little bit different version of the
Cupcake Theme Birthday Cake!

It's a 1/4 sheet cake with a jumbo cupcake for the
smash cake. Buttercream frosting with fondant
and gumpaste decorations.

Happy 1st Birthday Journie!

Girly Monkey Birthday Cake

Here's a cake for a 1st birthday that was
based on the party invitation.

It's a 5"/8" cake with a 6" smash cake.
Buttercream frosting with fondant
and gumpaste decorations.

Happy 1st Birthday Addison!

Strawberry Patch Birthday Cake

Here's a strawberry patch birthday cake for a
gentleman celebrating his 97th birthday!
What a milestone!

It's a 1/4 sheet cake with fondant/gumpaste
strawberries, leaves & blooms.

Happy 97th Birthday!

Ladybug Birthday Cake

Ladybug Birthday Cake

This is a 10" round cake with buttercream frosting
and fondant and gumpaste decorations.

For a 2nd birthday!

Cupcake Theme Birthday Cake

Here's a different take on the cupcake themed cake!
It's a 12" square cake with buttercream frosting and
fondant and gumpaste Cupcake decorations.

Each cupcake is different - take a look at all the photos
to see each side!

Smash Cake

Happy Birthday Hattie Mae!

Happy Turkey Day Cake

Gobble, Gobble!

This cake was made for a childhood friend for her
niece and nephew for Thanksgiving.

It's approximately 6" in diameter. Chocolate cake with
chocolate buttercream frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Inspiration cake from jenscakes.ca

Wizard of Oz Birthday Cake

I had a fun request come in a few weeks ago for
a Wizard of Oz birthday cake.
We got to create a Roller Skate cake for Kendra last year,
so I was really excited to get to create her birthday cake this year too!
After looking around online for ideas, this is the design picked.



It's a 5"/8" cake with buttercream frosting.
Fondant and gumpaste decorations.

Thanks to Cake is Life on Flickr for her design/inspiration cake!

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Kendra!
Can't wait to create your cake next year!

Pirate Map Cake

Here's a great Pirate theme birthday cake!

It's a 1/4 sheet cake with fondant and gumpaste decorations.
A pirate ship, volcano island, giant octopus and an
island full of treasure!

Happy Birthday Connor!

Original design by Art Cakes on Flickr

Softball Birthday Cake

Here's a fun softball theme birthday cake!

It's a 4.5"/8" cake frosted in buttercream with
fondant and gumpaste decorations.

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Becca!

Cupcake Birthday Cake

Here's a sweet cake for a 1st birthday party!

This is the third version I've done of the
cupcake birthday cake. This time I had an
extra tier of cake to work with!

It's a 6"/8"/10" cake with a jumbo cupcake topper
that was used for the smash cake.
Buttercream frosting with fondant and gumpaste details.

I hope you had a very Happy Birthday Addie!

Farm Birthday Cake

How fun to celebrate a 1st birthday with a farm cake!



This is a 4"/8" cake with a 4" smash cake.
Buttercream frosting with fondant and gumpaste accents.

Looks like somebody is hungry!

Thanks to Lorraine McKay for her tutorials on
making figures! Couldn't make all the animals without her help!

Scarecrow & pumpkins

Apples!

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Nate!

Swirls & Flowers Birthday Cake

This cake was for a 21st birthday celebration!

It's a 5"/8" all chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.
Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Brittany!

Giraffe Print Birthday Cake

This cake is for my sister Jessie's birthday tomorrow!
We're not going to be able to make it to her party, so
I had to finish up her cake today.

It's a 4" round and a 6" square. Chocolate cake with
chocolate buttercream and covered in white chocolate
fondant. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.

Happy 15th Birthday Jessie!

Peony Birthday Cake

Here's a sweet cake for a 1st birthday party.
It's a 4" strawberry, 6" yellow butter and 8"
chocolate cake plus the strawberry smash cake.
Buttercream frosting then covered in white chocolate fondant.
Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.

Happy 1st birthday Jenna!

Georgia Bulldogs Theme Birthday Cake

I had a birthday cake request for a gentleman that
love the Georgia Bulldogs. This is the cake I came up with.

It's a 6" & 8" cake - all chocolate with vanilla buttercream
frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Jordan!

Baby Shower Clothesline Cake

Baby Shower Cake

1/4 sheet cake with buttercream frosting and fondant.
Fondant and gumpaste decorations.

Phineas & Ferb Theme Birthday Cake

This is a 1/4 sheet cake. Chocolate cake with vanilla
buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and
gumpaste. Figures were purchased by the customer.

Hope you have a very Happy Birthday Noah!

Cinderella Theme Birthday Cake

Here's a sweet birthday cake for my
cousin Molly!



It's a 5" strawberry cake and an 8" vanilla cake
with vanilla buttercream frosting. It's covered in
white chocolate fondant. The decorations are
fondant and gumpaste.

Happy 5th Birthday Molly!

Bright & Funky Birthday Cake

Here's another fun cake from this weekend. The customer asked for one cake to celebrate her son's birthdays.

It was hard coming up with an idea that I thought would be appropriate for their ages without being too childish! I'm very pleased with how this turned out though!

It's a 6" strawberry cake and a 9" chocolate cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations. I used my Cricute Cake for the lettering.

Happy Birthday Owen & Pierce!

Bright Flowers Birthday Cake

Check out this cake for a young lady celebrating her 15th birthday.

It's a 6" chocolate cake and a 9" vanilla cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting.

Fondant and gumpaste decorations. Ball trim is Sixlet candies.

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Inspiration cake by cakeboxsoc:

www.flickr.com/photos/cakeboxsoc/2343589994/

Golf Birthday Cake

I had a request to recreate a previous golf cake design.

It's an 8" vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Decorations are fondant.

Golf ball and bag are rice krispy treats covered in fondant.

Happy Birthday Tuck!

I used my Cricut Cake for the numbers and letters.

Naughty Birthday Cake

Here's my second "naughty" birthday cake.

It's yellow butter cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and covered with white chocolate fondant. Other decorations in fondant also. (I added the stars so not to offend anyone.)

Thanks to Kerry's cake and cards for their inspiration cake!

It was just perfect for what the customer needed.
www.flickr.com/photos/42859506@N02/4289838241/

Nursing School Graduation Cake

This cake was for the daughter of one of our friends
who just graduated from nursing school.



It's a 4" vanilla cake and an 8" chocolate cake.
Vanilla buttercream frosting and then covered in
white chocolate fondant.
Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.

Inspiration cakes from Sugar Siren (Francesca) and
ML Cakes on Flickr.

Check out that medicine bottle and stethoscope!

And the syringe!

Congrats on your graduation Alana!

Caterpillar Birthday Cake

Here's a fun and bright design for a first birthday!

It's a 4" vanilla cake and an 8" chocolate cake, both
with vanilla buttercream. The smash cake is a 6"
vanilla cake. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.
Customer purchased/provided the toys to put on the cake.

Happy Birthday Khalen!

Cupcake Birthday Cake

Here's another popular design -
the cupcake birthday cake!

It's a 4" vanilla cake with a cupcake "smash"
cake on top. Decorations are fondant.

Zebra & Polka Dots Birthday Cake

This is one of the most requested
cake designs!

It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8"
vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream
frosting. Decorations are fondant
and gumpaste.

Happy Birthday Emma!

Baby Shower Clothesline Cake

Here's a cute baby shower cake!

This is a 1/4 sheet cake. Vanilla cake with vanilla
buttercream frosting. The decorations are fondant.

Peony Sugar Flower

I got some new flower cutters and an instructional
DVD and here is the result. My first sugar Peony!
I'm pleased with the outcome and can't wait to
practice some more!

Girly Softball Birthday Cake

My niece, Carley's 7th Birthday Cake

It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake
with vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations in
fondant and gumpaste.

Happy Birthday Carley!

Monkey Theme Birthday Party

This is the smash cake for a 1st birthday party
with a mod monkey party theme.

I did 4 dozen cupcakes: chocolate with chocolate frosting,
strawberry with vanilla frosting, vanilla with teal blue tinted
vanilla frosting and lemon with lemon frosting.
The cupcakes matched the colors of the decorations.

The smash cake was a 6" strawberry cake with vanilla
buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste,
and were easily removable before the birthday boy
destroyed the cake!

Yellow & Brown Bow Cake

This birthday cake was for a couple celebrating
their 60th and 65th birthdays. I was asked to
create one cake for both birthdays.

So, I decided to do a stripe on the bottom tier to be
slightly more masculine for his birthday. I quilted
the top layer and also added little flowers for her birthday.
Then I topped the entire cake off with a bow!

It's a 4" almond cake with almond buttercream frosting, and
a 6" chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.
Decorations in fondant, chocolate fondant and gumpaste.

Happy Birthday!

Fez Hat Birthday Cake

This cake was for a gentleman celebrating his 40th
birthday. His wife said he likes Fez hats and asked if
I could make a cake like that. Well, here it is!

It's is about 6" tall, with 5 layers of cake.
It has chocolate, vanilla and strawberry cake inside.
Vanilla buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant.
Decorations in gumpaste and fondant.

Happy Birthday Mike!

Status update

I think I've decided that a retail storefront is more
thank I can take on at the moment.
Back to the drawing board - I'll keep you posted!

Birthday Cupcakes

These cupcakes are in celebration of an
8th birthday!

One dozen vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream
and one dozen chocolate cupcakes with chocolate
buttercream. Letters made from fondant.

Happy 8th Birthday Maryn!

Black White Pink Floral Birthday Cake

Dear husband took this cake to work today
for a co-worker's birthday.

It's an 8" marble cake with vanilla buttercream
frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations.
Ball trim is Sixlet candy.

Bowling Party Birthday Cake

This cake was for an 11th birthday
bowling party.

It's a 2-layer, 1/4 sheet cake.
Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream
frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations.
Bowling ball is made from rice krispie treats
and then covered in fondant.

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday Blane!

Zebra & Polka Dot Birthday Cake

This cake was for twins celebrating
their 14th birthday.

It's a 4"/6" combo. All vanilla cake
with vanilla buttercream frosting.
Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.