Cute as a button

This little baby boy shower cake is three layers of fluffy classic white cake filled with chocolate buttercream.  The blue/brown theme was created with vanilla fondant and dark chocolate fondant. The hand-made chocolate bow is highlighted with royal icing dots and matches the ribbon on the cake base. The buttons are a combination of chocolate fondant and vanilla fondant that was colored slightly darker than the base fondant to achieve a tone-on-tone effect.

Wild About Shopping!

A special cake for girl who likes to shop! This classic white cake was filled with a chocolate buttercream and and covered in marshmallow fondant that was dusted a sparkly pink. Each side featured a decorated mini purse and colorful flowers. The topper handbag is made of cereal treats that were molded and decorated with a zebra print. Everything is edible--even the nail polish and eye shadow!

Butterflies and Blooms cake

This past weekend, I made this very special cake for my cousin Beth's 30th birthday. I wasn't exactly sure where I was going with the design until I remembered how much she liked butterflies. I made some white and yellow sugar butterflies that I would later perch strategically on the cake. Because the birthday girl also loves the color turquoise, it was the ideal fondant color choice to go with the yellow and white accents. Ribbon roses were added to help give the cake a bit of sophistication, while polka dots contributed just the right amount of whimsy. The cake itself was a light and fluffy classic white cake with a creamy Italian meringue buttercream filling. The front of the cake boasted the number 30, while the back displayed the birthday girl's name.

Don't worry Beth, if 40 is the new 30 (to which I firmly subscribe), then 30 has to be the new 20! Hope you had a great birthday!

Lots of Dots

What kind of cake do you design for a man who really isn't that into celebrating his birthday this year? A youthful dots and ribbons design with no mention of name and number! This chocolate chip cake with chocolate filling was iced in Italian meringue buttercream and covered smoothly in a not-too-green marshmallow fondant. Fondant circle and ribbons, along with royal icing dots and a border, helped to boost the birthday boy's spirits!

Super Mario Cake

This was my son's second birthday cake this year. Yesterday, we celebrated with a small party at his favorite movie theater. Though I had about ten times more cake than I actually needed, the look on his face was worth all the time, effort ... and research!

I closely studied the characters and features of the game so that I could make the game come to life in cake; I tried to immerse myself in all things Mario! Because my brother is quite the video game aficionado, he became my official "consultant" for this one. ... I drove him crazy! 

The cake was actually three separate cakes: The top of the mushroom was vanilla sponge cake baked in a ball pan; the bottom of the mushroom was a sponge cake carved into the shape of the mushroom base; and the three-layer 9-inch base cake was my signature dark chocolate cake filled with Italian meringue buttercream. Mario and all the other characters were made out of fondant and the grass was created by piping royal icing. I am thankful that I got good pictures of the cake prior to the kids seeing it, because it was demolished in about two minutes flat!

Candy Cake

Can you ever have too much candy? Probably not! I made this colorful cake for my son's family birthday celebration. His absolute favorite candies are M&M's, but this cake could easily be done with many different kinds of candy. The back of the cake was decorated in a colorful pattern of M&Ms with a blue smiley lollipop on top so that either side of the cake would work as the front. The sugar bow and number "8" are completely edible!

Roses & Dots Cake

This white butter cake with lemon buttercream filling was created for a special birthday celebration. The fondant ribbon roses and leaves, combined with buttercream dots, borders and ribbons, helped to give this cake a an elegant look. A few days after delivery of the cake, my client that hosted the birthday luncheon called me to say it was the best cake she ever had!