Another chocolate cake...

When in doubt for a theme or design just add a crushed chocolate bar.... :) My favorite kind of cake is chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream, that said I am swaying to the other side these days. You know, vanilla cake with chocolate frosting. Then again, I'm a fan of chocolate with chocolate too. Well years ago, we had a joke in my family. Mom knew my favorite cake but dad would always disagree and say HIS favorite, vanilla cake, with chocolate frosting. Since Wednesday was Dad's birthday and we had them over for supper I decided to make him his favorite. I think coffee crisp is one of his favorite chocolate bars too. So, I added it to the top and some vanilla cookie sticks dipped in chocolate for the sides. After a few bites of this cake, I could easily be swayed to change my favorite. TFL!

Spiderman

Ok... my new fave... well I think it's a tie between him and Lightening McQueen, but yeah, I love him. So much so, that I think it would hurt to see someone cut into him. And normally, I'm the one begging people to CUT THE CAKE. Uhm...no. Not for this one. Maybe I should make myself one... Hmmm. Maybe I could make batman...my superhero library is slowly going to fill up with potential characters. How exciting!

Spiderman is a chocolate fudge cake with buttercream frosting. It's for a 3 year olds birthday. Hope he likes it!

TBM

If I was ever granted a do over wish, this would be the one. I mean it turned out ok... but to be honest, I know I could do better. A lot of things were against me for this cake, the main factor was time. In the end, it looks like 'their' plane, but it's not up to my standards. At least I know it will taste good!!! (Vanilla pound and chocolate fudge cake with buttercream frosting)

Lamb cake

Now this cake was a challenge. To make a long story short, it was the 'closest call' I've had yet. Cake was baked and I was decorating nice and early, until I noticed the cake tipping....Any time I touched the cake it would wobble. I knew I was going to have to fix it. Or else I'd have a nightmare on my hands. So...at 12am, I had to make the decision to bake a new cake. So, a new cake went in the oven. I woke up bright and early (didn't get much sleep regardless)and started decorating. In the end, I think it turned out quite well. I just hope the client liked it. My whole family had a part in this cake...

Present/Gift cake

I was asked to do a present/gift cake. It's a red velvet cake, with buttercream frosting, and fondant accents. The birthday girls favorite color was yellow.

Laptop Cake

I was asked to do a laptop cake for a coworker who works in IT who was leaving for a new position. I piped every single key...it took quite some time. Sadly I couldn't get the monitor to stand like I wanted so I had to deliver it in pieces and have the ones presenting the cake assemble at the last minute. Enjoy!

Air Force Birthday Cake...

I got a call from my aunt earlier this week, wanting to order a cake for her best friends son. I always ask for a little inspiration, something to run with. Well no need to ask her, she came with a few ideas that seemed REALLY exciting. The boy, well man, who was celebrating his birthday is going to university for some sort of engineering degree, through the military program, specifically with the Canadian Air Force. She suggested I use Camouflage, maybe include the Canadian Air Force logo, and of course, Happy Birthday Don. I thought, and thought and thought. This one wasn't really that easy. I wasn't totally sure what I was going to do until I was about to bake the cakes. Initially I was going to do a 2 layer 8" cake, but figured it wouldn't allow me to be as creative. So I decided to go with an 8" and a 6". Bottom layer would be camouflage and top layer would have the logo. But then it was to come up with the idea of where to put the Happy Birthday wish... My brother was sitting there with me and I asked him to draw (as best he could) one of the many Air Force Planes. My idea was to make a small plane out of fondant with a banner 'flying' from it... I am absolutely, positively thrilled with the result. Sadly, I don't feel that the picture captures the entirety of the cake that well.

Before the plane and banner were added and then the final product!