Animal print Birthday

I was asked to replicate a photo of a cake sent from a client. I just had to switch some colors around. I think it turned out cute. Flavor is chocolate fudge with vanilla buttercream covered in fondant.

Fun on the farm

This was a super fun cake! The kids loved it to. It was for a friends, son's birthday. She had a farm themed party... look how great the table cloth matched! The cupcakes were the animals. The barn was half rice Krispy treats, half cake. The birthday boy was happy...so that's what counts!

Monkey Business

I was sent this photo and asked to recreate the cake for her daughter's first birthday:

Monkey Cake

It's marble cake with buttercream and marshmallow fondant... it's hard to tell but it's full of shimmer dust too. The Monkeys, bow and flowers are all made of fondant. The little cake is the "smash" cake for the birthday girl. Hope they enjoy it!

Animal farm Birthday

This cake was for my daughters "best friend" at least that's what her mom and I are hoping for. :) Anja is the true farmers daughter... she loves animals and doesn't mind throwing on her boots to go trucking through whatever it is, to explore, and get her hands dirty. My daughter couldn't be more opposite. She seems almost allergic to dirt, getting a speck on herself and throwing the biggest tantrum. That said, they get together and play and hug, and really seem to enjoy each others company. Maybe some of that fun, rustic, roll around in the dirt attitude will rub off on Mia some. Anyways... when Ellen asked me to make Anja a cake, right away I knew I wanted to make a farm. After looking at a few ideas this is what I came up with. Absolutely everything you see is edible, and I think the girls did a good job at eating a bit of everything too. Anja had the cow first, then she gave the pig to Mia. Then they each had a piece of cake. The top of the barn is rice krispy squares. I'm not sure they ate any of that. :)

Girly Cougar

I was asked to do a Cougar cake. When I was first asked, I secretly hoped I could talk the client out of the idea and sway him to something else. As I began to plan the cake I got really excited. It was going to push me out of my comfort zone for sure, but I LOVE a challenge. I planned this cake for many days and started assembling the small pieces slowly. It ended up including many firsts for me. It was the first time I worked with Rice Krispy treats. (the cougars head and the bottom layer of him are made of rice Krispie treats) It was only my second time covering a cake in fondant. It was my first time making a 'purse' cake. It was the first time I'd tried to carve an animal (at least to this degree). It was a challenge. In the end, I'm very pleased with certain elements and discouraged over others. I learned A LOT and I now know how to tackle similar projects in the future.

Here it is. Many hours of work, in 1 cake.

From my cakes

Now let's hope the birthday girl and client like it!

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...

Girly Dinosaur

I got a new cake pan for a cake I have to do this weekend, so I figured I should try it out before I make the cake. WELL... I LOVE IT. It's actually supposed to be a bear, but essentially, it just gives you a shape that you can modify however you chose. I found lot's of ideas, elephants, tigers, pandas, bumble bees, Santa Claus oh the list goes on. I also seen a mean looking dinosaur and thought, gee I could make a cute dinosaur. A girly dinosaur! So I went to work to do just that. Boy am I happy with the results. I got a really cute dinosaur that I just want to hug. I don't know if I could cut into this one, to be honest. That's only happened once before for me. I rarely become emotionally attached to a cake. It was with the lightening McQueen cake. I'm not sure what it is, but every once in a while, a cake becomes really special to me. This fire breathing dinosaur gal was brought to my husbands work, for them to enjoy! She's made of red velvet cake (minus the red), buttercream frosting and a few chocolate 'spikes'. TFL....

Horse Cake

I was asked to do a cake for 2 girls to celebrate their last day of school. They both love horses and their favorite colors are purple and green. The flowers may look blue in the photo, but they're purple. The horse is made of rice krispie treats, covered in fondant. Hopefully they'll like it.