Better late than never... Power Ranger Dino Charge Cake

I'm so proud of this cake, because it's all mine. It was for my sons birthday party. I sketched the idea, and surprisingly it came out exactly how I wanted it. I almost crashed into a snowbank for this cake. :) Both layers are cake head/mask is rice crispy treat.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Take 2

What are the chances of getting 2 clubhouse cakes 2 days a part for 2, 3 year old boys. Not only that, both clients sent me photos and the bottom tier of the second is IDENTICAL to the cake the first client sent me.

Top tier is chocolate fudge, bottom tier is one layer vanilla pound, one layer chocolate fudge. Covered in Vanilla buttercream and fondant. Mickey Mouse clubhouse cake...with tootles on top. :) So much fun to make! Happy Birthday Reid!

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Take 1

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake - Chocolate fudge cake with cookies and cream filling and vanilla buttercream. I think that'll be my cake of choice for my birthday!!! Happy Birthday Alex! Hope you had a great party!

Surprise Minnie Mouse

Lemon pound cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant. Minnie Mouse is made of rice krispies and fondant.

Mickey Mouse

This is a bit of a repeat of a cake I did last year... The difference is last time I covered it in fondant and this one is buttercream. The cake is chocolate fudge with red vanilla buttercream. The Mickey head/hat is also cake (baked in the Wilton Ball pan), then covered in buttercream and fondant. The ears are fondant/gumtex mix.

Tip:

Bright red icing is tough to get. Believe me! I’ve had more than a few bad experiences dying buttercream red. Here are a few tips to successfully achieve red icing…

1.       Add cocoa to your buttercream (so you start with a chocolate icing). I don’t find you’ll get a bright “lightening McQueen” red… but you will get a nice, deep fire engine kind of red. AND the chocolate hides the nasty taste of the red food dye.

2.       DON’T use liquid red. You’ll just end up with bright pink, and a very thin icing.

3.       Use wilton no taste red gel food color, available at Michaels and Bulk Barn (Might be at Walmart and Scoop & Save too – I haven’t personally bought it there before.)

4.       My ABSOLUTELY new FAVORITE is Ameri-color. I ordered it online and you need only a quarter IF that of Wilton’s gel color. What’s crazier… I got a 4.5oz bottle for just a dollar more than what I can get 1oz of Wilton color! I know. WELL worth it.

Lego Man

I was asked to do a Lego cake for a little boys 5th birthday. I found a few different examples and the mother chose this design. It was SO fun to do. It's funny how when building a cake it only looks like it does when the final details are added. I always panic with about 30 minutes left because it looks nothing like I want it to, but I just push forward and eventually it all falls together. Fudge marble Lego cake. Blocks and lego man are made from rice krispy treats covered in fondant. Cake is covered in marshmallow fondant. This cake is Fudge marble with buttercream and covered in marshmallow fondant. Lego man and blocks are made with rice Krispy treats covered in marshmallow fondant.

Doodlebops Take 3

When I did my first Doodlebops cake I vaguely knew who they were. Since then my daughter has certainly brought us up to speed on who exactly are Deedee, Roony and Moe. Making this cake was quite fun, cause I had an excuse to be singing the Doodlebops songs. The best was the following morning when my daughter saw the cake she screamed DOODLEBOPS. Yay...she recognizes them! It's a vanilla pound cake covered and decorate with vanilla buttercream. The image is a hand piped buttercream transfer. (pipe each color one at a time and freeze to put on the cake smoothly.)

Just another Minnie Mouse

I think this might be my favorite Minnie Mouse cake of the bunch I've made. Cake was vanilla pound with vanilla buttercream.

Backyardigans... Again..

Doing this cake made me really miss these guys. My daughter isn't much into them anymore, but to be honest I think they're one of my favorite children shows/cartoons on right now. I love the imagination, the song and the dances. Anyways...the cake is chocolate fudge, covered in vanilla buttercream with fondant accents, characters are fondant. Apparently birthday girl liked it and they even saved the characters and have them on display somewhere. Not sure how long fondant will last, but hey...enjoy! :)

Dora the Explorer Castle

A cake any young girl would like! Dora the explorer and a castle cake! My daughter thought it was the best cake ever and insisted that it should be hers. It's my first castle cake...I was pleased with it. It's chocolate fudge cake. The turrets were made of rice krispies, the top steeple is an ice cream cone. It's is completely buttercream. Birthday girl apparently loved it!

Super Mario Cake

I know you're told not to play with food, but don't you want to just take the little mario and smash the bricks? I was tempted to "play" this cake. It's a Fudge marble cake with chocolate filling and vanilla buttercream, and fondant accents. Everything you see is edible.

Tiered Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse strawberry yogurt cake with whipped cream frosting. The name and ears are made of modelling chocolate and the rest are fondant accents.

Super Mario

Who knew super Mario was coming back? I sure didn't. it was a super fun cake to work on though!

Vanilla pound cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant accents. Super Mario character is hand made with fondant!

Diego

Go Diego Go... cake is covered in vanilla buttercream with marshmallow fondant accents.

Toy Story - #6

I got an email from a Mom who's son was turning 6. He's a huge Toy Story fan AND Toy Story opens on his birthday. Lucky boy. She asked if I could put something together, not too huge, for her family. It's a #6 with Woody and Buzz figurines. Hope he likes it!

Alice in Wonderland

A client liked my flower basket cake but wanted to make it Alice and wonderland-ish for their daughters birthday. After a bit of brainstorming and a few emails back and forth we decided on a garden on top of Mad Hatters hat, with an Alice and white rabbit. I had a lot of fun making this but I totally underestimated the time that went into it. It's chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream and fondant accents.

Another go at the BYG's...

I don't think I could ever get tired of Backyardigan cake requests. They're just the cutest little creatures, and they're so fun to work with. Not to mention it puts me in a song and dance mood...so I sing some of my favorites. If you're a Backyardigans fan you may know some of my faves, "Woah Daddy..." from Surfs up, "Simon Says" from Sinbad Sails Alone and "The corn song" it has to be my ultimate fave but I don't recall what episode it's from. Anyways... now that I've revealed the secret that yes, I am the one requesting to watch the BYG's, not my 2 year... I'll move on to the cake. :)

2 tier, chocolate fudge cake with vanilla buttercream. Characters are made with marshmallow fondant and the #4 is modelling chocolate and of course the Birthday boy's name is trent! Hope you like!

Doodlebops with pink and purple

Vanilla pound Doodlebop cake. Accents and faces are marshmallow fondant the rest is vanilla buttercream. The birthday girl apparently loves pink and purple and the Doodlebops. I tried to mix it all together.

Toy Story

Toy story cake for my friends son Owen. Cake is vanilla pound with chocolate buttercream and strawberry yogurt with vanilla buttercream. All covered in fondant. The figurines and number 2 were added at the party so I didn't take a photo at home. I think the birthday boy was happy with it.

Minnie Mouse

Here's a Vanilla pound Minnie Mouse cake I did for a little girls second birthday. The ears are made of chocolate and the rest of the cake is vanilla buttercream and vanilla pound. I was so excited I used a new method to get my buttercream smooth and it worked really well. I used a paint roller!!!