Sweet 16!

I made this cake for my niece who turned 16 this month.  It's a deep dark chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream frosting, and marshmallow fondant.  I used a chocolate marshmallow fondant to create the zebra stripes.  It's blinged out also using fondant.

Because we live a few states apart, I did ship it to her overnight, and I'm happy to report that the cake shipped very well.  The entire package that I sent her was zebra themed.

Tiered cakes

Want to make an impression on your guests?  A tiered cake can do just that! 

Fashion purse - that's a cake??

I've been wanting to try my hand at a fashion purse cake for a while, but was slightly daunted by the task.  Finally I decided to enter a cake into a local church's bake off, and thought what better way to practice a new skill and new design.
This is a sculpted red velvet cake with white chocolate ganache and marshmallow fondant.  Accents are made with a fondant/gum paste mixture.  This was a lot of fun to make, and the late nights were worth it!

Halloween sugar cookie overload!

Faced with a tray of these sugar cookies, it may be hard to decide which one to pick.  I won't tell if you take more than one!

Buttercream with black sparkly sugar

 Buttercream spider web

 Modified royal icing candy corn

 Witch's cauldron using modified royal icing

 Ghosts with marshmallow fondant - BOO!

 Coffins with chocolate buttercream

 Not-so-scary cats with buttercream and sprinkles

 Monsters with modified royal icing

 Moons with marshmallow fondant

 Spider webs with modified royal icing

Tombstones with chocolate buttercream tinted dark gray and black 

Halloween sugar cookies

I really enjoy making sugar cookies, and having a holiday provides a perfect excuse!
These are sugar cookie cutouts topped with a variety of icing options.

The ghosts are covered with marshmallow fondant.  The skulls are covered with modified royal icing.  The pumpkins are covered with buttercream.