Happy birthday Emmalynn!

Birthday cakes for little children can be so fun!  Especially when they know what they want.  This little girl was set on Elmo.

This is a 9x13 two-layer white vanilla sour cream cake with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream.  The little numbers, letters and stars are made from fondant.  Elmo's body is also cake.  The customer provided Elmo's little head, which is actually a snack bowl!

When the mom and grandma came to pick the cake up, they absolutely loved it!  I hope the birthday girl does too!

Pink giraffe baby shower cake

Recently, our cousins asked us to be the God parents of their second daughter, who is due mid-September.  We, of course, agreed to this request.  Not having our own children, it was heart-warming to know that we'd help to raise this child, and get to spoil them!

I helped throw the baby shower for the mom yesterday.  The theme was baby animals - monkeys, giraffes, lions, zebras, etc.  I found the perfect cake to make for the shower, using adorable giraffes as part of the decorations.

This is a double barrel cake.  The bottom part of the cake is actually two tiers.  The bottom tier is white chocolate cake, and the middle tier is triple chocolate fudge cake.  Top tier is a yellow vanilla cake.  All filled with vanilla buttercream, made with all butter, frosted with ganache, then covered with marshmallow fondant.

The dots are made with marshmallow fondant as well.  The giraffes, bow and blocks are all made with gumpaste.

The cake was a hit!  The shower went very well.  Now comes the hard part.  Waiting for the next seven to eight weeks for the baby to arrive!

Baby shower cake

My sister-in-law asked me to make her niece's baby shower cake.  She is having a boy and wanted the cake decorated in blue camouflage. 

This is a 10" round cheesecake lovers with white chocolate cake, covered in vanilla buttercream flavored with just a hint of cheesecake flavoring.

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.

Graduation season

It is the season to celebrate the achievements of your graduate student. 

Whether it's from high school or college,

your graduate deserves to be recognized for all of his or her hard work.

 A large two layer sheet cake with decorations that can be kept

as mementos of the graduate's achievement.

 This graduation cap's tassel is customized with the

graduate's school's colors, gold, black and yellow. 

Made of gumpaste and fondant, the graduate can proudly display this cap

as a reminder of her accomplishments.

 The diploma too is a keepsake.

 A small customized cake to wish the college bound freshman well

at her chosen institution of higher learning.

Neapolitan rose swirl cake

Who can resist the triple goodness of a Neapolitan dessert?  Whether it is ice cream, coconut candy, or cookies?  In this case, cake!

Just as the outside matches the Neapolitan them, so does the inside with chocolate fudge, strawberry and white almond sour cream layers.

An elegant rose swirl takes this fun dessert up the ladder of sophistication.

Mother's Day Cakes

Today is the day to celebrate mom's world wide (or at least here in America).  I made these cakes for my mom and my mother-in-law.

For my mom, whose favorite flower is the pansy, I created pansies in shades of purple and yellow.  I placed those on top of a pink champagne cake decorated with scrolls.

For my mother-in-law, whose favorite flower is the peony, I made two peonies in pink.  They were placed on a pink lemonade cake.

Both cakes were a hit with these wonderful ladies.