Hawaiian Themed Cupcakes

These adorable cupcakes were for a bridal shower with a Hawaiian theme.  The colors were yellow and white, so I came up with 4 designs.  I frosted half the 6 dozen red velvet cupcakes in white cream cheese icing and topped them with molded chocolate flip flops or pineapples.  The other half I frosted in pale yellow icing and topped with fondant palm trees and plumeria flowers.  Makes me want to have a luau!  These designs would be fabulous on the "cocomac", coconut, or my soon-to-be-offered pineapple cake!  Aloha! 

Disney Princess Mini Cakes and Cupcakes

My life is full of frosting and Princesses!  I love to be able to work on kids' parties because it's always so fun to do bright and cheery designs.  And since my own daughter is a big fan, the Disney Princess theme is one of my favorites.  These mini cakes and mini cupcakes were for two ADORABLE twin girls turning 3, each with their own favorite princess.  I got to deliver these to the birthday party, and when the first birthday girl smiled and said "Belle!", I knew how to tell the twins apart!  I made them each their own princess cake: a 4" round vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.  I added ruffles and roses to the "Belle" cake, and scrolls and gems to the "Snow White" cake.  I topped each cake with a fondant medallion with a princess portrait that I hand drew.  Then I made a fondant banner to announce the name of each birthday girl.  For the other party guests, I made mini cupcakes (red velvet, champagne orange, and vanilla) with coordinating sprinkles and decorations.  Everything, as always, was edible.  And the party looked like it was going to be a royal good time.  

Minnie Mouse Cupcakes and Mini Cake

These cupcakes were based on a design that the client found on the internet.  I topped all the cupcakes with a dollop of pink frosting, two mouse ears made out of fondant, and a pink fondant bow to represent Minnie.  For the mini cake, I made a 4" vanilla cake and rounded the top layer.  Then I added the pink frosting and white fondant polka dots and topped it with a larger version of the ears and bow.  

 The cupcakes were vanilla, chocolate chocolate chip, red velvet, lemon and carrot.  What a fun first birthday theme!

Beachy 40th Birthday Cake - Jim

This cake is the big 4-0 meets Hawaii 5-0.  This simple birthday cake was for a rained out beach party.  (Who knew!!  Weird weather this year.)  It was covered in vanilla buttercream tinted brown (with sugar in the raw sprinkled on top for sand) and blue (textured with a spatula to resemble waves).  I added a simple border at the bottom and some white chocolate shells.  But the most spectacular part of this cake was inside.  The cake was my new flavor that I call "Cocomac".  It was a coconut cake with macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips, layered with my coconut cream filling.  It got rave reviews at the party.  If you like those flavors, I highly recommend it.  Yum!

Pink and Green Baby Girl Shower Cake

I just love when my friends say "I don't care, just make it pretty!"  Thank you ladies, because while I'm having SO much fun making cakes, it's even more fun when I just get to try stuff and do whatever I want!  I just love the combination of pink and green, and I am loving the bright lime green for spring, so I thought this would make a cool baby shower cake.  

I started with a coconut cake with coconut cream filling (personal fave!), which I covered in vanilla buttercream icing and a thin layer of lime green fondant.  I "quilted" the fondant with a wheel tool and added a ribbon of white fondant at the bottom.  Then I piped little beads of white icing where the quilt lines crossed.  I then got to practice making fondant roses, which I added with leaves and a little sparkle with luster dust.  

The final and most striking detail was my pair of pink baby shoes; I made them out of pink fondant and covered them in baby pink edible glitter.  They made a sweet topper for the cake and turned out SOOO adorable.  I swear my daughter came out of the womb liking pink, sparkle, and SHOES, so what could be more perfect to celebrate baby girls?  The girls at the shower just loved the design and didn't want to cut it (I get that a lot) but they were glad they did.   

Pea in the Pod Baby Shower Cake

I thought this cake turned out so adorable!  The client was looking for a "pea in the pod" design for a baby shower, so I came up with this idea.  I created a simple design on the top and bottom tiers of the cake in the client's colors of mint green, darker green and chocolate brown (a pretty unisex palette since the expectant couple wasn't finding out the sex of the baby).  I made the baby and pea pod out of fondant for the top of the cake.  Then I added some fondant leaves and vines, plus I piped some white sweet pea flowers to add to the baby feel.  The cake was vanilla with strawberry filling and cookies and cream cake with chocolate cream filling.  Hope everything turned out ok!  Congratulations!  

Toy Story 3 Cake - Luke

This cake was another design in my on-going study of "Toy Story" themed birthday parties.  I topped this square buttercream-covered cake with 9 fondant squares, each with a different character.  The characters were all cut out of fondant and the details added with food-safe markers.  The cake was banana chocolate chip with chocolate cream filling.  It was so funny to see the kids at the party begging for their favorite character.  Turns out I should have made 9 squares with Buzz Lightyear!  Gotta love preschoolers.