Deja Vu all over again

A friend at work requested a cake just like the ones she'd seen on my blog!! How exciting to have someone like what I'd made enough to want it for their party too.  These cakes were for her children's birthday party.  For him, a baseball cake complete with glove, bat and ball and logos from his baseball team on the bat and ball.  For her, a cake for a princess complete with jewels, flowers and a pretty bow.  Everything was edible!! 

BRAVE

This cake was for a young girl's birthday party with a 'Brave' theme.  I was shown a few examples of styles of cakes she'd like..and went from there.  I was given the characters to use on the cake which helped a lot too!  I've never tried creating a 'landscape' on a cake before but I was happy with my first attempt.  I think my customer was happy too. This cake was decorated mostly in buttercream with a few fondant accent pieces.  I hand crafted the name and painted it gold to match the gold 'buckle' around the center.

Cat Box

This is the original design I used as a guide. NOT MY WORK.

Maybe in a past life, I was an art counterfeiter.  ; )   I am getting pretty good at duplicating designs that others bring to me.  Maybe not 100% but it's close!  Don't get me wrong, I love the challenge and it keeps me from having heartburn about expectations of a perfect design from me. And whenever possible I try to make the design as much in buttercream as I can as well.   Here was a cute Hello Kitty cake that my customer found that I was able to duplicate for her daughter's first birthday.  We tried to keep as close to the original as we could, but we had to go bigger to ensure we had enough cake to feed everyone.  The hardest part was finding a box big enough to put it in for the ride to the party!!  The very cute original photo is also included so you can judge for yourself if I've captured the essence of the HK cake request.

Family Wedding

We attended a wedding in July for a cousin and I was asked to make the wedding cake.  This has to be the largest job I've undertaken.  First of all, the cake was to be made in Pennsylvania..away from my home.   The second part was that I was also going to make a groom's cake and lots and lots of cupcakes for the kids that were going to attend.  So, we carted all my cake stuff up to PA and got started.   Since my mother in law only has window units for air conditioning, the entire preparation was a challenge..but we did it.  Thanks to my my nieces and my son for helping me with flower making and especially to my sister in law Vanessa for helping me both with the cakes and with setup when we got to the hall.    The family is in the dairy business, hence the Jersey cow bride and groom. 

With this Ring....

This was an engagement cake for a friend's brother.  I was asked to incorporate some of the bride-to-be's actual ring design into the cake.  The idea for the cake was to make it look like a 'ring box'.  I used several techniques I've learned on this cake including, airbrushing the ring silver and making a decorative stencil on the box using icing.  The cake itself was made from alternating chocolate and white cake layers with a chocolate ganache in between the layers.    The 'lid' of the box was made from rice crispy treats and covered in icing.

Ooooooooooooohh Toooooooooooooooooooooooodles!!

I love the Mickey Mouse playhouse show so when I was asked to make a Toodles cake for Miss Baylen's 2nd birthday, I was all in!!  This cake was super fun to make.  I made it  a personal challenge to use only buttercream decorations.  I think it turned out pretty awesome..even if I do say so myself.  :)  And did I mention this was a MOUNTAIN of cake?  This was a big 12 in bottom and 2, 6 inch double layer cakes!!

1st Birthday

For this birthday cake, there was a little red wagon theme.  So, I made a red wagon for the top and a big 1 for the birthday boy.  I also made a separate smash cake for Aiden to enjoy.

Graduation Cakes

Two of my work friends both from Taylor and both with sons who were graduating, asked for cakes.  I was able to get parts of the decorations done ahead of time which helped out!  Go DUCKS!!

Birthday for Sarah

This cake was for my friend Tracy's daughter.  The flowers are hand made out of gumpaste.

Robots in Disguise

This cake was made for a friend's son's birthday.  He wanted a Transformers cake and especially likes Bumblebee.  I tried using my airbrush to shade the cake a bit..I think I need more practice.  I was happy with the way the faces turned out!

Dance Team Banquet

These cakes are for the Pflugerville High School Dance Team's banquet.  The theme of the banquet is candy so we tried to make these as sweet as possible.  I was asked to make these as an alternative to 'the same ol store cakes..'  I hope it hits the mark.

Sweet Baby!

This cake was for an expecting couple's shower.  We incorporated the colors chosen by Mom to decorate the new baby room.  The baby has a set of wings and a halo, because, aren't all children angels??  :)

Hello Kitty rides again

I've had quite a few requests for HK lately.  Here's the latest one.  I kinda like her 'blinged-out' bow this time.

Painting for Rachel

This cake was made for the daughter of one of my best friends.  Rachel requested a painter's palette to go along with her party theme.  She was having a painting party at the local ceramics studio.  Her birthday party was a big hit and the cake was too!  We also created a special 'Thank you' cookie to include in the take home treat bags.   Happy Birthday Rachel!  XXOO

Hello Kitty 2

Here's a cake I did for a friend's daughter.  Elicia loves Hello Kitty. Unfortunately making just the head would not be enough for all the folks coming to the party.  So we added in a few touches to make it stretch. 

A wonderful beginning

This cake was made for my good friend Kamal and his wife Karuna who recently married in India and was served at a reception held in their honor.  I was able to try out several new decorating techniques including making gelatin butterflies.  I hope they liked it!!

Speaking of Monkeys

I made this cake for a friend at work who wanted something related to the Wizard of Oz...specifically the flying monkeys.  Her only other request was to have some legs coming out of the side of the cake just like the first witch in the movie.  I also tried using rice paper for the witch. It's a little hard to see, but the yellow around the side is the 'yellow brick road'.

Fancy

This was a wedding cake with ivory and black as the colors.  I was pretty happy with how the 'brooch' came out.

Monkeys

Here are a few monkeys I made after watching a u-tube videos on how to make fondant animals.    I think they turned out kinda cute!