Little Mermaid Cake

This cake was made for a very discerning young lady.  She insisted that she wanted and Ariel cake and that she had to be wearing a princess dress.  But what's the little mermaid without a few shells and sand.  To cover it all, I used a layer for the 'princess side' trying to mimic the dress she was wearing and a layer for the 'mermaid side'with all the things found in the sea.  It was a hit.

La La Loopsy Cake

This was a La La Loopsy cake for a little girl's birthday.  This cake was all fondant.

Geaux Tigers!

This was a cake that I made for a friend's father in law.  He is a huge LSU Tiger's fan.  She found a picture that we used as a guide.  He was thrilled with the result.  My only caveat was I told her she had to say an Aggie made it for him.  :)

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.