Baby Reveal

I was so excited to do this cake! A friend approached me about creating a baby reveal cake for her. The couple has family ties to Hawaii and for some reason it made me think of a sea turtle. I was given the envelope with the sonogram picture and waited to open it....waited until my friend was far enough away that she couldn't see my reaction when I opened it! She already has a little boy so when I opened the envelope and saw it said GIRL I knew they would be so excited! We had discussed cake flavors previously and decided that if it was a girl that I would bake a strawberry cake. Strawberry cake with a strawberry filling and a vanilla buttercream icing.

I was nervous the night before the baby reveal party. As soon as I opened the cake box I could smell strawberry! I was scared she would know what she was having before she even sliced the cake. Luckily, after I iced the cake all you could smell was vanilla. :)

Slicing the cake!

First slice is out.

 Here was the first picture they posted to announce to friends who weren't present when they cut the cake. Family was present and some were participating via Skype. Such a great way to get everyone involved and to share such a joyous moment.

Remembering a Loved One

It had been a few months since Garrett had passed away and it would have been his 25th Birthday. Family wanted to celebrate him and remember his life. He was always wearing a hat with a Monster Energy logo on it which inspired the cake.

Matching cupcakes.

Modern Barbie Birthday

Another Birthday! This time a little girl was turning six. :) They were looking for a modern Barbie themed cake and provided me with some cute cupcake liners too. Fondant success! I cut the silhouette out freehand aaaand backwards. That way when I was finished cutting it out I could flip it over and the edges would be smooth.

Here are the matching cupcakes! Z is for Zoie. :)

Duh' Winning!

Charlie Sheen inspired this team name, Duh' Winning! The team placed first in the Alliance Corporate Softball League.

I created cupcake toppers with each player's jersey number. The medal they were given had five stars across the top of it so I incorporated the stars on the toppers as well.

Chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I added a few sprinkles and ta-da!

Hello, Kitty!

A little girl was turning one and was in need of a birthday cake! A small Hello Kitty themed birthday party was going to take place so a cake was needed. We needed something bright and colorful for the birthday girl so a small strawberry cake with cream cheese icing was decorated.

I also made a dozen vanilla cupcakes with a vanilla buttercream to go with the cake. Cute and delicious!

Sons of Anarchy Cake

I have to admit that I have never seen an episode of the TV show, Sons of Anarchy. When I was asked to do a birthday cake with one of their logos I had to do a little bit of research. I was going to be doing the drawing freehand so I ended up just taking a portion of one of the logos and putting that on the cake.

I did a vanilla cake with a cream cheese icing, so sweet!

Party time!

I was excited to get this next project. It was my most complicated fondant design yet just due to the fact that there are so many different colors. It takes a long time just to prep all that fondant! The birthday party had a peace sign theme with a really cool pinata to match.

I finally think I have got the hang of covering a cake with fondant. Nice and smooth with no bubbles! A little bit of cornstarch left over but that will be an easy fix later. ;)

 I thought it would be easier to put a solid black circle in the center and do colored zebra stripes.

 The peace sign in the middle was different colors and instead of trying to blend various pieces of fondant I decided to do one white piece of fondant. I cut the peace sign out and then used the food coloring gels to paint the peace sign like watercolors. Ta-da!

It was a 12 inch vanilla cake with a vanilla buttercream icing. Yum!

Another Birthday, Another Learning Experience

A few weeks later I had another family member with a birthday. By now family and friends were interested to see what I could come up with when faced with the challenge. I decided to stick with the marshmallow fondant and starting investing in more tools to create my "art". :) A Texas Ranger fan, a birthday, and some chocolate cake...

I used two, eight-inch cakes, topped with a portion of a smaller six-inch cake for the ball shape on the top. I used a cream cheese icing and all decorations were fondant.