This cake was made for a friend of mine whose birthday is coming up. She loves the beach, so I wanted to do something to remind her of her favorite get-away. The cake is a Strawberry Cake with Strawberry Buttercream and featured White Chocolate Sea Shells, Fondant detail, and Graham Cracker Crumbs as the “sand.”
Happy Birthday Tammy!
Sea Shell Detail
This cake is my Mom’s absolute favorite of all the different flavors that I make. So, at her request, this was made for her Birthday Celebration at work. Hope you enjoy every bite Mom! 🙂
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 This cake was done for a co-worker of mine whose daughter was turning 21!
 She wanted cupcakes for the celebration, but she liked the idea of a cake, so the idea of a pull- apart cake just seemed appropriate!
Since it was her daughter’s 21st, the idea of a party theme was one that was used for the design of the cake. The silhouette of the “party girl” was piped out in Buttercream, with an accompanying spray of peace signs and stars, all done in colors that the Birthday Girl loves.
The cake included Vanilla and Chocolate Cupcakes with Traditional Vanilla Buttercream.
This weekend was one full of birthdays! When March and April roll around in my family, that means that it’s time to get together as a family and celebrate not one, not two, but 5 birthdays!! Yes, 5! (We’ve recently inaugerated my aunt’s puppy Max into the birthday club).
So, in order to celebrate, we of course needed a cake! Now, out of all the birthdays celebrated, only one of those lucky few is a girl–my cousin Kelsey. And being the only girl, we all felt it was necessary to dedicate this birthday celebration to her, and thus make a cake that was suitable for her tastes.
The cake that ensued was the one in the above pictures! I have to say, this is one of my favorites that I’ve made to date. It’s a beautiful marriage of a whimsical, kind of faerie tale (and yes, I did spell faerie correctly…I use the British spelling… ;)…) cake and a music-themed cake. Kelsey loves to sing and play guitar, so I definately wanted to put that element into the cake, and I managed to do that by incorporating music notes into the spiral designs.
The cake also included fondant detail work, which consisted of fondant flowers, with two fondant roses sitting atop the cake. The flowers were dusted with pink and green pearl dust to give it that luster that goes along with a whimsical theme. The piping was done in Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting to mimic vines and of course, the music notes.
The cake, as requested, was my traditional Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Happy Birthday Kelsey….and Dad…and Robert…and Paw (who has had the best birthday present of us all because he’s already with the Lord)…and yes, even Max, our friendly four-legged Bruce-boy. 🙂
This cake is a special one to me because it’s for my Dad!!
My original plan was to try and make a 3D version of a buck (a male deer) for Dad, since he’s a hunter and my parents’ house looks like a hunting lodge with the amount of stuffed animals (and no, I’m not talking about teddy bears here…) in it… So, to say the least, hunting is one of Dad’s hobbies and one that I wanted to try and put into cake. Well, to make a long story short…the 3D buck did not work…at all…in fact it never had a chance. ;P
Let’s just say due to overly hopeful thinking and a lack of sturdy cake batter, the cake didn’t have a good support system. Oh, well…I will live to bake another day…
So, on to Plan B!
I remade the cake for my dad in the form of a typical 13×9 sheetcake, and decided to decorate the cake like a camo/hunting cake. After getting the handy-dandy airbrush out, and the few scraps of fondant that I could work my magic with, the cake you guys see up top is what came out. I was actually really happy with the cake, and still got to put a deer on it…well, the hind end of one!
The cake was made of, *cough, cough* a certain boxed cake brand (because my dad wanted it people…everything I make, I really do make from scratch!) and featured MY traditional Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
Happy Birthday Dad!
A sweet, sweet co-worker of mine requested that I make a special little Birthday Cake for her sister, for her birthday celebration this weekend!
I was told the Birthday Girl loved all things girly…such as purses, lipstick, make-up, cute little dresses, and so on. So, knowing that I couldn’t fit everything on the cake that I wanted, I chose to do a simple, but very girly design.
The cake itself was my Traditional Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, but in order to spruce it up a bit, I decided to pull out the Fondant for some cutsie detail work. With my newly purchased Wedding Dress Cookie Cutter, I cut out the design for a sweet little dress, and decided to make a red dress for the special occassion. The fondant dress was airbrushed with Red food coloring and finished off with Royal Icing detail piping to give some definition to the overall look.
The cake was then finished with red sprinkles, distributed atop the cake over the “ruffle” Cream Cheese border.
For an extra special touch, I wanted to incorporate one of the Birthday Girl’s special loves…shoes. So, on the back of the cake, I added a fondant high heel shoe, also
airbrushed red, and finished off with Red Royal Icing detail piping and a “Birthday Queen” message.
Chiquita, I wish you the happiest of birthdays and I hope you and your friends and family enjoy the cake. Thank the Lord for His many blessings and another year of life!
This cake was made for a co-worker’s birthday party, which was thrown by her entire department…super sweet!
The cake was my Red Velvet with Cream Cheese frosting.
For some simple decorations, the cake was adorned with Gum Paste Calla Lilies alongside a birthday greeting.
In honor of my grandmother’s birthday this year, my family and I headed out to my aunt and uncle’s new home to celebrate! We had some awesome food and funny company…it never fails…and just had a blast.
For the cake, I made one of my grandma’s favorites…my Carrott Cake.
The cake was traditionally decorated, and topped with Gum Paste Calla Lillies for a ‘lil extra decorative touch.
The cake, as mentioned before, was my Signature Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting with a border of finely chopped Walnuts.
Maw, I hope you enjoyed your birthday celebration, and I hope we get to celebrate many, many more. 🙂
Love you!
It’s party time!
This cake is one of my favorites!
This Mardi-Gras themed cake was made for a lucky little girl who is celebrating her 7th birthday this coming weekend.
The cake consists of a Traditional Chocolate Cake for the base, featuring Chocolate Buttercream, while the top tier is Strawberry Cake with Traditional Vanilla Buttercream.
The decorations consist of fondant stars, diamonds, and a decorative border. The cake is topped with a traditional feathered mask and “shooting stars.” And of course, in honor of the Birthday Girl, a large monogrammed “N” is placed at the top of the cake.
Happy Birthday Natalie, and I hope that you have a wonderful, wonderful birthday!
German Beer Boot Cake
Well, I must say, this cake has been one of the most challenging projects I’ve ever tackled…but I’m so glad that I took it on.
This cake was made as a Surprise Birthday Cake for a gentleman who brews beer for a hobby. In honor of his love for the “drink of choice,” his lovely wife wanted me to make a cake in the shape of a German Beer Boot. Now, up until this point, I had never even heard of a German Beer Boot, so this experience was enlightening as well as challenging! Lol!
After doing some research, I embarked on my journey to put this bohemoth of a cake together…
The cake itself consisted of three different cake flavors and icings:
A Raspberry Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Cream Filling and White Chocolate Buttercream
A Vanilla Cake with Raspberry Cream Filling and Chocolate Buttercream
And finally, a Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake with Vanilla Cream Filling and Vanilla Buttercream
To Rene and Scott-I hope you both thoroughly enjoyed the cake and I hope your birthday guests enjoyed it as well. It was a blast doing this cake for you guys! Happy Birthday!
At Gordon Biersch
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The cake was a Chocolate cake base with traditional Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. The exterior of the cake featured White Satin Ice Fondant that I airbrushed black, while the accent decor consisted of red Duff Goldman brand fondant that included  circles and paw prints around the cake. The cake also featured a custom “G” for the school’s […]
A friend of mine got in touch with me a while back and requested that I help her with her little boy’s first birthday party by making a Pirate-themed cake, cupcakes, and cookies to match the decor of the event. The specific details that were to be incoporated into the design of the cake, cupcakes, […]
 These cupcakes were a blast to make and oh, so cute. (If I say so myself!). A friend of mine requested these for her kids a while back, as a means of telling them that she and her husband were taking them on a surprise trip to Disney! The cupcakes were Red Velvet with Cream […]
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