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A Bumblebee Transformer Cake

This weekend, I got to make a fun Bumblebee Transformer cake for my cute 4 year-old neighbor. I was more than a little intimidated by the prospect of sculpting Bumblebee out of gumpaste, but I think he turned out all right. And, yes, I chose to go with the retro/cartoon version. There’s no way I’d be able to sculpt the Bumblebee from the new movies! The cake itself was a full-size two layer snickerdoodle cake with lots of delicious cinnamon buttercream between layers and around the cake. It was covered with homemade marshmallow fondant. Yum!

Bumblebee, just chillin'.

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So, happy birthday, my friend! I hope it was grand!

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A “Prep and Landing” Birthday Cake

This year for his 4th birthday, my cute nephew wanted a Prep and Landing (the Disney short that came out this past December) party. What a fun theme! This is a delicious chocolate bundt cake with a batter full of chocolate chips. I also spread a thick layer of homemade peppermint buttercream frosting (complete with crushed peppermint candies!) in between the two layers of cake. I then frosted the cake with a divine chocolate buttercream and added fondant stripes and a mini candy cane border.

Unfortunately, my sculpting skills were depleted by the fact that both my little ones have had a stomach bug the past couple of days. Luckily, I don’t think this 4 year-old will mind the paper elves stuffed into peppermint candies :)

Happy Birthday!

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A Mini Birthday Cake for a Basketball Fan

This fun little cake was made for a basketball fan on his 35th birthday. Layers of devil’s food cookies sandwiched with delicious peppermint buttercream. The jersey was another cookie that I trimmed and then decorated with buttercream.

I took this pictures with a salad fork in them to help remind people how small these cakes really are.

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Dino Birthday Cake

I made this tiny cake for a friend of mine who just turned 2. The dinosaur is a miniature fondant sculpture (only about an inch big) resting on crumbled cookie “rocks”. The cake itself is made of triple chocolate cookies with a creamy chocolate buttercream filling and frosting.

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Rainbows and Flowers Birthday Cake

I was so excited when my neighbor asked me to make a cake for her daughter’s 5th birthday. They asked for a full-size cake and the birthday girl wanted a rainbow on top and flowers on the sides of the cake. So fun and girly! The cake itself is layers of white cake filled with a delicious homemade strawberry buttercream. It was frosted with a vanilla almond buttercream and then decorated with marshmallow fondant accents. I had a great time channeling my 5 year-old self and decorating this bright and cheery cake!

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