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!
Happy Halloween, Holly!
I am so excited to be giving Holly one of the giveaway prizes that she won a couple months ago! She knew, even then, that she wanted one of her prizes to be a cake for Halloween. This mini cake has four layers of devil’s food cookies filled and frosted with peanut butter buttercream. Yum! The cake is finished and decorated with marshmallow fondant and I added some chocolate licorice for the stem. I had a lot of fun making this little jack-o-lantern and I hope Holly and her family enjoy their Halloween treat!
And just as a reminder of how small these cakes really are, here’s the cake next to a teaspoon:
Happy Halloween, everyone!
Ice Cream Sundae Birthday Cakes
These custom cakes were created for a double birthday celebration. Each life-size scoop was baked to taste like the actual ice cream flavor. The strawberry scoop is strawberry cake with strawberry frosting, the vanilla scoop is white cake with vanilla buttercream, and the chocolate scoops is chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Yum! The cherries and sprinkles are made of fondant and the cherry stem is a candle all ready for birthday wishing.
Teddy Bears and Rubber Duckies Baby Shower
A dear friend of mine had a baby shower this past weekend. The theme of the shower was bed and bath time, so I decorated these cakes accordingly. A set of ten Level 4 cakes, each mini cake was frosted with vanilla almond buttercream, covered with a fondant blanket, and topped with either a sculpted fondant teddy bear or rubber duckie. Each cake also had a fondant star and letter attached to the front and the series spelled, “Welcome Baby.” Five of the cakes were triple fudge cookies with peanut butter buttercream (this is turning out to be one of my favorite combinations) and the other five were white cookies with vanilla almond buttercream. I had a blast scuplting all the little figures and making these sweet cakes for my sweet friend!
Kitty Cat Birthday Cake
This little birthday boy knew exactly what kind of cake he wanted for his 7th birthday. The Level 4 cake is made of triple chocolate fudge cookies and is filled and frosted with peanut butter buttercream. What a fantastic flavor combination! The birthday boy asked for a finish of sky blue fondant covered in multi-colored swirls and topped with a fondant sculpture of an orange striped kitty snacking on some milk. This tiny kitty (less than 1 inch long) is based on one of his stuffed animals and was a lot of fun to make. Happy Birthday!
