Christening Cake

 This cake came out pretty cute.  It was a christening cake for the grandaughter of a lady that I work with.  The baby on top was made to look like the "lady of they day."

I added butterflies to the sides in pastel colors to make it a little more "springy." 

Engagement Party Cake

My little brother is getting married!  I can't believe it!  His future mother-in-law threw an engagement party and requested that I do the cake.  I was honored and chose to do blues and white.  I used an X and O pattern for the bottom tier and then letters and hearts on the upper tier. 

 Here is the top of the cake with their names and the date of the wedding.

 

Side View

Dolphin Birthday Cake

This cake was for a repeat customer!  It was actually made for a dolphin-loving grandmother.  It was so fun to make it.  I used candy pearls to look like bubbles and give the cake a little direction.  I was able to make dolphin cutouts for the sides and then a fondant dolphin jumping out of the top of the cake!

This was a fun cake to make and they loved it!  Again, I was given really little direction other than lemon flavored and dolphins!

Family Reunion Cake

 This cake was made for my own family reunion....my gramma asked me if I would be able to "handle" the cake and I told her that I would.  I wanted something summery and fun.  It was the heaviest cake I have ever made!!! It was also about 100 degrees out, so I was worried that it would turn into a melty mess.  Luckily my loving husband fashioned a "cooler" that would keep it cool.  He took a large rubbermaid bin and filled it with ice.  Then he covered the ice with plastic sheeting and put a towel over it.  Then he placed the cake board on top. Then put the lid on the rubbermaid bin.  It was a challenge to keep it from getting warm or soggy!

Sesame Street Cupcakes

Here are my latest cupcakes!  They are Sesame Street cupcakes for a little boy's first birthday.  They are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla and chocolate frosting.  The Sesame Street toppers are made out of brightly colored marshmallow fondant. 

 Here is the "smash" cake for the birthday boy.  I used one of the Elmo cupcake toppers and then decorated with blue frosting. Not only did the blue look great, but it also was sure to leave the birthday boy covered in messy frosting (perfect for pictures)!

 Here is an Oscar Cupcake Topper....he doesn't look that crabby :)

 Here is Zoe.

Elmo 

Grover 

Here are the cupcakes all ready to go!  They look so bright and beautiful! I love kids cupcakes and cookies because of all the colors! 

Red Sox Cake

 For my Dad's 50th birthday, guess who was in charge of the cake?  Yours truly.  His only request was "chocolate."  While I could have just picked up a chocolate sheet cake, I figured I should make him one of my cakes...since he is my dad and all :)  After thinking long and hard, I decided that baseball season was close enough and that I was going to make him a Red Sox cake. 

I covered the cake with white fondant.  Then I cute a large circle out of white fondant.  Then I cut red "Socks" out of fondant and decorated them with white royal icing and white fondant. Then I piped blue and red baseball seams on it.  Finally I finished the cake with blue shell borders. 

Zoo Animal Cupcakes

For a baby's first birthday, what could be better than zoo/jungle animals?  I cut out the background using a round cutter and green marshmallow fondant.  Then I scoured my kitchen for the right shapes to use as cutters for the animal parts.  After much searching, I remembered seeing "homemade cookie cutters" on www.pinterest.com using soda cans.  See my tutorial of how to create your own cookie cutters, or in my case, fondant cutters.  I used my own cutters to create these adorable zebras.

 Next I used yellow and orange marshmallow fondant to create lions.  For all the cupcakes, I "painted" all the details by hand using food coloring gel.

 The next cupcakes I created were the giraffes.  I used yellow and beige fondant.  I had to free hand the ears and the horns.

 Last, what zoo is complete without monkeys?  I created the monkeys using brown and beige marshmallow fondant.  Then I painted on a variety of monkey faces.  Below are the 2 dozen cupcakes and the baby smash cake for the birthday boy!

Baby Zoo Smash Cake

 This is a smash cake for a baby's 1st birthday.  It goes with the zoo animal cupcakes.  For a smash cake, I always cover with buttercream (rather than fondant).  I used one of the giraffe cupcake toppers on the cake and decorated with coordinating green icing. 

Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Jade! Here is a birthday cake I did over the summer and forgot to post! The bottom layer is supposed to be Mickey's pants, the top layer is his head, and the middle says the name of the birthday girl! It was a huge hit, especially since the family was going to Disney shortly after her birthday!

Martini Retirement Cake

Here is a cake made for a "summer-loving, flip-flop wearing, martini-drinking retiree." There were no requirements except for fun and suitable for that "type" of person. It was Chocolate and Vanilla with buttercream frosting...covered with fondant in bright colors!

Over the Hill Cake Take 2

Over the Hill Cake Take 1

Jungle Animal Cake for A 4 Year Old

The Zebra tier and the Giraffe tier were made a little bit more "girly" by adding purple frosting. The animals on top looked cute and they were fun to play with when the cake was eaten!

50th Anniversary "Wedding" Cake

Close up of the frosting work and the shell border on the bottom.

Added flowers to the top to complete the look. The gold ribbon was used because it was their "golden" anniversary!

YoGabbaGabba

I was hired to make cake toppers for a YoGabbaGabba birthday cake (for a 1 year old). I had never seen the show so I found this picture (above) of the characters and got to work.

Here are all the characters made out of fondant and then painted. They came out looking a lot like the real thing!

My personal favorite fondant character!

Another cute one!

Puppy Birthday Cake

For Riley's Birthday I made a funfetti cake with chocolate frosting. I covered it with bright blue fondant and then added fondant dogs. Then I used fondant dog bones and ribbon to complete it!

Here is a special order cake that was made for a "divorce" party. It is made to look like a wedding cake that the groom is pushing the bride off of. In this case it was warranted!