Cars Cake

Here is the finished cake....it came out nice but it was tough because it was particularly humid.
Close up of Mater on the cake.

Here is the cake up close...complete with rocks, hills, roads, and the signs....
Mater being created...

Hoe-Down Cake

This cake was made for a 6 year-old's birthday. The theme was a hoe-down so I went with more a farm theme for the cake.

This is a view of the cake from the top. When I arrived at the party to set up I actually put a cupcake with a horse on the top.

Here is a sheep.

This is my personal favorite...a chicken/hen with its eggs.

And of course there were horses...complete with horse-shoes.

Panda-Monium

I found these Panda Cupcakes in the book "Hello Cupcake." Riley picked them out and we decided to give them a try. They came out really cute and they weren't too hard to make.

They were supposed to have Oreo-O's as their ears but the store doesn't carry them anymore so we went with half a mini oreo.

JukeBox Cake

Breezy's Fairy Cake

What more could a five-turning-six-year-old want? This fairy cake was one a big undertaking but it was so worth it. The fairies and bugs are made of fondant. It is funfetti-type cake with vanilla frosting. The entire thing is covered with green-grass fondant and leaves/flowers. Cupcakes were covered with bright purple, pink, and blue fondant to match the fairies. The letters were cut out with cookie cutters.

This is a blue fiary with blond curly hair.

A catapillar and a little blue bug.

A purple fairy

A pink fairy....I think that it was immediately named Breezy

A butterfly and another catapillar.

A butterfly and a catapillar

Practice: Fondant/Gumpaste Fairy

I wanted to practice making models with the marshmallow fondant and the gumpaste. I am making a fairy cake for a little kid birthday party next month so this is what I made tonight! It came out pretty good.

Custom Made Batman Lap Quilt

Here is a lap quilt custom made for Denise! It arrived in New York City and Denise picked it up on a day she was feeling under the weather. She curled up on the couch and hopefully it helped her feel a little better!

Denise said, "THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY SURPRISE!!!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST AND I LOVE YOU!!! It's perfect! I'm not feeling well still but I'm cuddling with this on my couch and I feel better already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are the best and I love you! thank you thank you thank you!!!!"

....I guess she liked it!

Beach Bash Birthday Cake

Here is a beach cake that I created for a 22nd Bithday Party! I was asked to make a "Beach Cake" for a chocolate lover! The top layer is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. The bottom layer is dark chocolate with chocolate frosting.
This cake is completely edible except for the shells (which I got from a craft store). It is complete with graham cracker crumb sand! I loved using the marshmallow fondant!

JoBeth said, " Oh my goodness! This is so much more than I expected! When we said beach cake and you said you had an idea.... wow this is amazing! I love it....really love it!"

I made these Zoo Cupcakes to be raffled off at a charity event. This time I made 2 tigers, an elephant, a snake, a panda bear, some zoo signs and some purple flowered cupcakes.

Here's the Panda Bear with his cute little black paws. Below is the snake and you can see the chocolate zoo sign in the background.

Below are the buttercream flowers I made and stuck in the grass.

Practicing New Techniques

Here is a cake I made which has grapes all over it. I practiced making grapes, leaves, and vines. It was the first time I tried two-toning the frosting to make the leaves look more realistic. It was just a flat 1-tier practice cake.

Mike Cake

I made this cake using a star tip and I drew Mike on the cake by hand...I was in a hurry because I only had about 30 minutes to decorate it....It came out ok and I loved the colors!

Happy St.Patty's Day

Here is a cute St. Patty's Day Cake that I made for a get-together. It came out ok... Nothing fancy. It is yellow cake with buttercream frosting with a touch of chocolate.

Chocolate Springtime

Here are some cupcakes that I made and used different tips to create textured tops. I added fondant butterflies and flowers to add a little hint of Spring.

Brown and White Formal

This is a marble cake with buttercream frosting and vanilla fondant. Chocolate buttercream was piped in a "fancy" design. To finish it off I added shells to the bottom and white peal drops around the edge.

Zoo Cuties

Here are some zoo themed cupcakes that I made... they are yellow cake with green buttercream grass. I modeled fondant into the shapes of the animals and finished them with black food coloring and buttercream paws. They are almost too cute to eat!




Here they are from the top and from the back....as you can see they are fully 3-D and have details all around them!

First Time with Fondant

Here is my first attempt at using fondant....it worked pretty good. The top cake is yellow cake and the bottom is like a white confetti cake. The cakes are covered with buttercream frosting and then fondant. The fondant is all colored vanilla.

Riley's Springtime Cupcakes

Here are cupcakes that Riley and I made to celebrate Spring! It was wishful thinking and Riley picked some bright Springtime colors!

Bobcat Excavator

This is the Bobcat Excavator cake my sister and I created for our Dad's birthday! It came out really cute and looks a lot like the real Bobcats!