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Here is a picture of my very first wedding cake ever. I have made other cakes, but never one of this magnitude. The preparation alone took a week. I spent countless hours online on cake sites and tutorial videos just to make sure I had the supports inside the cake strong enough to withstand 85 … Read more

I made this castle wedding cake for my friend’s daughter. I made a fruit cake for the bottom and chocolate for the middle and plain for the top. I iced all tiers in ivory and hand made the ivy leaves which I wired together to go around the cake. The castle was made using some … Read more

For my niece’s bridal shower she wanted an 80s theme shower so I made her a cake representing the 80’s at it finest, a Pacman cake. I made a board using foam board and frosting as the Pacman video game. Then I made Mr. and Mrs. bridal party Pacman cakes, bow tie and veil included. … Read more

This Fall Wedding Cake is made with 3 tiers, bottom layer is almond, middle is chocolate, and the top is vanilla all covered in Marshmallow Fondant. All decorations are done with the marshmallow fondant except the flowers and leaves, they are done in gum paste.

I had thought of making a piano shaped cake this year for our anniversary with some other decorations added to it to make it look more wonderful. The basic cake was a single layer chocolate cake which I baked in a 13×9 pan. I followed the traditional chocolate cake recipe by Hershey’s. I frosted it … Read more

This beach theme wedding cake was my second wedding cake. I make a lot of birthday cakes but have only made one other wedding cake. My nephew asked me to make his wedding cake and told me it would be on the beach. He lived 3 hours away from me and wasn’t sure how I … Read more

This fresh flower wedding cake was one that I made way back in 1989 for a friend. At the time I had a business called Lorelie’s Luscious Cakes. A lot of the cakes I made were more complex than this one, but the simplicity of this cake is what I love about it and is … Read more

This hearts engagement cake was a first attempt to impress. I made a 12in square cake for the bottom and a heart for the top, both in chocolate cake. I then crumb coated with a butter icing. I rolled out my fondant rolling over the roller to lift over the cakes. As I work full … Read more

My sister Joan and I made this cake for my nieces Snow Flake themed wedding. The largest tier was a chocolate cake with white chocolate ganache filling, the second tier was a white cake with milk chocolate ganache filling and the top tier is chocolate cake again with white chocolate ganache filling. It was completely … Read more

I used a Victoria Sponge recipe for this Engagement cake. I filled it with butter cream and jam. I covered it with Ganache and then rolled some Royal Icing to fill both the cake and the board. I then cut strips of the same colored Royal Icing to drape over the cake from the center … Read more

This was my first wedding cake ever, and was asked to do it just 1 week before there wedding. What a challenge, and what fun it was. She knew what she wanted as far as the 3 tiers and apples in between in each layer, the question for me was how was I going to … Read more

Myself and my partner started making cakes together a while ago and have made many birthday ones and a new baby one but this is our first wedding cake :) was for a friend as a gift and she was over the moon as was the groom. Made the ribbons myself and painted on flowers … Read more