I was asked by my niece to make this number 8 birthday cake for her daughter. She was going to have a party at the bear factory where her friends could make their own bear, so she wanted something to incorporate a bear. We decided on a number 8 with a bear and flowers on … Read more
I was so excited when I was asked to make this ship birthday cake. I’d never made anything like this before, this was for a young lady who works at my hairdressers who was leaving to work on a cruise ship. I made an A4 size cake in vanilla sponge. I had previously made some … Read more
This bear and doll cake was for my friend’s granddaughter. I started by making a bear in brown with a cream muzzle. I then made a doll with brown piggy tails and a pink dress on. I made a vanilla sponge cake, she only wanted it covered in butter cream. I filled the cake with butter cream and lots of jam, … Read more
This Pug birthday cake was made to look like the birthday girl’s pet pug. It was also a mustache party, which is why there is one on the pug! I baked two 11″x15″ cakes and layered them with white butter cream icing. I smooth iced the top 2/3 of the cake with butter cream icing tinted sky blue, and … Read more
This monkey cake was made for a baby shower. A week in advance, I made the monkey head from gum paste so it could dry. I baked two 10″ strawberry cakes, two 8″ vanilla cakes, and two 6″ marble cakes. The strawberry cakes had strawberry butter cream filling, the vanilla ones had white butter cream and the marble ones had … Read more
A week in advance, I sculpted the figures and trash cans from gum paste so they would have time to dry. The details of Joker and Batman were hand painted. Each building was made from six 8″ square cakes. One was strawberry, the other white. For each building, I first leveled and stacked 3 cakes, placed plastic … Read more
I made this Minnie Mouse cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday. About 5 days in advance, I made the black gum paste ears so they would be dry in time. The bottom tier is two 10″ yellow cakes, and the top is two 6″ strawberry cakes. The yellow cakes were layered with white butter cream filling and the strawberry … Read more
This cake was made for a couple’s 20th wedding anniversary. I made two 10″ round red velvet cakes, leveled them and layered them with cream cheese icing. The top tier is actually a football-shaped chunk cut out of the round cake and placed on top. Both were coated in cream cheese icing and covered in … Read more
This owl cake was made for a gender reveal. The mom received a sealed envelope that contained the baby’s gender from the doctor, which was given to me and the party hostess. It was a boy so I tinted two 11″x15″ cakes sky blue. I then leveled them and layered them with white butter cream, also … Read more
I first baked two 12″ round chocolate cakes for this purse cake. I put a paper thin coat of chocolate butter cream icing on each cake because my friend wanted raspberry jam filling, and I find the filling can sometimes makes the cake a little soggy when it’s made a few days in advance. I put some … Read more
I started this owl birthday cake by making two 11″x15″ chocolate sheet cakes and then leveled and layered them. I made a template from poster board to cut out the owl shape and then used that to cut out the cake. I iced it with chocolate butter cream and then made some homemade chocolate fondant. I lightened a small … Read more
This beach wedding cake was made for a friend’s son’s wedding. The bottom was two cakes baked in the medium sized hexagon pan (from the Wilton 3-piece set), and the top was made from 2 8″ round cakes. All of the cakes were white and layered with raspberry jam filling. I always apply a thin … Read more