This cake pales in sweetness compared to the person I made it for. An acquaintance turned friend due to an amazing heart, kindness and understanding. Asked to do a cake for her precious little girl who was turning 2, I was honored to oblige. G picked out a cake and with a few tweaks decided … Read more
Baby M’s shower was the cutest ever! We have such talented ladies in our church and they had it all done up in hot pink and zebra…just like M’s sweet nursery at home. The zebra stripes cake is white topped with hot pink buttercream icing rosettes and adorned with palm leaves and a cute little … Read more
Talk about sassy…these little diva shoe cupcakes were something I had been wanting to try for ages!! One of my daughter’s coworkers was in need of some cute cupcakes fast. Luckily for me she had no plan and gave me free rein on the design. I had seen some of these a while back and … Read more
I was so nervous, but so excited about making this handbag birthday cake. I started the cake a week before so the detail could dry. I had promised my daughter that I would make her a handbag cake with makeup and had no idea how I was going to pull it off. I made 2 … Read more
Everyone needs a little support now and then. This bra cake was just plain FUN to do. The bra was molded on Styrofoam floral frogs with gum paste and embellished with a strip of rhinestone lace I purchased at a fabric center. The cake was covered in lots of hot pink buttercream. A fun 50th … Read more
My daughter was turning 30 and having a dirty 30 birthday themed party. She has seen many of my cakes and asked me if I could do her a boostia cake for her 30 party. I made the bodis with a sheet cake with the curves cut out on each side. I made the beasts … Read more
I was asked to make a cake for my friends granddaughter’s sixth birthday. She told me she did ballet so I decided to make a ballet shoe cake. I made my usual Madeira cake and sandwiched and covered it with butter cream, then covered it with white icing. I covered the cake board with pink … Read more
This was a birthday cake design that I made on Christmas day. It was due the next day and we were leaving on vacation the next day. The worst part? My friend was delivering it! This was a surprise cake from the daughter of a lady turning 50. She is a passionate traveler, loves tea and tea … Read more
This was a fun but trying cake. My friend’s daughter wanted something different but sassy. This is a simple three layer cake, all done in homemade fondant. The zebra was black piping gel, done by hand. The bows on top went with her party. The inside cake was done to match as well. I made … Read more
My son is a Comrades marathon runner here in South Africa, Kwazulu Natal. For his 32nd birthday I baked this cake for him. It was a chocolate cake decorated as a shoebox with fondant sheets and round circles. This was the easy part. The shoe gave me grey hair! I eventually took my own running … Read more
A co-worker asked me to make up a cake for her daughters baby shower… she brought in an invitation, and the ideas started flowing! I used the invitation for inspiration and went one step further, I did a leopard print on the inside as well (not shown). It was a big hit!
I made this Jordan shoe birthday cake for a boy who is obsessed with Jordan shoes, and this was his fave. It was all white cake with BC frosting and fondant. I was pretty nervous just starting on this cake, not knowing much about the shoe and not having views of all sides. He was very … Read more