My client said she was having a surprise 50th birthday party for her husband at a winery and wanted a cake to go with that theme. I searched wine barrel cake ideas online and found a few that I liked, especially one by The Cake Zone. I created the cake in 3 sections supported with … Read more
My Dad’s 80th birthday party had a Hollywood Theme to it. I had so much fun baking, decorating and mounting the Hollywood cake. It sits on a tall tier. In the center is a mirror ball that spun throughout the event (gave that sense of spot light). The cake is a three tier stack, white … Read more
This castle birthday cake was from the heart. It’s for a little girl whose parents waited a long time for her. They spent years trying to have a baby and nothing seemed to work. They ended up having to get a surrogate and the surrogate almost died after birth. It was a long and difficult … Read more
This cake was made for a friend who works at the local police station. I constructed the truck with graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallow fondant, the wheels were chocolates covered Oreos. The handcuffs and gun were made out of chocolate. It turned out great! Everyone was so excited with the results and so was I.
My son LOVES to read (Yay!), so for his 9th birthday we decided to make him a bookworm cake. I started by simply making a 9X13” sheet cake. Once it cooled completely I leveled the top and sides and spread a buttercream crumb coating over the entire cake. I then used a homemade marshmallow fondant … Read more
I prepared this violin cake for my son’s 10th birthday. That year he just started playing the violin and he was very happy with the cake. This cake is quite big in size because it is the actual size of the full size violin. I did 2 rectangular cakes for this cake. For the violin … Read more
My niece lives in another state and would be visiting shortly after her birthday. She told me she wanted to skip a birthday party with her friends and asked if I’d make her a cake for her birthday and have it with her cousins. I said yes to it, but she had no idea what … Read more
My uncle turned 50 and he is incredibly accident prone. Due to another accident, he had recently lost vision in his right eye. My aunt wanted a fun cake that wouldn’t hurt his feelings. During a phone conversation with him, he spoke on the need to be bubble wrapped because of his latest injury. It … Read more
My nephew asked if I could make his two children a joint birthday cake. The theme being farm animals as they were having a travelling farm for their party. I was quite nervous doing this as I’ve never made animals before and having tried a few different animals the results were not great as I … Read more
My son is fascinated with snowmobiles, so I decided to make him a Snowmobiling cake. When I asked the flavor, he said, “toasted marshmallow “. Well, that ‘s what he got! Toasted marshmallow cake with chocolate butter cream in the center. I decided to do a scene, since he loves investigating the track and made … Read more
Chocolate Delivery for the Space Station! I want to share with you this cake I made for coworkers last week. I work for the European Space Agency on their space vehicle that supplies the International Space Station with cargo. It’s called the ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle). We have one final mission this year (ATV 5) … Read more
To put the picture of the car on the cake I printed off a coloring page. I then used a size 3 tip and traced the car’s details with my buttercream icing and let it crust. Once the icing on the cake had crusted too I was able to imprint the car onto the top … Read more