Smaller version of the cake below, I took this for Christmas Eve with my in-laws. Cake has been sprinked with light blue sugar. Snowflakes are made of fondant and brushed with blue pearl dust.
Dark Chocolate cake with Peppermint Mousse and whipped cream frosting. Gift tag and bow are fondant with crushed peppermint candy sprinkled on top.
This was made for my friend Sarahs son Devin's 5th Birthday. I didnt manage to get a picture before his little brother stuck a finger in the frosting, The cake was vanilla dyed Blue with Mango mousse filling dyed green for Seahawks colors. The seahawks logo is chocolate, cake is iced in buttercream. Sarah and I make all her boys cakes together each year, its always a good time!
I made this cake for my baby shower in September. The bottom tier was Vanilla Cake with Mango Mousse and the top tier was Triple Chocolate cake with Chocolate Mousse. Cake has been covered in fondant with fondant accents and bow. Edible image from my invitation, gumpaste fall leaves and wire tundrals. 
I made this for my sister in laws baby shower. Bottom tier was Vanilla Bean Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese filling and the top tier was Triple Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Mousse. The cake has been covered in fondant with fondant bow and details.
A last minute order of triple chocolate cake w/ Baileys Irish Cream mousse. The cake has been iced in buttercream and the fish is made of chocolate.
This was ordered by my mom for a co-workers baby shower. The cake was Vanilla bean w/ dark chocolate mousse. Cake has been iced in whipped cream frosting. The wording is pink chocolate with pink and purple gumpaste flowers.
These cupcakes were requested by a friend for a pampered chef party. They were triple chocolate and vanilla bean cake w/ Raspberry mousse filling. They party was a few days after July 4th, hence the red/white/blue/stars theme.
Triple Chocolate cake with raspberry mousse and iced in whipped cream frosting. Ariel, shells, "Angelina" and "4" are made of chocolate wiht a buttercream border.
This was a Vanilla Bean cake w/ Chocolate mousse and vanilla buttercream frosting. Amber requested a wolf howling at the moon this year to celebrate her 6th birthday. The wolf and moon are edible images backed with chocolate. Rocks, "Amber" and "6" are also chocolate.
My first and only attempt at a toilet cake. Cake was 8" round by 4" high, filling inside toilet is piping gel and tootsie roll. I tried to class it up a bit with gumpaste flowers and a buttercream rug and rubber duckie.
St Patricks Day potluck, cake was iced in whipped cream frosting with a fondant bow. Decorations on the side are royal icing layons and chocolate gold coins.
This was ordered by a friend for a friend, cake was chocolate with raspberry mousse and iced in yellow buttercream. The skull and flames are chocolate. The birthday guy thought the cake rocked!
A quick cake made for a potluck at work, I dont recall the flavor. It was iced in whipped cream with a chocolate happy face and fondant flowers.
Another cake from early on...this was made over 2 years ago. Cake was chocolate with hazelnut mousse and covered in chocolate whipped cream frosting and chocolate shavings. The HMFIC stands for "Head MF in Charge".
I made this cake for my sister-in-laws 19th bday. Cake was iced in whipped cream frosting with chocolate snow flakes and covered in sanding sugar for a little sparkle. Her bday is just before xmas.
My friend Kristi was married last year with a small ceremony in Leavenworth, WA and I had the opportunity to make her wedding cake. The cake was 2 tiers of marble cake w/ chocolate bavarian cream filling. The cake was lightly iced in buttercream and covered in white chocolate ganache and then adorned with "wood panels" of white chocolate. The wedding location finished the cake with fresh and silk flowers. When the cake was cut everyone got a piece of the "fence" as the kids were calling it. 
Karen ordered this cake for her mom for mothers day last year. Cake was white w/ raspberry mousse and iced in buttercream. The cake was topped with gumpaste flowers.
Karen ordered this cake for her Christmas dessert. The cake was chocolate with hazelnut mousse and iced in whipped cream frosting. The igloo is also cake covered in fondant. The penguins and fish were made of fondant, the lake is blue piping gel. Trees are plastic, drizzles with white chocolate snow and disco dust for a lot sparkle.
This was made as a special gift for Karens birthday, it was white cake (her favorite) with a lemon filling. The cake was iced in whipped cream and topped with gumpaste flowers.
My first attempt at making bacon from a sugar product. This was ordered for a friends husband who LOVES bacon. His favorite was Fletchers brand peppered bacon so I took a picture of it and printed it on edible paper and backed it with chocolate. The cake itself was dark chocolate with peanut butter cheesecake mousse. The other bacon on the cake was made of fondant. 
The three above cakes were made for my moms co-worker Justin. The basketball cake she ordered for his birthday, he played for a semi pro team in Seattle and he was #22. The cake is only 5" and the basketball on top is also cake. Bottom cake was iced in whipped cream and the BB was covered in fondant.
Both of these cakes were ordered for a co-workers daughters high school graduation. The small cake is vegan...it was my first. It was iced in a non diary buttercream. The larger cake was not vegan...chocolate cake w/ chocolate ganache and iced in buttercream. The Mercer Island HS logo was done in chocolate and the girls names in fondant. I learned with these cakes that red darkens and it sits. My burgandy turned a bit brown, thank goodness for understanding friends.
This was made for a co-workers 50th birthday, his wife called and ordered it as a suprise. The "Miss Budweiser" plaque was originally a pin that I recreated in chocolate. Cake was chocolate with chocolate ganache...yum!
Chocolate cake w/chocolate mousse and iced in buttercrea,. The crowd, Hannah Montana and the band are edible images. The "stage" is chocolate. This was a difficult cake as it was a hot summer and sugar and chocolate like to melt in that kind of heat. The birthday girl loved it.
My friend Sarah and I make cakes for her boy's birthdays every year. We make them together, usually her idea and my knowledge. This year since Dylan was turning 3 we decided to do a cake in the shape of the number 3. This was carved from a 1/4 sheet cake, vanilla cake w/ chocolate bavarian cream filling. The cake has been iced in buttercream and topped with fondant shapes and pictures of Dylan from the past 3 years of life, some of the pictures include a monster truck show, the day he was stung by a bee and seafair.
I had the great opportunity to make cupcakes and truffles for a friends birthday/housewarming party. Her daughter-in-law called and ordered them as a suprise. The cupcakes were Triple Chocolate w/ English Toffee Mousse and Vanilla Bean w/ Tangerine Mousse. The truffles were all dark chocolate (Raspberry, Mint and Hazelnut). The colors were ordered to match her house. I love the BRIGHT colors, super fun.
Dark Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Bean Mousse, iced in chocolate buttercream. The "40" and "Happy Birthday Eric" are in dark chocolate. This was ordered from my friend Ann who is a major supporter of my cake hobby.
Dark chocolate cake with salted caramel-cashew filling and iced in chocolate whipped cream frosting. Decorated with dark chocolate curls and "Happy Birthday". This was ordered from a woman my husband works with for her own bday (way to take charge!). They usually order a Costco cakes for peoples bdays and she said if you cant order one of Stephanies cakes dont bother, so they didnt and she ordered her own! 
My mom ordered this cake for a friend of hers celebrating her wedding anniversary. The couple never had a chance to eat cake at their wedding so I did my best to remake it. It is a "Banana Split Cake", layers of chocolate and banana cake with strawberry mousse. The cake is iced in buttercream with gumpaste flowers (calla lily, stephanotis and ivy) I made myself.
This was a vanilla cake with strawberry mousse for our friends sons birthday. Nate is obsessed with Spiderman these days. The cake was iced in buttercream with a BC spiderweb. Spiderman, "Nate" and "3" are chocolate.
This coffee mug was made over 2 years ago so I dont recall the flavors, but it was a 6" round that I carved and covered in fondant. The top "foam" is whipped cream frosting and chocolate sprinkles.
Not my best cake ever, but I did make this in the spring of 2007 (yes, 2 years ago), I was playing around with flavors and I asked Derek, who is now my husband, what flavor to make. He suggested peanut butter and chocolate, a classic combination. So this cake is a chocolate cake with a peanut butter cheesecake mousse. The filling has become so popular it is regularly requested. I also had just fnished my first Wilton course with the buttecream roses, so I was trying to practice those as well as my writing, hence the Happy birthday.
I made this for my mom as a just because. I was playing around with square cakes and my new daisy cutters.
Iced in butter cream with blue piping gel for water and chocolate flow boats. I made this for some co-workers to share, it was a chocolate cake with cherry filling.
My friend Nicole and I made this together for her annual pumpkin carving party in 2007. The bottom tier was chocolate cake with Peanut Butter Cheesecake Mousse and the top tier was white cake with Pumpkin Spice mousse. The cake was iced in whipped cream with fondant details (pumpkins, bones, bats, cat, hat, RIP, ghost, tree, bird). The border is whipped cream with our favorite tip, the grass tip. The spider and web are black buttercream.
Yet another german chocolate cake for my father in law. This was for fathers day 2008, the cake was iced in whipped cream and topped with blue piping gel for water. The fish was 1lb of chocolate with chocolate rocks for detail. He enjoyed the cake and my SIL Shana enjoyed the fish.
I was contacted by a local organization that helps with relief for families who have lost someone in the war. They were holding a fundraiser and needed a few cakes. The cake with the eagle is an edible image of a painting the gentleman who contacted me had made. The cake was a carrot cake iced in buttercream with a buttercream border. The second cake was donated, chocolate cake w/ raspberry mousse filling, iced in buttercream with fondant details.
This was made for a girls night gathering at a friends house in the fall of 2007. It was a chocolate cake with caramel filling and iced in chocolate whipped cream frosting. The leaves, pumpkins acorns, etc are made from chocolate clay (think of a tootsie roll but yummier!)
A last minute cake for a friends birthday. A couple of her favorite colors are red and black, so the combination seemed perfect for a classic birthday cake. This was my first attempt at a fondant bow. I was very pleased with the way it turned out. Unfortunately, I wasnt thinking about the rain and it made some spots on the fondant but I dont think anyone by myself noticed :-)
This was a ordered from a friend of mine who was giving it to the mom to be as her gift. It was my first baby shower cake (and maybe my only now that I think of it). It was also a first with chocolate blocks and modeling things from fondant. The cake is iced in buttercream with fondant details (bears, stars, sports balls). 
