Happy 60th Daisy

This was done for my friend Daisy who celebrated her 60th birthday with friends and family. She even had childhood freinds travel from around the US to celbrate with her. The cake was white cake with a lemon mousse on the bottom tier and a lemon curd on the top tier. It is iced in whipped cream frosting. The dasies are gumpaste and the Happy Birthday plaque is chocolate. This was inspired by a cake she had for her 16th birthday. I was so honored to be a part of her special day.

Nicole's 40th Birthday!

My friend Dawn (That Dawn of Dawns Candy and Cake), made this for our friend Nicoles surprise 40th birthday party. The top and bottom tiers are vanilla bean cake with raspberry mousse and the center tier is a triple chocolate cake with whipped chocolate ganache. The entire cake is covered in fondant and topped with a royal icing tiara (courtesy of Christian and Sarah). The cake looked amazing and I hope it tasted great too. I was not able to stay at the party long enough to try this creation, so I hope all the other party goers enjoyed it!

Bright and Colorful

My husbands brother Travis and his wife Shana got married on Maui October 2007. When they came back they celebrated with a reception for family and friends. I was honored to make their wedding cake. I was given the instruction of flavor and bright colors and the rest was left up to me. I was told they were having fresh orchids flown in to be used for decoration. I dont remember the flavors now, but I do know they were a 10", 8" and 2, 6" cakes. The 6" yellow cake was just for the bride and groom and was chocolate cake with chocolate mousse. I was so happy be able to be a part of their special celebration!

Carrot Cakes...MMM Good!

Welcome to the famous fish cake. When I started decorating cakes as a hobby my mentor/co-worker (aka Old Man Ron) was going to retire. I thought a cake in the shape of a fish would be appropriate as we repaired the electronics to find the fish. He requested carrot cake and I learned a great lesson with this cake...dont try to carve a cake with nuts and raisins...what a mess. Also quite an ambitious project for one of my first "real" cakes that made it out of my kitchen for people to see and eat. The cake was carved from a 12" x2" square and covered in fondant. The scales are from a spoon and the fondant was painted with vodka and luster dust. Everyone was very impressed.

So my mom really loves carrot cake, but since I dont get orders for it often it, she misses out. The last time I received an order for carrot cake I had an oops moment. The cake didnt bake right so I had to make a new one and in order to get a full 8" x 3" cake I knew I would need a double batch so I also made this 6" cake for a rainy day. Recently my mom got together with a group of her girlfriends so I thought I would make a cute cake for their afternoon lunch. The ladies were so impressed and my mom finally got carrot cake from her daughter. The cake was filled with homemade cream cheese icing and then frosted in a combination of cream cheese and buttercream. The flowers are gumpaste and the vines and borders are buttercream

This was ordered as a "just because I liked your cakes" occasion. It is a carrot cake with cream cheese filling and iced in buttercream. The "sand" is raw sugar and graham crackers, the palm trees are pretzels and fondant and the "Welcome Back" plaque is made of fondant.

Fairies...

This was done for a 15 year old girls birthday. My mom worked with her mom and and the girls mom loved my cakes, so my mom ordered one for them as a special birthday suprise.

This fairy is very popular. Another cake with an edible image, iced in buttercream with buttercream grass and fondant flowers.

Red Velvet Cake w/ Vanilla Bean Mousse and iced in buttercream. The fairy is an edible image, "20" is chocolate and flowers are fondant.

More Kids Cakes...

This was my first ice cream cake. I made if for my neices 14th birthday. White cake with cookies and cream ice cream. The cake was iced in whipped cream frosting. "14", palm trees, shells and fish are chocolate.

This cake was orderd for a 1st birthday. Cake is iced in buttercream. Animals are hand modeled our of fondant. Chocolate rocks and a pretzel plam tree complete the jungle theme.

White cake with a strawberry mousse filling. The cake is iced in buttercream. The "2" and "Bridget" are made of chocolate and our favorite sesame street character is an edible image. The birthday girl was thrilled!

Holiday Cakes 2008

My company ordered this cake for some clients we had in town. It was a red velvet cake with vanilla bean mousse (the clients are from the south). It was iced in buttercream with a fondant bow and gift tag.

I made this cake for my husbands family on Christmas eve. It is a dark chocolate cake with a peppermint mousse filling. It is iced in whipped cream frosting. The snowflakes are piped out of white chocolate and sprinkled with sugar and disco dust.