Pink & White Polkadot Cake

I met a wonderful lady through some unfortunate circumstances. I am so glad that we happened to run into each other. Her first granddaughter is almost here. She asked me to make a pink & white cake for her daughters baby shower. 

The cake is red velvet with cream cheese filling, covered in vanilla buttercream and decorated with vanilla fondant. The flower is silk.

Classy Black Tie Birthday Cake

This was a classy delicious marbled cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. 

They wanted traditional scroll piping on the sides. They had a red flower to put on the top to match their decorations.

Black & Gold

This is a December birthday cake. The top layer is lemon cake with vanilla frosting. The bottom layer is chocolate cake with hazelnut frosting. The whole cake is covered in fondant. The top layer has gold brush strokes (they really are gold, not yellow) with gold sanding sugar for texture. The bottom layer is wrapped in three different color/sized ribbons for depth and dimension. The dots are simply black frosting. Happy Birthday Shawna!

Bridal Shower Cupcakes

 Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla, ivory colored frosting, and mauve fondant hearts.

I was asked to make monogrammed cupcakes. I thought about making royal frosting hearts and piping the initials in it and having it look very "christmas cookie-ish". I even thought about making fondant hearts with royal frosting letters for a 3-D effect, but didn't have a lot of time that weekend for piping really good looking letters. So, I found some stamps that I had in my craft supplies. I cleaned them thoroughly!!! I cut out one heart then took a smaller heart and made the indented outline. Then I pressed the stamps (each letter individually) very carefully so they were even into the fondant and let harden. It really did not take very long and they turned out looking so clean and classy. Congrats Daniel & Jane!

Vintage Wedding Cake

Sometimes the simplest wedding cakes are the most beautiful!

This bride wanted a vanilla cake with raspberry and cream cheese filling with vanilla buttercream. She didn't want the cake smooth or covered in fondant, but lightly textured. The flowers were the perfect touch to this cake. Thanks B & M for asking me to do your cake. Your wedding was beautiful!

Sunflower Cupcakes

 

 

These were made for a bridal shower themed "Meant to BEE", how cute is that? The sunflowers were made by cutting fondant (store bought fondant works great for these) with a daisy cutter and textured with a fondant tool for lines.  The shape of the flower was created by placing them on a mini cupcake liner that was slightly flattened. I was able to use my awesome airbrush kit for the orange/red fade on the center of the flowers. You could probably get the same affect using a powder color or luster dust applied with a clean blush brush. The center was a fondant circle that I striped like a grid and then cut out. The bees bodies were made of fondant that I shaped into tear drops and painted stripes with black color paste. I used black and white royal frosting to 1. glue the bee to the flower and 2. pipe on the wings and head. I let them dry completely before placing on cupcake.

Royal Icing:

2 egg whites whipped to soft peaks

then add 2 1/2 c powdered sugar

plus 1 tsp cream of tarter, mix

thin with lemon juice or water 1 tsp at a time to get the consistency needed 

(Use the rule of it holding it's shape for 10 sec before fading)

Chocolate Cake Recipe 

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup  Cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Mix dry ingredients together and wet ingredients together minus the water. Then combine wet and dry, then add hot water. Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full. Bake @ 350* for about 20 minutes.

The flour in this recipe can be substituted with a Gluten-free all purpose flour mix.

Chocolate Butter-cream:

1 stick butter melted (1/2 c)

1/2 C cocoa

3 C powdered sugar

3 Tbls corn syrup

1/4 C milk

Mix butter and cocoa. Then add 1cup sugar,1 Tbls syrup, and a little bit of milk and mix well. 

Repeat until all sugar and corn syrup is incorporated adding enough milk to thin to the consistency you want. Whip for 1-2 minutes.

This is very fudgy and delicious!

White Rosette

A vanilla cake with vanilla butter cream.

 In honor of my daughter's B.F.F.S.B.'s (best friends forever, since birth) baptism day.

 It is so fun to see these girls grow up so quickly! 

Lori

Lori's wedding cake:

Bottom layer- Chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream filling

Middle layer- Lime cake with coconut filling

Top layer- Lemon cake with cream cheese & blueberry filling

Lori's cupcakes:

chocolate & vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting

and lime cupcakes with coconut butter cream frosting

 All the best Lori!

Kailey

This is a three-layer chocolate wedding cake with vanilla buttercream, decorated with scalloped petals.

Congrats Kailey & John! 

It's a ...

I made these as a gender reveal for my Bro & SIL. When you bit into the cupcake there was a baby blue filling....It's a boy! So excited for my newest nephew to come! Congrats to you both. 

( I had a picture of the blue filling showing, but I cannot find it anywhere!! grrr)

Spring time

Worlds largest cupcake!

Just kidding. It's a regular cupcake in a terracotta pot, ready for a place setting at the Easter dinner table.

 Baby blues for the bride-to-be! 

                                      

Little baby Hilton

                           

 

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting & fondant duck circles. 

The baby's nursery colors are black, white & gold.

Congrats to my friend Megan on her soon to be baby boy!

Enjoy your little sweetheart :)

Little Wally

For my 'twinner' Marie, congrats on your new baby! 

This cake was for her baby shower. Her sweet little man has been in the hospital since he was born and we're hoping and praying he'll be healthy enough to go home soon!!!! He's a fighter for sure.

The cake: Chocolate cake covered in chocolate whipped cream and glazed in chocolate ganache: with fondant and buttercream decor.

Garret & Angie



Angie's bridal shower cupcakes, Chocolate & Red Velvet.
Their wedding cake; top layer- vanilla cake with peanut butter-butter cream filling covered in fondant with sugar crystals
middle layer- red velvet with cream cheese filling covered in fondant with a sugar paper letter 'B'
bottom layer- yellow cake with chocolate buttercream filling covered in chocolate fondant then quilted



Diaper cake

The first time I heard about a diaper cake, I thought it was a real cake... I was then corrected that it really was diapers shaped into a cake. I thought I would try my hand at making one for my cousins baby shower, and it turned out cute! Since I don't have any pictures on my camera here's the link to her blog with a picture of it.

Raspberry dessert cup

My Aunt Dorina asked if I would make the dessert for a shower she was throwing for a cousin. The colors for the wedding were pink and black. We decided on dark chocolate balloon cups with raspberry sherbet , blackberries, and a mint leaf for decoration. They were absolutely delicious!

*If you make the cups do not use chocolate a'peels, they do not work!!!!!

Guittard extra dark chocolate chips work great!

Baby Blue

Who doesn't love baby blue & dots!
This cake was for someone's niece
who was finally able to adopt
a baby! Yay!



Chocolate Cake with chocolate mousse filling, vanilla frosting covered in vanilla fondant.

Bridal Shower

My friend Teri asked me to help with another shower she was throwing. I was pretty excited to make this cake because I love anything Red, Black, & White. The cake was red velvet, with white chocolate silk filling and regular buttercream frosting. I topped it off with some awesome red fondant and white royal icing swirls. Thanks for asking for my help again Teri!!!!

Mini Cakes

I made these cakes for a cousins bridal shower. My G-ma in law and I threw a shower for her only granddaughter. Each one is part of a vanilla cake with raspberry filling, covered in white chocolate and topped with a pink rosette. The cakes took a lot of time to make, but they tasted delicious. You were worth the work Aubrey (and Drew)! Congrats!!!

Polk-a-dot Cake

This is a mini-wedding cake a friend had me do for her sisters bridal shower. (Congrats Carol!)It's a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting covered in yellow fondant, regal purple dots & ribbon. This was a lot of fun to make!!!! Thanks for asking me to help Teri!