Cakes & Cars

Monkeying around!

2009-09-13T20:02:00.000-07:00

My friend was having a Curious George themed birthday party for her little boy. So of course we had to have a big yellow hat! For the hat, I just layered different sizes of round cakes and then carved it to the shape that I wanted. I covered it in yellow fondant and placed it on top of a yellow fondant circle.

These monkey cupcakes were super simple and a BIG hit with the kids! I'm pretty sure they were more excited about these than they were about the cake! They are simply frosted in chocolate buttercream then I cut mini Nilla wafers for the ears and cut a little piece off a regular Nilla wafer for the mouth. The eyes are M&M's with a dot of black frosting. So cute, so easy, so fast! Happy Birthday Jaden!

BZZZZZ!

2009-09-13T19:52:00.000-07:00

What a cute cake for a sweet lady who loves collecting beehives! It was constructed simply by layering different sizes of round cakes (8"7"6"5"). The brown painted lines are food coloring. The flowers, ropes, and door are all fondant. The bees are just craft bees on wires. And the vines and leaves are buttercream. I placed it on a 10" square to give it more color and height.

This picture turned out really cute I thought. It looks like the bee really is buzzing around the cake! The cake flavor is Pineapple with a mild Pineapple buttercream.

SPLASH!

2009-09-13T19:44:00.000-07:00

How cute is this?! I love the tile work on it. It's just a square cake (10"), covered in white fondant with blue and white tiles over the top of it. The step handles are fondant covered wire. The Life-saver and Beach ball are fondant/gumpaste. The water is Piping gel tinted blue.

Tinkerbell Fairy Princess

2009-09-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

Okay so I have to say first, the teapot is a toy! I didn't make it...I wish I did, but I didn't. This cake was actually simpler than it looks. It has a fondant/gumpaste bow on the front. It's a 10 inch round cake topped with a bowl cake(cooked in a pyrex bowl). Have I said how much I love the Grass Tip! It makes such great borders and adds so much detail to a cake. Happy Birthday Alyssa!

Red Ribbon and Polka Dots

2009-09-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

This cake has tiny white polka dot clusters all over it. The ribbon is Satin. I love these flowers! This picture makes it look like the top two tiers are about the same size but they aren't. This was a Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake with Vanilla buttercream and white fondant with royal icing dots. It's a 14"-9"-6". This is my new cake stand!!! YAY!

Hole In One!

2009-07-26T23:03:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at fondant sculpting. I was really scared, but I think it turned out fine. This is three 10" round cakes stacked and carved to make a hill. The sand is just brown sugar and the water is colored piping gel. The clubs are made from wire and then gumpaste on the ends to make the head of the clubs. I painted them with silver luster dust to give it a metallic look. This was really fun to make as they always are when it's for a friend!

Simple Elegance

2009-07-07T15:58:00.000-07:00

I was so excited to do this cake. I LOVE it! Green and weddings might not always go together, but this one was perfect. The cake went so well with the outdoor reception. The cake was HUGE too! The green layers are Chocolate cake with Vanilla Buttercream and the white layers are Coconut cake with Lime buttercream. YUM! 16"14"10"6"

Barbie

2009-07-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

This was my first ever attempt at a doll cake and I don't think it was too shabby. Since I don't have any little girls of my own, I had to wait until someone else asked for one of these cakes (thanks Stacie!). It's a cake baked in a oven safe bowl with another 6 inch round underneath to give it more height. It is frosted then covered in fondant with piped buttercream designs on the dress and the bodice also piped buttercream to match. So cute! So fun to see the excitement on a little girls face over a cake!

Please remain seated until the Captain turns off the fasten seatbelts light..

2009-07-07T15:46:00.000-07:00

I loved getting to do this cake for a friend. He got his pilot's liscense so his sweet wife wanted to surprise him with an Airplane cake. I used an Egg Shaped pan and cut it in half and used Rice Krispie Treats (yum) to "stretch" the body of the plane to a more proportional length. It's chocolate with Chocolate buttercream covered in fondant. The wings are cardboard covered with fondant.

Jack's #2!!

2009-06-10T22:22:00.000-07:00

My baby boy is 2! I can't believe it. He is obsessed with balls-every sport, every kind! One of the first ones he named was "Golf Ball" so I decided to use golf and Soccer-his favorite to play with- to make him a cake for his 2nd birthday!

I love the detail of the grass surrounding each tier and underneath the ball.

The bottom tier is Triple Chocolate Fudge cake with Peanut Butter Frosting! SO DELICIOUS! It's a new favorite combo. The second tier is Lemon Cake with Vanilla Buttercream. And the top-Ball-is Yellow cake with Vanilla Buttercream. A little bit for everyone! 10"-6"-Ball

Happy Wedding Sarah!

2009-05-31T22:59:00.000-07:00

I love this cake! So simple yet elegant and so appropriate for the beautiful outdoor reception! This is a Chocolate Cake with Chocolate-Orange Buttercream and covered with blue fondant. The brown satin ribbon adds such a nice touch to the cake and gives it a really modern look. 12"9"6"

White Wedding

2009-05-31T22:01:00.000-07:00

This cake was 4 tiers- 16"12"9"6". The bottom and top tiers are Triple Chocolate Fudge and the two middle tiers are Lemon. It is all vanilla buttercream with Royal Icing Roses.

Happy Spring!!

2009-05-02T13:36:00.000-07:00

This is a 3 layer 8 inch Spice cake with pecans and Orange Buttercream Icing. DELISH! I don't often do all buttercream cakes so this was kinda fun. It's topped with Buttercream Mums.

St. Louis Rams

2009-04-16T11:09:00.000-07:00

This cake is BIG! It is a double layer half sheet (11x15"). It is Yellow cake with Vanilla Buttercream and covered in fondant. The blue details are cut out of fondant and the gold is handpainted fondant using Gold Luster Dust. The lines on the field and the grass border are all buttercream.

ALOHA!!

2009-03-09T17:06:00.000-07:00

This cake was for an awesome Luau! It was a coconut cake with vanilla buttercream. It is an 8 inch and 4.5 inch tiered cake covered in fondant. The flowers on the sides are piped buttercream and then hand "painted" to give them texture and blended colors. The topper is a hand made Gum Paste/Fondant Fantasy Flower.

Home Sweat Home!

2009-02-14T11:16:00.000-08:00

Hey, this was for a party that the theme was "Trailer Trash". I had way too much fun with the details on this. And there was so much more that I wanted to do. Every trailer has to have a "fRee kiTTeNs" hand-written sign and a mailbox "planted" in tires, right?:) Oh, and you can't forget the misspelled "home 'sweat' home" sign posted on the front of the house.

I decided to dress it up a bit with some broken lattice made out of chocolate to hide the truck trailer that the house is sitting on. The stairs are also chocolate that I melted, cooled and cut into the sizes I needed.

The concrete blocks, mailbox, tires, and kittens sign are all hand made with fondant and/or gum paste.

The cake itself is 6 6inch square cakes with a strip of rice crispy treats about in the middle of the trailer to make it a bit longer. It was Chocolate cake, vanilla buttercream. I then covered it in fondant and used fondant and buttercream for the details. Theme cakes are so much more time consuming but so much fun to do. I can't tell you how many times I laughed out loud while coming up with this one.

Joe's Pizza Cake!

2009-02-14T10:53:00.000-08:00

I wanted to take something to Joe's work since he had to work ALL day on his actual birthday, so I decided on a pizza cake and pizza. This was very simple to make and it turned out really cool. Then I just went to our favorite pizza joint for a clean box to put it in. It's a yellow cake with red buttercream. I shaved white and yellow candy melts on top for a "Cheese" effect. The pepperoni is cherry fruit leather. The peppers and olives are also candy melts that I did ahead of time.

Joe's Brithday Car!

2009-02-14T10:51:00.000-08:00

Joe drives a Galant VR4 and LOVES his car! So of course I gave him a VR4 cake for his birthday.

Sweet Baby Girl

2009-01-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

I just finished this cake for a friend's baby shower. I wanted to do something that would resemble bedding for a little girl. I love the colors and how it all turned out. It is an 8x8 and a 4.5x4.5. Chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream covered in light pink fondant with pink, ivory, and brown details.

It's a Bird...No, it's a Plane!!!

2009-01-08T14:17:00.000-08:00

Our friend Dave loves to fly his model airplane so I decided to do a cake with that theme. The base of the cake is a Chocolate Better than Sex cake, then the mountains are chocolate cake/chocolate buttercream. I love the addition of the banner in the sky. Happy 30th Dave!!!

Sage Cornelli Lace with Fresh Flowers

2008-11-24T17:15:00.000-08:00

I made this cake for a reception last Saturday. The colors for the wedding were Sage and Eggplant. Thinking that it might be a bit difficult to make Eggplant look classy on a wedding cake, we opted for a Sage one with Cream Cornelli Lace and fresh flowers to bring in the Eggplant color. This is the first one of my cakes that has had fresh flowers on it and I don't think it will be the last. I love them! This is a spice cake with vanilla buttercream and covered in fondant with buttercream details. 10" and 6" tiers.

Pink Cornelli Lace and Roses

2008-11-16T17:59:00.000-08:00

This is my latest cake. It was for a display for our stake talent show. These are the first buttercream roses I've been able to make look good. I felt pretty proud about that! Maybe I've finally got the hang of it. This is a Swiss Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream icing and Chocolate fondant. Square 8" and 4.5".

Monster Jam!

2008-10-03T10:55:00.000-07:00

I've never met a 3 year old who loved anything more than Avery loves Monster Trucks! He has been to Monster Jam and watches it on TV a lot so I thought I'd recreate it for him. Four little boys surrounding one of my cakes would normally make me very nervous, but not this one. They were driving the trucks all over it and I didn't realize a cake could have sound effects. The best compliment I can get on a kids birthday cake is when they are distracted from the party by the CAKE!

Black & White

2008-08-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

I have wanted to do a black and white one for a while. There are so many options and I hope this isn't the last I get to play with. I layered the cake black and white also. White cake, then a layer of chocolate tinted black with icing color. So it ended up being 4 layers of cake on the bottom (alternating the black and white) then 3 on the top (also alternating colors) with white/vanilla buttercream between all of them. It was really cool when it was cut too. Bottom is 8"square and top is 4.5" square.

Happy Birthday Quincy Lyn!

2008-07-31T16:11:00.000-07:00

This is my new favorite bow to make. I love how realistic it is. This cake was for my friends little girl's 1st birthday. I made the tiny one for her individual cake to destroy on camera. I love the colors on this cake. It's an 8 inch and 5 inch on the big cake and the little one is about 2.5 to 3 inches across.

Jack's 1st Birthday

2008-06-12T18:44:00.000-07:00

This was for Jack's 1st birthday. I love these colors for little boys. It is all fondant with buttercream details.

2008-06-12T18:01:00.000-07:00

ZZZZZZZZ!

2008-05-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

I love making cakes that look like things!! This one was so simple and fun to make thanks to some ideas from Joe on how to make it all work and what the "in" trends in bedding are right now. It's nice to have a husband who knows everything about everything! I am now finished with all my classes and ready to start baking. If anyone needs a cake, let me know before you go to Wal-mart and get a generic one. These are so much better. Looks and taste! I'd love ideas for future cakes too. Let me know what you'd like to see. I'd love to try it.

A Sweet Cake for a Sweet Lady

2008-05-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

This was for my Mother-in-law's Birthday. She decided that she wanted a spice cake with pecans and orange buttercream icing. It was mouthwateringly good!!!

Huggably Delicious!!

2008-03-19T15:37:00.000-07:00

This was so much fun to do. It has chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream on the bottom tier, then coconut cake and vanilla buttercream on the top tier. How adorable!I am excited to do this one in different colors too. The bottom is an 8x8 and the top is 4x4.

2008-02-28T11:17:00.000-08:00

Joe's Dirt Cake

Yes, it is suppose to look like dirt, gravel more specifically. The caution cones are all handmade with fondant. If you look at his rallyx pictures you'll see the inspiration.

Gift Box

This is another I did for class. It was really cute.

Mario Cake!

2008-02-28T10:49:00.000-08:00

Sam decided he wanted a "Mario Wedding Cake" for his fourth birthday. I had a lot of fun with it despite doing my very best to convince him that he really wanted a Pirate Treasure Chest Cake. First of all, IT WAS HUGE!!! How many 4 year olds get a cake like this? And, more importantly, what is he going to want next year?! I really wish I could say I made mario on top, but I can't. Well, I guess I could, but I would be lying. A friend sculpted it out of fondant. I did however make the fondant and paint him.
I had a lot of fun with the details, and also a little help from Joe.

Now that's a lot of cake!!

Chocolate Lovers Dream Cake!

2008-02-28T10:32:00.000-08:00

I have wanted to do this cake for some time now and I loved it! It is truely a chocolate lovers dream come true. Chocolate cake, chocolate buttercream, and a two toned chocolate fondant covering and roses. I would love to do it in white tones also. So if anyone needs a cake..let me know...I'm pretty cheap...well, not me, but my cakes!

Basket of Flowers

2008-01-30T10:24:00.000-08:00

This cake I just did last night for my final for my class. I was very pleased with the final outcome. I love all the techniques I am learning. My next class starts next week and it is all about fondant and tiered cakes. Then, I just have one more: Fondant and Gum Paste. I will be a little sad that I am done but these next two classes are the ones I am really excited about.

Joe Dirt!

2008-01-16T00:18:00.000-08:00

Here are just a couple of pictures of all the fun Joe is having with his cars. This is definately the prettier(yeah, he might not approve of pretty being in the description) of the two cars but the other is a turbo. It is like an awesome fair ride to ride along with him. He has made some good friends, started a few fires (okay, just one), won some trophies, and had so much fun with it.

2008-01-16T00:10:00.000-08:00

This cake is from Sam's 2nd birthday. I actually did another similar one for a friend that had this ball in the corner and the rest was a soccer field with players and all. It was really cool. I love the 3-D cakes as you have probably noticed. I think it is so fun when a kid or adult gets excited about a cake. What's life about if you can't enjoy cake? Sam is planning out his own birthday cake this year, I am not quite sure how I feel about that yet. I'm sure it will be interesting.

More Cakes!!!

2008-01-16T00:09:00.000-08:00

2008-01-15T23:57:00.000-08:00

This is the cake I did for Sam's 1st birthday. It is the WRC Subaru Rally Car. You know that was my idea, right?! It turned out really cool.

My Cake Fetish!!!

2007-12-19T12:37:00.000-08:00

This is my latest cake creation. Everything is edible except the characters and helicopter. I had a lot of fun with this one. I will post pictures of some of the other ones I've done.