Princess Castle

For some reason, this cake was easier to make in my head. Covered in only buttercream, this cake was both chocolate and white. The white squares on the top are sugar cubes, and the turets are sugar cones with buttercream squiggles.

Happy Birthday Stella!

The "supports" keeping the cake from falling over.
The cute owl on the window is my favorite part. Oh, and HoHoHo.

The bird's eye view.

Princess Treat Bags

Stella's pretty princess party comes complete with treat bags! Inside each treat bag were small sugar cookies, star brownies, and a pretzel princess wand. Dentists around town are thrilled, I'm sure.

80 with Spunk

For Joanne's Mama's birthday, she was celebrating 80 with a bang. Joanne wanted to go with something feminine, but not too geriatric pastel.

This entire cake was done free hand (obviously) with buttercream. It is probably my favorite design so far.

Bowling Cupcakes

Not only have I been terrible about updating, but I've also been terrible about taking photos of the cakes that have been sent out.

Check out Elizabeth's bowling theme'd cupcakes. We've got multi-colored bowling balls covered in buttercream and rolled in colored sprinkles. The finger holes are chocolate chips.

The bowling pins are actually sugar cookies cut with Harry Potter potion bottle cutters. Multi purpose!

Under the Sea

Connor loves aquatic life, but his party was pirate-themed. His mom requested a little of both for his 4th birthday cake. This is quite the busy cake, decorated with fondant creatures, sprinkles for coral, and buttercream - lots of buttercream.

The top is covered in buttercream topped with brown sugar.

Then we have the front of the cake. A school of fish, an octopus, seaweed, and coral.

Turn to the left - note the goldfish with the tiny scuba driver, the shark fin, turtles... and more fish!

Another turn - the Happy Birthday message, oyster/pearl, baby crab, and dolphins.

Another turn to the left - a starfish, hammerhead shark, and stingray.

PHEW. Busy cake!

Cycling Cake

George is super into cycling, so for his birthday his wife requested a cycling cake. We've got bikes, we've got trees and flowers, caution signs, cyclers, and even a Share the Road sign.

The cake was a chocolate with buttercream frosting and absolutely zero fondant!

Happy Birthday George!

Princess Jasmine

Natasha requested a "chocolate cake with Princess Jasmine," so here you have the magic carpet Jasmine cake. My favorite is the rosette clouds, and the unaffected Jasmine surfing the carpet.

Hoppin' Hippos

Natasha's 4th birthday is at the "Hoppin' Hippo" - a jumping place with a warehouse full of inflatables. Enter: The hippos. They don't necessarily look as Hippo-ish as I'd like, but after several failed attempts (imagine cows and horse like faces), this is the best hippo I could come up with.

Fish Bowl

For John and Darryl's birthday, I baked them up a cake that was suppose to look like a fish bowl. It did not turn out to be beautiful. In fact, I hated that thing. But, I did enjoy the fish, seaweed, and tank rocks. (see below) The top will not be seen. It was that ugly. Luckily, it tasted yummy!

Stripes and Balloons

Happy Birthday to my Momma! We threw her a "surprise" 55th birthday party this year. The cake matched the invitations. My only complaint is that I threw the "55" on the top of the cake without lining it up with the "Diane."

Pink Castle

Alexandra is celebrating her 7th birthday in true princess style. So I went with my favorite things: Castle and candy.

There are about a bagillion things I see wrong with it, but I'm trying to let the small things go. The most important thing is that it gives me a toothache just looking at it. That's the mark of something yummy.

Oh, and it's not as lopsided in person. I had issues with lighting and the flash, so this is a weird angle.

Sunshine and Summertime

To celebrate the end of the school year, Natasha's mom wanted summery mini-cupcakes for the preschool party. Enter: shark fins and sandy beaches.

The good news? The shark fins made out of white chocolate and dyed grey were incredibly tasty. Same with the brown sugar over buttercream for the sandy beach.

The bad news? Mini-umbrellas are a pain in the butt. The brown sugar didn't stick quite like I had planned, so it looks all matted down. And it is extremely hard to make waves on a tiny cupcake.

Retirement Chihuahua Cake

This cake was for a retirement party at work. The retiree absolutely loves her chihuahua, Chiquita Maria Lolita Vasquez-Vitro, so the party planners ordered a 3D version of the pup. Unfortunately, little dogs don't feed too many people, so I had to chub him up a little.

Looks a tad like my own pup, eh? Add some floppy ears and an eye roll and it's her.

I wish I could have come up with a fur to use. It was a extremely short haired pup, so fur was not a solid option.

Joanne's Owl Cake

One of my favorite people in the world celebrated a birthday this week, and of course I brought a cake. Would you expect anything less?

This is a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. There was no rhyme or reason for the owls, I just thought they were cute. I love the heart bellies and the winking pink owl. This may be one of my favorite cakes. The perfectionist in me sees a lot of flaws that I wish I could have fixed/smoothed out, but the rest of me just sees cute fondant owls.

Marc's Birthday: Superbowl Sunday

Marc's birthday fell on Superbowl Sunday this year. To commemorate his 29th year, plus the Superbowl, I played off of the 2010 Superbowl logo. The roman numerals behind Marc's name say 29, and that weird fork in the middle is suppose to be a field goal thing. Oh well, I tried.

Katie's Birthday: The White Cat

For Katie's birthday, her boyfriend requested a "red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting in the shape of a white cat." Done and done. The problem? When we cut in to it, it looked like a massacre. Very "bleedin' armadillo groom's cake" a la Steel Magnolias.

The crowd enjoyed it, but it bothers me that the cat looks more like a sheep.

I started off without the fur element but the cat looked homeless and like one of those naked cats without any fur. So I added the fur, but then it looked too much like a sheep. Solution? Collar with ID. Unfortunately, the face, feet, and writing was already done on the naked version, so those parts were just shaved looking.

The ears, tail, nose, and collar were made of fondant, the cake was red velvet, and everything else is cream cheese frosting. Lots of cream cheese frosting.

Holli's Birthday Cake

For Holli's birthday I went with a green/pink shabby chic look. Swirls, dots, and ribbons.

YUM.