60th Birthday Party for a woman this time

This customer asked for pretty and elegant.  That's not usually what I do but I decided that I had better incorporate some of that into my repertoire if I want to broaden my horizons.  I loved doing the pretty cake instead of the funky cake for a change.  The only thing I would have changed was the bow on top.  I wanted it to be the other direction but it wasn't quite dry enough so we had to sit it the more stable way.  But it doesn't matter, it was fantastic.

60th Birthday Party

Rich is a huge Steelers fan so we had to make him an appropriate cake for the occasion.  I thought that this logo would be a piece of cake... no pun intended, but it was a little difficult with the tiny lettering and the fine little points on the logo.  Anyway, he LOVED it!

1 yr old's Favorite Flower

My niece was turning 1 and my sister said her favorite thing was this huge pink flower light in her room so we decided to make big pink flowers for the cake.  Since my sister didn't really care about colors that much I just used the olive green left over from the cake the week before.  I think it worked out famously.  The baby LOVED it.  Nothing like pure sugar fondant flowers to snack on... for get the cake...

Babies once again

This is a repeat of another cake I had done a few weeks ago.  We just changed the mint green base to ivory.  I just can't get over this HUGE bow.  I love it.  It makes me want to put it on every cake.  :o)

Rice Krispy Cake

Ha!  This "cake" is made out of rice cereal treats.  It was for a display that had to sit out for 2 days and cake would not have survived that.  It worked out quite well.

1 Year Anniversary

The instructions I got for this cake was to make it olive green and black and then I had creative control from there.  I saw a picture similar to this one online and I couldn't help but create it.  The crazy part was that it matched the tablecloth almost exactly and it was by pure coincidence.  It must have been fate.  It was unbelievable.  This cake seems simple but was way more work than I imagined.  You can't really see it but the ribbons around each tier were made of black fondant and were all folded up to look like satin fabric and it took a very long time.  Then doing the bows on their sides was another challenge.  But I absolutely LOVE this cake.  It now rests very high on my favorite cakes list.  

Tempestt gets married!

The wedding that this cake was for was the most beautiful wedding!  The bride looked like a fairy princess and the location (El Rico's in Queen Creek) was fantastic.  Her colors were bright pink and orange.  I looked at the picture of the cake she wanted and said no problem...  Then when I started working on it, it was so much more work that I imagined, but totally worth it!  It turned out great.  The top 3 layers were real cake but they didn't eat it because no one wanted to chop into the cake.  

These were the cupcakes I made for the same wedding as the cake above.  They didn't want to chop into the cake too early so they had mini cupcakes for the kids to eat in the mean time.  They were vanilla with orange cream topping, chocolate with raspberry, and chocolate with vanilla.  I have done these for several weddings but just didn't post their pictures.  These were a really big hit... Who knew...

Babies, Babies, and More Babies...

Once again, a baby shower cake.  I really love doing these!  I got to have full creative control on this one too and it was a good time.  The polka dot line runs down the back too.  I am in love with this bow.  I originally tried to make it bigger but when I put in on the cake I'm glad I didn't because it was HUGE!  This cake made my whole weekend.  I just LOVE what I do.  :o)

A Yin Yang Wedding Cake

This wedding cake was for an "opposites attract" type couple and the bride wanted a yin yang type cake to reflect that.  She picked out the light and dark colors and wanted it half and half.  I deliberated over it for days and came up with this.  We wanted it to be unique and different but at the same time elegant and classy.  I hope we succeeded at that.  I didn't get to see the reaction of the couple but 0ne man told me it was like a "little masterpiece."

Another Suns Themed Grooms Cake

This one was a surprise for the groom.  He is a huge Suns fan and the bride wanted to do something special for him on the wedding day.  I didn't get to see the reaction of the couple but the hotel staff at the venue loved it.  :o)

3 Year Old's Star Wars Birthday

This darling little boy that lives down the street from me wanted a star wars cake with Darth Vader and a red light saber on it. We thought about making the cake Darth Vader but then I got really scared and couldn't go through with it. I couldn't bear the thought of messing it up so I just went with round. His mom found the Darth Vader candle holder with the red candle in it so that part worked out. Then the trim around the bottom was a red light saber with a silver handle. It was a really fun cake to do.

It's a flowery event

I had full creative control on this one and sometimes that makes me nervous. The client said the theme of the party was garden looking flowers in distressed stone pots. I wanted to somewhat keep with the theme but still do my own thing so this is what I came up with. This fondant is actually chocolate flavored so it's a little bit better than regular fondant. I thought this cake was darling!

Not Fancy but DELISH!!

I had a request for a cake that "doesn't have the stiff frosting." So this is what I came up with. It was four layers of chocolate cake with 3 layers of raspberry filling covered with homemade chocolate buttercream. I finished it with chocolate shavings and fresh raspberries. It was seriously one of the yummiest cakes ever. One woman at the party said it was "pretty much the best ever." It always makes you feel good to get those kind of compliments. I LOVE my job!

Very Sweet Sixteen!

A sweet sixteen surprise birthday party is always a great occasion for a fancy cake. The 16 actually matched the decorations for the party which was very cool. There was a little bit of a sad story about this cake though. We had our first cake-tastrophe. When I was delivering it the top fell over when I did a u-turn ( that will teach me to pay closer attention) It broke the bow and made a gouge on the bottom tier on the back. It was sad and I actually cried. We put it back together at the party and it was still pretty presentable but I was very sad about the whole thing. I guess we all have to live and learn right???

A Blingy Bridal Shower

Another favorite of mine! This color combination is just too cute. I love every cake done with it. And this cake stand... is awesome! It is difficult to carry though when it has heavy cake on it and it is not the most stable stand in the world. But hey, the things we do for fashion right?

FUN FUN Wedding!

Yes, this cake was crooked on purpose. It was the guys who kept asking. The girls knew that is was supposed to be that way. My mom couldn't believe that this was for a wedding but little does she know that this is totally the new trend and everyone LOVED it!!!!

Baby Baby Baby!

Dang cute baby shower cake! The circle pattern in the middle is my favorite! I wanted to do the whole cake in those but you must do what the customer wants. :o)

Baby's Birthday

How fun is this cake? I absolutely love the pink green and black color combination. This baby had a rockin 1st birthday.

"So Martha Stewart"

I delivered this wedding cake when no one was at the venue. When I went back in to take a picture there were two girls there looking at the cake and I overheard one of them say, "It's so Martha Stewart." I took it as a huge compliment. The green actually looks more green in the picture than it did in real life. It was actually more of an olive color. I have finally realized that simple can be BEAUIFUL too!