Romantic & Vintage

I always ask a customer to choose the 2 words that would describe the way they want their cake to look and she chose Romantic & Vintage.  The decoration at this wedding was over-the-top FABULOUS (Great job Tam & Kara)!  I hope the cake did the rest of the decor justice.  I haven't done very many cakes with piping so I was very nervous about this but it turned out great.  I was up till 3:30 am working on it.  It took me so long because I had to keep scraping off piping that wasn't good and redoing it until it was perfect, but it was totally worth it in the end.  I thought this cake was Gorgeous!  Oh yeah, it was really tall.  Each tier was 6 1/2 inches tall!

Bella's 3rd Birthday!

My baby girl turned 3 on Saturday.  I can't believe it!  The first cake I ever made was for her 1st birthday and now I've made more than 70 in the last two years and it just keeps getting busier.  She couldn't decide on pink or purple so we did them both and of course she is  little princess so we had to the theme the cake so.  She LOVED it!

Shipped a Wedding Cake to CA

I finally got the picture of this one!  Yeah!  I made the tiers and boxed each one up.  They put them in a rigged-up cool chest to keep them cold without getting them wet, all while keeping them level..... and they made it!!!  I couldn't believe it!  It was a happy new year's day wedding.

Something totally different

When Molly asked for this cake for her wedding I thought to myself, "seriously?"  Then after looking at the picture a few more times I thought it was fantastic.  Then after I made 1/2 inch ruffles for 9 hours I really grew to appreciate it.  I also questioned the apples, but once the flowers were on the cake and it was sitting on the apples I fell completely in LOVE with it.  It was just so simple and organic for this outdoor wedding.  It's a good thing that other people have great vision because without them I would be way less creative.  Thanks Molly!!!

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?