25th Anniversary Cake

I was given total freedom to chose the design and colors of this cake and to mine and their surprise, it was the same color theme of their wedding 25 years ago--what a blessing!!  It's a two-tier cake (white on top, chocolate on bottom) covered in burgundy fondant with white fondant flowers cascading from the top.  The silver "25" and the ribbon trim are not edible.





50th Birthday Cake

This is a 50th birthday cake that I was asked to do as a joke with an "AARP" theme.  It is a half sheet cake covered in buttercream with fondant and buttercream decorations.



"Smiley Face Cake"

Here is a birthday cake for an 11-year-old girl who wanted a cake with colorful smiley faces all over it so this is what I came up with:)  It is an 8" round cake cut in a "topsy turvy" manner.  The cake was yellow with chocolate buttercream icing covered in fondant. Decorations are fondant (except for the wire swirls).



"40th Birthday Cake"

Here is a 40th birthday cake I did for my former boss's husband.  She definitely wanted something with a black "turning 40" theme so after doing some research I came up with the black and gray stripe design with a burial plat signifying the "death of his youth".  He loved it!   

The cake itself is a yellow cake with vanilla buttercream (colored black), covered in gray fondant with black fondant stripes. The stones, "40", rose and tombstone are fondant, the dirt is crushed chocolate cookie crumbs and the grass and bottom border are buttercream.



"Maeve's 2nd Birthday Cake" - 11/10

For my daughter's 1st birthday, she received a toy from her Grandma and Grandpa by Leap Frog called "My Pal Violet", which is this little stuffed puppy that plays music, knows her name and plays games.  Ever since then, she has absolutely adored her puppy Violet.  So this year, I made her a cake to look like Violet.  Although I didn't get it exact, it looked like a close relative;) LOL  I had a hard time getting the right proportions and exact same colors of her puppy and also getting the arms to stay on.  The arms and legs were rice crispy treats and the arms ended up being to heavy to stay on the side of the cake so I had to prop them up with dowels.  I figured it was better than having no arms at all! 

The (strawberry) cake is made from a 6" ball cake for the head and a half ball and 6" round, double layer cake for the body.  It is covered in buttercream using the brush embroidery technique and the features are fondant.  The birthday hat is paper with a buttercream border which I think really finished it off and says "Birthday cake!"  Overall, I was pleased with how it turned out knowing that it made my baby girl happy:)



"Pizza Cake" - 11/10

For my husband's 36th birthday, since he absolutely loves pizza (and I think he would eat it 7 days a week if he could;)), I wanted to make him a pizza cake.  I also had to make a cake for my daughter, whose b-day is two days before his, so I just made a small cake instead of the 12" size I would have liked to make.  So it is a 9" chocolate cake with the edges rounded, covered in buttercream with both the "crust" and the "sauce" being buttercream.  The pepperoni is fondant with a layer of piping gel to make them look greasy and the cheese is melted and grated white chocolate.  To finish it off, I used a creme brulee torch to brown the chocolate a bit and I think it even deepened the color of the sauce to look like real marinara!  And, of course, presented it to him in a pizza box--he loved it!