The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Who doesn't remember The Very Hungry Caterpillar book?!?!  When a former co-worker asked me to make this cake for her daughter's 2nd birthday I was happy to take on the job.  The decorations are made with marzipan. I have found that it takes colors so much better than fondant and it tastes better. I hope the cake was enjoyed by all!

 

Chanel and Minnie Mouse

Ah, I love baking and I love transforming cake into art!  It's been several months since I had an excuse to make a cake and it felt good to be creative the past couple of weeks.  First, a Chanel cake for a bachelorette party.  I learned two things making this cake.  First, the design on top is not two horesehoes, it's the CHANEL logo!  Second, it's hard to make frosting or fondant black, but marzipan takes black food coloring perfectly.  The cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting. 

Thursday night I put this cake together for a little girl's birthday.  Got to love Minnie Mouse!  It's a white cake with a thin layer of raspberry jam between the layers.  I tried a new product by Wilton called Sugar Sheets.  Basically it's very thin sheets of fondant that you can cut with a cookie cutter or scissors.  It doesn't taste like much but it's edible and I used it to make the Minnie Mouse silhouettes.

My next cake will be a replica of our wedding cake to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary.  Who needs to save the top when the baker is in-house and cake just make the cake again!

Cakes for brothers

Several weeks ago I made these two cakes to help brothers celebrate their birthdays.  I love the fact that their mom asked for two separate cakes.  I know every year I celebrate another birthday, making sure I celebrate my birthday with family and friends becomes more important.  I’m not always happy to turn another year older, but I’m happy to celebrate my blessings from the previous year and excited to see what the new year holds.  The themes that Spencer and Riley chose were Spiderman and Pikachu.  I knew of Spiderman but I wasn’t sure who Pikachu was.  So, off to Pinterst to find ideas and here are the results!

 

My husband delivered the cakes to his co-worker and I haven’t heard if they liked them or not.  I sure hope so! 

SpongeBob SquarePants comes to life in my kitchen

This weekend I got to see the smile on Huston's face when he saw his SpongeBob SquarePants birthday cake!  I don't have a clue what SpongeBob is all about, but give me a picture and I will make it come to life in edible form.  I think this was another successfull cake!

Martini Birthday

I made the cutest martini birthday cake for my friend Janel this weekend.  When her husband asked me to make the cake for her surprise 30th birthday party, I was happy to do so!  I found a picture online and had so much fun making it a reality in my kitchen.  The cake was chocolate with a fudge frosting filling and buttercream on the outside.  The martini glasses, fruit, and colorful shapes were all edible and made out of fondant.  It was time consuming to make all the martini glasses but it was well worth the time.  I was super happy with the results.  Enjoy!