Minion!

I promised my brother in law that I would make him a minion cake.  I was going to do it for his birthday last year but we had sick kids in the house and I figured nobody wants a cake that was from a house with sick kids.  Then I was going to make it for he and my sister's house warming but that didn't happen.  So I finally made him his minion cake this year.  Introducing, Minion Dave.  He's lemon with lemon curd filling. He was delicious.  

AR-15 Birthday Cake

I think this is the most interesting birthday cake request I've ever had - don't worry, it was for an adult.  : )  I wasn't sure how I was going to make the rifle at first, but I had fun putting it all together and I think the cake turned out great.  The cake is red velvet with cream cheese butter cream filling, and it's covered in marshmallow fondant.  The decorations are all marshmallow fondant, too.

Carrie and Dave's Wedding Cake!

This was the cake I made for my sister's shabby chic wedding!  The bottom tier was devil's food with Bavarian cream filling, the next tier was lemon cake with lemon curd filling, and the top two tiers were German chocolate with the traditional coconut/pecan filling.
They were all covered in marshmallow fondant with a butter cream stenciled design on the sides, with a hand made gum paste rose.

High-Flyin' Birthday Cake!

This cake was made for a little guy who's turning 2!  I thought the colors and the theme that they chose were very cute.  The cake is vanilla butter cake with raspberry filling, frosted in vanilla butter cream with fondant airplanes.  They have a little plastic airplane to put on top.  : )

A Baby Shower Cake

I made this cake for my friend's baby shower....she is having her first girl!  : )
The cake was buttermilk devil's food cake with Bavarian cream filling, covered and decorated with marshmallow fondant with a gum paste flower.

Pinewood Derby Cake

I made this for the Pinewood Derby competition in our old ward.  : )  It was buttermilk devil's food cake, and chocolate butter cream.  The car is made out of rice cereal treats, covered in marshmallow fondant and hand painted.  

Air Jordan Groom's Cake

I made this basketball cake with the Air Jordan logo for a groom's cake.  The cake was chocolate/vanilla marble cake with raspberry filling.

Belle of the Ball

Mia wanted a princess cake for her 5th birthday and she chose Belle!  She was made of strawberry cake, vanilla butter cream and marshmallow fondant.  I made her dress a little more modest than it normally is.  : )
 

Harry Potter Birthday!

My oldest son wanted a Harry Potter party for his 9th b-day, so I made this cake with a portion of Hogwart's castle on it, done in the colors of the Harry Potter Legos set....because I'm not a fan of eating black fondant.  : )
The cake was chocolate pound cake with fluffy chocolate butter cream filling.

 

 

 

 

Mad Science Party

I made this cake for my 7-year old's Mad Science Party!  He asked for vanilla cake and vanilla frosting.  It was covered in marshmallow fondant.

Legos!!

I made this cake for my friend's son, Gabe, who is turning 7!!  I did a buttermilk Devil's food cake filled with sour cream chocolate icing and mini chocolate chips.  It was covered with marshmallow fondant and I made all of the little Legos out of marshmallow fondant, as well.  Happy Birthday Gabe! 

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate Party for Z!

I got to make this fun cake for my friend's son, Zharius's 4th birthday.  He wanted a Jake and the Neverland Pirates themed cake.  The bottom tier was blue vanilla cake and the top tier was buttermilk devil's food cake - both tiers were filled with Bavarian cream. The little figures of Jake, Captain Hook and the crocodile are all toys, but the rest of the decor is made from fondant and/or gum paste. 

Navy Blue & Champagne

This is the cake that I made for Jade and John's wedding!  Two of the tiers were white cake with fresh raspberry buttercream, and the other two were carrot cake with caramel buttercream.  I used a combination of real and silk flowers that were available at the reception. 

Topsy Turvy Wedding Cake

This was my first topsy turvy cake, which I made for Larke and Luis' wedding!  The flavors were white cake with strawberry filling, chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, and one tier was made out of rice krispy treats.  All covered in marshmallow fondant, with gumpaste fantasy flowers. 

Tea Party Birthday!

We had a service auction at church and I offered to make a cake. I was super excited when the winner of that auction said she was having a tea party theme for her daughter's birthday because I've always wanted to make a teapot cake. I had trouble with the spout - I had one all sculpted out of fondant and it kept falling and the skewers kept poking through so I scrapped that and invented this funky spout made with balls of fondant. I wasn't thrilled with it, but I was running out of time and didn't know what else to do. I was happy with the rest of the cake though.

The cake was sour cream chocolate cake with buttercream frosting, covered in fondant.

Another - smaller - wedding cake

I made this as a favor for a friend - the bride and groom just needed a small tier to cut for their reception here, and I was given free reign to decorate it however I wanted, but with the aqua and purple color scheme. I went with a more modern take on the flowers for a change. This could also work well as a birthday cake, anniversary cake, etc. The cake was vanilla with vanilla buttercream, covered in fondant.