Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Doctor Who Birthday Cake

 

This is a cake I made for my son's 4th birthday. He is a HUGE Doctor Who fan (as are myself and my husband), and he wanted a Doctor Who theme party.  I made the topsy turvy cake to look like the Time Vortex. I specifically tried to make it look like paintbrush strokes and was inspired by the "Vincent and The Doctor" episode. I used buttercream to "paint" the cake. I sprayed edible blue, black, and red glitter to swirl up the cake. 

The TARDIS is made of gumpaste and was painted with food coloring. The TARDIS was lit up on top and on the inside with LED lights. I did use paper printouts of the Police Box signs because I do not have any edible paper to print out on (so I cheated a little).

The Dalek is made of rice cereal treats and black fondant (and I had used the eyestalk, and weapons arm, and suction cup appendages from my son's broken Dalek toy).  The Cyberman is made of gumpaste and painted in edible silver paint.  The Weeping Angel is made of gumpaste and painted in food coloring.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Cinco de Mayo Cake

   This is a cake I made to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. I love how frilly and vibrant Mexican folk dresses are, so I decided to make a cake that was inspired by those dresses.  

   The cake is a lime, avocado and ginger cake with a mango cream cheese filling.  The multi-colored frosting used to decorate the cake is a strawberry-flavored buttercream frosting.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Easter Cake

I wanted to make a special Easter cake this year, so I decided to go with a "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" theme. The sheet cake is actually vanilla cake that I dyed in rainbow colors. The frosting is vanilla buttercream, and I piped grass onto the cake. The path is made out of rice cereal treats. I used marzipan to make Peter Cottontail, basket, the cottage, and carrots. I used chocolate to make the eggs, and piping gel for the pond. **I apologize for the poor quality of the photo. I used my cell phone camera, and it did not turn out very well**

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Valentine's Day Cake and Cupcakes

I realized that I had never made a Valentine's Day cake before (I'm not into the holiday at all). I had a burst of inspiration the other day to combine apricot and rose flavoring together, so I decide that I might as well try out a new recipe and bang out a Valentine's Day cake as well.

The cake and cupcakes are a blueberry applesauce and ginger cake with an apricot and rose flavored frosting. The flavors went incredibly well together! Quite possibly a new favorite of mine!

As far as the decorations, I piped a simple design on some of the cupcakes and added a white chocolate heart on top. I also made a few flower designs on others. I piped a ruffle pattern on the sides of the actual cake, with a flower pattern on top. Voila! A Valentine's Day cake. Done. :)

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Birthday Cake

This was a cake I made for a nun's birthday. Being the good Catholic girl that I am, I wanted to make the nun and the big man upstairs happy. LOL

The cake is a yellow cake with apricot jam filling, and coconut buttercream frosting. The nun's favorite color is lavender, so I added lavender-colored ruffles on the sides of the cake, and a lavender-colored flower on top. I also sprinkled chopped coconut around on the inside border of the cake.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Pre-School Celebration Cake

I wanted to make a special cake for my son's pre-school. It was their last day of school, and I wanted to give the students and teachers a little treat. It is a marble cake with buttercream frosting. The flowers, banner, and birds are made out of fondant. I used an edible black marker to write with.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Tropical Luau Birthday Cake

This is a cake I recently did for a little girl's birthday. She was having a tropical luau-theme birthday and requested this cake. This half sheet cake is a marble cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. I used piping gel to replicate water, and brown sugar to replicate sand. The hibiscus flowers, and the coral-style lettering under the water are made of fondant. I used modeling chocolate to make the turtle. The shells are made of white chocolate.

Our Cakes Throughout The Years: Doctor Who-Weeping Angels Cake

Here is a Doctor Who-Weeping Angels cake I made for my husband for Father's Day. We are both big Doctor Who and Torchwood fans, so I wanted to surprise him with a Doctor Who cake. The cake features the Weeping Angels characters, and I used quotes from the episode "Blink" on top of the cake.

The cake is a Guinness Chocolate cake with a Guinness Chocolate Buttercream frosting. The lettering is done in chocolate fondant. The angels are hand made out of modeling chocolate, and I used a face mold to make the face. I painted the angels in a silver edible paint.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Curious George Birthday Cake

This is my son's Curious George-themed birthday cake I made for him to celebrate his 3rd birthday. I made George out of rice cereal treats and covered him in fondant. I made the cake to look like George was decorating the cake himself. I made a little piping bag to go in George's left hand, and had some "frosting" (actually just yellow fondant) coming out of the piping bag onto the cake. The little cake is vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. I had my son decorate the cake, so it actually looked like George did it himself. :)

For his birthday, I also made banana cupcakes to go with the Curious George theme. I made banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting, banana cupcakes with chocolate frosting, and my Elvis cupcakes (banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and topped with bacon).

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Zebra Stripe Birthday Cake

I created this custom cake for a 15-year old's birthday. Her mom requested a zebra stripe pattern on the cake. The cake is covered in fondant. I used black fondant as a background on the bottom tier, and used white stripes. The middle tier is purple fondant with the girl's name handcarved out of fondant and painted with edible black glitter. The top tier is white fondant with black stripes. The stars are made out of fondant and dusted with black glitter. The numbers are made out of gumpaste and painted with edible purple and silver paint.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Bridal Shower Cake

I decorated this cake for one of my mom's co-worker's bridal shower at work. The cake is covered in vanilla-flavored pink buttercream. I created a swirled pattern on the top of the cake just to do something different than a typical sheet cake design. I handcarved a silhouette of a bride and painted her with edible pearl paint. I also made tiny roses to go in her bouquet, and one for her hair. I handmade fondant roses to adorn the corners of the cake. I also got inspired by a pink ruffle cake design to make a ruffle pattern on the sides of the cake.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Mother's Day Cake

I am the proud mom of an almost 3-year old boy, and decided to make a cake to celebrate Mother's Day. I hosted a BBQ for our parents and had some rosemary-thyme smoked pork ribs off of our own BBQ smoker (we're actually BBQ competitors and card carrying members of the Kansas City Barbeque Society).

The dessert I made was the cake shown above. It is a Guinness and Chocolate cake with a strawberry-rosewater coulis filling and also a vanilla sea salt frosting. The cake is covered in dark chocolate fondant and I piped the flower (I got inspired by a new flower which was planted in my garden) and scrolls with buttercream.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: 1st Holy Communion Cake

This cake was made for my cousin's son for his 1st Holy Communion. I wanted to make him a special gift in honor of the occasion. The cake is a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. The Bible cake is covered in a dark chocolate fondant, and white fondant (for the pages of the book). I handcarved the cross and chalice and painted them with edible paint.

My mom made red velvet cupcakes for the party as well. The cupcakes are frosted with a fluffy cream cheese frosting. They are adorned with chocolate fondant doves.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: The Commitments

"The Commitments" Cake
I finally wanted to make a cake just for myself, so I decided to create a cake based off of my favorite movie, "The Commitments". I am flying to Dublin next week to see the cast perform as a band in a charity concert at the O2 Arena, so I celebrated my trip by making a cake.

The cake is a Guinness & Chocolate flavored cake with a Vanilla Sea Salt Buttercream Frosting. I normally do not like any sort of chocolate cake (yes, a cake decorator that doesn't like chocolate..go figure). This Guinness and Chocolate cake though is PHENOMENAL!!!!! I got the recipe off of King Arthur Flour's website. Normally, I like creating my own cakes, but I read great reviews for KAF's Chocolate Stout Cake and knew I couldn't go wrong.

The cake itself is decorated to look like one of the black suits the members of the band wear for their performances. I also included notable props from the movie onto the cake: "Heroin(e) Kills" banner (yes, the extra "e" in heroine is supposed to be there LOL), the ad recruiting bandmates, and the Mr. Chippy van they travel in to their gigs. On the sides of the cake I wrote memorable quotes from the movie.

I loved working on this cake. It was, in a way, my dream cake. I'm so glad I did the cake, and get to enjoy eating it!! Now, it's off to Dublin to see "the World's Hardest Working Band". Sláinte!

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Pink Mod Monkey Cake

Pink Mod Monkey 1st Birthday Cake
These adorable cakes were designed for a little girl's 1st Birthday. The cakes are covered/decorated in vanilla buttercream. The monkey face on the sheet cake is hand carved out of fondant and gumpaste. The smash cake decorations are made out of fondant and gumpaste.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Pink Skull Cake

Pink Skull Cake
This cake was designed for my friend's daughter's birthday. The birthday girl requested a pink skull theme. The cake is covered in whipped frosting, and decorated in pink and black buttercream. The border on the bottom is black fondant painted with edible black glitter. I handcarved the skull out of gumpaste, and painted it in edible pink glitter paint. The cake topper is a gumpaste heart painted in hot pink glitter paint, and I made the scroll out of gumpaste. I wrote the girl's name with edible black marker and shaded it to look like an old school tattoo style. I also made black poppies with hot pink center to adorn the cake. Also..not sure why the cake looks like it's crooked in the picture.. but it was completely level. :o)

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Pittsburgh Steelers Terrible Towel Cake

This cake was made for my husband who is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. He asked for a Steelers-themed cake for his birthday, so I wanted to surprise him with a Terrible Towel cake. The cake is covered in fondant. I freehanded the Terrible Towel logo in edible black paint.

Our Cakes Throughout The Years: Hello Kitty Coach Handbag Cake

This cake was designed for my cousin who is obsessed with Hello Kitty and Coach handbags. The cake is covered in pink fondant with black fondant seams. The Coach logo is made of black fondant and painted with edible black glitter. The fashion-savvy Hello Kitty is hand carved out of gumpaste and painted in edible black paint, and edible pink glitter paint.

Our Cakes Throughout The Years: Little Girl's 1st Birthday Cake

This cake was designed for a little girl's 1st Birthday. The cake is covered in fondant. Little fondant hearts and polka dots adorn the cake. The girl's Labrador Retrievers are also on the cake (I love those!). The number 1 and the girl's name in hearts are made of gumpaste. The smash cake is decorated with cornelia lace.

Our Cakes Throughout the Years: Video Game Consoles Cake

This cake was custom designed for a client wishing to give her children a video game consoles cake. The PS3 is a marble cake. The Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles and all three controllers are comprised of rice cereal treats. All of the consoles and controllers are covered in fondant.