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: Baby Shower Cake

This is a baby shower cake I made. The cake is covered in fondant, and is adorned with fondant stripes and polka dots. I made the baby booties and daisies out of a fondant/gumpaste mix.

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.