Tinkerbell Cake

I didn't think ahead to the delivery of the cake. It was pretty heavy, just the base cake. Minnie and I got it there, and Angela had to carry it in. Yikes. Miuccia loved the cake. I saw her asking her friends if they saw the cake...made all her friends look, and they oooh'd and aaaah'd. It definitely was over the top. As I say with every cake, I learned something.

Tinkerbell Cake

So far, things are going well.

I have most of tomorrow to play with it...

Tinkerbell Cake

This is a cake due this weekend, for a special 4 year old. None of this is complete yet, lots of details to go. I will take more pictures tomorrow, and you can see the progress.





Tinkerbell is hovering over the dixie dust. The plan is to have a" glow" come from the pixie dust.

The pixie dust container is made out of rice crispy treats.













Roseta lives in a rose cottage.

The cottage is also made out of rice crispy treats.

Fawn is known to take care of animals. She is going to help this baby blue bird take flight.

I made the nest by extruding fondant thru the garlic press.

Stella's Art Show Cake

Peggy was hosting a neighborhood art installation at Stella's Restaurant. She commissioned this cake for the closing party, for the staff and artist who participated.

It was pretty big, and weighed a ton, but I heard it was fabulous. It was a chocolate cake, filled and covered in chocolate ganache, and embellished with fondant. I painted the window reflections with food coloring, and the hand is made of rice crispy, and covered in white chocolate.

Perfect Present Cake

This is a wilton class cake. In this class I used the wilton fondant, but decided to try making my own because of the taste issue. It is such a simple recipe and such a cost saving.

When I do this type cake in the future, I would add some gum paste to the bow and the curly cues, which would make it less likely to crack.

Wackie Jackie Cake

This is Jackie, and she loves to make things. She is a smart kid, and loves to be involved in whatever is going on. She made this cake, pretty much on her own. It was fun spending time with her, and seeing how proud she was of her finished cake.

We are all proud of Jax!!!

Coconut Cake

Minnie's request was for a coconut birthday cake. This was a white cake, filled and frosted in buttercream, and then the coconut was pressed onto the buttercream. She love it!

Debbie's Birthday Cake

Debbie wanted nothing to do with a fondant cake, so this white cake was filled and covered with buttercream, and it gave me practice with my piping skills.

The purple flowers and green leaves were left-overs from class. I love the ruffle border.

Debbie loved the cake, and that made me happy!!

Easter Basket Cake

This cake was a wilton class cake. It showcases a basketweave pattern and flowers made ahead of time. I learned alot making this cake. I hate the wilton class buttercream frosting recipe because it contains crisco shortening, so I ended up sending this cake to work with Minnie because we wouldn't eat it.

Double Chocolate Supreme

This is a beautiful chocolate cake covered in a homemade chocolate marshmallow fondant. It tastes just like a soft tootsie roll.

You would be suprised how much time difference is between these two similar cakes. The roses on the top cake take 15-20 minutes each, while the roses on the bottom cake are casual roses which take 1 or 2 min.

The top cake was made for my sister-in-law Stella. We had a barbeque at her house on the day of the 2010 floods!

The bottom cake was given to Gen, who shared it with her bingo gang.

WHAT THE.......

Ok, so I thought I would try a topsy turvy cake before anyone asked me to make them one, so it wasn't a disappointment to anyone but me. I guess some day I will try again.

I did learn that I need a stiffer cake, and less fruit filling , so maybe I'll get it right next time,

Creamsicle Cake

This orange creamsicle cake was for Shirley, who reminds me of Rose from MamaMia. Anyway, it had a refreshing citrus taste. It was filled with orange whipped cream, frosted with orange cream cheese frosting and covered in marshmallow fondant.

It was about 90 degrees, and humid. You can see a big bubble on the front of the cake. Of course, Shirley never saw the bubble.

Paisley Gardenia

This cake was for Robin's 70th birthday. It was a chocolate and carrot cake combination. The colors and design were inspired from the invitation, and gardenia's are her favorite flower.

I had never made a gardenia before...but I think it turned out great, since Robin thought it was real.

Lemon Daisy

My friend Jon doesn't appreciate chocolate. Weird, huh? So I made him this lemon cake filled with homemade lemon curd, frosted with a lemon buttercream, and finished with homemade marshmellow fondant.

Yummmmmy!!

Minnie's Tye-Die

Anyone who know my wife, would have picked this cake out of a choice of 100 fancier cakes. She LOVES her tye-die. This was a strawberry cake filled with sliced strawberries and frosted with strawberry cream cheese, and of course topped with homemade marshmallow fondant.

The cake is bordered with casual roses.

Rainbow Surprise Cake

Maddy asked me to make her 12th birthday cake, and she loves rainbows. So we decided on a present cake, using the colors in her party invites. She wrote me an adorable thank you card following the party, hinting that I will be making more cakes for her in the future.

Computer Geek

My brother Jim is our offical family computer geek squad hero. We all have called him at one time or another with something that we should have known , and with problems that would make anyone shake their head. He always figures out the problem and has us on our way in no time. If I were him I'm not sure I could be so patient. But I sure am glad he is.

This was a chocolate cake, filled and covered with chocolate ganache. The computer was covered with black fondant and the screen was hand painted. It was pretty close to the actual size of his computer.

Miuccia's Rainbow Cake

Miuccia turned three, and this rainbow cake was made egg-free. Instead of separate layers of color, the batter was mixed in the pan. She loved the cake, and the guests ooh'd and aad'd the design that went along with the invites and color scheme.