He? She? Open to see!

Hello everyone! Just recently I made a cake to surprise a family with the sex of their baby. I was given a photograph of a cake that the couple liked. They wanted it to look exactly like it. Also, I was given the envelope with what the sex of the baby is. It was so exciting, only the doctor and I knew what the sex of the baby was. It was awesome! : ) So to surprise everyone at the party the color of the outside of the cake had to be thick enough the hide the colored filling and top tier (the bottom tier was chocolate so that I could not dye). Unfortunately, the cake color on the outside was, you guessed it, white. It was okay I created a dam on the interior of the cake, that way the colored frosting could not "squeeze" out. Here is what the dam looked like:

 

 

 

And if you didn't guess it yet, yes, it is a girl! Anyway, the next thing I had to do was add the top tier which I dyed pink as well.

 

 

 Next, I frosted the cake white with the whipped cream frosting. Once it was nice and smooth and you could not see any cake underneath, it was time to decorate. Everything was handmade with fondant pieces, except for the writing. To make it that adorable I wrote in marker to create the curls the mom-to-be wanted. The bow and curly cues made the cake look like it was perfect gift for the parents-to-be : )

 

 

Here is a close up of the gift tag.

 

 

The mom-to-be also wanted cupcakes to go with this surprise cake, so I matched the cupcakes to the color scheme, bringing the whole thing together : ) Take a look at the overall look. It was so colorful, if I do say so myself : )

 

 

Toy Story Tiered Cake

This Toy Story cake was three tiers of hand piped and handmade decorations. The entire cake is a rainbow cake in the inside (did not take a picture, but to see the colors you can check out the "penguin" post, it has pictures). It is entirely covered with whipped cream frosting. I hand piped all the detail that you see.

The top tier is made to look like the Toy Story logo saying "Happy Birthday" (store bought letters), with a sky colored background and hand piped fluffy clouds : )

The second tier is made to look like "Woody." The "pants," belt, and buckle are handmade with 50/50 gumpaste and fondant. The cow spots on the vest are handmade with chocolate. All the other decorations are hand piped on with whipped cream frosting.

The bottom tier is made to look like "Buzz." All the designs and decorations are hand pipe on with whipped cream frosting, except the "Lightyear" name tag and flight logo on front, those two items are handmade with chocolate.



Here is a side view of the cake...

And here is the other side : )

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?..."

A young man just had his 2nd birthday and everyone wanted a Spongebob Squarepants themed cake. I had free range on this cake. This is what I came up with:

 

 

Everything is handmade or hand-piped on this cake!

 

 

Here is a side view of all the hand-piped and handmade accents of this Spongebob Squarepants themed cake.

 

The letters are cut out from gumpaste and the jelly fish is hand-piped.

 

The coral, life saver, and Spongebob's house are all handmade of gumpaste (Spongebob's house is also hand painted with gel food coloring to give the "pineapple")

 

Gary is handmade of fondant.

 

Spongebob is handmade of fondant and the handmade candle is made from gumpaste. 

 

Patrick is handmade of fondant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Timeless Classic

This Marilyn Monroe cake is a simple, yet elegant take on this classic. A photograph, with added embellishments, of her sits on a handmade plaque and made to look as though Marilyn, herself, signed this cake. The edging on this cake is made to look like the ruffles that you would see in her photographs wearing her iconic white dress. Enjoy the memories made of whipped cream frosting and devil's food cake : )

 

Hand piped with chocolate (it gives writing and details a cleaner look)

Tween's Birthday

This red, white, and blue cheer leading themed cake is F-E-A-R-C-E! It is made with whipped cream frosting and made with handmade gumpaste/fondant accents and hand piped detailing. The sheet cake itself was based of the American flag with the red and white strips and the cheerleaders megaphone was layers of cake shaped to look like that. Awesome, right!?! There are many bows, confetti, and a pair of pompoms that this little tween cheerleader wanted on her cake. Overall, this red, white, and blue themed cheerleader cake fit the theme for this tween's birthday party to a "T".

 

 

 

Corvette Cake

This Corvette themed cake is made with a handmade gumpaste/fondant Corvette logo, checkered board design, racing strips, and a printed photo of the birthday man's prized Corvette! I created this one layer, whipped cream frosted “fast” cake by making all the decorations to fit the birthday man. I received a photograph of his beloved Corvette and printed it. I created a plaque out of gumpaste to glue the picture on. Unfortunately, this technique makes this accent inedible, but otherwise awesome : ) The checkered board and racing strips were very simple, I just rolled out black and white fondant/gumpaste (50/50) mixture and cut into the specified measurements. On the other hand, the Corvette logo was tedious, but well worth it in the end. It makes the cake (No pun intended) : ) Overall, the look of this cake would make any man proud of his "baby."

 

 

See, it is totally worth it : )



 

"Colorful" Penguin

This adorable penguin cake has a colorful secret . . . its center is the rainbow! Inside this penguin’s belly is a vanilla flavored cake (two layers total). One layer was dyed orange, yellow, and red; the other, purple, blue, and green. (It is done this way prior to baking; one just divides the batter into sixths, dying each section till the desired color. Once this is done, pour three colors [similar to what I did to make it more cohesive] into a pan, DO NOT STIR! Tap the pan if there are air bubbles, and then bake regularly.) Believe me, it is awesome. : )  Take a look for yourself:

 

 

 

Once I baked the cakes, I filled the layers with whipped cream frosting and cut it into my desired shape, and then finished icing the cake with the whipped cream.

 

 

 

 I know I have said not to use whipped cream and fondant together because it makes it mushy, soft, and not so pretty, well . . . I did it again, but remember it seems to work best when it is 50/50 fondant and gumpaste mixed together. After covering the cake with the fondant/gumpaste mixture I added the finishing touches and whala! An adorable, “colorful” penguin cake : )