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 : )

 

 

 

Pretty Princesses

Every Princess deserves a “princess” cake. This little girl’s mom picked out a similar design on the Internet and asked if I could customize it to fit her design and color theme. The accents on this cake are made by hand using gumpaste (flowers and grass on the edges, as well as, the shaped butterflies and dragonflies). I bought the princesses to place on the cake because it is much easier and inexpensive than making them myself. On top, the store bought crown is the centerpiece of the cake, the little Princess received her crown and wand (it was a kit at the store) for her birthday. All the edging and filler was piped to look like grass because this “princess” cake was a “princess/garden themed cake” (hence the flower decor). The flavoring of this cake was a marble cake layered with a vanilla flavored whipped cream and a light purple whipped cream frosting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Classy Western" Cupcakes

These cupcakes are for a regular of mine. The theme was "Classy Western" with purples and grays being the primary color palate. This is what I came up with:

 

 

 

 

The cupcakes had the same style, a horseshoe (either light purple or gray), a sheriff’s star (deep purple), and a light brown lasso. I will add that all of the decorations are edible; I used fondant and let it dry for a few days before placing on top of the cupcakes. This entire design came out completely cute, especially on the cream colored background from the red velvet cake’s cream cheese frosting. Also, the wrappers I found for these cupcakes were the “cherry on top.” They were light purple with a dark purple western pattern printed on them. Perfect, right? : )