Monday, November 30, 2009

I do believe in Faeries! I do believe in faeries!





This cake was maybe one of the more difficult I've ever made. Maybe because my 5 yr old son pulled Tinkerbell's head off and poked a hole through her midsection the night before the cake was to be sent out. Boys are great like that.

I loved browsing the internet for pictures of Tinkerbell. I also loved this cake because it allowed me to use my favorite decorating element .... luster dust. What's a Tinkerbell cake without tons of shimmer, right cakers?

So, the cake itself it a 6" strawberry cake filled with yummy vanilla buttercream. Tinkerbell and all of decorations (minus the 2 pink jewels) are handmade with fondant and/or gumpaste.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

My take on Bumblebee the Transformer





This cake was for one cool little boy - David. Davis wanted a Bumblebee cake. I was more than a little nervous after looking at about a zillion images of him. I mean, have you guys looked at a close up picture of Bumblebee's face? It will strike terror in a cake maker's heart I tell you. After a night of drawing patterns and tracing them onto fondant, I am pleased with the results. I hope David was too. His Dad seemed pretty happy with it. So, hopefully, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

This order consists of a very tall 9" marble cake with vanilla buttercream filling. The dozen cuppies are chocolate with vanilla buttercream. The toppers are fondant and then to finish it off, it was dusted with silver glitter.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

NEW Holiday Goodness


The holiday season is here and with it comes the new Holiday Flavors! So, without further delay (cue Bing Crosby) ....

Holiday Cake Flavors:

Candy Cane Cake
Butterscotch Rum Cake
Chocolate Ho Ho Cake
Gingerbread Cake


Holiday ButterCream Flavors:

Egg Nogg ButterCream
Chocolate Cinnamon ButterCream
Peppermint ButterCream


E-mail for quotes on cakes at thebestcake@gmail.com. Cuppies are $15 per dozen.

Limited time only.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Enchanted Castle Wedding Cake






Princess Castle Cake was an amazing cake to make. It was over 50 hours of labor and a giant mess while making! It was also the most fun I've had to date on cakes. I loved all the hand painted details and adding the built in lights to each tier! So here's the specs. The bottom tier is a 4 layer 16" double chocolate cake filled with a chocolate ganache. The next tier up was a 12" 4 layer of Snickerdoodle cake filled with a cinnamon maple butter cream. The next to the top tier was 4 layers of an 8" strawberry lemon swirl cake filled with strawberry fluff and a strawberry preserve. The very top tier was 3 thick layers of 4" cake. It was also a double chocolate filled with a vanilla buttercream with chocolate chips.

All in all, this cake was well over 165 pounds of magical yumminess!

Serves: 300 guests