Iron Man Cake

Iron Man in cake form. This cake was a lot of fun to make. The cake itself is a 9" carved chocolate cake filled with strawberry fluff covered in buttercream and then finalized in fondant. The eyes are poured sugar glass pieces with LED lights behind them.

Cakers, we are finally using poured sugar. I told my husband I think I just want to shellac every cake with a coat of poured sugar. He assures me this is not as good an idea as I make it out to be in my head.

Have a great Memorial Day and thanks to all who have served!

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Cute as a lamb ....

Cakers, have I mentioned that I love cupcakes? No, well, I do. I think they are bite sized adorable-ness. Is that even a word? 

This is a baby shower order and here are the specs: The cupcakes are an assortment of strawberry cake with chocolate buttercream, mocha cake with pink hazelnut buttercream, and double chocolate cake with strawberry buttercream. The 4" cake topper is double chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream.

(The lamb inspo was from pinkcakebox.com)

Congrats, Tierney!

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Butterfly Cake

Cakers, I love this cake. I know I say that about all the cakes, and the moment I finish one, it is my favorite. This cake just looks sweet. The bottom and top tiers are both delicious Strawberry Cake filled with Strawberry Fluff and sliced fresh strawberries.

Think Summer ... think the Butterfly Cake.

Piece of Cake

Cakers, this cake was a pure pleasure to make. Well, except for getting the yellow pieces of fondant to stick inside the cut out piece. And then those white strips, those were a pain too. But, look how cute it all came out. So, really, it was a pleasure.

This cake is a 9" round 2 layer chocolate fudge cake filled with vanilla buttercream and covered in vanilla fondant. Green piping is buttercream and the dots are little candies. This cake is made even sweeter because of the recipient. Mrs. Wesbecher, my sons second grade teacher. She is retiring this year after 30 plus years of guiding kids on to being better people. She made a huge difference to my son and I am so thankful.

Thanks, Mrs. Wesbecher!

This cake may be one of my favorite designs to date. I love the classic and elegant look of this order. The specs are as follows: 14" is marble cake, the 12" is white almond cake, the 8" is chocolate fudge, and the 6" is snickerdoodle cake. All are filled with vanilla buttercream.

The entire cake is iced with vanilla buttercream. The flower cascade is a mix of silk orchids and sugar orchids.

Cakers, behold the Orchid Wedding Cake.

Silver 25th Wedding Anniversary Cake

This cake order was the epitome of clean and classic elegance. The cake was a 12" and an 8" layer of Red Velvet cake. The entire thing was iced in vanilla buttercream and the covered in white fondant. The dogwood flowers are hand crafted from gum paste.

Bouquet of Daffodils and Lily of the Valley

Cakers, this cake was a dream. This was one of those designs I had in a folder marked "favorites - want to make". Can I just tell you that I was beyond excited to know this was a design she wanted for a 50th birthday cake. Sigh. I love when cake dreams come true.

This cake was 3 layers of 6" Chocolate Fudge cake filled with Almond Buttercream. The stems are rolled fondant and the flowers are made from gumpaste.

Happy Birthday, Wendela!

Road of Life- 40th

This cake was a blast to make. Mostly because I love making little shrubs. Odd, I know, but the truth. This cake was for a fella that was a semi driver who also happened to be hitting the big

40. All decorations are made of fondant and are edible. Yes, even those street sign posts.

Cakers, here are the specs ... this cake was 10" round of Snickerdoodle cake on the bottom and 6" of Carrot cake on the top. The entire thing was filled and iced with vanilla buttercream.

Happy Birthday, Shannon!

Brown Poka Dots Cake

Cakers, this cake was all about the "cute". Desiree (the MaMa) ordered this cake for her daughter's first birthday. The only thing in the way of ideas she gave me was a brown napkin with polka dots. You all know how I love to dream. Well, here's what I came up with.

The specs: The bottom layer is a 10" round White cake with Strawberry Fluff filling. The top layer is a 6" round of the same. Both are covered in chocolate fondant with vanilla fondant accents.

Happy birthday, Charlize!

Klimts, The Kiss in cake

This cake was an absolute pleasure to make. I was asked to submit a cake for a live dessert auction supporting a local Academy. The core theme was Italian Fine Art. Well, my husband and I are huge fans of art period. A lot of couples have a song that they claim as theirs, Mike and I have a painting. It Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.

Cakers, this was a dream to make. There is almost an entire container of Gold Shimmer dust on this cake that unfortunately does not show up in film. It was a beauty. I am pleased to say this cake raised $300 in the auction for Dominion Academy.

So, here are the specs .. the bottom tier is two 3" layers of 10" round Cinnamon Cake filled with Hazelnut Buttercream. The top layer is two 3" layers of 6" round Cinnamon Cake filled with Hazelnut Buttercream. The entire thing is covered in rolled fondant and gold luster dust. The softer side of the cake is hand painted in colored gels.

Enjoy!