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!

Twilight Cake

Cakers, can I trust you to not make fun of me? Well, I'm going to be honest and say I am a Twilight Saga fan. Oh yes. I am one of those women. In my 30s and still perusing the Young Adult section looking for Twilight related things. Covertly, of course.

Without further embarrassment, here are the specs. This is a fairly tall cake. As it seems they all are. The bottom tier is a 10" round 5" high rich Vanilla Cake speckled with smooth chocolate morsels. The top tier is a 6" round and 5" high tower of the same yumminess. Both tiers are filled with creamy vanilla buttercream and chocolate morsels.

Go Team Edward and Happy Birthday, Abby!

Frog in a barrel cake

This cake was a barrel of fun to make. *Knee slapping* Ok - enough. Really, this cake let my imagination stretch. The only idea I had starting this cake was that the person getting this cake loved frogs and was a retired officer. That my caking friends, left the door wide open to some cake fun.

This was a lot of cake, per usual. It was 3 layers of 9" round chocolate cake on bottom and 3 layers of 6" round chocolate cake on top as well. All decoratins are made of fondant or something edible except the white flag pole. Cakers, enjoy the splendor of the Frog in a Barrel Cake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDADDY!

Pink and Yellow Elephant Cake

This cake was so much fun. These last few cakes have been a blast. All girly and cute. And cakers, you know I like my luster dust. Girly cakes are loaded with sparkle.

This cake is really tall. The bottom is10" round of three 2" layers of my decadent 24 Carrot Cake and filled with rich Cream Cheese Buttercream. The top layer is 6" round of two 3" layers of the ever popular Marble Cake filled with yummy Chocolate Buttercream.

The entire cake is covered and decorated in fondant. The elephant and cupcake are hand sculpted from gumpaste. Over, what a cutie, eh?

Entire Order: 2 tiered cake, smash cake, and a dozen cuppies.

Random acts of kindness are oh so sweet!

I know we've all heard about Random Acts of Kindness. We've maybe even see one in action. They are some of the greatest things to witness. Here's the question - have YOU ever committed a Random Act of Kindness? Cakers, now is the time.

This FREE cake give away is really all about giving. You giving away kindness and Cake, Hope, and Love giving YOU a free cake. That's right! What could be sweeter?

Here's the deal. Submit photgraphic evidence of yourself showing a Random Act of Kindness before midnight e.s.t March 31st. The winner will win a FREE cake that serves up to 45 people. That's right. Give back and we give to you.

It's that simple. It's that sweet.





*Orders are subject to calendar availability and are available for pick up only. Cake value limited to $125.

Monkey Business - girl style

This cake was a birthday present for our good friends daughter, Bri. When they ordered, here's what I heard. Here's a picture of a plate we bought her, so, it's something to go on. The plate was ultra girly with lots of bright colors and butterflies. Then, Bri says, and I want a monkey on top. Well, what could give more of a chance to be creative than that?!

So cakers, here's what I came up with. It's a 10" round three layer cake on bottom and a 6" two layer cake on top. The whole cake is vanilla with vanilla buttercream.

Happy 10th birthday, Bri!

Pink, Green, and Buggy Delight Cake

Cakers, this may be one of my favorite cakes to date. I mean really, does it get much cuter than this? I think not. This cake was a creation for two little girls for their special day. Their mom, Jennifer, sent me the girliest invitation to go by. I was more than excited. After playing in pink fondant and shimmer dust for two days, this is what they got.

Here's the specs: The top two layers (6" and 4") are Double Vanilla cake filled with Strawberries and Cream filling. The bottom layer (9") is a Devil's Food Cake filled with a rich Chocolate Buttercream.

Thanks Jennifer for such a great order!

Groovy Record Player

This cake was a really fun cake to make. This was for a gal named Lisa who wanted to surprise her husband for his 50th birthday! She said he loved the sixties and was into vinyl. Well, this is what I came up with!

So cakers, here are the specs. This is a 10" chocolate cake filled with raspberry preserves. All decorations are made of fondant. Hope you have a groovy birthday, Mark!

Dallas Cowboy themed goodness

This was an easy and fun order to make. I love when I get the chance to make cuppies to match a cake. The customer, a friend of mine, wanted a cake for her husband's birthday. Obviously, he's a Dallas Cowboys fan.

So Cakers, here are the specs. This is a 2 layer 6" carrot cake filled with Almond Buttercream. The cake was then rolled in fondant. The cuppies are also carrot cake and are topped with Almond buttercream and a fondant star.

Overall, I love the clean look of this cake. So, Happy Birthday Thomas and thanks for the order Marrita!

Purple and Blue Whimsy

This cake was so much fun to make. With only having boys in the house, I jumped at the chance to make some "girly" as the customer stated. The only things she asked for were polka dots and the colors blue and purple. The rest was up to me.

So, I cut out butterflies and made sugar paste flowers. I bought out 3 tubs of luster dust and went to town. This is what came about of an afternoon of dreaming "girly".

Cakers, here are the specs. It is three tiers of red velvet cake filled with cream cheese frosting. The entire thing is dirty iced in rich vanilla buttercream and rolled in fondant. All decorations are hand made from sugar paste by me.

Cheers!

Cars Cake

This cake was an absolute dream to make. Things went smoothly and according to schedule. Plus, I got to make little mini cacti. That really tickled my fancy. I was extremely honored to be making another cake for this little guy. His mom, Michelle, was one the very first paid orders of mine. I made the monkey cake for his first birthday.

So, cakers,here are the specs. The entire cake is made of double chocolate cake filled with peanut butter buttercream (yes, it is as good as it sounds). The bottom tier is 3 layers of 9" cake and the top tier is 2 thick layers of 6" cake.

All decorations are edible and hand made by myself.

'Tis the Season

Order your cuupies today. You know, for the Christmas Party at the office you forgot about until just now? Yeah, that one. A dozen candycane cake cuppies will make you look like a superstar. Just email me and relax.

Holiday Flavors: $15 per dozen

Optimus Prime - Take Two

Ever had one of those days? Yeah, well, this cake embodies that for me. When I got the request for an Optimus Prime cake I was thrilled. How much fun was he going to be, right?? Such a cool guy ... er- robot thing. You get the idea. I was excited.

So, I am making the cake late into the night. Let's say, oh, I don't know ... 1:46 am. I am finished with the thing and pleased as punch with it. I am sliding it from the turn table to the cake board (I know ... I usually decorate on the board) and it doesn't stop sliding once it reaches the cake board. It goes all the way. To the dining room floor. Yeah.

After quite a few tears and an adult melt down, I remade the cake. Starting sometime around, let's say, 2:13 am. Just guessing here. (not really)

So cakers, after all the hoopla, here's Optimus Prime in a much more "primitive" and "rustic" form than a Cake, Hope, and Love cake usually is. But, the cake design was too cool to not post. Plus, Benji is too dang adorable not to give a shout out to. So, Happy Birthday, Benji F.!

I do! I like it, Sam I Am!

This cake order is for one of the cutest little tykes I know, Shep. Shep's Mom and Dad are pretty fantastic too in that they are throwing him a Green Eggs and Ham shin dig for his first birthday. I was thrilled to barter with his mama, Erinne. She's a fantastic photographer. Check out her site here One day she'll be famous. So, in return for the best family photos we've ever had, I give you .... The Green Eggs and Ham Cake order.

The Ham portion of the cake is White Almond with Vanilla buttercream. The Cuppies are Snickerdoodle with vanilla buttercream.

The ham cake is rolled in fondant and hand painted. Cuppie toppers are made of fondant and hand painted as well. And cakers, let me tell you - there isn't anything cuter than green eggs and ham cuppies.

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.

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.

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.

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

Buttercream Shots now available!

Delight your taste buds by bringing home the newest trend in yummy greatness - Buttercream Shots. That's right. A personal portion of buttercream for your pleasure.

Buttercream Shots are available in:
6 pack - $3
12 pack - $6
24 case - $10

Minimum order of 6 per flavor. All flavors available! Grab a pack today!

Skateboarder Cake

This cake was ordered for a Trey who was turning the BIG 10. Double Digits! So, his mother ordered a two tiered skateboard cake. The cake was Red Velvet with a Vanilla Chocolate Chip Buttercream. What a great choice, Trey! The entire cake was covered in rolled fondant and then decorated with hand made decorations of fondant and gumpaste.

Silver Star Cuppies

Silver Star Cuppies were made for the Silver Sneakers. Sponsored by Howell Chiropractic Inc.

The flavors were: Lemon Cake, Butter Cake, and Butter Pecan Cake. Topped with homemade buttercream and hand cut fondant stars individually coated with silver luster dust.

Stand (not pictured) loaned for the event.

It's a cuppie world out there ....

Swirly Cuppie Order:

This was an order from a gal named Aimee for a baby shower. She had a picture of an invitation she wanted me to follow. Here's what I came up with.

She chose three great flavors- Lemon Cake, Butter Cake, and Butter Pecan Cake. There were all topped with my homemade buttercream and then finished with a hand cut fondant swirl.

The stand was provided by myself for the event.

Tart-ariffic!

Not really into buttercream ( this is probably not the case ....)? Want something a little different for your open house or event? Well, here's your solution. Tarts from Cake, Hope, and Love. Tarts are available in orders of a dozen or more. Please send me an email for a list of flavors and prices to thebestcake@gmail.com

Thomas the Train Cake

This cake was ordered from a gal named Mary for her son who was turning the big 3 yrs old. He loved Thomas the train and wanted something with Thomas himself on the cake. Here's what we decided on. It is a marbled cake filled with buttercream mixed with bits of chocolate pieces. The entire thing is covered in buttercream with all fondant decorations. Thomas is hand sculpted by myself.

Purple Delight Cuppies

These cuppies were ordered from Renee for her little girl's birthday. She wanted something cute and easy for the kiddos to pick up to eat. I loved how these came out. They are white almond cake (the house cake) with Almond Buttercream and topped with fondant disks and hand cut flowers. Too adorable.




Price: $ 15 per dozen

Blues Clues Cake

This cake was made for one of the cutest little guys ever, Logan. This cake was strawberry with a whipped lemon custard filling. The entire cake was covered in fondant and Blue herself was sculpted by myself.

Golfer Cake Topper

Golfer Cake Topper made of gumpaste/fondant mix. Hand sculpted and painted on a 6.5" round covered in fondant.

Pooh and Friends themed Cake

Tigger and Pooh themed cake:

The main cake was a 3 tiered almond buttercream filled marble cake. It was rolled in fondant. The smash cake was a devil's food cake covered in fondant.
All decorations were hand made by me and are completely edible.

Hawaiian themed Cake

This Cake was a massive cake!

The bottom tier was 7 layers of White Almond Cake filled and covered in Almond buttercream. Then, a fondant grass skirt was wrapped around the circumfrence of the tier.

The top tier was 5 layers of marble cake filled with almond buttercream and covered in hand rolled, cut, and painted tiki.

The entire cake is edible. The flowers were hand crafted and hand painted. The "sand" is dark brown sugar.

Road of Life Cake

Road of Life Cake:

Bottom Tier: 5 layers of white/chocolate marble cake filled with almond buttercream and rolled in fondant.

Middle Tier: 4 layers of white/chocolate marble cake filled with almond buttercream rolled in fondant.

Top Tier: 3 tall layers of white/chocolate marble cake filled with almond buttercream rolled in fondant.

All decorations are edible, including the semi truck.


*sign are hand painted to depict years and important events that occurred in his life.

Re-Do of the Tiffany Cake

4 layer White Almond Cake with American Almond Buttercream icing. Fondant decorations.