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.