Life's better at the beach

It's that time of year. Time for Cake, Hope, and Love to close down shop for just a bit. I'm heading to the surf and relaxation. So, this gal will not be caking or cupcakin' until August 10th. If you send an email between now and August 9th, it may not be responded to until the 10th.

So, see you Cakers on the flip side. And remember, absence makes the heart grow fonder ... of buttercream.

Dr Seuss Cake

Cakers, who doesn't like Dr.Seuss? I mean, the man is gifted with nonsensical words. So, when Keri suggested this for her theme for the ALL BAKED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO cake contest, I knew I had to choose this one for the pure delightful design aspect.

The top tier represents Horton Hears a Who. The pink "fluff" is spun sugar. The bottom tier represents The Cat in the Hat. All the pictures are hand drawn replicas from the original book. Over all, I had a marvelous time making this cake - from bake to box

Enjoy!

Frog Prince and Pillow Cake

This was one of those cakes that you are rushing to just get finished. I didn't get the chance to take a good picture of it before it arrived at the party. This cake was a 12" square rich Chocolate cake carved down to a pillow shape. The frog is made of fondant and the crown adn tassles are made of gumpaste. The entire thing is covered in fondant.

Twilight Saga: Eclipse Cake

Cakers, if you've been keeping up, you know I am a Twilight fan. I know. I know. So, I jumped at the chance to make an Eclipse cake for the movie premiere. (And yes, I did wait in line for 3 hours to go see it at midnight Tuesday night thank you very much). So here's the design that was born. It's from the beginning of the book - a quote from a Frost poem.

The cake is a 9" rich Chocolate and Vanilla cake. The 6" is Devil's Food cake covered in vanilla fondant. The ice is blue poured sugar. The flames are also poured sugar that has been hand detailed in red. The topper is a hand painted replica of the Cullen family crest.

Go Team Edward. (ducking head and running)

All Baked Up and Nowhere to Go Contest

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Back by popular demand is the second ever ALL BAKED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO cake contest. It opens for ideas today, June 25th and runs through 5pm on June30th. This contest will be a two tiered scrumptious chocolate cake with a fun cookies and cream filling.

All you have to do to enter is leave an idea for a rocking good cake design. I will announce the winner by unveiling the cake sometime Friday night, July 2nd. The cake will be available for pick up only Saturday, July 3rd.

So Cakers, get brainstorming and a few of you I'm sure will get googling. I look forward to reading your cake ideas and ultimately making one of them come to life!

Shannon

The winner of our second ever ALL BAKED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO CONTEST was Keri Sauer and her theme of Dr.Seuss. Without further ado ... here's the winning cake.

Wizard of Oz Cake

Cakers, this cake was a blast to make. I am addicted to lots of color. This cake has that in spades. Plus, we got to dabble in some more poured sugar and play around with an LED light for the Emerald City. It doesn't get more fun in the kitchen than lots of colors, lights, and a castle. Just sayin'. Oh, and did I mention red edible glitter for her shoes? Yeah, and the MOUNDS of silver luster dust for the tin man. Pure sugary fun.

The specs: This cake was a 10" and 6" Buttery Gold Cake filled with rich Vanilla Buttercream. The castle is poured sugar and all decorations are edible. Woot! Well, minus the LED light built into the cake under the castle.

Happy Birthday, Angie!

Red Rose Wedding Cake

Cakers, this cake was a vision in person. It was all shimmery and just covered in lush red roses. The topper is made of poured sugar and has a LED light built into cake underneath it. At the reception, the light shined up through the poured sugar topper so it was illuminated softly among the flowers. All of the roses are hand made from gumpaste and then individually shaded with a shimmery luster dust. I fell in love with this romantic cake when it was finished.

This cake was a 10", 8", and 6" Buttery Gold Cake with Strawberry Fluff filling. Congrats to the lovely bride and her lucky groom.

Air Force Retirement Cake

This cake was a privilege to make. My Dad also retired from the service, so it was sort of a throw back of memories from growing up. Cakers, this fellow was an over achiever. See all those ribbons? Yeah, his over achieving ways were thorns in my side when making all those little bronze and silver leaves to go on his plethora of ribbons. (I kid ... I kid)

The specs on this cake: it is a 10", 8", and 6" White Cake filled with Whipped Lemon Curd. All decorations are made of either fondant or gumpaste.

Thanks for your service, Matt!

Cakers, could there be sweeter words? I think not. Place an order now through June 25th for anytime the month of September or October and receive 15% off the final order price.





Orders for available dates only. A 50% non-refundable/non-transferable deposit is required to hold a date. Remaining balance is due one week before delivery/pick up. Wedding cake tastings excluded.

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!

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!