Max's Monster Mania

This was a monster truck themed cake for Max's 5th Birthday.  It was a 10" round vanilla cake filled with a rich vanilla butter cream frosting.

The entire monster truck was made out of rice krispy treats covered in butter cream and fondant.  I made the body of the truck first and carved out rivets for the wheels, then I carved out the cab using a separate piece of rice krispy and placed it on top of the body fusing it with royal icing. The tires were cut out by using a fluted biscuit cutter to give it some ridges. 

Vintage Bling

 This cake was a made for a little girl named Bella who was turning 4. She loves thing very Blingy and she is a little diva in the making.  Her mom gave me the rhinestone trim and the rhinestone monogram for the top of the cake.  She also provided me with some pre-made Anemones.  I did however, have to make an extra 7 or so Anemones to fill the gaps on the cake.  The rhinestone boarder did not go all the way around the cake and I had to improvise to fill the gap.


This cake was a 12" round and about 6 to 7 inches high.  The cake was a chocolate cake with raspberry preserve filling coated with a white chocolate butter cream.  The entire cake was quilted all around with the accessories added to it.

Lion Themed Baby Shower

These are mini cupcakes I made for a Lion Themed baby shower.  They were Red Velvet with cream cheese icing topped with lion heads and palm leaves.  The the lion heads were made out of a small flower cutter, a round cutter, and a heart shaped cutter with black sugar pearls for the eyes.

Baby Mickey for Baby Mason!

These cakes were for Mason who turned 1.  His Birthday party theme was Baby Mickey and his mom asked if I could do an 10", 8", and 6" cake to place on top of a 3 tier platter.

The 10" tier was red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. I made a Mickey hat made out of gum paste and placed it on top.  The side of the cake was decorated with pastel Mickey heads all around with star accents throughout the cake.

The 8" tier was a chocolate mint cake with chocolate mint buttercream.  I quilted the fondant and added pastel polka-dots around the cake.

The 6" cake was a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling.   For this cake I made different size stripes and placed them all around the cake adding a multicolored bow on top.

Lavender Roses

This was for my cousin's co-worker's Birthday.  She just wanted to give her a personal cake to celebrate her special day at work.

This was a 6" cake covered in fondant with lavender roses on top and some appliques on the side to give it a classic look.

Super Hero Cake!

This super hero cake was for Mark who turned 5 along with his twin sister Gianna (from previous post).  Just like Gianna, Mark also had a special request for his cake.  He wanted Incredible Hulks fist coming out of the top.

This cake was an 8" chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling.  I placed the Spiderman, Superman, and Batman logo all around the side of the cake.  The logos were made by printing out each logo and cutting them out of a piece of paper, which I used as a stencil.  I then took each stencil and placed it on top of my fondant and cut out each shape with an X-Acto knife.

The Incredible hulk fist was a little bit of a challenge for me since I am not a sculptor.  I attempted making it a couple of times and this was the best I came up with.  I ended up shaping a stub with gum paste and rolling out fingers to form a fist.  Then I covered the entire piece with fondant and smoothed it down to make it look like it was sculpted.

The mini cupcakes had matching mini logos to match the cake.

Marshmallow Hello Kitty!

I made this cake and matching mini cupcakes for Gianna who turned 5 years old along with her twin brother Mark (who's cake you will see on my next entry).  The main requirement Gianna requested for this cake was to have a marshmallow Hello Kitty on topper.  Luckily I was able to find this marshmallow Hello Kitty lollipop at Walgreens to use as the topper, these suckers were hard to find.

Gianna's cake was an 8" yellow cake filled with fresh strawberries and whipping cream.  I rolled out balls of fondant for the border in different pastel colors.  I decorated the side of the cake by cutting out flower shapes and sticking hello kitty rings on the side.  I also cut out circles and added the number 5 all around the cake.

The mini cupcakes were simply topped off with mini flowers in the same pastel colors as the cake.

Howdy, Baby!

I made these mini cupcakes for a cowboy themed baby shower.  The couple was going to find out what the gender of their baby was the day of their shower.  They had their ultrasound technician put the sex of the baby in an envelope and they waited until the day of their shower to open it.

The fondant cowboy hats and boots were made using mini cookie cutters and I accented them with stars and stripes.

The couple found out they were having a BOY!  So the cowboy theme was perfect.  Congratulations to the Mommy and Daddy to be.

Castle Cake for my Princess Carina!

I made this cake for my daughter's 4th birthday.  This cake was inspired by her.  She told me she wanted a castle cake and let me know what colors she wanted it, what flavors, and where to put her name.

I started out with a 8" and 6" cake covered both tiers with fondant and used a brick impression mat to make the brick imprints on the castle walls. I made the decorative border on top of each tier by cutting out a 1 inch strip and used a square cutter to cut out the indentations on the border.  The steeple was made by shaping out a piece a fondant and covering it with pink circles placing them all around the steeple.  I sued a diamond cutter to make the flag on top and wrapped it around a tooth pick to place it on top.

The door was made by using a bamboo impression mat and cutting it down to size.  I used a small flower cutter to make the flower accents and added a sugar pearl in the middle of each flower.  The vines where piped with royal icing around the cake and the flowers were placed on top.

Black and Red Party

I made these cupcakes for a red  & black themed 40th Birthday Party.  For the standard cupcakes I made 1 dozen red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing and topped them with black scalloped circles with red fondant roses. The other dozen was chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream topped with white scalloped circles with red cherry blossoms.  The mini cupcakes where the same flavors and simply had a red and black fondant cherry blossoms on top.

The Hot Pink Zebra

This was another cake I made for my grade school friend.  Her sister and father were celebrating their 40th and 70th Birthdays together.  The party was held at Cal Poly, Pomona and the theme of the party was zebra print, hot pink, and silver.

This was a 10" cake covered in zebra print with a fondant bow on top and pearl trim for the border.  I free handed the zebra pattern with black fondant and used a mold to make the pearl border.  The zebra print was also tied into her father's surprise lady cake with the zebra bikini.

Suprise Lady Cake

This cake was for a grade school friend of mine's dad who was celebrating his 70th Birthday.  The only request her dad had for the cake was for a lady to be on top of it.  So I created this cake to mimic a lady popping out of it.  This was a family friendly event so I made sure the lady had on her bikini top.

This cake was a 10" cake covered in fondant with silver appliques to match the theme of the party.  The lady had on a zebra print bikini to match my friend's sister's cake who was also celebrating her Birthday.

Starwberry Shortcake

This cake was for the last of my daughter's BFFs.  Samantha celebrated her birthday at her favorite diner, Ocean Diner in Hermosa Beach and then spent the rest of the day at the beach with her friends.

The theme of her cake was Strawberry Shortcake.  This was an 8" cake covered in red fondant.  I made Strawberry Shortcake's house in fondant for the topper of the cake.  I used molds and cutters for the other embellishments on the cake.

Turn N' Burn

This cake was for my cousin's fitness studio, Turn N' Burn in Chino Hills.  They were celebrating the 1 year anniversary of their business and I was honored enough to make the cake along with 2 dozen cupcakes to help them celebrate.

This was a 6" chocolate cake with coconut buttercream filling.  I created their logo using fondant and decorated the sides of the cake with different size polka dots using their logo colors.

Carnival Ferris Wheel

This was for Jaelynne who was turning 2.  She was celebrating her party at the Santa Monica Pier.  Her theme was a carnival theme focusing on the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

The cake was an 8" cake that went on top of a 5 tier cupcake tower.  The Ferris Wheel topper on the cake was made out of gum paste.  I also made 6 dozen mini cupcakes to go around the cupcake tower.  3 dozen cupcakes were topped with fondant pinwheels and ride tickets.  The other 3 dozen were decorated with red sprinkles.  The cake with the number 2 on it was the smash cake I made for especially for Jaelynne to match the rest of her cakes.

Hello Maya!

This cake was for another one of my daughter's BFFs turning 4.  Maya had a Hello Kitty themed tea party for her Birthday.  All her friends were served lemonade in tea cups and sandwiches and were given gloves, hats, and boas.

This was a 10" chocolate cake with fresh strawberries and whipping cream as the filling.  The whole cake was covered in pink fondant.  The flowers where made using white fondant colored by brushing on pink, blue, and green petal dust.  The center of each flower had white sugar pearls.  Hello Kitty and the number 4 were made out of gum paste.

Munkee Boy

This cake was for my cousin's husband Alex (Munkee).  We celebrated his 31st Birthday with our family and I decided to make him a monkey cake since he loves monkeys.  I made the monkey out of fondant and used black sugar pearls for his eyes and edible marker for his nose and mouth.

V-Games Dirt Bike Cake

This cake was for brothers Ethan and Jacob turning 3 and 1.  The theme of their party was V-games for  their last name Vega.  The main event for the V-games was dirt bike racing since both Ethan and his Dad ride dirt bikes.  Each guest received Pit Passes as invitations for this very fun and creative party.

This cake was a topsy turvy cake.  The bottom tier being the dirt bike course and top tier representing the checkered flag with the score board.  Each rock was marbleized using brown, black, and white fondant.  The score board was made out of gum paste and edible marker.

Ella Gets Tangled

This cake was for one of my daughter's BFFs for her 4th Birthday.  It was a Tangled themed Pump It Up party.  Her mom gave me the figurines on top to mimic the lantern scene of the movie.  The boat that the figurines came in was too big so I made my own boat out of fondant to fit the cake.  The waves were made by cutting out a bunch of circles and cutting them in half and then placing them around the boat.  I used a braid mold to make the name and boarder around the cake.

The cupcakes were decorated with fondant cutouts.  Rapunzel's Braid, a number 4 for Ella's age, and flowers.

Polka Dot Baby Boy

I made this cake and 3 dozen polka dot cupcakes for my friend's sister's baby shower.  She is expecting her first boy, "Connor" in October and the theme of the shower was blue and brown polka dots.  My friend gave me a picture of a baby in a box cake and wanted me to make a cake similar incorporating the theme of the party.

The cake was a 6" round cake.  The base and lid the box where all made out of cake covered in fondant and the baby was made out of all fondant with sugar eyes and a face drawn on with edible marker.  At first I was having trouble with the lid of the box because the cake was sinking into the baby's head.  My husband actually help me trouble shoot this one.  He suggested putting the cake on a board so it would not sink.  Hmm, why didn't I think of that?  Probably because of my lack of sleep, but thank God for him it solved my dilemma.  So I decided to cover the same size board as the cake in fondant and place the cake on top it, it worked perfectly.  Before placing the lid back on the cake I added 2 dowels to the back of the cake and 1 dowel down the baby's head to support the weight of the lid.  The lid looked so much neater once it was complete and I was a happy camper again.

The cupcakes were decorated with different circle pieces to match the theme of the party.  Connor's aunts made a very cute back drop of different size brown and blue circles cascading down behind the candy bar.  The cake and cupcakes where in the center of the candy bar on a glass tier and everything tied together perfectly.

The Googly Eyed Monsters

I made three dozen of these googly eyed monster cupcakes for my mom's best friend's daughter, who was also a childhood friend of mine.  She is expecting her 1st child (a boy) and these were the awesome creatures decorating her shower.

My mom forwarded me a picture of these bad boys and I mimicked them the best I could.  The basic tools I used for both monsters were an oval cutter, round cutter, square cutter, edible marker, and an exact-o knife.  I really enjoyed making these cute little creatures and I thought it was such a fun and unique theme for a baby shower.