Dodger Baby Blue

These cupcakes were made for a LA Dodger themed baby shower.  Chocolate cupcakes with rich vanilla buttercream and vanilla cupcakes with chocolate ganache.

Choo Choo Cupcakes

These were trained themed cupcakes with a railroad sign, rail road tracks and bandanas.

Pink Party!

This was a pink theme birthday party.  6" round cake with mini cupcakes for a cupcake tower.

Woodland Creatures Cake and Cupcakes

This cake was for Isla who was turning 3.  The theme of her party was woodland creatures.  Her mom sent me a picture of a pin cushion and asked me if I could make it into a cake.

The cake was made using 2 types of pans.  The bottom part of the cake was a round 10" cake covered in fondant.  I gave it some ridges to make it look similar to a tree stump.  For the top part of the cake I used a magic mold to create the hill mound.  All the creatures and mushrooms were made out of fondant.

Along with the cake I made mini cupcakes to match the theme of the cake.

Soccer Cupcakes

 
These cupcakes were made for an end of the season soccer party.  They were marble cupcakes with cream cheese icing. 

Each soccer ball toppers were fondant circles with hand cut hexagons for the black spots and lines that were hand drawn with edible ink.

Hello Kitty You're so Pretty!

This was a Hello Kitty themed party with mini cupcakes and 6" cake.

The cake was covered in fondant with a marshmallow Hello Kitty lollipop topper.  The side of the cake was embellished with Hello Kitty rings and fondant cutouts and placed on top of a 3 tier cupcake tower.

The cupcake tower was the center piece of the Hello Kitty candy bar.

Angry Birds Cake and Cupcakes #2

 This was another Angry Birds cake I made along with standard size cupcakes. It was a 6" cake with 6 dozen cupcakes all around a square cupcake tower.

I handmade my own cupcake tower out of foam board and cement glue and trimmed it with red and blue ribbon.

Angry Birds Cake and Cupcakes #1

This was for my godson, Joshua's 3rd birthday.  He loves Angry Birds, so his mom planned an Angry Birds themed party at Chuck E. Cheese.

The cake was a 6" cake made with completely edible Angry Birds characters.  The cupcakes were mini cupcakes topped with fondant toppers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Transformers Party Part I

I made this cake and cupcakes for my friend's son.  Jayden was celebrating his 7th Birthday Transformer style.  Part I of his birthday celebration was at a Tai Kwon Do studio where him and a few friends showed off their  martial arts moves.  His mom asked me to make a small cake and cupcakes to help celebrate his special day.

This 6 inch cake was made so that Jayden had a cake to blow out his candles on.  I printed out a copy of the Transformer's Logo and used it as a template for the fondant cutout in front of the cake.  Jayden's mom provided me with the Optimus Prime figurine that was placed on top the cake.  The base of the cake had hand cut flames to tie in the whole Optimus Prime theme.

Showering Baby Lauren!

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I made this cake for my sister-in-law's baby shower.  It was a 6" round red velvet cake covered in fondant.  I made the flowers using the Wilton flower cut-outs placing 4mm edible silver balls in the middle of each flower.  The cupcakes where chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting topped with matching fondant flowers.

NiaCake's 1st Birthday

I had a Hello Kitty themed 1st Birthday Party for my younger daughter Nia back in February.  I decided to put my cake decorating skills to the test by making a 6" cake and about 75 cupcakes and mini cupcakes for her party.  I made a cupcake tower using foam board and cement glue trimming it with decorative ribbon as well as the toothpick cupcake toppers to match the theme.  The cupcake flavors were a strawberry cake with whipping cream,  chocolate sour cream cake with cream cheese frosting, and an almond butter cake with butter cream.