Pokemon Black and White

This was a Pokemon Black and White cake.  To be honest with you when I was first asked to make this cake I thought it was just a black and white Pokemon.  I had to do a Google search to see what it was.  When I found out it was dragons I thought yes, I could do this.  I love a challenge.

I made both dragons out of gum paste.  I made the wings first to let them shape and harden and then the rest of the body.  I had to use royal icing to stick the wings on to keep them in place.

Spiderman Cake

This cake was for my nephew Gavin's 3rd birthday.  It was a 6" cake made for the top of a cupcake tower.  Chocolate cake with Oreo cookie filling. Yumm!

Spiderman Bust

This was a 12" Spiderman bust cake.  The bust was made out of rice krispy treats covered in fondant.  All completely edible.

Paul Frank

This was a Paul Frank cake I made for my friend's son, Ronav.  They were celebrating his 6 month Birthday and mom and dad both love dressing Ronav in Paul Frank clothing.  So it was fitting to have a Paul Frank cake to celebrate his first 6 months here on Earth.

Choo Choo Cupcakes

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

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!

This cake and smash cake was for baby J.Z.'s first birthday party.

The robot on the cake was made completely out of fondant.  I made the smash cake completely egg free because he has a slight allergy to eggs.  Baby J.Z. wasn't too sure what to do with his smash cake so he just stared at it. 

Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb theme cake along with rainbow mini cupcakes.

The cake was covered in fondant and figures where made out of fondant and gum paste.

"Every Child is an Artist"

The theme of this party was "Every child is an Artist".  The cake was a 10" round cake carved out like a painter's palette.  I used royal icing to make the splatter marks on the cake and the paint blots on top.  The inside of the cake was made with multicolored batter so when the cake was cute the colors exploded.

The "Every child is an artist" cookie was white royal icing with "Every child is an artist" printed on edible rice paper and placed on top.

The palette cookies where round cookies covered in white royal icing with royal icing paint blots.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Optimus Prime

This was definitely a Transformer filled weekend.  I made this cake for my friend's son Evan's 6th Birthday who was also having a Transformer themed party.  Evan is Jayden's cousin from my previous Transformer post and they celebrated their birthdays a day apart.  Evan's mom had a wonderful assortment of sweet treats and party favors for the kids and wanted a cake to go with her already amazing spread.

This cake was made using two 8" square cakes.  I  cut and layered the cakes to size using 3 layers for the cab of the truck and 2 layers for the back.  Everything was completely edible except for the two exhaust pipes that had toothpicks in side them to hold their shape and the Transformer Logo on the side of the truck that was actually a ring.

Transformers Party Part II

Part II of Jayden's 7th Birthday celebration was at his house with family and friends.  That morning I took a topsy turvy class and decided to gear the cake towards Jayden's party at night.  Originally this class was designed for a very girly cake with stripes, polka dots, and a flower bouquet topper.  I asked the instructor if it was okay if I did my own design and explained to her that I was going to give it to Jayden for his party.  It's always nice to know that your cake is going to be used during a special occasion instead of sitting at your house going to waste.

From the angle of these pictures you cannot really tell the cake is topsy turvy.  I made a few errors for my first time attempting this cake.  My first mistake was I did not make my layers thick enough to see a dramatic effect.  I should have made my layers thicker so there was more cake to shave off.  Secondly, I made my cake a little to soft so I had to trouble shoot and place the cake in the freezer for about 30mins. after I crumb coated it.  A more dense cake would work much better for this style of cake since you have to tort the cake at an angle.  If it's too soft the cake will just crumble.

I decorated the bottom layer of the cake using 1 inch diamonds I gradually decreased the diamonds to a single line on the "turvy" side of the cake.  The second layer had hand cut flames to follow the theme of Optimus Prime that was standing on the top of the cake.

Keep an eye out for my next topsy turvy cake in a couple of weeks.  Hopefully I learned from my mistakes.

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.

The Wonder Twins!

Chuggington, Chugga Chugga, Chugga Chugga, Chuggington!

Princess Aurora for Princess Cassidy!

These cakes where made for my friends' twin boy and girl. They celebrated their 3rd birthdays at Goofy's Kitchen at Disneyland Hotel.  So it was fitting that both twins had their favorite Disney characters as a theme for their Birthday cakes.

Boy twin Dylan's cartoon of choice is Disney's Chuggington.  His mom told me his 3 favorite trains on the show so I molded each one out of fondant and placed them on top of the train tracks on the cake.  The sign with his name was made out of gum paste and placed on the cake with skewers.  The whole time I was making this cake I could not get the theme song out of my head I was singing it so much that it spread to my 3 year old daughter who would not stop singing it as well.

Girl twin Cassidy's favorite Disney princess is Princess Aurora and also has an obsession with the color pink.  I used a brick impression mold for the sides of the cake to make it have somewhat of a castle effect and draped white fondant all around the cake.  The princess was a Wondermold topper that I draped with pink fondant adding curled pieces of fondant all around the skirt.