2 is better than 1

Both of these cakes were made for a friend of mine.  Her son was celebrating his baptism and her daughter was celebrating her 2nd Birthday on the same day.  So she asked me if I could make two 6" squared cakes for her kids.

The baptism cake was a chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache filling.  It was iced with buttercream and decorated with fondant and royal icing.  The cross was made with fondant and cut out using a cookie cutter.  In order to accent the shape of the cross I piped royal icing stars around it.  The top and bottom border or the cake was also made with fondant using impression molds.

The birthday cake was a girly Dora the Explorer inspired cake.  Pinks and purples were the mom's request for her little girly girl.  This cake was a yellow cake filled with whipping cream mixed in with strawberries and blueberries a perfect flavor for the summer.  The cake was iced with buttercream and decorated using all fondant.  The flowers were made using different size flower cutters, and the buttons in the center of the flowers were made using impression molds.  Unfortunately for this cake I could not get the buttercream as smooth as I would like.  The consistency was a little too dry.  I adjusted the next batch for the baptism cake by adding a little more milk.  As you could see in the baptism cake picture above the buttercream came out a lot smoother.

The Deflated Rubber Ducky!

 

This was a 6" round marble cake with a chocolate ganache filling.  The rubber ducky and bubbles were made strictly out of fondant and the center border around the cake was made using a Wilton impression mold.  I used a 12mm mold to make the pearls around the base of the cake.

This cake was for my daughter's pre-school teacher who is expecting a baby boy in October.  We gave this cake to her along with a baby shower gift from her students during the end of the school year picnic.  Before the cake was presented to her however, the cake was accidentally smashed by the school director turning it into a deflated ducky.  Too bad I didn't have a chance to take a picture of the aftermath.  Nonetheless my daughter's teacher was very touched by the gesture and everything her students, parents, and school staff did for her that day.

I'm All In!

I made this cake for a friend's 40th Birthday party.  It was a poker tournament party hence the poker themed cake.  It was a marble cake with cream cheese filling.

I made the poker table by starting out with an 8" square cake and trimmed one corner to make the rounded end of the poker table. The black arm pad was made by rolling out black fondant and placing the piece directly on the cake.

The poker chips and playing cards were all made out of fondant.  I cut out the shape of the playing cards by using an actual card and cutting the fondant around it.  The chips were made using a circle cutter and edible maker to make the hash marks and 40s on the chips.

Anyone for high tea?

My cousin ask me to make this cake for a bridal shower that she was throwing for one of her friends.  The shower was at Tudor House in Santa Monica which is a British tea house.  I made this as a topper cake along with 2 dozen cupcakes for a cupcake tower.

This was a 6" round cake covered in white fondant.   I draped the flowers like a rainbow around the cake using small, medium, and large sized flowers.  The pearl boarder was made using a 14mm pearl mold. The flowers were made just using Wilton flower cutters and the leaves were formed by using an impression mold.

Shower me with Tiffany Blue

 

This cake was for my Aunt's surprise Tiffany themed bridal shower.  The cake was an 6" and 8" square red velvet cake with cream cheese filling.  Each layer was covered in fondant and then stacked.  I made the roses, pearls, and bow strictly out of fondant. I used white fondant and teal Americolor gel paste to get the Tiffany Blue color.

This was my first attempt at making fondant roses.  They came out a little thick and I did not have a wire to form the flower around so I used a thin straw so the base started out thicker than normal.  I would definitely use gum paste next time or a gum paste/fondant mix for a softer look.  I used a 14mm pearl mold to make the pearl trim around the base of each layer of the cake.  The bow was 2 1/2 inches wide and placed on all four sides of the cake.

Overall I thought the cake came out good.  It was exactly what my cousins wanted.  My cousins did such a fabulous job planning their mom's bridal shower and the cake was the perfect accent to the party.

X-Box Cake

I made this X-Box console cake for for my neighbor's sons who were having a gaming birthday party.  I myself am a gamer and I love our X-box 360 so I was really excited to make this cake.

This was a quarter sheet red velvet cake with cream cheese filling.  I used white fondant to cover the entire cake and cut out each detail by hand. I used royal icing to pipe some of the smaller details on the cake like the air vents on top and the green on the power switch.

The best part of the cake was when I delivered it and saw the reaction the kid's faces.  They were so happy to see their cake!

Purple Wedding Bliss

This was a 6" and 8" red velvet square wedding cake with cream cheese filling.   I made this cake for my neighbor's brother and wife.  Their theme was different shades of purple and black.  I covered the entire cake with fondant and piped royal icing polka-dots throughout the cake.  The bows were 2.5 inches wide and were painted over with a silver lustre.  The couple chose to do a fresh flower topper which I arranged on top of a ball of fondant.

I really enjoyed creating this cake and I was really happy the bride and groom enjoyed the outcome.