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.