Black, White, and Red

Ah. The cake that I have been dying to post. I'd like to introduce you to Alyssa's Bat-Mitzvah cake.
Top (6") and bottom(12") tiers with swirly design, and the middle(9") tier "quilted". Red velvet cake with cream-cheese (patooie!) icing.


For a real "wow" effect and accent, RED fondant roses. =)
A LOT of red roses. But thats ok. I absolutely loved making this cake, and how it came out. Very proud of it. I think Alyssa liked it too! ^_^
This cake was a challenge, between all the roses, the royal icing not acting very royal, and that scary as hell delivery, but I am super proud of myself for this one.
Till next time.
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Hi 2011!!

Hi guys! Long time no talk, huh? Wow. I promise I'm not dead or moving or anything else. I've just been super busy and while I have the patience to make 100 fondant roses (teehee, thats a later post), I have barely any patience for websites. But hey! I'm trying. So, for now, here is a baby shower cake I did last year that I haven't posted yet. Unfortunately I only have two pictures for now, but I may have some other ones on my old phone. I just gotta check.
It was a 3 tier chocolate fudge cake. Everything is edible, including the bow and the baby booties.
"S" for Sophia. <3
Loved how this cake turned out, and even more so that I found matching wrapping paper for the cake board!

See you guys soon!
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Bridal Shower!

Hey guys! Sorry for disappearing yet again! But at least its only been a month, right? I'm getting better, I promise! Anywho, here is a cake I did back in May (so I'm mildly behind...) for a bridal shower.

It was a pretty simple cake. Two tiers, 6 and 8 inches.

Scroll/swirly design and stripes.

Dasies and roses. <3

What flavor? Chocolate. Like, a lot of chocolate. Like two layers of fudge cake and a layer of fudge brownie. With fudge filling. It was for a bridal shower full of women, what?

This was back when I used an uncrusting buttercream before covering in fondant....yikes! But I'm happy with how it turned out. =]

Until next time (which hopefully will be within the next few days) !

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Are you ready for some...Hockey?!

Wow. Procrastination is something, huh? A lot of posts to come really soon, but right now...
Max's Hockey Cake!!!!!
It was a four tier marble cake with fudge filling. The tiers were 14", 12", 10", and 8". The occasion was Max's Bar Mitzvah (congrats!!!).
Here is the topper of the cake, the NHL logo, but with "MHL" for "Max's Hockey League". Cute huh? Its made out of fondant. Thats right. FONDANT. Not gumpaste!!! My dad, (the super cool and reliable delivery guy/poppa bear) and I were praying to the cake gods that it would dry in time to stand on top.

The top tier represented a goalie net, where I made a little fondant figurine of Max himself, in full goalie gear! Sorry for the blurry picture. I was in a bit of a rush...
The second tier was representing the hockey "field" (?).

The third tier represented the audience in the bleachers! I made little 2d people wearing red, yellow, and black, the colors of Max's team, the Golden Wolves!

(Bonus points if you know who these four people are! ;-] )

Over all, it was definitely a challenge, but so much fun to make. It was the biggest cake I've ever made AND the fastest cake I've ever made. Usually I take 4-5 days for baking and decorating with up to a week in advance for figurines and toppers, but I did this entire cake (baking and all) between Friday night after work (7PMish?) to Sunday Morning (2AMish?). Super happy with the result, and I think Max (and Nanci!!) were too!

See you guys soon!
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Happy Easter!

So this cake is a three layer chocolate/vanilla cake with chocolate filling. All the decorations are made with fondant or butter cream.

Hi!

Ah yes, the basket weave. First time ever doing it, really happy with the result. Ended up running out of butter cream on the last row- which was SO annoying, so thats why there are random eggs jutting out of the side of the cake (shown below, to the right).


There was also a fondant handle that said "Happy Easter", but the Florida humidity got to it and....I don't want to talk about it. Who needs a handle anyway?

Happy Easter everyone!
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Wedding Party!

Woo. Not much to say other than Oriental Trading is going down. This thing that they sell and call a "cake topper" is most certainly not a cake topper. Its hell. Solid glass hell.

Here is the back of the cake. All the silver swirls were hand painted.And the front. With that beautiful, elegant, wondrous topper.



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Happy Birthday

This post is just to show you two birthday cakes I've done recently.

The first was for Ms. L's surprise birthday party. Its a simple semi-homemade French Vanilla with cream cheese frosting.

Semi Homemade French Vanilla Cake
-One box of vanilla cake mix and the oil, water, and eggs called for on package
- Clear Imitation Vanilla
-French Vanilla Flavored Coffee Creamer (the liquid, not the powder)
-Cinnamon

After mixing the cake mix per directions, add a tsp of clear vanilla, 2 TBSP of the creamer, and a few shakes of cinnamon. Mix again, and bake! Its that simple and it makes such a difference! After the cake is cooled, even out the layers, cover in frosting, and viola!

Serious credit to my dad on this one. I can't pipe cursive to save my life, so I let him have a go. Someone make him teach me one day!
This guy over here is a basic yellow cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. Yeah, thats right. CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM. The easiest frosting I have ever made. I have to warn you though, if you plan on covering your cake with it and then decorating with it, CHILL the cake first, if not your decorations will run down the side of the cake (don't ask me how I know, I don't want to talk about it).

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

1/2 cup solid vegtable shortening (I used the butter flavor one, made a big flavor difference)
1/2 cup butter or magerine
4 cups (about 1 lb.) powdered sugar
1 tsp clear vanilla
2 tsp milk.

Cream the butter and shortening. Add the powdered sugar gradually, one cup at a time. If you have a mixer (stand up or hand held), USE IT. I can't imagine how messy this would be without one. After you have added all the sugar, add the vanilla. If your icing is dry, add the milk. It should be a teeny but runny, but should coat the back of a spoon without dripping off. Cover with a moist paper towel until ready to use.

Hope you like it!
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A Heart And A Pearl Necklace

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So, this was my first actual order of a novelty cake! (Thank you Mrs. Daub!) Its a heart shaped box with a "pearl" necklace. I have to say, this cake was NOT easy. First off, AC Moore let me down. They sold out of FONDANT! I nearly died. Luckly, I have an amazing dad that solves problems in under 5 minutes (or your money back). Generally though, a lot of time went into this cake, but I'm super happy with the way it turned out. A few nicks here and there, but I'm super happy, and everyone loved it.

It's a devils food cake with buttercream frosting (made from scratch!!!!), and covered in fondant. For the "pearls" I rolled out little balls of fondant a few days before, and strung them on some floral wire. Then after I atatched them to the cake, I painted them with some Wilton Shimmer Powder in silver mixed with a tad of water, giving them a really realistic pearl look. Then I added a ribbon and bow made out of fondant, and my signature roses all around.
The cake board was made out of Foam Board covered in super cute wrapping paper (think I got it at walmart a few weeks ago) and then some clear plastic wrap. Over all, I was thrilled with the outcome and look forward to making more novelty cakes.

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Mini Cakes!

Short, sweet, and to the point. =]

This idea hit me when I was walking around in my happy place (AC Moore). I saw the cutest little cake pans ever. The best part? ON SALE! My heart skipped. So I got them, and rushed home and luckly, I had two birthday gifts I needed to come up with. So, mini cakes were born.

For Alicia

Hmm, wonder who this one is for..

And another for "Ms. L", hence the giant purple L. ^_^

Its simple really. Take your favorite cake mix, bake, cover in your favorite dressings, add a cake box, and you have a really cute birthday gift idea. And they are the perfect size for two (or a very nice helping for one).
The cake boxes, found them at AC Moore also.


And ofcourse, I added my signature fondant roses.


And this one, I just had fun with. Everyone is allowed one messy cake, right?

Ok, maybe too much fun.. Don't report me to cake wrecks!

Thats it for now!

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Its A Hamburger! Its A Cake! No! Its A Hamburger Cake!!

So, my dads birthday was a few weeks ago, and to celebrate, I combined his two favorite things: big burgers and carrot cake. So, here we have carrot cake shaped like a hamburger and paired with sugar cookie fries!Mmmmm. Burger!

I have to say, this cake took a lot out of me. Originally, I wanted to do it with fondant, but that was a disaster (I'll never try to make fondant from scratch again).

So, to start, you need all your ingredients and tools...

Then, start mixing!

Then you bake all four cakes (two cake recipies divided into four 8 in pans), let them cool, wrap them in plastic wrap, and freeze them for 1/2 an hour. Level them, carve them into bun like shapes, assemble with sugar cookie "lettuce" and "cheese". Use some red colored frosting for ketchup, and viola!Hamburger Cake!

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