Tattoo convention cake

I hit the road this weekend for a Tattoo Convention in Indiana with friends from Wisconsin! Of course, we needed to have cake for this!






There was a "bad" word on the back... click here to see!

P.S. It was gooood. Hahaha.

Baby Shower Cake

Here's a cake I did for my co-worker's daughter's baby shower. I matched the frosting to the yarn used to make a blanket for the baby.

Update

Wow, I didn't realized I hadn't updated in a while. I never posted the cake I made for my niece's birthday! I can't believe that. So here's her fairytale castle cake:





She loved it. We all ate tons of cake and there was plenty leftover!


Yesterday, for St. Patrick's Day, I made a nice chocolate stout cake using some oatmeal stout from Trader Joe's. I poured over it with chocolate ganache.


It came out lovely and delicious! It had a smooth, rich texture. I made the ganache from 90% dark chocolate, 77% dark chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate. It was almost too rich and I couldn't even finish the piece I cut myself. It's okay though, I have more friends willing to help out! ;)

Valentine's Truffles

These are hand made chocolate covered cake truffles! Those with sprinkles or white chocolate topping contain a mixed truffle of white and pink cake. Those topped with heart candies contain a mixed truffle of yellow and chocolate cake! All were made with much love and care!














FYI: Truffle insides:

Happy Birthday to Me

I made myself a quicky birthday cake last week. Plans were sort of rushed, so I didn't have time for anything extravagant. I just made a simple birthday cake.
Lemon cake with strawberry filling... yum!







Delicious!

This weekend is my niece's 1st birthday! I'm making her a castle cake!

Topsy Turvy!

This was my very first attempt to make a topsy turvy cake.


It's for my niece who turned 13 today! She's cute as a button and this cake matches her quirky personality.

I had to work, so I didn't get to go to the party!!! Bummmmmmmeeeerrr!!! But I am told everyone loved the cake and had a blast. The husband sent this pic from dinner at La Fiesta to my phone:


The inside of the cake is pink and white alternating layers.

It's a Butterfly... it's an airplane... no! It's a cake!

This week I did two cakes! One was for my best friend Chelsea's sister's baby shower.
I was given this fabric as inspiration:


And this is what I made:


Everything is buttercream on the cake itself. The butterflies are made of chocolate and are copies of the butterflies on the fabric. The little flowers are fondant with buttercream. The inside is lemon with strawberry filling!! It's the same flavor I made for Chelsea's birthday!
I love it. It's quite possibly the cutest thing I've ever made!


I also made a cake for a friend of mine on Twitter! @GinaKay!
This is an air craft carrier I made for her husband:


Sorry for the stupid black stuff all around the photo haha. I just needed to try to hide all of the junk on the counter!!!
There's a small Jazz band playing on the deck as well. I made it sort of an abstract element. Her husband is a Navy vet who loves jazz! This was mostly buttercream. The deck was made of oreo cookies with I processed into a fine grain in my food processor and there are fondant pieces here and there. The water is all buttercream.

I am making my niece a birthday cake on Sunday! Can't wait to post it!! It's going to be VERY cute!

Banjo Cake!

This cake was a very last minute cake for a special surprise! I basically had about 24 hours to design and create this cake! I made this for a co-worker's husband's birthday!




The banjo body is cake covered in fondant, the neck is foam covered in fondant and the head stock is made completely of fondant. Details were hand painted with silver luster dust and piping was done with buttercream.

You Only Turn 30 Once!

My friend Micah turned 30 this month, but he was on the road on tour with his band. His wonderful wife called my husband and invited us to a little party to surprise him the day after he got home from tour. It was a total blast and everyone freaked out when they saw the cake, which my husband said I must refer to at least once as "Tasty Licks."



Everyone seemed a bit distressed about cutting it haha.








It was the most awesome and most fun cake I've ever made and we all had so much fun!
I was so thrilled that everyone loved it so much.

Happy Birthday Katie!

I made this cake very last minute for one of my best friends!

From start to finish, including baking the cakes and making the fondant I spent about 5 solid hours on this baby.



It was well worth it. We took it to Century Bar downtown and demolished it.