New things to come

I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I'm going to try to be better about posting very soon. I've been going through a lot of changes recently, so hopefully i will have some good news to post very soon. 

Anyway here are a couple of cakes I never got around to posting

what says hey you're 3 like an electric guitar :]

This lego ninja cake was cool, I'm very happy to see Lego's will never go out of style 

That's all for now!

Troll Doll Cake

Here is a cake I did last week with a 3d Troll doll figure on top of the cake. It was a very interesting request it was definitely the first troll doll I've ever made. 

The troll doll is all made of fondant 

Cat in the hat theme cake!

This week I did a cat in the hat/ Dr. Seuss themed cake

The top tier has fondant stripes to mimic the cats hat, a fondant number 1 (my co-worker michele made the number), then there is the fondant plaque on the front with the inscription. 

 

The bottom tier is inspired by the cake in the cat in the hat, then there is a Dr. Seuss quote that goes around the cake. The quote says: "Today you are You, That is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."

Below is a little bit more of an up close version

Thats all for now :]

StarCraft Cake

This cake is for any of you gamers out there, this week I made a starcraft cake. 

It was ordered by a woman for her husband to be his grooms cake. Anyway it was definately an interesting cake to do. Now im not familiar with the game but she gave us a referance picture so hopefully her husband liked it. 

Jagermeister cake

Today I'm posting some pics of a cake that I did this week, and I think it may be my favorite cake so far. The inscription on the cake was supposed to say "happy birthday greaseball" but at the at minute the woman changed her mind and just went with the guys name which was a little disappointing. 

So here's the first pic I would also like to point out that there is a small piece of white icing on the deers right ear which I did not notice until after I took the picture and forgot to take a new one. So please excuse that little oversight :p

Here is a close up of the bottle 

That's all for now

  xoxo

How to Succeed in business cake 2

A little while back I made the cake for the opening of how to succeed in business starring 

Daniel Radcliffe seen here.

Recently at work we received a call for a birthday cake for one of the cast members. They wanted the same cake as before only smaller and with the new star Darren Criss on it.

Enjoy!!

Children's Birthday Cakes

 Here's a few cakes I did recently that I really liked. The first one was really different, they wanted a fencing themed cake. Really cool idea, I think I'd like to have a fencing birthday party, although I'm not too sure if its a really good idea to give a bunch of 8 year olds swords. 

Then we have a classic (strawberry shortcake if you didn't already know)

This last one is from a newer show called Ni Hao Kai-Lan 

That's all for now will post again soon 

xoxo~Heather

Butterbeer

Happy Holidays everyone, so this is a long overdue post. I've been meaning to do a post about this for awhile. So as everyone should know butterbeer is a drink that is from the harry potter series. As seen below. 

They typically drank it here at the three broomsticks as seen below (photo by me at the wizarding world of harry potter in Orlando)

Here's what the butterbeer from the Orlando theme park looked like. Now the main difference is in the books/movies the drink is an alcoholic drink. However i guess since the theme park is a family place there is no alcohol. However it is really good. 

It tastes like a butterscotch cream soda with a sweet creamy foam at the top that they add at the end. 

So after returning from the park i decided to create my own butterbeer. Now i don't have an exact recipe but its really simple and really delicious. 

So all you will need is :

Cream soda 

Smucker's butterscotch sauce (ice cream topping)

Heavy whipping cream

Rum (i used Bacardi gold)

Here's what you do:

Pour the cream soda in a glass and add as much rum as you would like. Then add some of the butterscotch sauce, again this is just to taste i would say i added about 5 tablespoons,  you will need quite a bit to get that butterscotch flavor. Stir a little, then all you need is the foam so for this simply begin whipping the cream by hand, drizzle in some of the sauce to this as well. Whip to a soft peak. Pour the foam onto your drink. 

And here you have it! Your own butterbeer to drink with your harry potter marathon!

Hope you all try this out it's really good. Also WARNING definitely not for the calorie conscious!

I hope everyone's  holidays are filled with magic! 

xoxo--Heather 

cherry blossom cake 2

Here are some photos of a cherry blossom cake i did reently. It's a little different than the other one i did before, you can view that one here. I think that i prefer this style, i also like the addition of the green border. 

Munchies cake

This cake was actually a cooking theme party cake (for a 5 year olds birthday) However it did seem a lot like a stoners dream cake 

 Complete with little slices of pizza 

Hot dogs 

Pretzels 

Ice cream cones, hamburgers, and smiley faces 

Here is the finished cake 

Minnie Mouse

Here is a cake I did at work recently for a 2nd birthday. All the Decorations are edible (all decos made from fondant)

Here is another view of it

Pikachu I choose you!

This week someone ordered a pokemon cake which the nerd in me was very excited about. It's nice to see the things I loved as a kid still kicking around. 

For this cake they wanted pikachu on the top and seven other characters around the sides which they chose. 

Here is a pic of all the completed decorations 

The names of all the characters are 

Jigglypuff, Diglett, Poliwag, Chikorita, Wigglypuff, Gastly, and Slakoth(

Here are a couple of close-ups

Here is the finished cake! I really loved this one hope you all enjoy!

I can hold up the cup And the milk and the cake! said the cat in the hat

 Here's a picture of a cake i did this week for a 2 year olds birthday. I was really excited when someone said they wanted a cat in the hat cake. It was a nice break from all the princesses, Elmo's, and Dora's. The cake was also my favorite flavor banana with marshmallow icing, it may sound a bit strange but its delicious. All the decorations are made of fondant. 

I may add some better photos later, this one was just taken on my cell phone.

Harry Potter cupcakes

Just a quick post for now, here are some harry potter cupcakes i did recently. There are golden snitches, Harry's glasses, lightning bolts, Hedwig (the owl), Nimbus 2000 (the broom), as well as gryffindor and slytherin scarves. 

That's all for now 

Beauty & the Beast

Here is a cake I did recently, which was probably the most difficult cake I have made thus far. It was a beauty and the beast cake with matching themed cupcakes. The client was very specific in what she wanted, which in some ways is actually helpful. 

The most difficult part about this cake was definitely the figures on top. Figuring out how to construct them so that they can survive the delivery while retaining each figures characteristic. The second hardest part was the delivery itself, every little bump made my heart drop, I kept thinking this is it this will be the bump that ruins the cake. It was like having a glass baby on a rollercoaster. 

Luckily the cake made it safely not a mark on it, we assembled the stand with the cake and all the cupcakes. We met the woman who ordered the cake, she loved it and then I could finally breathe. So it all came out well with no disasters. 

This is a closeup photo of the Beast (all decorations are made of fondant)

A close up of Belle 

The finished cake before it left the bakery

Half the cupcakes Laura made these lovely roses aswell as the ones on the cake, you can check out her blog here

Here are the little books I made for the other half of the cupcakes

And here is the cake and the cupcakes assembed on the stand at the venue. Sorry for the bad quality I took it on my phone 

jewelry cake

This is a cake I did recently for jewelry designer nicholas varney's birthday. The cake had several pieces of his jewelry as well as some jewels and pearls. Here is his website, he makes very original ornate pieces.

Some up close photos of some of the pieces.    

Yellow sapphire "honeycomb brooch"

turquoise Mississippi river pearl earrings

Here is a photo of the full cake

Happy Birthday!

Todays post is children's birthday cakes. These are probably what i spend most of my time doing. Most of the time it's elmo, thomas the train, dora, or cars. However these were all a little different than what people normally get. 

This first cake was my hands down favorite, as it was one of my favorite tv shows growing up. Richard Scary's busy busy town. I had no idea they still played it. (all decorations made of fondant) This is the top view of the cake

Heres the side view, there's ants,worms, butterflies, ladybugs, blueberries, and magnifying glasses. I was a little confused about the blueberries but she requested them so hey as they say the customer is always right.  

I really liked this next one too, they were having a pirate themed birthday party and this is what the invite looked like, i don't think you can see it in the picture but the fish in the treasure chest has an eye patch. (all decorations made of fondant)

I have to be honest with you i was a little leery about this next cake. It's a character olivia the pig, now some people find her very cute. However i am not one of those people, in fact i found her very creepy at first when i was looking up pictures of her. So anyway i got over my fears and made the cake, and was actually pleased with the way it came, and think she does look quite cute. (all decorations made of fondant)

This last one is bugs bunny if you didn't know :] They wanted him fishing on a beach, bugs and the fish are made of fondant, and the sand is cookie crumbs. 

Well that's all folks !

Bridal Shower cakes

We've been getting a lot of orders for bridal shower cakes recently. I guess it's wedding season :] 

There seems to be a trend of people having simple color schemes then having these brightly colored, very fun elaborate napkins, and then they want us to coordinate the cake with the napkin. I really love the way these cakes turn out so i hope this is a trend that will stick. So here's a couple that I've done recently. 

This first one was actually a friend of a previous client, and was at her birthday party. Her friend had done the whole matching napkin cake thing and she really liked it so asked if we could do the same for her. I posted that cake previously, you can see it here it's the 3rd cake down the flower one.

This cake is iced with buttercream with fondant flowers, and buttercream piping.

This one was for a wedding shower as well, The napkin was this peacock with the "feathers" swirling. They got cupcakes too, with the peacock feathers on them too, i forgot to take a picture of those though. I liked the colors of this one a lot.

The cake is iced with vanilla icing, and the decorations are made of fondant. 

I'll try to have another post tomorow :]