Sweet Celebrations

polka dot giraffe

I consider it an honor to do a first birthday cake.  That might sound cheesy and well I am pretty cheesy, but I think that's a pretty special birthday.  This time the honor was given to me by my very favorite hair stylist, Kimmy.  Kimmy has a cute little boy and they celebrated with a polka dot giraffe cake.

 

Two tiers of the cake were yellow and one was chocolate, all with cream cheese filling and buttercream icing.  The decorations were fondant.  The smash cake was a small yellow cake with a giraffe on top carved out of cake and covered with fondant.

 

Thanks for looking and have a super weekend!

 

trailer cake

This cake was for a little boy who wanted a trailer (like one you hitch to the back of a tractor or truck) birthday party thus a trailer cake.  So his mother asked for a trailer on top of a round cake.  She also asked for minimal fondant so I made it my mission to make the cake completely without fondant.  That was a little tricky for me because I'm not exactly the buttercream queen, but I did it and used absolutely no fondant.

The cake was yellow and all buttercream icing.  The rails around the trailer and the hitch are red twizzlers.  The tires are small chocolate donuts.

hairstylist

My hairstylist asked me to do a cake for one of the lady's in her salon who passed her board exam.  I'm not sure if that's exactly what you call it, but she's now a certified hairstylist anyway.  So the ladies at the salon wanted to celebrate with her.  This is the cake I came up with.

The cake was yellow with cream cheese filling and buttercream icing.  The hairdryer was made out of rice krispy treats and covered with fondant.  All the other decorations were fondant.

  

movie popcorn

It's so much fun to make cake look like it's something else.  Even better is to make cake look like another kind of food.  Popcorn was on the menu last week for a birthday girl who took her friends and her party to the movies. 

The cake was all yellow with buttercream filling and icing.  She wanted none of those other fillings, "just icing in the middle please."  :-) 

All of the decorations were fondant except the popcorn.  Need a closer look?

 

Even closer?

I'm going to let you in on a little secret...the popcorn.  I'm going to tell you how I made it, but you have to pay close attention because it's super technical and very difficult.

Just kidding.

It's so easy. You take mini marshmallows and cut two lines across the top and then just shape it up a little.  Then you paint each one with a mixture of yellow pearl dust and lemon extract.  So easy for so much cuteness.  

This will be our little secret. 

Check back Monday for a What's Baking Monday recipe....I promise.

Have a great weekend! 
 

zebra and girly

I've been doing several of these lately, but that's okay because I really like them.  The first one was for a birthday girl.  It was chocolate cake and buttercream filling and icing.

The second was for a good friend, Embroidery Amy.  She was having a family girls weekend and needed a girly cake.  This is what I came up with.  The cake was yellow with cream cheese icing and strawberries.  I had an incident with the strawberries, but I'll have to share that another time.  It's very late and my eyes are glazing over.

 

john deere tractor

This cake was so much fun to do!  It was challenging and I enjoyed it very much.  It was for a little boy's birthday and was all chocolate cake with cream cheese filling.  I covered it in fondant and most of the decorations are fondant.  I used the very handy rice krispy treats to make the tires.

  

3d "A"

This cake was mostly a repeat with a little twist.  It was fun with the bright pink, green and a 3d "A" on top.  Everything was cake and buttercream icing.  The polka dots and stripes were marshmallow fondant.

lady bug

I really loved this cake.  I love that it's girly and I really loved the color combination.  The bottom tier was chocolate cake and cream cheese filling while the top tier was chocolate chip cake with chocolate buttercream filling.  The whole cake was covered with marshmallow fondant and the decorations were fondant.  The body of the lady bug was cake. 

firetruck #3

This is another repeat cake, my 3rd firetruck I think.  It was for my good friend, photochick's oldest son.  We went to the birthday party complete with real life firetrucks and a splash pad in the park.  My boys had a blast!   

The cake was yellow, the filling was cream cheese and it was covered with very red marshmallow fondant.  Yes my hands and fingernails were red for a couple of days.

Have a great weekend!

 

 

fish in a lake

This cake was for an end of summer trip to the lake.  The fish is very similar to this one.  It's made out of rice krispy treats and covered with fondant.  The cake was yellow with half of it filled with cream cheese filling and half of it filled with butter cream.  The cake was iced with butter cream icing.