That's a Cake?: 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Starbucks Coffee Cup

As some of you may or may not know, I used to own a coffee shop. SO, it was very painful for me to make this cake! Luckily it was for a good friend's mom so I was able to work through my distaste of Starbucks and focus on delivering a great cake.

Pink and Grey Damask Wedding Cake

Unfortunately, the lighting from this reception does not help this wedding cake picture at all. The design of the cake was inspired from the brides wedding invitations which were done in a soft pink and grey stamped damask pattern. The design of the cake followed as such. The top tier was elevated with a dark pewter candle stand and was accented with a pink feather and grey fondant ribbon.

Dove Hunt

This was the centerpiece cake for a Dove Hunt, hosted annually by one of my regular customers. The dove was sculpted from rice cereal treats and covered in fondant. The tree log was also made the same way.

Starfish Reception Cake

This buttercream cake was frosted in an ocean blue and accented with fondant starfish and white sugar pearls for a reception from a destination wedding.

Redneck Wedding Cake

I had a unique request from a bride this summer for her wedding cake. She wanted a nontraditional cake in the form of her fiances pickup truck. She also wanted their dog in the truck bed, taking a bite from a traditional "wedding cake". After describing her vision in email, she followed it by saying, "I guess its a little redneck". Well, I honestly think that is far from the case! Weddings are about personalization. And, I think any time you can add elements that represent you as a couple, your entire reception will enjoy it!

Navy Blue Wedding Cake

I was so excited to get complete design freedom on this wedding cake. Between each tier are crystal glass separators. Gumpaste anemones accent the top and bottom of the cake with a variety of other whimsical sugar flowers.

Lily Pulitzer Graduation Cake

This cake was a fun deviation from the traditional style graduation cake. The design and colors of this cake were inspired by Lily Pulitzer Clothing and Stationary Collections.

Cat Dump Truck CT660

Celebrating one of the newest business endeavors for Caterpillar!

Black and White Damask Home Brew Wedding

3 tier butter cream wedding cake decorated with elegant black damask piping. The bride also surprised the groom with a 4 pack of his micro brew beer. Except, this version of his beer is much sweeter than the real stuff!

Purple Flower Branch Wedding Cake

Simple buttercream wedding cake with a basic fondant branch and purple accent flowers.

Pink Peony Wedding Cake

This 5 tier wedding cake was frosted in a whispy buttercream. Each tier was decorated with fondant floral rose cutouts and pearls. 3 bright pink gumpaste peonies anchor the middle tier.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Bronze Wedding Cake

This wedding cake was custom-designed for the bride. The base tier was accented with hot pink sugar diamonds on a quilted pattern and the next tier was adorned with strands of crystals. The cake was elevated with a clear glass cylinder to give it a floating illusion. Wrapped around the silhouetted layer to highlight the bride's wedding colors was dark purple fondant, and last but certainly not least, the top tier was encrusted with hundreds of silver, pink, and gold dragees.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sushi

Who knew sushi could taste so sweet?!?

Quail and Trout

This birthday cake was created for a gentleman that has a huge love for the outdoors. From hunting to fishing, he has done most of it so I created a Quail and Rainbow Trout to show as such.

Yellow and Black Present

What a great present, cake!

Yellow and Purple Floral Cupcake Wedding

Florals were the inspiration for this cupcake tower. Half of the buttercream cupcakes were covered with clusters of buttercream dropflowers.

Hockey Wedding

The design for this cake was inspired by the couples love of hockey. The obvious cake topper of two fondant hockey sticks and puck depicts this theme. However, subtle reminders of the sport were also included in the other tiers from the base tier incorporating the 5 circle pattern found on the rink floor. The second tier using an abstract pattern of a hockey stick and the top tier using round circles centering around the tier, similar to a hockey puck.

Purple and white wedding cupcakes

For this wedding the bride opted for a cupcake tower and coordinating 8" cake. Additionally, I made a custom gumpaste cake topper of the couple singing Karaoke.

Dr. Seuss Hat

One fish, two fish....how fun is this cake?!? All design elements, including the hat were hand painted. It features Thing 1 and Thing 2, the infamous Cat in the Hat himself and all other funny book elements from the classic story.

Chanel

The request for this birthday cake came from one of my favorite clients who had just returned from a trip to Paris with some of her close friends. The cake was made for one of these girls who adores Chanel. The building is modeled from Chanels flagship store in Paris. The base tier is done in black and white with edible images of Coco and her signature pearls.

Black and White Anemone

This 2 tier buttercream cake was modeled off of a fondant cake my client had seen on line. The anemone was created from gumpaste and the cake was accented in simple black piping.

White and Yellow Daisies

This fondant birthday cake features the birthday girls dog hiding in a bed of white and yellow daisies.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

These cupcakes were created for a baby shower. The fondant flowers adn butterflies were based off of the babies nursery bedding.

Pearl Wedding

The focus for this buttercream wedding cake was elegant pearls. Each tier incorporates some style of pearl. The custom "Z" monogram was completely encrusted in sugar pearls. The pearls were then also repeated in the piped 4 petal flower outline for the flowers eye.

Zoo Wedding

Every now and then wedding clients will give me design freedom to create their wedding cake as I see fit, with some general guidelines. That was the case for this cake. The reception was held at the Peoria Zoo in the Africa exhibit. My instructions were to use sunset colors, and animal prints. I tried to vary the textures on each tier, (which are difficult to see from this picture). This was the final result.

Mad Hatter - Alice in Wonderland

This cake was so much fun to create! It was the celebration cake for my clients 16th birthday where Alice in Wonderland was the theme of the party. The mad hatter style cake is covered in fondant and features Alice falling through the cake as well as the signature card people and talking door.

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