Playing Around with Ruffles!

I thought I'd try the ruffle technique I have previously used, but instead of vertical ruffles, I played around with horizontal ruffles. 

I like it!

40th Birthday Cupcakes!

These were made for my wonderful sister-in-law's special day!  They are a vanilla cupcake with buttercream and I think they are my favourite cupcakes so far!  I love the liners, the colour combination, the simplicity of the single flower and the little bit of glitz added by brushing silver shimmer dust on the flower.  Simple but elegant, my favourite!  Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Carrie!!!

Giant Cupcake Cake!

 This was a last minute order that I was happy to do for a first birthday party!  The request was for a cake that looked like a giant cupcake, in pastel green, pink and purple.  It was vanilla cake with buttercream filling and was covered in fondant.  Polka dots, flowers and the "1" on top are all made of fondant.  As with the hydrangea cake I recently made, I used multiple layers and then carved them to get the correct shape.  For this one, I used several 6" and 8" rounds.  This cake is made up of two parts and the top came off for easier cutting and serving.  I finished it off with a sprinkling of pink lustre dust to give it some shimmer!  I must say, first birthday cakes are always such fun!!!

Stripes and Swirls

Just a simple red velvet with a swirl of blue and white buttercream!

1st Birthday Cupcakes!

These chocolate cupcakes were made for the first birthday of a little cutie!  Based on the pictures of her eating them, she seemed to enjoy them!!! 

 I was happy to find these cupcake liners that are foil on the inside and keep their pattern on the outside, even after baked...that doesn't always happen!



102...the new 90?

Although it truly is an honour to make each and every cake requested, this has to be the biggest honour yet!  My amazing and beautiful Grandmother just celebrated her 102nd birthday and this was her cake!

My very creative cousin planned this year's festivities and went with a lovely mauve and blue hydrangea theme.  She planned to make cupcakes that she had seen on the website http://www.glorioustreats.blogspot.com/ and asked that I make a cake to coordinate with the cupcakes.

The cake was completely edible.  I used buttercream for all decorations except the leaves and rim of the pot, which were made from fondant.  The "102" sign was made out of gumpaste.  This cake was huge and was made up of 5 10" layers of chocolate cake, with buttercream. 

The cupcakes made by the talented party planner were also delicious and featured cream cheese icing on chocolate cupcakes...they were amazing!  I wonder what next year's theme will be!

Tea Time!

This cake was made for a princess themed tea party, for both adults and children!  I think the simple crown and gold accents were enough to tie in the princess theme!  This was a white cake with raspberry filling.  It is covered in buttercream with gumpaste and fondant accents.  I was initially going to use bowls to get the proper shape but decided to bake various sized rounds, then stacked and carved them, to get the shape I wanted.  Hope they had a jolly good time at the party!