Storybook Baby Shower!

 To say that this cake was an honour to make is an understatement!  This cake was made to welcome the arrival of a little miracle who's parents have been waiting for her for a very long time!  The theme of the shower was storybook and I was very impressed by the way the whole shower was tied to that theme!  I decided on a cake that looked like a storybook, right down to the gold edged pages and ribbon book mark down the centre of the "book"!

The colour theme of the shower was brown and pink, one of my favourites for a baby shower for a little girl! The brown fondant edge of the cake was made to look like a cover, while a brown strip of fondant was used as a book mark down the centre of the cake.  The edges of the pages were painted with gold colouring and pink and brown accents and a gold crown were used on the pages.  A little pink bassinette with a brown bow was featured on one page, while the story of Karsyn's arrival was hand written with

brown colour on the first page.  This cake is half chocolate and half vanilla buttermilk with buttercream filling and covered in fondant.  It truly is a storybook ending and a dream come true!  Welcome to the world Karsyn!!!



"90 Years Young"

 It was a privilege to make this cake for a 90 year old who seems to be very young at heart!  I was given several ideas to work with regarding interests of the birthday girl, who is very active and vibrant!  I was also shown a photo of her, which I believed must have been from a few years back, and was in awe in discovering that it was taken very recently!  I tried to incorporate as much as I could in the design, to reflect the amazingly rich life that this incredible woman leads, but had to keep it to only a few of her interests!  She recently painted her bedroom lilac, she loves the theatre, jazz music and driving around in her convertible, to name a few, but these were the ones I went with!

 I decided to use a soft lilac, white and black as the featured colours of the cake.  I started out with a bottom tier featuring a harlequin pattern.  This always reminds me of the theatre and adds a nice contrast to other patterns used on the cake.  The middle tier consisted of a bar of music flowing from a saxophone silhouette.  The music wrapped around the circumference of the cake.  It was quite the time consuming process as each line and music note is made of single thin strips of fondant.  I'm so glad it worked out after all that!

To top off the cake, I added a third tier incorporating a convertible, to honour the guest of honour's love for her own, and a simple fondant flower!  I typically would not add a toy to a cake, as I like for all parts of the cake to be edible, however, I decided that I would not do justice to a convertible  made of fondant or gumpaste considering how much other detail I had planned for the cake.  Also, this would allow the birthday girl to have a souvenir of her party to keep, and play with if she so desires!

Order from Mexico, ole!

 I was thrilled to receive a request for a cake all the way from Mexico!  Thankfully I didn't have to get it there as the customer was ordering it for a party right here in Ontario!  The request was for the rosette cake I have done before but with bright colours!  I LOVE the colours on this cake and the way it turned out!  I was originally not going to use the pink as I thought it would be too busy, but it added the right contrast to make the cake pop!  It is such a happy looking cake, if a cake could be happy! 
Fit for a fiesta!!!

Pretty in Pink!

Georgia's birthday party was a "Pretty in Pink" theme and so I was just a bit pleased to be able to make her cake, there's so little pink in my world!  Georgia's mom let me know how much she (mom) likes stripes and that neither she nor Georgia are overly excited about frilly, fru-fru (how on earth is that spelled?) things.  Cute and simple was the aim and so stripes using three shades of pink, a simple pink fondant "1" and a cute little flower to finish it off were all that was needed!  The bottom tier of the cake was chocolate with strawberry filling, while the top was vanilla buttermilk with strawberry filling.  Georgia's mom wanted to incorporate pink into the cake and this was a tasty way to do that!  I was also asked to make a smash cake, which was quite fun!  I made a 4" vanilla buttermilk, also with strawberry filling, that coordinated with the larger cake.  Just enough to give the birthday girl a taste and also to make the traditional first birthday cake mess!!!  Happy Birthday Georgia!

"Sweet 16th" Book!

I was asked to make a cake as a surprise for a 16 year old who happens to love reading!  What better than a book?  This is a small vanilla buttermilk cake made of a 9x13, cut in half and stacked, with vanilla buttercream filling.  The cake was covered in fondant with all gold accents brushed on.  Happy to hear Michaela didn't want to cut into it, but glad she did!!!  

Wedding Calla Lillies!

It was a pleasure to make this cake and cupcake display for a happy young couple celebrating their "I do's"!!  The couple requested 150 mini cupcakes with a small cake to top off the display.  Purple with white calla lillies was the request.  I was provided with a swatch of fabric from the bridesmaids' dresses and matched the fondant and buttercream to that.  It took quite a bit of colour gel to get a match as it was such a deep, lovely purple, but I got it!  The cake and cupcakes were vanilla buttermilk and the cupcakes were topped with a swirl of vanilla buttercream, while the cake was also covered in buttercream as well as fondant.  I used silver cupcake liners and matching ribbon around the cake board and finished the cake off with a cute little fondant trim.  I managed to find an incredibly easy way to make the gumpaste calla lillies using paper cones.  I couldn't believe how difficult it was to find those paper cone cups anywhere, so I resorted to making them myself.  Thankfully, one of my boys recently requested that I make him an elf hat out of felt like Buddy in the movie Elf wears (those of you who know me, feel free to take a guess at who that might have been)!  Anyway, it was good practice for making the cones for the flowers.  I'm looking forward to making these again sometime soon, maybe in other amazing colours!  I was so happy to receive a sweet email from the bride a few days after the wedding, letting me know that it was just what she had pictured and she was quite happy with how everything turned out!  It does my heart good when people are happy with their cake, especially when it's a happy bride!!!



Happy 103rd Grandma!!!

It's hard to know what to get your amazing and beautiful Grandmother when she turns 103, so I stuck with the old standby, cake!  My incredible cousin planned a lovely afternoon tea for Grandma and most of her girls!  I was asked to make the cake and I couldn't wait to make another teapot!  Along with the fact that it was an afternoon tea, Grandma is a real "tea granny", so it seemed quite fitting!    Grandma likes her tea with lemon and anything lemon flavoured is always a winner with her!  This cake was five layers of lemon cake with vanilla buttercream and lemon curd alternated between the layers.  The "103" teabag tag is my favourite little detail on this one!  The cake was covered in buttercream with all accents made of either fondant or gumpaste.  I think the blue, silver and white has a classy look, perfect for Grandma, one of my favourite people in the world! 

Grandma with one of her youngest great great grandchildren,
adorable Kaydan!

It was a very nice afternoon spent with many wonderful women, all celebrating the birth of a truly remarkable woman!  Here's to all your birthday wishes coming true Grandma, a.k.a. G.G.!!!

xoxoxo