Cupcakes for an Artist!

I was asked to make cupcakes for a painter who loves yellow roses and this is what I came up with.  I piped a soft green buttercream on the tops and then used fondant leaves in the same shade of green, soft pink flowers and yellow roses, also made out of fondant and finished off with a fondant paintbrush tucked among the flowers.  I was very happy with how these turned out and was glad to hear that the birthday girl was as well!!!

Hot Pink and Black Cupcakes

This was a fun little cupcake order!  I was given free reign with the only requirements being to use hot pink and black for a 30th birthday party.  I always love to use these damask liners and flowers are always a favourite of mine, so I decided on a two-layered flower with pink shimmer and a black butterfly with pink glitter!  So girly, love it!!!

Maple Leafs Cupcakes

I thought I'd have a little fun with this order for Maple Leafs/hockey themed cupcakes and came up with these semi-toothless grins!  The rest of the cupcakes featured the Maple Leafs Logo and pucks with crossed sticks piped on.  It's too bad the young Leafs fan that these were made for is not getting to enjoy watching them play these days, but at least he had some cupcakes to remind him of his favourite team...not quite the same I'm sure!

It's a Jungle Out There!

It was nice to make a square slab to mix things up a little!  This carrot cake with cream cheese icing was covered in buttercream and fondant accents were used to make the jungle animals and other accents.  Some polka dots and a few fondant leaves around the base are the finishing touch!

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!!!