Happy Birthday Dad!

1937 Chevrolet

My Dad recently celebrated a big birthday and my Mother requested a replica of a car from the year he was born.  It just so happened that my Dad's first car was made the year he was born.  This is a replica of the 1937 Chev my Dad first owned.  In typical fashion, it's a cute, cartoonish version!  This was half chocolate with chocolate buttercream and half white with raspberry filling!  At the time I was making the cake, I didn't realize how much fun the front fenders would end up being in photo ops with nutty sisters and cousins!  May have to post some pictures of those fun times!!!

Strawberry Shortcake House!

I recently had the privilege of making this cake for a special little lady's first birthday party!  Her family  very affectionately refers to her as "Bug"...adorable!

 This was a marble cake with chocolate buttercream and was covered in fondant to give it a smooth finish.  As usual, I spent much longer than planned on the details...

 but am happy that I did!!!

Happy Birthday "Bug"!

Simple but Lovely!

This is a technique that I have seen many times and have wanted to try.  So, while the children were off at a sleepover at their lovely aunt's home, I had my own time to play!  This is amazingly easy and I

LOVE the way it looks...so pretty!!!  It is a chocolate cake with toasted pecan and coconut filling!  I'm looking forward to another opportunity to make one of these and to really perfect it.  Since making this, I think I've spent far too much time just imagining all the lovely colours it could be done in! Maybe I'll have to find some more play time soon!!! 

Early Spring!

These cupcakes were made for the mother of a very dear, and hilarious, friend! 

She asked for something with mauves and purples, maybe flowery, so this is what I went with!  They are a vanilla buttermilk cupcake with raspberry filling, topped with buttercream and fondant flowers.  I was trying to keep these pretty simple but that just doesn't seem to happen in my world! 

My favourite part of these is definitely the flowers with the "pearl" centres!  They weren't part of the original plan but ended up being the finishing touch! 

WHOOO wants a Cupcake?!!

Thanks to a friend who sent me a picture of this design!  It's not my own but I couldn't wait to try it out!  The one she sent had used coconut for the front of the owl, but I opted for white buttercream instead.  Although I love coconut, I wasn't sure that the group of people I made it for would.   This is incredibly easy to make and could be done in any number of colour combinations.  It's also a very cute design for a cake...maybe next time!

Latest Pink Fix!

 Strawberry filled vanilla buttermilk cupcakes!

Love these damask liners, especially against the pink!

Happy Birthday Cohen!!!

Once again I had the priviledge of making my nephew's birthday cake!  The little man and his parents live far enough away that we only get to see them a couple of times a year, so getting to make his birthday cake is quite special!  Cohen loves elephants and my sister (his mother) loves the turquoise and red colour combination, this being the resulting cake!  Cohen's Mommy had emailed the image below with the hopes that I could make it into a cake.

I was happy that it all worked out for the birthday boy and his mother.  I know she is trying to take advantage of the first few birthdays where she has control over the choice of cake!  The cake was a chocolate with raspberry filling, covered in buttercream and finished in fondant.  Cohen enjoyed part of the balloon, which was a miniature chocolate cake!

The cuteness of this cake just screamed for some polka dots, so polka dot ribbon around the cake board was the finishing touch!  Happy birthday Coey Bear, love you heaps! xoxoxo