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   



Captain America!

7 year old Will's mom asked me to make him a Captain America Cake, as he's quite the fan!  So much so that he has the C.A. shield which apparently gets quite a bit of use!  It worked out perfectly that the top of the cake was made to look like the shield.  The trickiest part of this cake was getting the buttercream such a dark blue, but it had to be just right!  Thankfully I have three of my own little men and there was enough Avenger's material around the house to get a colour match!  This cake was chocolate with cookies and cream filling.  It was covered in buttercream with all accents made of fondant.  I was happy to receive a report the following day about a happy birthday boy who was very pleased with his cake...always the goal!!!! 

Handyman's Birthday!

 Once again, given free reign on this...a birthday cake for a true handyman's 75th birthday!  The only request was that the cake be sugar free as the birthday boy is diabetic.  I made an executive decision and made the small 6" tier on the top sugar free, and made the bottom 9" tier "full" of sugar, which worked out just fine!

 The cake is completely edible with a coat of buttercream covering it and all accents made of fondant.  I cut strips of yellow fondant and hand painted them to give them the look of a measuring tape.  I typically like to finish cakes by covering the cake board in fondant and wrapping it with ribbon.  For this one I wanted to give the illusion of hardwood, so I used brown fondant, lightly cut into it in strips and painted on some brown to give it the wood grain look.

The hammer featured the guest of honour's name, as if it was his own hammer resting on top of this cake!  I then sprinkled some graham crumbs on top to look like sawdust.  That was the finishing touch!  I was very happy with this cake and was glad to hear that Albert was too!

The Keg!

 I was asked to make a keg for a surprise 40th birthday party!  I decided that I didn't want a wimpy little cake, I wanted a cake with girth!  I used 6 layers of 10" rounds stacked.  I had to use cake boards and wooden dowels between every two layers for support.  I was so thankful that it held up, it was a lot of cake!

 1/3 of the cake was cookies and cream with chocolate buttercream filling, 1/3 was cookies and cream with vanilla buttermilk filling and the remaining 1/3 was chocolate with raspberry filling.  The customer requested that buttercream be used to finish the cake, rather than fondant.  The labels are fondant, the ring around the top is gumpaste and the rest of the cake is finished off in buttercream.  I was happy with the way this turned out!

All of the labels are hand painted and brushed with silver to give the keg a bit more of a rustic look!