Chevron Birthday Cake

I made a very simple cake for my niece's 18th Birthday. She's quite a fashionista that I wanted something kinda on trend. So I decided on the very trendy chevron stripes that I'm seeing everywhere lately. She asked for purple and this is "kinda" purple! LOL The modeling chocolate is from candy melts and I had picked a purple bag but it turned into more of a mauve color. Still the effect I wanted was there. It came out pretty clean. I struggled with that flower on top because my modeling chocolate was too soft and it was a super hot day! But here it is! A cute little cake!

While I'm on the topic of Chevron stripes. I also wanted to show a picture of my cool niece's graduation Cake! This time she requested the Chevron stripes! She really like the silhouette on the front of the cake! I knew she would because she's very classic in her choice of fashion. I'm so proud that she graudated with over a 4.0 GPA. I'm not sure what it was 4.1 something, but still only top 20 in her class! Tough class I tell you! So many overachievers accepted to Ivy league schools and all! Still I'm proud of my brainiac! Here's her cake in her school colors! 

My Baby's "Macka" Birthday!

My son turned TWO back in August and he is a major Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Fan! So of course, I had to make him a Mickey themed Birthday soiree!! I chose to use Mickey silhouette's, black and white polka dots throughout the decor and cake! I made the large Mickey rosettes and I also made the centerpieces! He had Mickey silhouette cake pops, cupcakes with Mickey Mouse picks on top! I kept the colors the same, black, red, with polka dots! I found so many cute things in Downtown LA that I almost went over my budget! I loved how it turned out! His cake was simple, a red round cake with a mickey hat silhouette on top! I know that his name didn't come out quite right but I was really busy trying to get all of the preparations done in time! So his name's a little crooked, no biggie! The peace sign is a mold a bought from Etsy, it's perfect because he's two! LOL
I hope you like it! I'm really into backdrops lately and this one was one that I made with help from pinterest of course! LOL I made the Mickey silhouette banner with black paper and ribbon. It was all just so much fun and my baby boy loved it all!! Oh TWO-dles!!!!

Princess Themed Quinceanera Cake

Hello Everyone! I wanted to post my latest cake. I made it for a family members Quinceanera. The theme was Granny Apple Green mixed with a Princess theme. The main attraction was the fondant tiara atop the cake! I mixed the fondant with tylose powder and made my own template. I then used my clay extruder to lay the little fondant snakes over it. They were all stuck together with cake glue. It's basically tylose powder mixed with water and warmed in the microwave until it's clear and thickened! I love that stuff!
This cake served approximately 200 people! It was 4 tiers, a 14" square, 12" square, 10" round and 8" round. The top was chocolate cake with chocolate bavarian filling, followed by, strawberry with cream cheese, red velvet with cream cheese and on the bottom was marble with bavarian creme! I used Edna's buttercream icing recipe and Satin ice fondant for the accents and tiara. The borders were rhinestone mess and a fondant pear border. I used so many different molds for this cake. I loved them all but especially the Moroccan Lace mold! It's such and elegant design I can't wait to use it again!
So hopefuly, you all like it and please if anyone would care to leave a comment that would be great.

P.S! I almost made the base and backdrop for the cake! At first I wasn't sure if it was even necessary but now I'm glad I did! The only problem was all the glitter it left in my living room! LOL

It's Definitely Feeling Like Cake Territory

Wow! I posted my pics and didn't realize how seriously behind I was! Well, I might as well get all of my pictures up! Some of my work will hopefully improve as it has slowly over the years. I've learned to stop fearing the cake! I really want to make cleaner cakes and more sculpted cakes. As you've seen I've sculpted a car, guitar and skull and that was a huge challenge! I really stressed out about them falling apart but they all came out fine in the end! Anyway, I sculpted a camera and made some other birthday cakes during my time off. Which, now that I look back to, it's no wonder I haven't had time to post! It was no hiatus if I was working on all these cakes! Wow! A hobby sure can take over your life pretty quickly if you let it. Even though I made all of these cakes I still had to turn away a lot of orders, believe it or not.
So for now, here's another update on cakes during my non-hiatus!

Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Cake

Sweet 16 Topsy Turvy Masquerade Cake

Topsy Turvy Makeup Cake

Hello Kitty Cupcake Birthday Cake

Simple Wedding Cake

Tangled Birthday Cake

Hello Kitty Birthday Cake

Sonic The Hedgehog Birthday Cake

Cannon Camera Birthday Cake

Spongebob Squarepants Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

Mario Kart Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

White Chocolate Wii Remotes

Toy Story Birthday Cake

With Wings!!

So there you have! During my time "off" these are the cakes I made. I hope I can keep up with my posts in the next few weeks. I have Lots of cakes to make during the month of April and May, back to back to back! Hope you all can let me know if there's anything that you'd like me to post more about. 

Posting Past Cakes

I'm ovbiously behind on my cake posts, but I wanted to add some of my favorites that I've made since my last update. I hope you all like them. I'd love to hear from anyone who has ordered or tried any of my cakes. Leave a comment on my blog. I'll try to post more later. I'm currently taking some courses on craftsy.com so I'm excited about some future cakes and will be posting on those. Right now things will be hectic (what's new) as we try to purchase a new home and start packing and moving out in the near future. So here's the pics I promised....hope you like them:)

Blinged Out Ivory Wedding Cake

 Justin Bieber Zebra Ruffled Rose Birthday Cake with Fondant Picture Frame

Barbie Convertible Birthday Cake. Yes, the car is a cake:)

 Mini Rockstar Birthday Cake

 Dia De Los Muertos Skull Birthday Cake

 Hello Kitty Halloween theme Birthday Cake

 My Baby Boy's Rockstar Birthday Cake

Mario Brothers Theme Birthday Cake

I hope you enjoy the pics! Feel free to comment:)

Slowly But Surely

Well I am currently baking a cake and I will try to post some more instructions on fondant plaques. My next creation is underway. I am still not taking orders but I think that I may after the holidays. I really do love to decorate. I just wish someone would make buttercream for me! :)

Taking a cake break

I am temporarily on a hiatus from making and decorating cakes! However, I will keep everyone posted as soon as I am able to fully commit to making cakes again! I appreciate everyone who has supported me and has had one of my creations! In fact I would love some feedback so that I can return with bigger and better cakes!!! Thank you all!!!

OOOOOH! More Zebra Print! YES!!

I really have come to love making Zebra print cakes! They're so easy to make and make a huge impact! So this cake was made for my goddaughter's Sweet 16 birthday party! The theme was hot pink and black. When I think of my niece I think of trendy, beautiful, sweet and extremely intelligent. I know that a trendy girl would appreciate the hot pink feathers and boa! I actually tried to buy the hot pink ostrich feathers, but they were very expensive and hard to find locally. Instead I went to Joann's fabrics bought a pack of feathers and pipe cleaner and grabbed my glue gun! LOL Yup I made these myself for a fragment of the price! I burned my fingertips a few times but it was totally worth it!! I can't help but quoting my godson who said "That's a SEXY cake"!! lol

What's Black and White with hot pink Converse?

This absolutely wonderful Baby Shower cake that's what! LOL Well when I was asked to make this cake I really jumped at the opportunity. I love hot pink and especially the way it compliments the Zebra print. I was also asked to make some edible baby pink converse. OMG! How adorable is that?! Oh in case you're wondering why there's a Chanel symbol in the center of the cake there's a good reason for that. Apparently the baby girl will be named Channelle....such a cute and meaningful detail! The hot pink bows are such a standout! All I can say is that sometimes I'm amazed I can pull these things off! I love it, someday I'll stop considering myself a novice cake decorator...not quite yet though! ;)

What do you think of the new zebra print and hot pink trend?

Minnie Mouse Returns

You might remember that I made a Minnie Mouse themed cake a while back. If you don't then here's another version of that cake for a 3 year old's birthday party. It is made of chocolate and bavarian cream and tres leches with strawberry filling. The ears are always what bring the cake to life!

Pretty Pink Princess

When you are asked to make a girly princess cake what do you think of? Well this is what I think of! Bows and tiara's:) This was my first attempt at making a hexagon shaped cake. I think it came out well, but I wouldn't mind trying it again with a larger cake. It's very hard to trim off cake when you only have a tiny bit to work with. I had to make sure I didn't make any excessive cuts of cake. I ordered some edible images of Disney princess from Etsy.com. Also, I made the bow in advance and I added a tiara and wand to give it a lot of bling!! My fave girly princess cake to date!

I Always Say "Simple is more Elegant"

A bride on a budget can still have a sophisticated and glamorous cake. All it took to make this cake special was a pretty diamond pattern and some silver ribbon! There are little edible silver sugar beads at each cross point. That detail was quite tedious at times but worth the effort.

The tiers were made from alternating flavors of spiced cake with a hint of banana nut and coconut cream cheese filling and red velvet with cream cheese.

18th Rave

This is a fun cake that really makes a statement. It's super bright, wild and different! I made it for an 18th birthday Rave Theme party. It had floating tier surrounded by red velvet cake bites! Each tier was airbrushed to get the perfect bright color and a yellow border gave it an extra little punch of color! My husband helped me make this very stressful delivery! Stressful but in the end successful!!:)

Spice Cake Bites

These delightful spicy bites are covered in melted white chocolate! Drizzled with orange candy melts and cute little fondant leaves! Perfect for sharing after a thanksgiving meal!!!

Sophisticated Purse Cake

I made this cake under quite a time crunch! Normally I would make the purse handle and purse cake with a day to spare. However, this one was done in less than 24 hours! Still I like how it came out in the end! The bottom round cake is tres leches with strawberry fruit filling. The purse is chocolate cake with Bavarian cream filling. I used buttercream icing and covered the purse in red fondant! The bow was way too big for the cake but I made it work somehow:)! I believe it was quite successful and the guests all really liked it!

Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake!

Wow! Simple and cute but there's no mistaking that this is a Minnie Mouse cake!! It was done for a little girls 2nd birthday party! It's what I would pick for my little girl if I had one!!!
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Bottom tier is funfetti with strawberries and glaze and the top is chocolate cake with chocolate cream filling!!

Tropical Birthday Cake!

A small personalized cake, but it looks so alive with these handmade sugar flowers!!! Calla lillies and hibiscus look great together!!
This is a tres leches cake with buttercream icing!! I really loved how it came together!!!

Scooby Dooby Doo!

I love Scooby Doo and so do my sons! I made a Scooby Doo cake for my friends nephew! It was his 5th birthday and he's a big fan!! He loved it!! He was jumping up and down when he saw it!!! I love those kind of reactions!!!!
The bottom cake was marble with bavarian cream and the top was chocolate with fresh strawberries and glaze!!!

Survivor Butterfly Cake

The first of four cakes this week is for someone who has survived cancer and was celebrating her birthday!! She wanted a cake with a cancer ribbon incorporated in it! So the ribbon became the center of the butterfly. The entire cake is buttercream. I drew the butterfly on wax paper using colored buttercream. Then I froze the buttercream and flipped it on the cake. The image came out perfect on the cake!! I thought it was artistic and touching to make a cake that has do much meaning!! I lived it!!!
This cake was a vanilla pound cake with raspberry white chocolate filling! One of my personal favorite combinations!!!

You only Celebrate a 40 Year Anniversary Once!

Well, first of all the flowers are my take on a peony! I kind of came up with the style on my own using heart cutters that have ridges around them. I layered them over each other until I had a look I was happy with. These flowers used up a lot of Fondant, not to mention all the little pearls around the cake. But I thought it looked very modern and the flowers reflected my style of decorating. So I was happy with that.
It was actually an anniversary cake for my parents 40 years of marriage. It was a small gathering but even in small gathering the cake should be a standout piece! :)
The bottom was Tres leches with strawberries and glaze and the top was devil's food with whipped chocolate ganache.