May Religious Cakes

The month of May is filled with a lot of religious celebrations. There all once in a lifetime events for most people so they deserve a unique and tasty cake creation! :) Below are some of the cakes I created for these unique occasions!

The Pink Bow Cake!

This cake was for my cousins little girl. She wanted a pink and brown cake with stripes and polka dots. I had a similar creation in mind, however, my cousin sent me a cake image which is very similar to the one below. It had chocolate fondant accens, and pink and white fondant accents. The pink bow is made out of Sugarveil, it was the first time I got to play with my sugarveil and I was quite excited about that. Of course, everytime you try something new you find new challenges along the way. The Sugarveil is similar to royal icing only once it starts to set it becomes flexible and fabric-like. It took a lot longer than to set than the instructions stated. That put me a little behind schedule. Once it was done, I was able to cut the sugarveil with scissors and make a bow, just like I would make a fabric bow. The bottom tier was red velvet with cream cheese filling and the top tier was chocolate with strawberry swirl and strawberry bavarian cream. The cake doesn't have a topper because my cousing purchased her own and added it to the top of the cake.

Open Bible Cake

The Bible cake was made for a confirmation. It was chocolate cake with whipped cream and fresh strawberries and bananas, topped off with buttercream icing. The rosary, cross and dove are made with fondant.

Hello Kitty Communion Cake

I had two Hello Kitty cake requests. The first was for a birthday/first communion. It was red velvet with cream cheese and half caramel mousse topped with whipped icing. I drew a Hello Kitty by hand on fondant for the birthday side and the other side is a handmade edible Hello Kitty in a first communion dress. I added fondant accents, such as handmade sugar roses, cross, and chalice.

Hello Kitty Communion Cake Part II

The next cake is a half sheet cake similar to the one I made for the birthday/communion cake above. I made another Hello Kitty out of fondant and dressed her in a first communion dress. This time the color of choice was in lavender and I really like how this looked. It was a vanilla flavored cake with strawberry filling and iced in a vanilla whipped topping.

Baptism Church Cake

The final cake I had was a baptism cake for my two nieces. It was three tiers, the bottom tres leches, the middle was banana cake with coconut cream cheese filling. (You should know that I LOVE coconut cream cheese filling:)) The top tier was strawberry cake with raspberry mousse filling. There was a fourth cake on the side but that one didn't make it to the cake! By the way I must mention that this cake barely made it to the event! Whipped topping on a cake over two tiers is a big NO-NO!! It made for a very unstable cake and the chocolate cake slid off. Two things happened that avoided this disaster, first, the tier above was made out of banana cake, which is ALWAYS made from SCRATCH and is very stable and dense. Second, my husband was standing right next to the cake and was able to catch the cake before it tumbled to the ground!! The topping was ruined so I had to quickly make more whipped topping and RE-decorate the entire cake!!! I made it to the party with about 30 minutes to spare!!! But the end result was not bad for a quick redo:)

Happy Easter from Contempo Cakes

Well all the stress from the past months past and I'm taking time off Easter to relax and have fun with my family at the park! Phew, but what would Easter be without a cake? LOL I made this for the family to enjoy on Easter. The bottom tier is tres leches and the top tier is white cake with coconut cream cheese. By the way ask me what my favorite filling is and I will say coconut cream cheese every time:) I make it from scratch and the recipe never fails me. So I thought I share it with all of you today!

Coconut cream chese filling recipe:
3/4 lbs of powder sugar
1 lb of cream cheese softened (2 -8.oz packages)
3 sticks of butter softened
1 TBSP lemon juice (fresh squeezed is best but bottled works well too)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/4 tsp imitation coconut extract

To soften the cream cheese and butter leave on countertop 1-2 hrs until softened. I use a kitchen aid mixer with the paddle attachment, but I'm sure you can use a hand mixer as well. Add all the ingredients in the order listed to the bowl, then on the lowest possible speed, blend together for 2-3 minutes or until well blended. That's it! You're ready to fill your cake. Or you can store it in an air tight container in the refrigerator for about a week if you need to make it ahead of time, let it come back to room temperature before filling the cake layers. This goes really well with banana cake, white cake, or spice cake.

Black, White and Red 15th Birthday Cake

This cake is an example of the type of cakes I enjoy making. It is very simplistic and modern in the details. However, although it appears simple it is very time consuming. I spent several hours a day for about two weeks making the fondant roses. Each one would take up to 30 minutes to complete. My niece asked for a cake that was black and white with red roses flowing down the cake in a curve. I believe I was able to accomodate her request. The cake was made up of five different cake flavors. The bottom tier was marble cake with chocolate and coconut filling. The next tier was red velvet cake with cream cheese filling. The next tier was chocolate with cream cheese filling. It was followed by a strawberry cake with strawberry mousse filling and white cake with caramel cream cheese filling. Aside from these five tiers there was a 16 inch round cake made of yellow cake with tres leches and strawberries. What can I say it was delectable:O!!!

Curious George Cake!

My son loves Curious George, so naturally he wanted a Curious George themed party! Once I bought the decorations for his birthday, my son knew he wanted the colors to be, blue, green, red and yellow! The bottom tier was a devil's food cake with vanilla pudding and milk chocolate ganache filling. The top tier was banana cake with coconut cream cheese filling. Wow! This cake was a huge success. The colors matched the party theme and it tasted absolutely deeee-lish!!! This is the final result! :)

Prada Purse Cake

This past week I had two cakes to make and a party to plan and prep for. I was asked by a co-worker of my sister's to make a cake for my sister's birthday. The wanted to celebrate for her at the office on Friday. So of course I wanted to try something new, something that people don't usually thnk to ask for. I wanted to try to make a purse cake and it was very fun to make! Not to mention fashionably-edible:) I loved the colors and how everything turned out. I got to use my new stencil and quilting tool! Below is the end result! By the way, it was a devil's food cake with bavarian cream filling. The cake is buttercream, with black fondant accents. Thanks for looking!

The end of Cakes

The heart cake above is the Valentine's Day cake I made for my husband and sons. It was a red velvet cake with cream cheese filling and it was soooo tasty!
I hand painted the Betty Boop above. I took this picture in my dark garage fridge, because I had to deliver it late at night. I ended up leaving early to San Diego to celebrate Valentine's Day. It was my husband's idea to spend the day. So here I am at 7 pm trying to photograph the cake with my iphone...lol

The halo cake was for my godson who is a huge fan of the Halo video games. He wanted it black with the Halo logo. My husband made the stencil for me! He is so amazing and fabulous. I think it turned out almost exactly like the original Halo logo. Everyone loved it and so did I!!

Cake-o-rama

The cake above is a cake I made for a woman who's birthday lands on Valentine's Day. Her sister asked me to make her a cake that looked like a box of chocolates.
This Hello Kitty cake was for my niecess 1st birthday. The bottom tier was a marble cake with chocolate ganache filling. My nieces was thrilled and all of the guests raved about the cake.
Ahhhh! The Bratz cake was for my niece as well. It was for my nieces 6th birthday and totally last minute. I hand painted and cut out the Bratz doll out of fondant. I used a coloring page that I googled. It came out so much better than I expected. This is my new favorite method of doing cartoon cakes! It was sooo cool! She looks so pretty and sparkly!
Ha! This is my birthday cake! My husband bought it at the grocery store for me and it was really cute. He always gets me Christmas themed cakes because my birthday is exactly one week before Christmas. It was very thoughtful of him:O