Wall E

Wall E for my twins' 4th birthday. About 7x7x7 cut from a 12x18. Chocolate WASC torted and filled with peanut butter filling, iced with chocolate ganache. Body is cake, treads are styro covered in fondant, all else is RKTs. I used cocoa to dirty him up. Ran out of time to finish his arms and hands.

My First Wedding Cake, All Buttercream Celtic Theme

All buttercream, 6", 8", 10", 12", and 14" dummy. First wedding cake, first gumpaste flowers, first run with isomalt. Spice cake with maple buttercream. Edible pearls, pearl dusted fondant lace, pearl dusted white chocolate Celtic trinity knots on one tier, clear isomalt Celtic knots on another tier. Fabric ribbon (bride's choice). An isomalt disc supports the topper. I dragged all my cake stuff 750 miles to make this in my Mom's kitchen for my cousin's wedding. Then my gumpaste peonies and roses were too big to fit between the tiers, so I had to use purchased roses there. :(

Phineas & Ferb World's Biggest Ice Cream Cone Cake

Inspired by the ice cream cone cakes here on CC. Buttercream "ice cream" scoops, cone is styro covered in fondant, fence is fondant. Tree is cake, covered in buttercream as well. Tree trunk is modeling chocolate. Sorry for the terrible pic, but I thought I could get a better one at the party. Unfortunately, the cone crashed in the car on the way. :( Lesson learned!

Pink With Cherry Blossoms

Buttercream with chocolate branches and fondant blossoms. Vanilla buttermilk cake with raspberry preserves and vanilla almond mousse. This was my first time smoothing a crusting buttercream, actually.

Stripes And Daisies

Stripes and daisies cake for a 40th birthday. 6" and 10" rounds covered in Satin Ice chocolate fondant. All decor is fondant. Numbers and daisy centers were airbrushed.

Chocolate Sailboat Theme

This is a chocolate WASC torted, filled, and iced with chocolate SMBC. Dark chocolate dots and dark and white chocolate sails. Aside from it being chocolate/chocolate (because that's what my Dad wanted), I had no design plan whatsoever. I didn't even have my caking supplies with me - I just used what my Mom had. The bottom border was done using a plastic tip that was barely bigger than a Wilton #3! It was great for practicing SMBC. :-)

Turkey Cookie Tray

Last-minute cookie tray for my son's class Thanksgiving party. NFSC with yellow and orange buttercream "feathers" and 50/50 chocolate and marshmallow fondant for the turkey's body.

Beach Wedding Bridal Shower Cupcakes

Bridal shower cupcakes for a beach wedding. Carrot cake with cream cheese icing, graham cracker "sand," and white chocolate seashells painted with luster dusts. Wrappers cut with the Cricut. Gumpaste starfish cake topper. I loved making these. They're my version of some beautiful cupcakes made by Kello here on CC. (Thank you for your help!)

Round Crib Baby Shower

Gumpaste round crib, bow, and baby. All else is fondant. The posts with the purple ball finials are dowels covered in gumpaste and go all the way to the bottom cake board. The crib was supposed to be firmly attached to them and "float" around the top tier, but I broke the top and bottom rails during assembly and had to attach the crib directly to the tier on the fly. Fixing my silly mistake ate up my time for finishing touches, so I was pretty disappointed with how this one turned out. To me it looks sloppy and unfinished. It was definitely a learning experience!

Bright School 50Th Anniversary

First time making 3 tiers! I made it for the 50th birthday celebration of my son's school. Gumpaste 50 and plaque, everything else is fondant.

Thomas The Tank Engine

This Thomas the Tank Engine tested my repairing skills. WASC with chocolate buttercream. It started smoothly but collapsed before I put the fondant on. I removed & replaced the bottom layer, causing the top two layers to split in several places. It was a mess! It doesn't look as good as I had originally hoped, but it doesn't look as bad as I was afraid it would.

Purple And Black

I wanted to try out the SPS as well as the Cricut on this one, and, well... It just didn't work out at all the way I had planned.

Teddy Bear Picnic Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream. Mini Oreos for ears.

Yoda

Yoda, for my son's 6th birthday. Yoda's body is 5-8" rounds covered in fondant, head is RKT covered with modeling chocolate, Yoda's ears and hands are modeling chocolate, cane is fondant.

First Communion

First attempt at brush embroidery. 6" & 10" rounds, all fondant and RI. Piping the writing on the board was the scariest part!

Apple

Fondant apple carved from 4 10" rounds for Teachers Appreciation Day. Everything is fondant except the little apple I set on the board to show the size, and the RI piping. My first attempt at a carved cake! Edited to add: Inside is white cake sprinkled with a few chocolate chips at the center of each layer to look like seeds.

Polka Dots In Pink, White, And Brown

My most rushed cake ever. Fondant over ganache.

Pink & Purple Zebra Stripes And Guitars

WASC iced and filled with Nutella SMBC, covered and decorated mostly in fondant. The small pink guitars and a purple guitar topper (not shown) are made with candy melts.

Zebra With Purple

Chocolate WASC filled & iced with dark chocolate ganache, covered and decorated in fondant.

Guess How Much I Love You

Based on the book Guess How Much I Love You, inspired by a cake by BrendansMum here on CC. Chocolate WASC cake iced and filled with dark chocolate ganache, covered in fondant. Fondant decorations except for the gumpaste moon (pearl dusted), gumpaste Nutbrown Hare (handpainted - yay!), and gumpaste scroll plaque (written with edible marker).

Ladybug Cake

Chocolate WASC iced and filled with chocolate ganache, covered in fondant. Fondant letter A, ladybugs, and forget-me-nots, with RI piping. Luster dusted the main part of the cake, but I guess I need a lot more. As I got ready to do the black scrolls on the white cake, the insanity of that decision (considering my WAY novice skill level) struck me - but I did the best I could.

Tiffany Blue With Swiss Dots

White Scrolls Cake

WASC iced with white chocolate ganache, covered in fondant with RI piping. This was a practice cake - I just wanted to test the flavors. But after my unfortunate potholder/cooling rack incident, it also qualifies as a disaster! The top layer is split and broken in about 5 pieces and patched back up with ganache. I'd never piped with RI before this, but it seemed like a good time to try it.

Class Reunion Cake

The cake I made for my class reunion. Both tiers are chocolate WASC with chocolate ganache and raspberry filling, covered in fondant with fondant decorations. Pawprints are brushed with gold pearl dust. This is my first tiered cake.

Box Of Chocolates Cake

Single layer white cake, torted and filled with vanilla almond custard and strawberry preserves, covered in fondant. Chocolates are store-bought. This actually began as a test cake to try a new cake recipe and flavor combination, as well as testing the filling stability under fondant. The decision to try this Bakerella design was a bit last-minute - but I look forward to trying it again when I have time to execute the design better and do it some justice!

Transformers Autobot Logo Cake

White cake iced and filled with chocolate buttercream, covered in fondant. Fondant decorations. Mask brushed with pearl dust to look mottled. The whole white part was too, but not very visible. (My third attempt at fondant. Live and learn!)