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Large cake is chocolate cake on first tier, strawberry cake on second tier. Smash cake is vanilla cake. All are frosted in buttercream with fondant/gumpaste bow and bird details. These cakes were for a little girl's first birthday. The mother emailed me several photos of designs she wanted to combine.
Red Velvet/Cream Cheese Frosting with petal effect. This is the first time I have done the petal effect and I really like it, but next time it will be in buttercream. The cream cheese was a bit soft and kept heating up in my hands. Coverage could have been better, but as it was a practice cake I was ok with it.
Sugar cookies with royal icing details. The owl eyes were build as a transfer. The owl design was from Montreal Confections (she has a good youtube video tutorial).
Baby shower cake designed to match the baby bedding (My Baby Sam Pixie Aqua). The owl was from the invitation. Fondant with gum paste toppers, royal icing details and buttercream borders. Coordinating cookies posted in cookie community album.
Lemon cake, whipped cream/lemon curd filling with fresh berries, mild lemon IMBC frosting. Design based on Iambaker's Royal Wedding Cake. This cake was for my own wedding. Piping is not my best, had trouble with IMBC either being too warm (hot hands) or too stiff after refrigeration. Tasted great, though.
Cookies for my own wedding. Sugar cookies with American buttercream in rose and hydrangea pattern to match wedding cake (although cake was neutral in color).
Firetruck cake for my son. This was my first 3D/sculpted cake. It was also my first time using modeling chocolate. All decorations with the exception of the grass and dirt/hay/whatever is modeling chocolate. The grass and dirt are cake crumbs mixed with filling. The dirt was uncolored. Thanks to all the CC'ers for lots of great ideas to borrow.
High school graduation cake for my step-daughter. This cake was a disaster. It was supposed to be covered completely in all white fondant so that guests could sign and draw all over, but I had huge issues with the fondant that day (not helped by the requested red frosting underneath it--school colors red and white). I ended up just doing a fondant circle on top and using the extra frosting on the sides. I ran out of frosting and the back was naked!!! Lesson learned---plan ahead.
Smore's cake for my husband's 40th birthday. Chocolate and graham cake torted and filled with toasted marshmallow filling and chocolate buttercream. Frosted with chocolate buttercream, topped with meringue frosting, and wrapped with a chocolate cake wrap. This was my first time to try a cake wrap and I was shocked that it came out as well as it did. I fully expected a disaster.
Valentine's Day chocolate cutout cookies decorated with royal icing. Mustache cookie pops and Valentine message.
My husband surrounded by his dream ladies for his 40th birthday. His photo was printed on a frosting sheet (worked great). The vintage pin up photos are printed on rice paper (not as good as the frosting sheets--can still feel the texture). Both the pre-printed images were purchased from two different Etsy sellers.
Disney/Pixar Cars cake for my son. This was my very first fondant cake. The cars are matchbox cars (not edible). Fondant decorations with the exception of the grass. This was a good learning cake.
Vanilla cake with American buttercream
Vanilla cake, strawberry SMBC, fondant and gumpaste decorations. This was my second ever fondant cake and was based off a Pink Cake Box cake (chosen by the mother). Tasted great and was well received, but I've learned my lesson about SMBC in south Louisiana (see the dimples at cake base
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