Hidden Heart

Matthew And Kristin's Wedding

This summer, I have made both of my sons' wedding cakes! That's right, two sons married within 8 weeks of each other! This was my younger son's cake. Much of the concept was designed by his bride. She sketched and idea and I ran with it. Each tier was a different flavor. From the bottom round it was 16", 14', 12" 10" and the anniversary tier is 7". Based on various charts it served around 230 without the anniversary tier. I had an additional 8" cake in the kitchen in case I had not estimated correctly, but the main cake was perfect and we did not need the 8".

Wedding Shower In Blue And Yellos

Zebra Baby

40Th Birthday

Goal was to incorporate black and white along with a wine theme.

Alstroemeria And Roses

Baby Shower

Hydrangeas

This is an arrangement of hydrangeas cut from three different cutters. I think it is important that they vary in look, color, and shape as real hydrangeas tend to grow. These go on a cake at a later date.

Sugar Babies

Just a sampling of 36 total I made for a dear friend's baby shower. No two were alike and were dressed through the seasons, holidays, bathing suit, mermaid, florals, etc. Each rested their heads upon a gumpaste daisy which was atop a cupcake inside a clear display box. I am estimating they averaged about 3 hours each as I worked on them 3-4 hours a night over the course of 4 weeks. The other pictures show them boxed up and ready to go to the shower and the additional ones whose pictures turned out in focus! Some viewers have asked about the mold. It is from First Impressions and can be purchased through them or other reputable sites such as Global Sugar Art. Thanks for looking.

X Box Groom's Cake

I did this as a gift to the groom. My son's told me to use "the red ring of death" as the push button signal vs. the green. Apparently, it is a well know symbol among gamers that the system is worn out and ready to expire. The bride is the one who wanted it to read, "Game Over. " Thankfully, the groom has a great sense of humor.

October Wedding

This was my gift to my son's best friend and his new bride. It is the largest cake I've ever made! Can you spell s-t-r-e-s-s? LOL, I asked for all kinds of advice on this and have been caking for years! Guess its size just kinda knocked the confidence out of me. The gumpaste topper replicates the flowers and colors used in the wedding and at the tables of the reception --plum, hydrangea green, and sunset. .

50Th Wedding Anniversary

Done for a friend's parent's who were married in a December wedding. The topper is their original which had aged to the perfect colors for a 50th celebration. Her original bouquet consisted of orchids and poinsettias which I used as accents on the cake and can be seen in larger detail on the companion photo. Thanks for looking!

Luggage For Anne

Made for a lady who has traveled to more places than I could represent on this cake! My son did all the artwork on the patches as I am a terrible 2-D artist. It was a complete surprise and she loved it! The actual flavor of the cake was Tiramisu inspired. Thanks for looking!

50Th Anniversary Luau

This was made for a couple celebrating their 50th Anniversary. their daughter was throwing a Luau and wanted a tropical themed cake, but also wanted to incorporate their original topper. I chose to create bamboo, orchids, jasmine, hibiscus, and and lilies out of gumpaste and to use it all to incorporate her theme. Thanks for looking!

Masquerade

hard to get a good picture of this, but I made this from gumpaste using a real mask as my template. Then used various molds to bring in the details. Sprayed with gold luster dust and sprinkled with hologram gold and other various dusts to bring out the sparkle.

A Basket Full Of Posies

All gumpaste including the hand-woven basket. Thanks for looking!

Monster High Clawdeen

I had no idea what a "Monster High cake" was when my niece requested one. I did a little research and came up with this cake as "Clawdeen" is her favorite character. . She always celebrates her birthday on Thanksgiving. It's dusted in disco for a bit of sparkle. Clawdeen is printed on ricepaper and was give a Royal Icing frame colored with Aztec Gold dust mixed with vodka. TFL!

Cat In The Hat

Made as a first birthday cake for a baby cousin. This one scared me to death! I kept thinking surely I was not doing the math right and it would fall over. It did not; however, and was a great success. Thanks to daviskidscakes and careylynn for their inspiration cakes.

Country Kitchen

I never got around to uploading this pic from Cincinnati Sugar Art Show back in March. I actually placed First in Advanced with this, as well as Best of Division. It is a pretty close replica of my kitchen. I love working in miniature, and this was so much fun to do! the calendar on the side of the fridge actually has the dates of this past year's show circled. Details such as breast cancer ribbon to honor my mom and a picture of our dog drawn by my son are also seen on my real fridge at home. Thanks for looking!

Mechele's Shoe

Hot Wheels

TFL!

Green Eggs And Ham

Done for a very special 1-yr-old named, "Sam." I sculpted the character from RKT. The 2-D illustrations were done by my son with Americolor Food color Pens. TFL!

Shoe

I liked doing the first shoe so much, I made another! The leopard print was done by hand using Americolor markers in black. I made a mold for the heel then painted it with gum glue and sprinkled it with hologram silver dust.

Sugar Flowers

This is one of the arrangements I created for a cake I submitted for competition in a Wedding category.

Welcom Home - Africa

I made this cake to welcome home my son's best friend who had spent three months in Africa as part of a Mission Team.

Kitchen Themed Shower Cake

This cake was made for a Bride whose wedding colors are sage and lavender. The shower is Kitchen-themed and all that was requested was that I get a rolling pin into it somehow. I thought a utensil crock would be a fun idea. Everything is edible --either crafted from gumpaste, fondant, or modeling chocolate. Thanks for looking!