Dots And Stripes Birthday Cake
This cake was for a 21st Birthday. We were asked to create something with the pink and brown colors and the dots and stripes. This is the design we decided to use. It's a 4" vanilla cake and and a 6" chocolate cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste.
beccachris
Floral Birthday Cake
This cake was for a 20th Birthday. We only knew that the birthday girl likes flowers and likes bright colors. This is the design we came up with. It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake. White chocolate buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and gumpaste. The birthday girl loved it when she came to pick it up!
beccachris
Purple Floral Birthday Cake
We did this cake for a surprise 40th Birthday party. We wanted to create something classy that would still tie in with the decorations which includes the colors purple, black and turquoise. It's a 10" vanilla cake with strawberry preserves filling. The frosting is strawberry buttercream. Decorations are buttercream, fondant and gumpaste.
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Flower Garden Cake
This cake was for an 18th birthday. We were asked to create something pink and with flowers. This is the design we decided to use. It's an 8" vanilla cake and for each layer we colored the batter different colors. The bottom layer is blue and green, the middle layer is orange and yellow and the top layer is pink and purple. (Too bad I don't have a picture of the inside when it was cut!) Vanilla buttercream frosting. Fondant decorations. The mom LOVED the cake when she picked it up and said her daughter would be thrilled!
beccachris
beccachris
Girly Fashion Birthday Cake
Here's the cake I worked on today. This is the last of three orders from the same customer for two girly, fashion themed birthday parties. You can see the other cake in my pictures. This is a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations. Mom liked it, so let's hope the birthday girl likes this one too!
beccachris
Girly Fashion Birthday Cake
Here's the cake I worked on today. It was for a girly, fashion themed birthday. It's a 4" strawberry cake and an 8" chocolate cake. Vanilla buttercream frosting. Fondant and gumpaste decorations. The design is different on each side of the cake. Mom really liked it when she picked it up - hope it's a hit at the party tonight!
beccachris
beccachris
beccachris
Movie Themed Birthday Cake
Here's the birthday cake I worked on today. The birthday girl's sister was planning a movie themed party for her 32nd birthday. I showed her a few cakes for ideas and this is the style she picked. You can see the inspiration cake here: www.flickr.com/photos/adeacucar/2773780937/in/faves-92916... Not as well done as the original, but still happy with how it turned out. Film reels ended up being too big, but didn't discover that until after I had frosted them and started assembly. I sure hope the birthday girl (and her sister) like it!
beccachris
beccachris
Guinea Pig Birthday Cake
The birthday boy requested his pet guinea pigs be created as decorations for his birthday cake. So this is what I came up with based off pictures of his actual guinea pigs. This is a 6" vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and fondant decorations. The guinea pigs are rice krispy treats covered in fondant. The log is made from gumpaste. The guinea pig on top is Butterscotch and the one on the side is Fiona. The birthday boy loved his cake!
beccachris
Farm Birthday Cake
Here's another version of the farm cake. This cake is a 9" strawberry cake combined with a 6" chocolate cake and the smash cupcake is strawberry cake. Everything is frosted in vanilla buttercream. The customer requested the chickens and eggs and the black dog. The rest of the design was left up to me. The hay stack on top is a Rice Krispy treat covered in buttercream. I hope they enjoy their cake!
beccachris
beccachris
beccachris
Teal & Black Birthday Cake
I had a last minute cake order come in yesterday for a birthday cake for today. So I scrambled around last night trying to get some ideas. The husband ordering it for his wife didn't give me much to go on in terms of the decorations either. Inspiration cake by 2muchsugar here on Cake Central. This cake is an 8" strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant and the flower is gumpaste. This is really the first time I've had decent success with the Tappit letters. I'm really pleased with how it turned out!
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Floral Fantasy Wedding Cake
I recently decided that I needed to work on another display cake, but I've been busy and haven't had the time. I had a bunch of sage green fondant that I had trouble getting to work on another cake for a customer, so I thought I could use it to make a display cake. We didn't have many cakes this past week, so I started work on this display piece. I had originally planned to use brown ribbon and create some kind of dogwood type flower, but got this wild idea after finding the ribbon that is around the bottom and on the separator pieces. The cake is a 4"/8"/12" combination. I cut all the flowers with cutters I already had. I used my clay extruder to make the stems, and then all the flowers were hand painted. I tried to make them look like they do on the ribbon. The flowers are silk. I need to work on my flower arranging skills! All in all, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
beccachris
beccachris
Jungle Cake
Here's the cake we worked on today. The customer asked for a Diego cake and we worked with her to come up with a jungle theme and she used her son's Diego figure for the topper. It's a 6" strawberry/8" chocolate cake combination. Vanilla buttercream frosting and fondant decorations. There is a hippo, a parrot, a snake and what is supposed to be a jaguar. Plastic topper belonged to the customer. They really liked it when they picked it up this afternoon, so I hope it turns out to be the hit of the party! Thanks to Sweet Dispositions' Cakes and Andrea's SweetCakes for their inspiration cakes!
beccachris
beccachris
Artist Grooms Cake
This is the grooms cake to go along with the Sage Green wedding cake. The groom is an artist and has recently done some paintings of sock monkeys. So, the bride asked if we could incorporate those two things into a cake for the groom. It's a 1/4 chocolate sheet cake, covered in fondant and then hand painted to get the wood grain effect. Decorations are made from fondant and gumpaste. I don't remember where I saw the original inspiration for the art case and palette, but thank you!
beccachris
Sage Green Wedding Cake
Here is a wedding cake my sister and I worked on for yesterday. The bride brought us a picture of a design by Sharon Zambito and asked if we could do something similar for her cake. This is what we came up with. It's a 4/10/16 combo. All vanilla cake. Bottom tier has raspberry filling, middle tier is lemon and the top is strawberry. Frosted in vanilla buttercream with chocolate fondant used for the ribbon and decorated with sugar pearls. Flowers are not real. Thanks to Sharon Zambito for the inspiration cake.
beccachris
Zebra & Polka Dots Birthday Cake
My sister and I worked on this birthday cake today for a 13th birthday. It's a 4" top tier and 6" bottom tier. All yellow butter cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Decorations are fondant. Customer brought us a picture of a cake they wanted us to use for inspiration. Based on a cake design by shebakescakes.com.
beccachris
Bright Birthday Cake
This cake was for a 2nd birthday. The mom brought us the ladybug party invitation and I based the design on that. We were asked to use the red/white polka dots and the flowers sticking out of the top of the cake, but other than that, we could do what we wanted. Top layer is a 4" vanilla cake and the bottom is an 8" strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream frosting. Top tier is covered in fondant with fondant accents. Bottom tier is frosted in buttercream with fondant accents. We had lots of fun with this and I'm pleased with the end result!
beccachris
50Th Wedding Anniversary Cake
My sister and I worked on this cake for a 50th Wedding Anniversary. The bottom tier is an 8" chocolate cake. The top tier is a 4" vanilla cake. Entire cake is frosted in vanilla buttercream and then covered in Jennifer Dontz's white chocolate fondant. The roses and the 50 were made from gumpaste and there were sugar pearls where it's quilted. Inspiration cake from Andrea's SweetCakes on Flickr.
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Baby Onesie Cake
We had a request for a cake for a new baby "meet and greet". I had seen a picture of a onesie cake here on Cake Central and was wishing for an opportunity to make one. This cake started as a 1/2 sheet cake and was carved down slightly to get the onesie shape. It's a yellow butter cake with chocolate buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant. Decorations are also fondant. Thanks to user EmilyGrace on Cake Central for the inspiration cake.