Sparkling Peonies Birthday Cake

This was the tallest and most blinged-out birthday cake I've ever made. The client asked that every inch of this cake sparkle and shine. I made a custom mauve color for the fondant, used gold sugar gems and made colorful peony flowers. Lots and lots of time and love went into this and it was a pure joy. The best part was the mother's reaction to the final product. xox

Romantic Pearls Wedding Cake

The bride had a lot of input for her cake design and I made sure she had the cake of her dreams. ;)

Mermaid Theme Sweet 16

The inspiration for this cake was a shower curtain from Anthropologie, that was used as the backdrop to the dessert table.

Deluxe Hello Kitty For Icing Smiles

This is the second cake that I have donated via Icing Smiles Inc. This was a special request by a little girl turning 6 years old, at her half-wait point of chemotherapy. It's hard to explain how much time, love and prayers were put into this gift. The top tier is Neapolitan with cake layers of Classic Chocolate, Vanilla Italia and Strawberry. The bottom tier was Dark Chocolate. It was decorated in fondant and the piping was done with royal icing. To all of my friends who have love and butter cream to spare. Please make the time and contact your local Icing Smiles representative so that you too can give a special gift to a child who deserves a special treat. xox

Lucky Japanese Daruma

This was for a birthday celebration/Japanese family reunion. Daruma are symbols of good luck and encouragement.

Glam-Rock Birthday Cake

This cake was for a seven year old girl who wanted her cake to be super colorful with lots of print and glam.

For Baby Dahlia

The ombre pattern has been incredibly popular this year and I'm noticing that many people are starting to prefer the taste of butter cream over fondant since I can still achieve a pretty look and texture with it. This cake is covered in pure vanilla butter cream and adorned with a dahlia since the baby's name is Dahlia

Turquoise Ombre With Peony By Mili

The bride and groom's goal was to have a large ombre pattern cake in shades of turquoise with one giant peony flower to the side. Because the bride had a very specific color shade in mind, I had her go to the paint department of her local hardware store and select the exact shade, that way, there would be no confusion. The end result was an exact match to "Sweet Rhapsody", a Behr paint color. This is the last bottom and darkest color used for the ombre pattern. I loved the results. The cakes was piped with fresh and pure vanilla butter cream.

Little Owls Baby Shower

The colors were green and blue. I made a three tiered ombre pattern with the mommy, daddy and baby owls on a branch.

Bubbles For Kayden

The theme for this birthday was all about bubbles. I made the sugar bubbles and balls out of green apple and blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers since this is for a children's party and I don't see the point in the decor unless it tastes good! :D The top tier is my "Aloha" cake, with layers of Perfectly Pineapple and Mango cake and guava butter cream. The bottom layer has Chocolate, Vanilla and Strawberry cake layers to make a Neapolitan. ;D

De Masque Baby Shower

baby blue fondant, painted ivory de masque pattern and ivory peonies on a passionfruit and vanilla cream cheese cake.

Mother's Day Love

I only took one order this weekend and here it is. It was for a guy who wanted to treat all of the mothers in his life for a special get together for Mother's Day.

Ocean Meets The Sunset

I came up with an ocean meets the sunset concept, inspired by the lovely sailboat with waves cake from One Sweet Slice. The client asked for something bright and beautiful for their 18 year old who loved the beach/ocean. I wanted it to be sophisticated and gorgeous. Inside, the bottom layer is Sunset Velvet cake in shades of red, orange and yellow and the top layer is Raspberry. Each tier has nine shades of fondant. Lots of work and lots of love! It was an absolute joy.

Japanese Doll Cake

This was made for a sweet 16 - complete with fondant Kokeshi dolls and fantasy flowers.

Mili's Green Ruffles For St. Patrick's Day

I was inspired by a wedding dress clipping and decided to make subtle shades of green for St. Patrick's Day.

Valentine's Day Birthday

My customer wanted a gourmet cake, covered in strawberry cream cheese frosting, with my own design to incorporate limited use of fondant with hearts. I went with an assortment of textured hearts, along with fondant ruffles and rope. She LOVED it! :D

Cherry Blossom Wedding Cake

The bride chose this concept for her special day and we worked for months to make sure everything was perfect.

Sock Monkey Smash Cake

This is one super sweet sock monkey, made for a baby boy?s first birthday cake. I had so much fun making this cake! It?s torso is meant for smashing and eating. It?s made of a 4? Vanilla Velvet cake, covered in a combination of chocolate and vanilla butter cream frosting. The head is made of shaped, foax cake foam and fondant. The arms and legs and fondant with piped frosting to match the rest of the body. I painted a pearl white sheen over the set frosting. ;)

Sweetheart Penguins

I made these sweet fondant penguins for a Valentine's Day cake. Can you see the heart?

Mili's Tribute To Shabby Chic, Valentine's Day Cake

This Valentine's Day cake is my tribute to the romantic and rustic look and feel of Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell. I was taught how to make the roses by the wonderful Jacqueline Butler of Petalsweet Cakes. I put a lot of love and time into making this cake and I'm very proud to share the photos. Since the photos were taken, it's been hit by a yo-yo by a little someone in my life but that's all right. What am I going to do with a faux cake anyway?! :D

Winnie The Pooh With Tree-Home

This 4" cake was made for a special little girl's first birthday.

Winnie The Pooh Cake

This is a 4" cake, covered in butter cream frosting with fondant details. The flowers are made of gumpaste and Pooh Bear is made of fondant. I piped all of the green leaves at the base of the cake. It was used as a smash cake for a baby photo session. It was super fun to make!

Pink And White Birthday Cake

pink fondant cake with white ruffle rose and ruffle detail at the base

Golden Anniversary Cake

Baby Minnie Mouse Cake

This birthday cake was for a super sweet one year old.

Brobee/yo Gabba Gabba Smash Cake

This is a 4" smash cake in butter cream with fondant details.