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Ethan's Dragon Cake
This one is a bit special. A little boy in my daughter's class was diagnosed with two brain tumors recently, one of which is life-threatening and inoperable. Sophie and I wanted to do something special for him when he came back to school and celebrated his "half birthday"...and he loves dragons, so I designed this for him. He gave me a big hug, which made my day! I think the dragon is based on a Debbie Brown design, though I've never see it for myself. (Just seen a lot of dragons like this around :) Buttercream frosting.
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Baby Bow "gender" Cake
This was a "gender" cake ordered by a mom-to-be for her family who lived far away to cut into to find out the gender of her baby. The filling was tinted pink on the inside as she is having a girl. The frosting is buttercream and the technique is called the "messy ruffle" . Can't remember where I saw it, but I loved it so I had to try it out.
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Boy Or Girl?
This was a "gender" cake for a friend. She had the doctor call me and let me know the gender of her baby (while still in the womb :)...she told the doctor not to tell her. I colored the buttercream filling in the cake blue, for the boy she was having, and then we had a little cutting ceremony where they found out after cutting into it. It was definitely fun to know before anyone else!
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Amaryllis Cake
This was done for a customer who was bringing it as a favor to his boss's New Year party. She loves to garden and her favorite flower is the amaryllis so he wanted that incorporated. This is what I came up with. Everything is edible. (It was the windiest day EVER when he had to bring it to the party...I thought I was going to have a heart attack, but it made it through the the door unscathed....whew :)
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Popcorn Cupcakes
ANOTHER version of popcorn cupcakes...but they're so cool, I had to! For a friend's little 8 year old's bday party- she was having a movie night. Hubby came home and saw the movie reel picks and said, "You know, the kids won't know what those are all about, right?" Oops, guess I'm getting old! Pumpkin pie cupcakes with pumpkin spice buttercream kernels. Only about 3 or 4 kernels on each cupcake are fondant. And no time to order the popcorn wrappers, so I had to make them myself from what I had on hand. TFL!
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Bittersweet Fall
OK, this one may be a little over the top, but fall is THE favorite season 'round our house, and I just couldn't stop myself. :) Is there anything more beautiful than the Northeast in the fall? Anyway, this is a double barrel cake, filled and frosted with dark chocolate ganache. TFL!