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For my son Joel's 2nd birthday, he wanted a Mickey Mouse party. For his cake, I made a 2 tier round cake. The bottom layer is a butter cake wrapped in fondant and the top layer is chocolate cake covered in buttercream. It was the first cake I had made other than in cake class so it had some flaws.Joel loved it and it was delicious. To me that's all that mattered! =)
Cupcakes made to look like chrysanthemums.
For my son Dominic's 6th birthday he wanted a Super Mario Bros party. So to celebrate his birthday at school, I decided to make cupcakes for him to take in. I hand piped all of them to look like mushrooms from Super Mario Bros.
For my son Dominic's 6th birthday he wanted a Super Mario Bros party. I made him a 2 tier round cake for his party. The bottom layer was butter cake and the top layer was chocolate cake both covered in buttercream. I hand piped all the designs around the cake and added Super Mario figurines. Dominic wanted to take a special treat to school on his actual birthday. I decided to make cupcakes for him to take in. I hand piped all of them to look like mushrooms from Super Mario Bros.
My son Mason loves Alvin and the Chipmunks. For his 5th birthday he decided to have a Chipmunk party so of course I made him a Chipmunk cake. I stacked two 9x13 butter cakes and next to them I stacked two 9x13 chocolate cakes. Then I iced it all as one cake with buttercream and added The Chipmunks to the top.
I was asked to do a Sweet 16 cake but the weather was not on my side. The humidity caused the cake to do crazy things. =( The fondant kept sliding off the cake so I ended up covering it in buttercream and adding fondant accents. However, it was so humid the color separated from the icing. It definitely wasn't my best cake. However, I have learned new techniques that will hopefully help me when battling the humidity in the future.
I was asked to do a graduation cake for a friend of ours. (Not sure why the date on the pic says January.) Kyle didn't care what it looked like but he knew he definitely wanted fondant. So I decided to do a few books and add a graduation cap to the top. For each of the 3 book layers, I used one and a half 9x13 cakes. I alternated each layer between butter and chocolate cake. I covered each layer in white buttercream icing, then wrapped each in a different color fondant, and added page marks to look like a book. For the top layer I used one and a half 6 in round chocolate cakes and wrapped it in white fondant. I then added a top to the hat and put on Kyle's actual tassel that he wore for graduation. It was a very time consuming cake but definitely worth it for the end result.
My son Isaac loves Harry Potter. So for his 10th birthday we had a Harry Potter party. For his cake he wanted a castle. The bottom tier was one and a half 9x13 butter cakes, the second tier was two 8 in round chocolate cakes, and the top tier was two 6 in round strawberry cakes. I covered each layer in buttercream and added blue gel icing for water around the castle. I used a graham cracker for the moat, sugar wafer cookies around the round tiers, and sugar cones for towers. I also added Hogwart's crest on the top tier. It turned out really good. Isaac and all his friends thought it was really cool.
I was asked to do a Hannah Montana cake for a birthday party over the weekend. I decided to do a guitar to look like Hannah Montana's guitar out of marble cake. I put the guitar on top of a base that was two 9x13 yellow cakes side by side. I covered the entire cake in buttercream icing and also added the detail with buttercream. Sara and her mom loved the cake!
I was asked to do a Steelers cake for a 12 year olds birthday for this weekend. He wanted a marble cake with chocolate icing. I hated the thought of doing an all brown cake, so I decided to do a base also. The base is a 9x13 marble cake covered in buttercream icing. On the sides I used the basketweave tip and on the top I used the grass tip to make it look like the football is sitting in the grass. The football is also a marble cake that I made using a shaped pan. It is covered in chocolate buttercream icing with a little bit of buttercream icing to add the details. I had trouble writing small enough with my tip to fit Steelers inside the circle of the logo, but I think it looks ok. I will be delivering the cake this morning. I think Taylor and his dad are going to like it.
I was recently asked to do a cake for a little girls First Holy Communion. They wanted 3 dozen cupcakes shaped in the shape of a cross. The little girls favorite color is purple. So I decided to do each cupcake as a purple flower. I made half of the cupcakes chocolate and the other half white. I iced each cupcake in white buttercream icing. I decided I wanted the cupcakes to look like chrysanthemums. I used mini marshmallows to form each petal for the flower. After all the petals were on I used Wilton's color mist spray in violet to mist the cupcakes. When I finished all the cupcakes, I formed them into the shape of a cross. Cassie and her mom loved the cupcakes!
For my son Joel's 3rd birthday, he wanted a Toy Story cake. I made a 2 tier round cake. The bottom tier is white cake and the top tier is chocolate. Both tiers are iced with buttercream and the bottom tier has some brown sugar added for dirt. I also added some Toy Story plastic toys. Joel and all the other kids loved it!
For my son Dominic's 7th birthday, he was having a How to Train Your Dragon party and wanted a castle cake. I made a 2 tier cake to look like a castle. The bottom tier is white cake and the top tier is chocolate cake. I used buttercream icing for the whole thing. After icing the cake, I added pillars to turn it into a castle and then added the dragon. Dominic and all his friends loved his cake!
I was asked to do a 50th birthday cake. I was told the lady's favorite colors were purple and green and that she loved fresh flowers. This is what I came up with. The bottom tier is white cake and the top tier is chocolate. I iced both with buttercream and added fondant stripes to the bottom tier. I also piped swirls with buttercream to the top tier and arranged fresh purple daisies on the cake.
I was asked to do a peace sign cake for a girls birthday. I decided to try to make a tie dye cake. I think it turned out awesome! I covered it in buttercream icing. The birthday girl was so shocked when she cut in to her cake. Definitely worth all the work that went in to this cake.
For my son Mason's 6th birthday, he wanted to have a Firetruck/Lego party. My husband is a volunteer firefighter and Mason wanted him to give firetruck rides at his party but he wanted to have a Lego party, so we combined the two. For the base of the cake I made a 12 inch round white cake. I made three 9x13 chocolate cakes. Then cut and stacked them to make Lego's. I iced the whole cake in buttercream. All the little Lego's added to the cake were made from chocolate. I added the firetruck to make it look like it was putting out the fire from the candles. However, I forgot to take a picture once the candles were put in it. Mason and all his friends loved his cake.
I was asked to do a 1st birthday cake for twin girls. The mom wanted a 3 tier cake with stripes and flowers. She wanted it done in white, pink, purple, and green. She also wanted individual smash cakes for each of the girls. For the main cake, I alternated the tiers with white cake, chocolate cake, and white cake. I iced the whole thing in buttercream and added buttercream accents. For the smash cakes, I made two 6 inch white cakes and frosted them in buttercream adding buttercream flowers on the side and their names on the top.
I was asked to do a baptism cake for a neighbor. This is what I came up with. I made two 9x13 cakes, one white and one chocolate, and put them side by side. I frosted the whole cake in buttercream icing. I made 6 mini cupcakes and used mini marshmallows to make them look like chrysanthemums. Then I formed them in to a cross on top of the cake.
I was asked to do a Bulldozer/Woods themed cake for a birthday. I made two 9x13 cakes, one chocolate and one white, and put them side by side on the cake board. I frosted the whole cake in buttercream. Then I added blue gel for a lake, sugar cones for trees, a toy bulldozer pushing some pretzel logs, and graham cracker crumbs for dirt. The lady that ordered this for her son loved it!
I was asked to do a 1st birthday cake for a friend's granddaughter. She told me she wanted it to be 3 tiers with zebra print with a pink ribbon between each tier and fresh flowers on the top. I made the bottom tier chocolate cake, the middle tier white cake, and the top tier marble cake. I iced all tree tiers with buttercream and used black fondant to create the zebra stripes. The pink ribbon was also bade with buttercream. After I delivered the cake, the grandma added fresh flowers that she had picked out. Everyone seemed to really love this cake. And the birthday girl was dressed to match it. =)
My son Isaac wanted a football party for his 11th birthday. He didn't want a regular football cake, he wanted a football stadium. So I did some searching online and found a stadium kit. I made the bottom tier out of two 9x13 white cakes. For the top tier I made a 9x13 chocolate cake and cut and stacked it to the size I needed. Then I iced both tiers in buttercream and added the plastic stadium pieces. I added all the accents with buttercream. I wasn't sure if that would be enough cake so I also made strawberry cupcakes and iced also iced them with buttercream. Isaac and his friends really loved the cake.
I was asked to make a surprise 65th birthday cake for my husbands aunt. I was told she likes birds and purple daisies. I kept this cake kind of simple. I made two 10 inch round cakes, one white and one chocolate, and stacked them on top of each other. The I iced the cake in buttercream doing a basket weave on the the sides. On the top I added purple daisies out of buttercream and a few plastic birds.
I was asked to do a Spongebob cake for a 2nd birthday. I made two 9x13 cakes, one chocolate and one white, and arranged them next to each other on the cake board. The I covered it in buttercream to look like Spongebob. He was very time consuming, but well worth it. Everyone really loved Spongebob and I was very proud of him. =)
I was asked to do a firefighter cake for a surprise 40th birthday. I made the rolled up hose out of chocolate cake and decorated it with buttercream icing. I made the single hose and the nozzle out of rice crispie treats and covered them in buttercream icing. I also added blue gel to look like water coming out of the hose. The helmet was made out of white cake. The birthday guy is the lieutenant of Engine 43 in Ridgway, so I decorated the helmet with buttercream frosting to look like his helmet. When everything was decorated, I used an edible black misting spray and sprayed the whole thing to make it look dirty, like it had been in a fire. Everyone loved the cake and Bill was definitely surprised.
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