Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Princess themed baby shower



I made this for my friend Erica's baby shower; Princess themed of course!
Princess crown is gumpaste that was airbrushed pink and then hit with silver luster dust. Cake was Chocolate and Pink Vanilla layered with Bavarian filling.

Becky's 30th Birthday


My first gumpaste heel!! This cake was a 30th birthday gift for my friend Becky.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008


I finally got the chance to make a Turkey Cake for the potluck we have annually at work and it was a huge hit. Body was carved from two 9x9x4 square butter cakes, drumsticks and wings are rice crispy treats. Someone actually had to poke the cake to find out if it was real or not...though they stuck their finger in the cake it was a huge compliment!

Friday, November 21, 2008

Hannah Montana Guitar


By far this has been the best and funniest cake I've turned out (expect my sisters babyshower cake)! I've always wanted to do a gutiar and I pulled out all the stops for this one; it was supposed to only be big enough to feed 10 little girls but I had to make it somewhat actual size so naturally it feed about 50 people! Totally worth it though, the cake was apparently polished off in 20 seconds flat and the little kids were even fighting over the strings!!

Friday, November 14, 2008

Princess Castle


This one was certainly a new one for me and I'm not sure I'm going to do the faux rock technique again (#12 dots that are then pressed down and together)...it looks messy to me at certain angles and it was very time consuming. I think I'm going to invest in a brick stencil :)

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Bakugan


Well I never heard of Bakugan before this cake and come to find out it's a pretty awesome little game for kids - like Pokemon' but with little sphere's that pop open to reveal little monsters. Very neat if you ask me. I tried my best to replicate the little battle arena (monsters and all) for a 10-year-olds surprise birthday party/Bakugan tournament.

Flip Flop

Halloween Birthday Spider

The Very Hungry Catapiller

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Warren's Football


This (so sweet) was a request from work for someone's manager on Boss's Day; he coached College Football at one time. It's Yellow Cake with Fudge Filling and covered in Chocolate Fondant. Everything in edible.
Looking at the photo, I really wish I would have re-done the "Warren" a third time....cutting cursive with an exacto knife is not the best method to doing lettering.

Friday, October 3, 2008

60th Wedding Anniversary


Even though I love the way this cake turned out in the end, I swear to you it almost didn't make it out my front door. Everything was fine and dandy until I started decorating....my buttercream yellowed on me for the first time ever! Then, when I went to airbrush the cake back to white my airbrush nozzle decided it wanted to break. So there I was at 11 p.m. at night crying my eyes out because I thought I was going to deliver an ugly cake to one of my dearest friends because it was due at 2 p.m. the next day. Well long story short, I went in search of a replacement airbrush the next morning only to buy an airbrush and find out my compressor wasn't powerful enough. So after crying again, I broke out the Luster Dust and my biggest brush and just started dusting. When I stopped, I was actually surprised, the Luster Dust combined with the yellow (okay not Spongebob yellow but cream colored) buttercream the cake turned this beautiful antique color. I guess things happen for a reason.
Pearls are edible peppermint pearls made by Wilton, Silver Balls are Satin Ice Fondant that have been painted with Silver Metallic, White Almond Sour Cream Cake with Strawberry Filling, Buttercream Frosting.

Something Blue........


Chocolate Cupcakes filled with Bavarian Cream and topped with Embossed rounds of Satin Ice Fondant. Flower were molded from Satin Ice as well and airbrushed silver.
Made for a surprise Bridal Shower and I got my first "thank you" letter out of these babies:
I just wanted to send a quick note to thank you for the cupcakes you made for my bridal shower. They were absolutely gorgeous! You’re so very talented, I told Laura you need to open your own shop!
Thanks for making my day so special!
~Lisa