Catching up!

It's been a very long time since I've updated my site here...and to try to make up for that I'll make this post huge and full of pictures of yummy yummy cakes!

Lets Start off with a baby shower event I did for a friend. I started off by making my own cake and cupcake stand. I think it turned out pretty well and I'll definitely keep making things like this in the future. It was pretty much perfect for what I needed.

I used a translucent blue ribbon on the cake stand and it gave it a little bit of shimmer. Added some details with star buttons and blue jewels.

I also made the Cake Topper myself and it was pretty cute.


The final product was this beautiful display, it was a huge hit and I was so happy to be able to deliver and set this up at the event.

The next one I'd like to show you is a pretty simple cake. The flowers on this cake were my attempt at Alan Tetreault's crystal fantasy flowers. To do these you first mix up clear gelatin, brush it into molds, let them dry overnight, then add the gum paste flowers to them and bundle the whole thing up in floral tape. they are quite labor intensive, but stunning. This was made for a friend who was kind enough to trust me with a new experiment.
Her final cake turned out really well, and if it tasted half as good as it smelled, then she got her monies worth!


Next I'd like to show off my first attempt at a kids pirate cake. This was done for a good friend, her daughter was turning 3!

The little treasure chest was made out of gum paste and filled with candy gems, and gold dusted candies. The rocks were chocolate, and the trail was mini M&M's. Cailyn loved it and didn't want to share it with her friends...she wanted it for breakfast.

Next is a graduation cake for a client. Her daughter was graduating high school and has always been a huge fan of the Nightmare before Christmas. This client even named her dog Zero after the little ghost dog in the movie. So i did my best and made her a Jack Skellington cake.

Here are a couple close ups of the Jack and zero figures.

















Jack was about 11 inches tall, made from bamboo skewers, wire and gum paste. Same for zero but he was only about 3 inches tall.





















And finally I'd like to show you a cake that was very special to me. This cake was for our dearest friend Paul. Paul was lucky enough to find his soul mate and married her on July 1st. Even though we live 1500 miles away, there was no way we'd miss that wedding. His bride Jessica asked me to do the grooms cake for Paul, and since he's a comic book nerd like myself and my husband, she asked if I could so the superman logo. I was so nervous about this cake and trying to decorate it in a hotel room 1500 miles away from my kitchen. There were a few cake-tastrophe moments, but in the end it all worked out.
*Disclaimer - I do not own Superman, or Jack Skellington, Zero, or the Nightmare before Christmas and make no claims to that effect.