Jason Cake

So, it isn't quite time for Halloween or horror movies, but I had a request for a "Jason' Birthday Cake. The woman (whom the cake is for) loves horror movies and had this special request for a cake. I have done a very interesting variety of cake designs lately. I'm excited to see what Halloween has to bring! The design for this cake was inspired by this drawing.

This cake is a yellow cake with strawberry filling and buttercream frosting.

 Happy 30th Birthday Steph!

Pinkie Pie!

I used to love My Little Pony when I was little! I remember I got a bright pink My Little Pony lunchbox from the tooth-fairy when I was five years old. I don't think I've ever heard of the tooth-fairy exchanging lunchboxes for teeth, but regardless I was very excited! I can't believe My Little Pony (MLP) is still around and popular. 

                                

My niece just turned 6 years old and is also fan of MLP. For her birthday party, I made a Pinkie-Pie Pony Cake with Vanilla Cake, Cherry filling and Buttercream frosting. I debated just decorating a sheet cake... but, my boyfriend encouraged me to carve the cake into the shape of a pony. I drew several templates to figure out proportions and finally was able to get one that would fit on the sheet cake and wouldn't look too strange. I have never carved/shaped a cake before and as always, this cake presented new challenges for me to problem solve. Overall, I am very pleased with the end-result and the cake was a hit at the party! Yay! *happy dance* :) I need to learn how to cover a shaped cake in fondant a little bit better, but for my first time, I'm pretty pleased with Pinkie-Pie! 

                                     

Desserts is Stressed Spelled Backward!!!

*Phew!* What a crazy week! It never ceases to amaze me what I can get accomplished when I'm stressed out, especially in terms of baking! I like to create things when I'm overwhelmed...so for me, it creates the sweetest distraction!

I saw an awesome video done by the chocolate addict where you create tulip bowls by using balloons! I then tempered some colored chocolate into candy molds and also a muffin pan for smaller chocolate cups. I made chocolate mousse to pipe into the cups/bowls and it was delicious! I was quite proud of my adventurous chocolate spirit and glad my efforts paid off! I have some perfecting to do, but it was a great start!

Happy Birthday Mom!

I received a cake order for a red velvet cake with white chocolate mousse for the filling... after experimenting with the chocolate mousse for my Mom's birthday, I decided the consistency wasn't what I was looking for for a cake... so I decided to make a white chocolate buttercream frosting instead. I made test cupcakes and brought them into work. The flavors blended together so nicely!

The cake is for a couple's anniversary and they are having a tattoo party! So, what better way to celebrate, than with a tattoo cake? The cake has the couple's engagement ring inscription, "Love, now and forever." I'm glad I was apart of this special occasion!

It's in Our Hands

This year was a Census year, which is very important! I'm sure you all heard the radio announcements, saw television commercials or had census workers come to your door! The Census is extremely important and determines how many seats your state holds in the House of US Representatives and also how much money is allotted to public service agencies and causes. So....I hope you filled it out!

Anyways...back to cake! I was approached to make a cake for one of the local Census offices and was given a Census bag to model. Simple as it may seem, it is harder than you'd think to make a cake look like a laptop bag of sorts! Every cake presents its own challenges and for this cake, the hardest part was making it look realistic.

The cake was a double-layer chocolate fudge cake with a Giaradelli chocolate frosting covered with marshmallow fondant. I painted the hands on the fondant with my frosting sugar dyes to get the water color effect. 

 

Creepy Clown...with a Flame Thrower?

Ok, so I must admit, this was probably the most unique request I've had for a cake so far... I was given a photo to work from and I knew that I had my work cut out for me! I am new to figure sculpting, so this was challenging, but rewarding!

The cake was a marble chocolate, vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. In the middle, I put chocolate frosting and Heathbar crunch pieces. Mmmmmmmm Mmmmmm Mmmmm! I covered the cake in modeling chocolate and fondant. The toughest part of the cake was sculpting Ronald. He came out better than I had expected, but when I went to put him on the cake, he slowly began to bend over! Frantically, I tried to create extra supports so that he stood upright and the heat from my hands made him melt!!! Ahhhh! So, Ronald ended up sitting on the cake instead...*sigh*... Oh well! Not bad for my first "real time" sculpting! I couldn't make a flame thrower out of modeling chocolate, but I got sparkler candles instead!!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!!!

Happy Birthday U.S.A! This cake is a yellow gold cake with strawberry jam filling and homemade buttercream frosting. Yummy! The cake is covered entirely in homemade fondant (white) and homemade modeling chocolate! It tastes so much better than store-bought (and it's cheaper too!)!!! The cake has a flag ribbon around the perimeter for an extra-patriotic flair!

Scoooooby Dooby Doo!

I'm very proud of my Scooby Doo cake!

The cake was a buttergold cake with homemade buttercream frosting... and strawberry preserves in the middle. Yummy!! I covered the cake with the help of some of Duff's new fondant (have I mentioned how much I LOVE Ace of Cakes?!) and I made some modeling chocolate of my own to create Scooby, the paw-prints and dog bones!

I think this cake was the perfect "Scooby-Snack."

Marvelous Modeling Chocolate!

With every cake I make, I pose a personal challenge to myself to try something I have never done before. I've been experimenting with homemade fondant, but decided that for this cake, I needed to kick it up a notch! The occasion was my boyfriend's mother's 50th birthday party. I made a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, and covered it with white modeling chocolate and chocolate roses. I found some awesome sprinkles that look like pearls too! I am so excited with how it turned out! I can't wait for my next cake creation!

It has been a long time since I last updated! Here are some of my latest cake-like creations!














Chocolate "Mud" Cupcakes with crushed Oreos and worms
















This was a strawberry cake that I had my clients decorate as part of a "Life Skills" group. I taught them how to cover the cake with fondant and to make roses. Overall, I'd say it was a success!





















Red Velvet Cakes For Valentine's Day














Chocolate Vegan Cake with Vegan Fudgy Frosting




















yellow cake with lemon curd filling

And below... not quite a cake! But a Gluten-free fruit tart!