Carnival Cupcakes

I did a joint birthday party for my sons with a carnival theme.  They each had their own cakes - Star Wars for my soon to be 6 year old...

...and Wow Wow Wubbzy for my two year. (He had a hard time keeping his fingers out of the icing on his cake- notice the smudged green polka dot...) :)

I wanted to make something to go with the carnival theme of the party, so I made these 'popcorn' cupcakes.  They turned out very cute and I had many people actually mistake them for real popcorn!

Little All-Star

I made this cake for a sports themed baby shower. Chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream covered in fondant.

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Sweet Little Ladybug

This cake is for my neice's first birthday. The theme is ladybugs, but in light pink and chocolate brown instead of red and black. The cake chocolate with caramel filling. The top tier is choclate icing, the bottom tier is pink buttercream and the leaves are fondant. The lady bug on top will be the smash cake for the birthday girl.  

Aliens, Planets and Craters...Oh My!

This is my son's 5th birthday cake. He wanted an alien/outer space/rocket themed party, so this is what I came up with.  The cake had to travel with us 45 minutes away, so I didn't want it to be too complicated and have more of a chance for decorations to fall off.  The best part was the inside of the cake.  I wanted to do something really fun and unexpected, so I made the inside rainbow and it was a hit.

Cake is covered in fondant with fondant alien and letters. Border is buttercream.

Aaarrrggghhh Matey!

Fourth birthday cake for a sweet friend's little boy.  They were doing a pirate theme and while looking for cake ideas, I found a similar cake online and decided to replicate it. Chocolate cake with caramel filling, covered in fondant.  The hook topper, coins, mini treasure chest and parrot are all gumpaste. I also made 3 dozen cupcakes of "Pirate's Blood"(or red velvet for us regular folks) with cream cheese icing.  The pirate cupcake toppers are gummy candy.

Down at the Barnyard

Third birthday cake for a friend's little boy.  The party had a barnyard theme and the birthday boy loves green tractors, so his mom found one and asked for it to be incorporated on the cake.  The cake is chocolate with caramel filling.  The barn is made of cake covered in fondant. The animals and feed bag are gumpaste.  The fence posts are fondant.

Monkey Cake

This was my son's first birthday cake. We went with a monkey theme. The large cake is a 6" and 8" "tuxedo cake" (alternate layers of chocolate fudge cake and white cake) with white chocolate truffle filling. This was the first time I had made this recipe and it was wonderful. The cakes are covered in fondant with fondant polka dots. The monkeys and name are gumpaste.The smash cake was copied from his napkin.

Las Vegas/Viper Cake

A very nice man that works for my husband requested a cake for his wife's birthday. They used to go on trips to Las Vegas in their Viper and it was always a fond memory for them. That's about all the direction he gave me, so here's what I came up with:

The dice, poker chips and Vegas sign are all gumpaste. I bought the cars at Wal-Mart (I wasn't about to try to make a Viper!)

This was a fun one!

40 & Fabulous

Fondant covered chocolate cake (6") with caramel filling. Buttercream piping.

Nothing Runs Like a Deere

Top tier is 6" strawberry lemonade covered in fondant. Bottom is 10" chocolate cake covered in fondant. Chickens and pigs are gumpaste. All other decorations piped in buttercream. Tractor provided by client. The haystack is a smash cake for the birthday boy. Carved chocolate cake iced in buttercream with gumpaste pitchfork.

Lauren's First Birthday Cake

Strawberry marble cake (10") with buttercream icing. Chocolate smash cake (6") with chocolate buttercream. Gumpaste letters.

Western BBQ Birthday Cake

Cake I made for a friend of a friend. She was having a western themed birthday BBQ and let me do pretty much whatever I wanted. Strawberry lemonade cake (10") covered in fondant. The fence is made of fondant and the cacti, rope, flowers and snakes are gumpaste. Candy rocks. Very time consuming, but a very fun cake to make!

70th Birthday Cake

Chocolate cake (8") filled with chocolate buttercream covered in fondant.

Hannah Montana Cake

The birthday cake I made for my neice when she turned 7. White cake (6" and 8") covered in fondant with gumpaste bow, curly q's and stars.

Cowboy Cake

This is the cake that started my cake making passion! It was for my son's fourth birthday party. White cake (8" and 6") with buttercream filling. It was my first time using fondant and also stacking cakes.