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.

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.

Elephant Baby Shower Cake

This cake was for a baby shower. The nursery had the following scheme:The hostesses picked out this cake. Pink Cake Box is one of my favorite cake websites because their work is very clean and simple. I replicated their cake (minus the bow on the top tier), but changing the colors to match the shower/nursery. Here is my version:

Both tiers are chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. The baby will be named Luke - hence the "L" in the elephants lap. The elephant and "L" are gumpaste.

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!

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.

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!

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.

Graduation Cake

My first paid cake. This cake was requested for a graduation party. The sweet girl I made it for was headed to ACU, therefore the whole cake was purple and white. White cake (6, 8 and 10"), buttercream filling covered in fondant. Gumpaste flowers, grad cap and diploma.