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.

Lauren's First Birthday Cake

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