DR. WHO?

Mr. Edi is a total one-of-a-kind, sweet, "let me tell you about my favorite Tv show but I wont watch yours" kind of guy!! Haha, anyone who works with him KNOWS how huge of a DR. WHO fanatic he is.  He has successfully gotten several coworkers into the show as well! So the lot of them came to me and order a surprise cake for his birthday, themed after-you guessed it! DR. WHO.  Knowing absolutely zilch about the show I actually had to do alot of research trying to figure out what the heck I was making.  Its quite difficult to google references images of something that you don't know the name of, because "Dr. Who things" doesn't turn up as many results as you would think.  I was instructed to incorporate a Pair of White Chucks, a Red Rose, a Sonic Screwdriver (finally learned what it was called), and the phrase 'Allonse-y'.  The cake had to be a Tardis Shade of Blue and all the colors conveniently complimented each other once it was all pieced together!! I was so excited to make my little fondant converse again, and was VERY please with how the sonic screwdriver turned out; roughly three hours of detail work itself!  Edi was so surprised and loved his cake, even though he actually hates cake.  But that's okay.  We still love him anyways!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-6 inch squares}

Sliced Strawberry Filling &Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting

 

PATRIOTS CELEBRATE THE BIG 5-0!

YET ANOTHER reference from the amazing Evelin, I was contacted by a friend of hers to create a special design in celebration of her Dads 50th Birthday.  She came to me knowing exactly what she wanted; a Football shaped cake with his favorite teams logo across the front of it.  The cake was simple enough - the logo is what took all the time! I hand drew a copy of the logo onto a card stock cutout and then traced it onto fondant, and cut it out again and kept layering onto the backing from there.  It turned out great, and really made the brown football POP!

Football Carved Cake

Vanilla Cake w/ Chocolate Mousse Filling

A BIG MAC FOR THE KINDER-GRAD!

Definitely a one-of-a-kind request, my manager asked me to make a 'Big Mac' cake for his little sons Kindergarten Graduation.  I thought it was such a cute idea!  This cake was very different, needing to fondant each layer individually and then piece everything together, not to mention all of the fondant 'toppings' that went on the burger as well!  The cake turned out so cute and it was alot of fun to make!

Custom Carved Cake

Vanilla Cake w/ Strawberry Compote Filling

&Vanilla Frosting

GIRLY GRADUATION!

My sweet coworker Alejandra wanted to give a special inspiring gift to her nieces on the graduation.  I had free reign of the design, as long as it was pink! I wanted to incorporate a quote I found by Eleanor Roosevelt, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." And since the quote was rather long, I chose to keep the cake design simple so the cake didn't end up looking to Busy.  Two shades of pink, simple small polka dots and one pink-tassled graduation cap later- the cake was complete!

One Tier, Two Layer Chocolate Cake

{2-8 inch squares}

Chocolate Mousse Filling

MONKEY BUSINESS!

As a Double Birthday, Evelin ordered a unique cake for her brother and her nephew who share the same birthday! Both boys are totally into sweets and junk food, and are two peas in a pod.  She wanted to represent them as monkeys on the cake, and I got to make a Chocolate cake with Chocolate Mousse filling mixed with Oreos and Reeses!! Every chocolate lovers dream right? It was alot of fun making a bunch of miniature sized fondant sweets to decorate around the cake.  I made a birthday cake with colorful candles, tiny Oreos AND frosted donuts! Complete with real Oreo crumbles around the cake!

One Tier, Two Layer Chocolate Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Chocolate Mousse Filling w/ Reese's &Oreo Pieces

A BEATLES INSPIRED DRUM SET!

THIS cake was probably one of the largest that I have had to make (and carry!) so far!  My coworker John wanted to get something special and very unique for his brothers birthday celebration.  His brother is a huge BEATLES fan and wanted to incorporate a drum set somehow.  The party was for a large group of people, and so instead of creating a cake with fondant drums on top; we decided to create each different cake as an individual drum! Each cake was decorated around the base with a specific hit album, and the top of the drum displayed the title.  Also incorporated were a set of drum sticks & a golden GIL symbol with a bright 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' message across it.  This cake-sorry-these FOUR different cakes were a ton of work, and more than 10hours of detail work (mainly the Yellow Submarine inspired design!!) but the result was a set of gorgeous hand crafted and baked from scratch drums that was phenomenal!

Four Cakes;

Tiramisu w/ Cognac Mascarpone Frosting

Vanilla w/Strawberry Compote &Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate w/Banana Custard Filling

Red Velvet w/Cream Cheese Frosting

LITTLE ELEPHANTS!

A sweet little cake for Evelin's Mom, Evelin asked for the cake to have four elephants representing her mother, herself, and her two older siblings.  Such a cute &simple design around the entire cake, and backed by her mom's favorite color, baby teal!  It made for a SWEET birthday gift!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Homemade Strawberry Compote Filling

&Vanilla Frosting

LITTLE BOY BABY BLOCKS!

Baby showers have got to be one of the best occasions to create a cake.  The possibilities are endless! My friend Tracey came to me asking to create a sweet little design for her dear friends' baby shower and their soon-to-be-born son, Lucas!  More than happy to accept, Tracey and I talked about numerous different designs and ended with a classy modern design to compliment the mommy-to-be.  With a Gorgeous Deep Blue & White Chevron base, the black and white baby blocks POPPED almost as much as the matching blue cake on the inside! The Vanilla cake was dyed blue and filled with a fluffy raspberry chocolate mousse filling; capable of satisfying the most intense sweet cravings!!

{Custom Carved Cake}

Vanilla [blue] Cake 

w/ Raspberry Chocolate Mousse Filling

Ready To POP!

The Adorable Mommy to be, Roxanne &Her Hubby Charly

THE WALKING DEAD!

An intriguing request from one of my best customers and coworker, Jorge wanted to have a 'Walking Dead' themed birthday cake! He had an idea of hands/arms/zombies trying to get out from a door, that he requested be modeled after his apartment.  After googling some inspirations I got to work creating my very first fondant hands, and after a few tries nailed it! This cake was so much fun to make!! The eerie hands wouldn't be complete without some gory blood all over (red food coloring) which I dipped each of the hands in and smeared across the cake before I set them in place.  To make it look even more forbidding I created fondant chain links and a lock 'latching the door shut' and spray painted them with edible vanilla silver coloring AND painted across the door "DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE".  The cake was a humongous hit and I couldn't have been any happier with the results!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-13x9 inch rectangles}

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting