A SWEET 'JUST BECAUSE'!

A very Sweet, 'Just Because' cake was ordered from my coworker Victor to share with his four year old son, Santiago.  His son is a HUGE Disney Cars fan, and so requested his cake to be made reflecting Lightning McQueen; his sons' favorite character.  Not the first (probably the fifth) Cars themed cake Ive done, I worked to come up with a little bit different design and opted for a taller cake, checkered flag border and my favorite rice krispy & fondant figurine on top!  Victor and Santiago loved the cake and even got to share it with his mom and sister.  Thank you Victor for your order!

One Tier, Three Layer Red Velvet Cake

{3-6 inch rounds}

Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting

SUPER-NERD BIRTHDAY BASH!

My friend Evelin FINALLLLLY turned TWENTY ONE a couple weeks ago, and celebrated with an amazing party hosted by her and her best friend Chris.  This lady put in her cake order to cater her party MONTHS in advance (thank you Evelin!) and we got to pick and choose exactly what she wanted for her party.  Anyone who knows her automatically knows JUST how much she loves Disney, Star Wars & spiderman.  To get a little bit of both for her and Chris, they selected three dozen cupcakes with all Star Wars fondant toppers, and a small personal cake decorated in the essence of Spider Man!  These fondant toppers were my second favorite I have done on cupcakes, next to her previous order of Tinkerbell and Peter Pan cupcakes with toppers!  I did a ton of research and decided to do several different toppers of all the most iconic characters from the series; I created red &blue light sabers, Yoda ears, princess Leia buns, Darth Vader masks, c3po faces, one r2d2 topper, the death star ship (thank you again Evelin for telling me what it was called-as I kept referring to it as 'that ball thingy'), Chewbacca's belt and two last cupcakes that had 'STAR' 'WARS' on them in the center of the display.  The Spiderman cake was simple but looked so great with the small detailing of his webbed face, which made up the entire cake.  Evelin loved her cake, and the entire party LOVED all the delicious Star Wars cupcakes - a complete success! Thank you Evelin & Chris for your business, and a really great time!! Happy Birthday again !

One Tier, Two Layer Walnut Rum Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

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Three Dozen Cupcakes

Tres Leches w/Dulce De Leche & Homemade Whipped Cream

Vanilla Cupcakes w/ Strawberry Compote Filling & Vanilla Buttercream 

Chocolate Cupcakes w/ Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

LA DODGERS FAN!

As a HUUGE Dodger fan, my friend and coworker Germaine ordered a baseball themed cake for her boyfriends birthday celebrating on New Year's Eve.  She gave me free reign with the design [which I love] and just asked me to include his name somewhere.  After getting a little more info (his favorite player, etc) I decided with a pin stripe design, the famous 'Dodgers' Logo and a little bit different than my typical 'jersey cakes' I DID make a small personalized Dodgers Jersey for the top of the cake, with his name on the back, stitching details and his favorite players number '16', complete with a miniature baseball glove, baseball and bat! I completely Loved how it turned out, as did Germaine and her boyfriend Felix!  I didn't get a chance to snap a picture of the cake before it was picked up, but Germaine was so sweet as to post it on instagram and tag me ! Thanks Germaine!

One Tier, Two Layer Red Velvet Cake

{2-8inch squares}

Cookies & Cream Filling and Vanilla Whipped Frosting

KEEP CALM & CHIVE ON!

For anyone familiar with the wildly popular website/mobile application 'The Chive', they sell an iconic green shirt spin off of the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' displaying 'Keep Calm and Chive On!" A very creative twist, it is a complete favorite of Casey's, who was celebrating his birthday last month! His girlfriend Laura requested that I make a cake in the shape of a tshirt on a girls body, with the phrase including 'Happy Birthday Casey " on it instead of 'Chive On', knowing Casey would absolutely love it!  But in order to personalize it Laura asked if I could I accepted the interesting challenge, and the turn out was pretty cool! It was a really fun cake to make, and was a lot more different than my normally requested shapes! Laura AND Casey both loved the cake, Happy Birthday Casey !

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{Custom Carved}

Chocolate Fudge Frosting

JAXSON'S JUNGLE BASH!

My Absolute, Completely Favorite Little Man- Jaxson - Just celebrated his FIRST Birthday, and I was honored when his parents came to me asking to create his special birthday cake. Jaxson, my managers son, is thee sweetest, Happiest little baby and is just too much fun to have around.  Anyone who works with me will contest that he just 'employee-surfs' as we pass him from one person to the next, all just dying to play with him-as he is having the time of his life with the BIGGEST (used to be!) toothless grin on his face.  Jaxson's wonderful mom Corrine, is madly in love with giraffes, so obviously they are Jaxson's favorite animal as well....haha.  Following their adorable Jungle theme for his birthday I was asked to really emphasize their love for giraffes! So the larger cake that everyone else got to enjoy was covered with hand cut giraffe print fondant, large bright green jungle leaves around the edges, and four different fondant jungle animals sitting on top! A hippo, elephant, snake and a lion.  Jaxson's special Smash Cake though was ALL Giraffe print, with large fondant cut outs of the number One and his name to decorate the cake.  Time consuming but completely worth it, these two cakes complimented each other so well and were a yummy addition to his special birthday celebration!

One Tier, Two Layer Red Velvet Cake

{2-13x9 inch rectangles}

Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting

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One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Vanilla Frosting

Thank You Ramstead Family!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

In Honor of my friend's sons FIRST BIRTHDAY, they asked me to make a cake for the birthday party, completely decked out in everything Mickey.  Their adorable & hilarious son Jason is absolutely obsessed with anything Mickey Mouse.  Their 13x9 inch cake had a simple but Oh-So-Cute design that went even better than I had planned with their theme! Classic Red, Yellow, Blue & White circles covered the cake all swirling around the center silhouette of the Iconic Mouse head & ears, with a fondant outlined number One highlighting Jason's age.  The cake was a hit, and I couldn't have been happier to make a cake for our friends and their sweet baby boy!

One Tier, Two Layer Red Velvet Cake

{2-13x9 inch rectangles}

Homemade Whipped Cream Filling & Sweet Vanilla Frosting

A LITTLE CARS FAN!

As a Sweet celebration for his two year old nephew Nahuel, my friend and coworker Mariano asked me to make a small sweet little treat with the Disney Cars theme! More than happy to oblige, I wanted to create something different than my previous multiple Cars themed requests. I opted for a more abstract version of decorating to represent the theme, and created Lightning McQueen's face on the front of the cake, covered in the back by a large black and white checkered flag. I was REALLY excited to make this cake because it was ordered as an Ice Cream Cake!  Mariano was SO pleased with the decorations for his little nephew when he saw it!

One Tier, Two Layer Chocolate Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream Filling w/ Vanilla Frosting

BOCA JUNIORS!

As a TRUE Argentinian, my manager at the restaurant is a die hard Boca Juniors fan; the Argentinian futbol team! I knew that was all he would want decorated on his surprise birthday cake (thanks to Liz & Carolina!)  He also has a huge sweet tooth, so there was no way I could go wrong with my decadent chocolate cake and my NEW favorite pairing, chocolate mousse filling! Although he refused to be responsible for cutting the cake (he made me do it because he didn't want to cut into his favorite teams emblem!), he was sweet enough to share it with everyone at the restaurant too.  Happy Birthday Dario!

One Tier, Two Layer Chocolate Cake

{2-8 inch squares}

Chocolate Mousse Filling & Frosting

ANGELS AT 60!

A Very Very Special Birthday cake for my dear friend Casey's father, turning SIXTY!  A FANTASTIC reason to celebrate Casey & his Adorable mom Jan asked me to make a cake suited for their special occasion.  Both Casey and his dad, super into sports - specifically baseball; are Huge Angels fans.  It was only fitting that the cake be designed as such! Jan had done some research before hand to get some ideas of what they wanted, and found a very cool fondant cake that was designed to look like an angels jersey - and asked if I could create something like that.  Of course!  The cake was simple and stunning with the clean stitching details, hand made buttons, and hand cut 'ANGELS 60' logo lettering to complete it.  All on top of a bright green bottom to resemble the baseball field the cake was a huge hit!  Thank you AGAIN Casey & Jan for all of your GREAT business!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-13x9 inch rectangles}

Chocolate Fudge Filling & Frosting

BOB MARLEY, BE HAPPY!

SUCH a fun cake to create, my friend Natalia requested a special little cake for her brother Ali.  He completely loves Bob Marley's music.  Wanting to do something a little different than typical Rasta stripes, I kept with Gold and Red colors but found a silhouette of Bob Marley's face.  I freehand traced the outlines onto black fondant and it made thee perfect decoration on top of the cake! Absolutely LOVING how it turned out.  Happy Birthday Ali Joon!

 One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Cake

{2-6 inch rounds}

Homemade Strawberry Compote Filling

Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting