Tuesday, October 16, 2012

FOR THE LOVE OF SPORTS!

Another Birthday Cake order from my dear friend Casey, he requested a Sporty cake for his cousin Kim.  She Loves playing Softball, she's a huge USC fan, and went to Chaminade Prep whose school colors were Orange and Blue..Meshing everything together I designed a super sporty cake complete with Chaminade softball jersey, bright yellow softball, a USC emblem & Bright red glittery HAPPY BIRTHDAY to complete it!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla &Chocolate Checkerboard Cake
{2 8-inch squares}
Chocolate Frosting 



Monday, October 15, 2012

BIRTHDAY WHISKEY LOVIN

A great great friend of my sister of law and mine just celebrated his 26th birthday, &for everyone who knows our friend Kyle, you know that Whiskey Jameson and him go hand in hand! It is absolutely without a doubt his favorite drink.  So for his birthday cake we had to create something fantastic starring his favorite booze.  Determined to capture the WOW factor, the cake was custom carved into the shape of a bottle, and decorated to look like just like his favorite label.  All homemade marshmallow fondant, hand cut/designed decorations..the WOW factor was absolutely captured in this spectacular replica.  He was SO ridiculously thrilled with his cake he didnt stop talking about it for DAYS!  Even then he went and posted a picture of it with a huge dedication to the work we did onto the Official Jameson Facebook page!! Beyond thrilled with how happy the cake made him..its EXACTLY why I LOVE what I do!!

Three Tier, Six Layer Vanilla Almond Cake
{Customer Carved}
Coffee Soaked Cookie Layers, Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting


A PURRFECT CELEBRATION!

As a congratulations for one of my darling coworkers graduating as a Radiological Technician-I created a cake representing not only the inspiring event but her outrageous personality too! None other than a LEOPARD PRINT cake adorned with her favorite colors, stars and an inspiring quote "Nothing Happens Unless First A Dream" would fit the occasion.  The inside was a Vanilla Cake, with Chocolate &Yellow cake leopard spots.  Flashy fun and SO unexpected by all the girls, the cake was a total hit!  Congratulations again Liz..Keep Dreaming Big!

One Tier, Two Layer Vanilla Leopard Cake
{2 8-inch squares}
Vanilla Cream Frosting




Tuesday, October 09, 2012

I DO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES..&PETERPAN!

One of my FAVORITE orders so far, a coworker asked me to create and bake cupcakes for her niece's 5th Birthday Party.  The theme? Peter Pan for the boys and Tinkerbell for the girls!  Being a huge Disney Fan this order was a total pleasure and just way too much fun to design! I came up with various toppers that represented each theme for the boys and the girls, and went to work! For Tinkerbell, there were Fairy Wings, Tinkerbell's Shoes, Cute little Bows and Flowers.  And for the boys, Peter Pan's Hat, A Pirate Skull Flag, Swords & (my favorite..) Captain Hooks Hook! I couldn't be any happier with how cute all these cupcakes looked..not to mention how delicious they tasted!

 30 Cupcake Order
{15 Vanilla-15 Chocolate}
Vanilla Creme Frosting



-frosting dyed different shades-


Monday, October 08, 2012

A BIRTHDAY PRESCRIPTION!

My dear friend Casey Moran came to me requesting a very unique cake for a friend of his; he needed a birthday cake that celebrated not only his friends extreme fashion sense, but congratulated him on his acceptance into Pharmaceutical School! This cake was covered in a Louis Vuitton inspired print, Gloss Black Painted Fondant 'Ray Ban' Sunglasses, &my favorite piece; the hand designed/painted Custom Pharmaceutical Label that reads his personalized prescription - "Eat One Slice Twice Daily Until Gone- Red Velvet 500mg".  It was so much fun creating this very unique cake!

One Tier, Two Layer Red Velvet Cake
{2-8inch squares}
Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting




Tuesday, July 31, 2012

VIVA CUBA..&MOTORCYCLES!

My Best Best Friends Hubby was turning TWENTY FIVE this year!! OOber Old, I Know.  & I take it upon myself to remind him frequently! Haha for his birthday I really wanted to WOW him since he already knew I planned to bake his cake. Two of his favorite things? Cuba, his country & his Bike! So I took on the challenge of creating a Rice Krispy Yamaha R-6 &decorating it in fondant! Probably one of my most detailed cakes, I created an exhaust, Yamaha emblems, decals, rims, little side mirrors, all the way down to screws! But it all paid off because when everything came together the bike looked SO freakin cool I was in love with it! The cake wouldnt have been complete without the Cuban Flag so I made two; a mini one draped over the bike, and a larger one decorating the top tier on the cake.  His face was Stunned to say the least! &Mission accomplished for me!

Two Tier, Four Layer Chocolate Cake
{2-8 inch squares, 2-6 inch circles}
Thin Mint Cookie ICE CREAM Filling &Whipped Chocolate Frosting




TWENTY THREE FOR ME!

For MY 23rd Birthday I felt it only appropriate that I create my own special cake, getting to design every aspect to my own desires! I had too much fun creating and making this cake super festive with bright colors, edible pearl shimmer spray, geometric patterns, peachy flowers, some black for that special POP & of course a Gold Accented '23'! Everyone loved the cake that the poor thing was near demolished-but so well worth it! I rarely get to see the inside of my cakes so this was definitely a special &yummy treat :]

Two Tier, Four Layer Chocolate &Vanilla Cake
{2-8 inch squares, 2-6 inch squares}
Chunky Oreo Whipped Filling &Sliced Strawberries W/ Whipped Cream


Happy Birthday To ME! :]

Thursday, July 19, 2012

THREE YEARS &COUNTING!

For the Three Year Anniversary with his Beautiful Girlfriend Christina, my friend Oscar asked me to make a special cake for their Sweet Celebration! Only too happy to oblige, we worked and found an inspiration picture to design their cake from.  Shades of pink (her favorite color) & a Heart Shaped Tier were requirements.  I chose to adlib for their top tier decor; incorporating sweet phrases, their initials and of course their special date to make the cake unique.  Oscar &Christina loved the cake, and were SO awesome to send me back a collage photo of the two of them with it :] So happy I could help make your day special! &Many more anniversaries to come!!

Two Tier, Four Layer Red Velvet Cake
{2-9 inch rounds, 2-6 inch hearts}
Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting





AIR FORCE FOR 21!

Turning 21 is a huge landmark in your life, and what better way to celebrate than with a memorable cake shaped as your favorite shoe!? One of my coworkers and her cousin are OBSESSED with shoes &they have a competition each year on who can outdo the other one in terms of shoe related birthday gifts.  It started as giving the other shoe boxed shaped presents, then a cake, and in order to top her cousin- my coworker asked me to make a cake shaped as an air force one shoe! Lots of pictures were researched and sketches drawn to design the shoe, with all the stitching, fabric and logo detailing to go with it!  Little [stick figure] fondant Michael Jordan emblem, shoelaces, and a large red fondant '21' placed in front, &my creation was complete! Happy Birthday Frankie!

Two Tier, Four Layer Chocolate Cake
{Custom Carved}
Chunky Whipped Oreo Filling


DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

A Special Request cake from another coworker for her girlfriends birthday, I created a skull-shaped Dia De Los Muertos cake!  She wanted to incorporate cooler colors like purples and blues with some kind of POP to the cake and just LOTS of detailing.  So after using different sized flower cut outs, some gold cross embellishing, deciding to add in some yellow gold fondant on the face,  a lavender piped frosting message and ALOT of colored dots all around the cake- I had my end result! A beautifully detailed &cultural cake that they loved !

One Tier, Two Layer Red Velvet Cake
{Custom Carved}
Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting