Monday, December 14, 2009

Cupcake-Themed Birthday Cake


My daughter is celebrating her 5th birthday this month, and she recently had her cupcake-themed party! She requested a chocolate cupcake cake with lots of colors. I used my special cupcake pan for the top. The bottom two layers are covered and decorated with colored fondant.

Christmas Cakes




















I was happy to create a few special cakes for Todd's faculty Christmas luncheon this year! Instead of one big cake, I wanted to give everyone some flavor choices.

The small poinsettia cake is yellow with almond buttercream. I put some edible glitter on the fondant poinsettia to
make it sparkley!

The present cake with the red bow is red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. It is covered in fondant wrapping paper with hand-painted snowflakes.

The cupcakes are also red velvet with cream cheese icing. Each one has a small royal icing holly leaf with red hots as berries.
The large Merry Christmas cake is devil's food with chocolate-espresso buttercream filling. It is covered with fondant and decorated with fondant balls and polka dots.













Christmas Tree Cookies


I made these cute Christmas tree cookies to carry to the annual mother-daughter tea at our pastor's home this year! They are sugar cookies decorated with royal icing and sprinkles.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Fleur de Lis Cake

This was a birthday cake for my sweet friend Estelle. She requested dark chocolate cake with cream cheese icing. I covered the 4-layer cake with homemade fondant. I colored the fondant gold and cut out the diamond shapes to go around the sides. Each diamond was hand-painted with gold dust! For the fleur-de-lis and black accents, I started with chocolate fondant and added food coloring. I carefully traced and cut out the pattern, attaching everything to the cake with icing.

It was quite yummy and a big hit at the party! Best of all, the birthday girl (an avid Saints fan and true Cajun) loved it!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Teddy Bear Tiered Cake

This cute tiered cake features a fondant teddy bear on top. Everything is edible except for the ribbon around the middle. It could also be customized to make a precious baby shower cake.

Stadium Cake with Baseball Cupcakes


This fun cake features a baseball stadium with rice crispie treat bleachers and a chocolate chip cookie scoreboard. Everything is edible except for the baseball players and picture of the birthday boy!

Fall Fondant

This fall-themed cake is made with delicious homemade marshmallow fondant.

Fall Cookies


These fall cookies are sugar cookies with royal icing.

Spring Cookies


These spring cookies are sugar cookies with royal icing.

Fall Basketweave


This was my "graduation" cake when I finished one of my Wilton cake decorating courses!

Welcome Neighbors


The design on this cake is edible color-flow icing.

Spring Basketweave

This spring basketweave cake is made with edible flowers and can be customized for any occasion.


Rose Birthday Cake


The roses on this cake are handmade with Hershey's Kisses in the middle!

Bouquet of Flowers Cake


This pretty floral design is made out of buttercream icing and could be used for almost any occasion in any color.

Rainbow Cake


This was one of the first cakes I made during my Wilton cake decorating classes. It is all buttercream icing and could be used as a birthday or all-occasion design.