Monday, April 26, 2010

Airplane-Themed Baby Shower

This one was really fun to design and make. Each of the three tiers is covered with fondant. I didn't fully blend the colors in the top layer of fondant to give the appearance of a sky. The airplane looks like it's taking off above the clouds!

Book-Themed Baby Shower



This is a baby shower cake for a special friend of mine. Her shower them was "Books and More Books!". I stacked book cakes and labeled them with her favorite childhood stories. The blocks are rice crispy treats covered in fondant, and the giraffe and frog are full fondant. My favorite is Baby Dylan under the fondant baby blanket!

Birthday Cake

This is a small, personal-sized birthday cake for a special mom! Inside is devil's food chocolate cake with almond buttercream icing!

Monday, April 19, 2010

First Communion


This was a first communion cake for two special boys, Patrick and Evan. It is half french vanilla and half chocolate cake with buttercream icing. I shaped it like an open Bible and covered it in marshmallow fondant. The cross, flowers, and decor were all fondant.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Easter Cake

This cake was a for our Easter luncheon with friends. Grace helped me cut out the fondant flowers and butterflies! The inside is a delicate peach cake with peach buttercream filling and cream cheese frosting. It was light and lovely for a spring cake!

Paisley Baby Shower Cake

This baby shower cake was so much fun to make! If I was making myself a baby shower cake, this would be it. The paisley detail was delicately cut from fondant and hand-painted. The cake was french vanilla with almond buttercream. The baby booties on top were rice crispy treats covered in buttercream. Mom-to-be loved this cake!

Anniversary Cake


This was a HUGE full-sized sheet cake that fed over 100 people. It took two strong men to carry it, and I bought a slab of lumber for stability under the cake. Decorating a cake this size presents a whole new set of challenges, but I thought it was pretty good for my first time. Half the cake is chocolate, and half the cake is vanilla covered in vanilla buttercream frosting! The roses are made with buttercream icing covering a Hershey's kiss. Very yummy!

Valentine's Day Cupcakes

These cupcakes were made as a Valentine's Day treat for a ladies' Bible study! The cupcakes are dark chocolate with vanilla buttercream under the layer of decorative marshmallow fondant. Yum!

Valentine's Day Cake


I made this Valentine's Day cake as a project for my latest Wilton fondant class! Inside, it is a delicate German chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing. My dad absolutely loved this cake. Since I made this cake while I was visiting my family in south Louisiana, I had some trouble with the fondant. The humidity got to the bow a little...I know in the future to let it dry a little longer in a high humidity area!