Patriotic Cupcakes

Flowers and Butterflies Birthday Cake

The five-year-old girl that I made this cake for wanted a "happy" cake with colorful flowers, butterflies, bumble bees, and a rainbow!

Ballerina Cake

I can't describe how much joy it gave me to make this cake for my daughter's first ballet recital! The look on her face was priceless when she saw it for the first time. Literally speechless. The ballerina is a fake Wilton doll with a fondant foot. The top of her tutu is a thin rolled piece of fondant with buttercream ruffles underneath. Grace wanted a pink cake inside, so I baked a fresh strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream filling and cream cheese icing.

Graduation Cake

My sweet friend Estelle completed her master's degree in education! We celebrated with a fun family picnic in a local park, and I got to bring the cake! This is a dark chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, covered in marshmallow fondant work.

'Lil Slugger Baby Shower

This was a fun, baseball-themed baby shower cake. It's french vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, covered in marshmallow fondant. The baby is lying on a home plate, surrounded by baseball polka dots!

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!