Strawberry Shortcake

My niece requested Strawberry Shortcake this year. I decided to try my hand with buttercream and I think it turned out pretty well. I did a star tip to fill the cake and a larger one for the seeds. Made leaves, stem and vines out of fondant and also put fondant leaves for the border. My sister bought the Strawberry Shortcake icing decorations and candle so I added those as well as a few character dolls.

Barrett's 1st Birthday

Fondant animals are cute, but they are a LOT of work. I got an order for a 3 tier cake with fondant animals for a first birthday (plus a separate smash cake) and here's the fruits of my labor.

Monster Cake

Here's another 1st Birthday Cake. (lots of 1st bdays this year!) This is a monster themed cake and the plate/napkin I based the design on are below. The top tier monster is cake and is going to be removed to be a 'smash cake' for Baby Alex. The smaller green monster is also cake so it could be used for that purpose also.

Happy Birthday Tammi Cake

Okay so I just finished this cake which is for the sister of a friend from Dog school. She gave me free creative license and just said that they wanted her age (37) included along with her favorite colors (red, green, yellow & orange). So I tried a new technique using the 'happy birthday' fondant imprint mat and was fairly pleased with the results. Also tried another new technique (and when I say 'new' I mean new to ME) by using candy melts to adhere my fondant bow instead of fondant glue or icing. My goal is to try a new technique with every cake I do so I keep learning. The one thing I learned from this cake is that if I really want red, i'm going to have to invest in a lot of dye or start buying the pre-dyed red in the store. This red came out a bit pink (and my camera makes it look even pinker). Since she is traveling a bit with this cake to the party location and I won't be onsite to set up, I opted to attach the streamers on toothpicks instead of icing so it can easily be disassembled/reassembled.

Jungle Cake

This is a cake I made for a first birthday party that had a Jungle theme.
It is a 2 tier/stacked chocolate cake with vanilla frosting, covered in fondant. Cake was decorated with fondant details, a piping gel pond, plastic animals, and palm trees made with fondant, royal icing and pretzel rods.

Aidan's Second Birthday Cake

For Aidan's 2nd birthday they did a western/cowboy theme. I printed a photo onto edible rice paper and applied to the cake. I tore black fondant and applied for the cow hide look. A rope border was done in brown to look like twine.

Birthday Bow Cake

This was a simple 2 tierd round cake I did for a teen birthday. The requested theme was colorful and trendy. I played off of a two color combination of pink and orange circles/dots and ribbons.