Barbie Doll Cake

I was asked to make a doll cake this week for a little girl turning 3. Mom told me she was a big Snow White fan so she wanted the doll to resemble Snow White. This was my first attempt at making one of these doll cakes and I was anxious to make it look as good as possible. There are many pictures online of these types of cakes and many of them tend to look a bit unbalanced and oddly shaped. I ended up purchasing the Wilton WonderMold pan to make this cake as I felt it reflected the skirt shape the best. I added another 8" layer at the bottom, so all together, after torting the skirt, there were 3 filling layers and 4 layers of cake. I then carved it a bit more to get a slimmer and more flattering shape. I also added buttercream lines over the crumb coat to allow for the look of pleats on the skirt. I used a real Barbie doll in the center, instead of one of those half doll picks so the birthday girl could have a doll to keep afterwards. I placed the whole thing on a green fondant covered cake board and added a gumpaste scroll and flowers to complete the look.

Very happy with the end results! Happy Birthday Victoria!

Graduation Dessert and Cake Table


We were asked to create a dessert table for a friends daughter's high school graduation party. The party colors were lime green and black and white zebra print. This table was alot of fun to do since the colors were fantastic and really made a statement when all put together.

We used granny smith apples and zebra print topiary trees for decoration. I made beautiful zebra print silk table runners to add emphasis to the look! The three tiered cake was the focal point and rested on a silver gem trimmed cake plate.

marshmallow pops, chocolate covered pretzel sticks, cake pops, chocolate donuts, apple twizzlersvanilla meringue cookies, chocolate covered pretzels, apple jelly rings, coconut M&M's

vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream were placed on glass pedestal tiers on either side of the table.

oreo cookies were decorated with zebra print sugar sheets that I punched out with a circle cutter and adhered to the top of the oreo with buttercream

The cake was a three tiered Devil's food cake with oreo cookies and cream buttercream filling. I created a graduation cap and diploma out of sugar past and the bow in front is made with black fondant. I used fondant balls around the tiers and finished off the look with the guest of honor's initial on front! This table is my favorite one so far we have done. Special thanks to my partner Nicole for all her hard work!!! (guess I should thank our husbands too who had to help us carry everything into the restaurant! We put them to good use! )

ANNIVERSARY CAKE

My last customer wanted to have a special cake to celebrate the anniversary of her parents. She was'nt having a big party but wanted a small cake to serve for about 15 people. I baked her a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream filling and on top adhered an edible frosting sheet of her parents wedding picture. I trimmed the top with buttercream and silver dragees. Black satin ribbon and jeweled trimmed bow finished the look. A simple and easy way to make a small cake "special"!!

SuperMario Cupcake Tower

SuperMario Brothers Cupcake Tower

This past weekend was my nephew Nicholas' 5th birthday and I had to make a cupcake tower for him of course! He is into SuperMario and plays the Wii game constantly. I had fun making the mushroom character cupcakes and made my own cupcake pics using Illustrator.

Star Wars Cake


A friend I went to highschool with contacted me to make a cake for her husband who is a huge Star Wars fan. I googled different pictures as the internet has alot of pictures on this category. I didnt want the cake to look to childish either, so we settled on one that was featured as a Lego Star Wars themed cake. I purchased the Galactic Hero characters to put on top and around the cake instead of making them out of gumpaste. I eliminated some stars which gave it a more clean look. Very happy with the end results!

Minnie Mouse Cake and Dessert Table

Minnie Mouse Cake Dessert Table

This job was a very sweet one. Minnie Mouse is still holding strong and popular around little kids and I truly enjoyed making this cake. We created a three tiered cake decorated in black, pink and white. I used the sports ball cake pan to make the hat shape on top. I used only one half and then baked a regular 6" cake on the bottom with cannoli filling in between. The ears were made from gumpaste and adhered by creating slits on the side of the cake and "gluing" it with buttercream. Pink and white pindot gros grain ribbon completed the look.

We created a whole table display for the customer, complete with black and white dot tablecloth and Happy Birthday Banner I created dowloading the Disney Font. My partner had the hardest part of the job having to make 40 chocolate covered apples like the ones you buy in Disney World. These apples are first covered in caramel and then dipped in chocolate. Marshmallows are adhered with toothpicks to the top of the apples to give the look of ears. Once the chocolate has dried they are dipped again in white chocolate at the bottom only and then pink sprinkles and white chocolate circles are stuck on over the melted white chocolate. I used styrofoam cake circles covered in paper that I designed in Illustrator to display the apples. They came out absolutely adorable but were ALOT of work. Don't know how to answer the next customer looking for these apples again, LOL!!

Nurse Graduation Cake

Not enough time in the days to get all my work done!! I have been falling behind on my blogging so its time to catch up. Here are a few of my latest jobs from this and last weekend.

Nurse Graduation Cake

I was asked to make a cake for a friend of mine's daughter who had just graduated from Nursing School. The party colors were hot pink, black and white, so she wanted me to incorporate these colors into the cake so it would all match. I was a bit hesitant at first since most cakes I googled were black, white and red. I have to say I was quite happy with the results and think it still came out looking great. I used chocolate nursing molds I had to make the fun decorations around the cake.

Candy Themed Topsy Turvy Cake

This cake has to be my favorite cake to date. I was asked to duplicate a cake seen on my favorite website www.pinkcakebox.com. This cake was for a sweet sixteen and the birthday girls colors were black, silver and fuchsia. The cake was a topsy turvy cake trimmed in different types of candies. I changed the colors to match the birthday girls party. I made the lollipops with fondant so they would match better than store bought ones. I used hot pink and silver gumballs around the base of two tiers and good and plenty candy on the other two. The number sixteen on top was made with fondant mixed with gumpaste. To get the true silver look I purchased the edible silver spray paint and sprayed the pieces before laying them on the cake. I found this easier than trying to paint petal dust on the fondant. The look was completed with some Hershey Kisses and Smarties candies. This was a blast to make and I was so truly proud of the final results!!!!

Mets Jersey Cake

Saturday night at 11:00 pm and this is the first chance I could get to catch up on my blogging!!! LOL Every weekend has become a two job weekend and there isn't enough time in the days to get it all done.

Last weekend I was asked to make a Mets Jersey cake for a young man's 21st birthday. I used two layers of a half sheet cake and carved out the shape of a shirt. I used for a guide my son's cotton t-shirt. It worked great in getting the shape right for the sleeves and sides. I downloaded the Mets Logo from the internet and printed it out on an edible icing sheet. I think this was the most important part for the cake to look as good as it did. The pinstripes were first drawn with a fondant pen and then over again with a fine paintbrush. An actual size baseball on the side finished off the look!

chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream filling


Rehearsal Dinner Cake

During that same weekend I was also asked to make a small cake for a rehearsal dinner. The wedding colors are royal blue and white so I made a 9" two layer cake covered in white fondant with royal blue and silver satin ribbon trims. I also used an edible icing sheet to print the happy couples names adhered to the front of the cake.