Kate's Cake

I really love making baby shower cakes. There is just something about them, it does not matter if it's for a boy or for a girl, I can make them as sweet and cute as I want to. Lenae and I had a discussion that the cake is really not for the baby, it's for the mom, so you can't go too girly.

This cake was for Lenae's little sister who is having her second baby, we had a BBQ and a little party while her family was here for a visit.

Kate likes cherry blossoms, so I used that as my base. I was wondering what a masculine "Maggie" cake would be called. A "Magnus" cake???

In the usual manner of planning my cakes, the idea to use the bird family came to me as I was lying in bed the night before.

The cherry blossoms worked their way around the whole cake, and it looks like I've perfected that robin's egg blue I love so much (a little bit of teal Wilton's dye, and an even bittier bit of sky blue).

They already have another boy-child, so I thought it would be a good idea to include him in the little bird family.

So Tweet!

Tink 3

Tinkerbell seems to be getting popular again, after saying I did not make too many of these cakes, I've had two requests in the past two months.

Each time, it gets easier to make this cake. It helps alot to know exactly what I need in order to pull it off.

And I'm still in love with those toadstools.

Mario

Here is a small somewhat last minute Mario themed birthday cake.

Very simple, none of the game's characters were represented, just the platform background.

The last time I made these...whatever they are...I got dinged by a 9 year old for not putting teeth in them.

The last time I make that mistake!

Blossoming

Here is another one of my "Maggie" cakes.

It's getting easier and easier to make this one. It's also becoming one of my most requested styles.

Lovely.

Little Einsteins

I'm not all that familiar with the Little Einsteins show. The Kid was past that stage when it came out. She did watch the heck out of those Baby Einstein videos.

Anyway, this is supposed to be the ship that is in the show.

It sort of came out looking like a cartoon version of a cartoon ship.

Of course there were cupcakes to go along, you can kind of see them there in the background.

It's been a long time since I've done a really carved cake. I was not too sure how well the crusting buttercream would go on, especially around the shapes like the rocket engines (which were cupcakes...on a stick!), but they ended up smoothing out pretty well.

Shadow Boxing

Here is another retirement cake for The Husband's Chief. It was supposed to look like a shadowbox that is generally presented to the retiree. The stripes ended up being a bit large, so the "box" ended up looking very crowded without having a great variety of items in it.

Here is a detail of the ribbon rack. I meant to have a picture of The Husband's actual ribbon rack to compare, but he hid it somewhere.

Dog tags.

Coins. The Husband has a whole mess of coins that he displays on his desk. I was lucky enough to find this chocolate mold that was in the shape of the Air Force seal. It is quite detailed, but is a little hard to see in chocolate.

I placed a couple of them on the top of the cake, and ran them around the edge of the cake. I made them in white and dark chocolate for that.


Apparently it went over quite well.

The Cake Baker Strikes Back

So, the second Star Wars, well the second one according to my time line is Empire Strikes back, my most very favorite Star Wars movie. Therefore naturally, my second Star Wars cake...we have yet to see if it turns out to be my most favorite Star Wars cake.

Anyway...

It's pretty good I think.

There are some of the same elements as the last one I did, but this boy requested "more Dark Side".

I added Clone Troopers.

And Storm Troopers.

To add a little more to the pot I ran some stars around the back of the cake, and black frosting. Oh, black frosting is a dangerous thing. For one, it usually tastes disgusting because of the amount of food coloring needed to darken it. And second, it can turn your mouth a very strange, strange color. Used sparingly it can work, but I do try not to use it too much.

Wizards 2

I did another Wizards of Waverly Place cake, almost just like the other one. Just a couple of minor changes to this one.

I love those feathers, they were so much easier to make the second time around.

Here's that party invitation that the cake is based on.

I love working the details on this cake, for some reason my piping was right on target with this one. These color combinations are so non-traditional and fantastic, I love them!

Again those feathers!! I love them too, I think I might have to make a peacock cake just so I can make these feathers again.