60th Birthday Cake

 

2 layer chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting and filling.  Fresh flower accents.

Sophie's Under the Sea Cake

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY SOPHIE!!

I'm so glad I had the chance to make at least part of Sophie's Under the Sea cake (see my post below for the reason why!). The birthday girl specifically requested a cake with whales, sharks, turtles, fishies and crabs!  Rumor has it she loved it!

Vanilla cake with strawberry puree filling and vanilla buttercream frosting.  Whale, sharks, turtles, fishies and crabs are all made out of homemade marshmallow fondant.

Disaster Strikes

In every bakers life there comes a time when nothing turns out right.  Every cake has a deadline and the pressure mounts the closer it gets.  Saturday started out great for me and little Sophie's 3rd Birthday Cake.  The theme, Under the Sea, and the request was for whales and sharks and turtles and fishies and crabs.  Easy enough.  I can do that. 
This is how the bottom chocolate layer turned out (keep in mind it's just dirty iced but it was unsalvageable in my mind, delicious, but ruined).  The top layer of chocolate cake cracked into about 6 pieces when I tried to put it together. The strawberry puree filling escaped the dam of buttercream piped on the edge to hold it in (I blame this on Saturdays humidity and my lack of a subzero fridge).
The worse part-  IT WAS DELICIOUS.  Probably one of my best purees to date.  The cake was so moist and delicious and with just the hint of buttercream and the strawberry filling... mmmmmm!  

Thank goodness I had a wonderful customer who understood and although I was up at 6 am this morning to rebake the whole thing, she was happy with just the top layer. 

Thank you Alanna for being so understanding and I'm glad Sophie loved her cake anyway!! 

Cristina & Chris' Wedding Cake

Congratulations Cristina and Chris!

The wedding was absolutely beautiful and we had such a wonderful time. Thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Rowe and to Susie and Twain for a wonderful afternoon and evening. Thank you for including us on your big day.

We hope the honeymoon feeling never ends and we wish you a lifetime of happiness!

Chocolate and vanilla bean 3 tier cake filled and covered in vanilla buttercream.

Cupcakes

Just some cute cupcakes for a party favour!

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting.  Gosh, people REALLY like my chocolate cake!  hahaha

Transformer Cupcakes

Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons! 

TRANSFORMERS!

Happy Birthday Dylin! I hope your class enjoys the cupcakes. 

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant Autobot and Decepticon symbols.

Shamrock Cupcakes

May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.

~Irish Blessing

 

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant shamrocks.

Polka Dot Birthday Cake

Chocolate cake with strawberry puree filling and Chocolate Buttercream.

Chocolate Snowballs

 Soft and chocolately cake-like cookies dusted with icing sugar.

Chocolate Pecan Fudge

Dark Chocolate Pecan Bark

Delicious dark and creamy chocolate with chopped pecans.

Chocolate Candy Cane Bark