Dark chocolate peppermint cake

This is a cake to delight your tastebuds for the holidays! It's like Chic-Fil-A's peppermint chocolate chip milkshake in cake form.


I have to go into extreme detail, since, sadly, you can't taste a picture! The cake is extremely tender because it is made with buttermilk and has lots of cocoa for a deep chocolate flavor. It is covered with a layer of smooth chocolate ganache flavored with a splash of peppermint schnapps. And the icing...oh, the icing...the cake is filled and frosted with a light, creamy, Swiss meringue buttercream...not too sweet, and flavored with finely ground peppermint sticks.

VSU graduation cake

Graduation cake for a girl graduating from Valdosta State with a nursing degree. Almond cake with chocolate espresso filling and swiss meringue buttercream. Buttercream transfers.

Monster birthday cakes

This lucky birthday boy got two parties! 
First birthday smash cake! Honey cake with vanilla buttercream. Cake pop eyes. 
Almond cake with vanilla buttercream & cake pop eyes. Fondant mouth.
Party cake & smash cake redux.
Monster cake: Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla buttercream. Fondant accents. Designed by the customer.

Super Mario chess cake

Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, fondant chess board. Chess pieces are part of the Mario chess game and belong to the customer.

This cake did NOT like being moved! If there's ever another occasion for a chess board cake, I will put a square of fondant under the individual squares of the chess board so they don't move around with the buttercream.

Boy's second birthday cake

Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla-almond buttercream. Fondant accents.

Classy black & white sweet 16 cake

Top tier was chocolate mint, middle tier was butter cake, and bottom tier was dark chocolate, all filled and iced with vanilla buttercream. Decorations were fondant and gum paste.

Hello Kitty birthday cake

Three-layer butter cake with vanilla buttercream for a little girl's second birthday.

Cars birthday cake

Butter cake with vanilla buttercream, fondant and gum paste decorations (plastic toy car).

Brown & white & pink baby shower cake

Baby shower cake for a little girl. Butter cake with fudge frosting, fondant/gum paste decorations.

Owl baby shower cake

Baby shower cake for a little girl, decorated to match the bedding. Butter cake with vanilla buttercream, fondant accents.

Thanksgiving turkey cake pops

Double chocolate espresso cake pops covered with dark chocolate candy coating, decorated like Thanksgiving turkeys.

Blue & green baby shower cake

Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant accents.

Pansy cake

Vanilla and dark chocolate tiers, iced in buttercream with royal icing pansies. Made for my grandmother's 80th birthday.

Rose cascade anniversary cake

Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla buttercream and buttercream roses, sprinkled all over with coarse sugar. A small version of the couples' wedding cake for their anniversary.

Robot and ice cream cone cake pops

My daughter specifically asked for the robot cake pops for her third birthday party. She saw the picture in Bakerella's book Cake Pops. I chose the ice cream cone cake pops, because, honestly, how CUTE are they?

Giraffe cupcake cake & smash cake

Vanilla cupcake cake with vanilla buttercream & vanilla smash cake with vanilla buttercream. Decorated to match party theme.

Bucking bronco rodeo cake

Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. Chocolate buttercream transfers, fondant rope. For a birthday party at the rodeo!

Toolbox cake

Butter cake with vanilla buttercream and marshmallow fondant. Gum paste accents. For a handman wedding shower.

Yellow flowers wedding cake

Top and bottom tiers are strawberry cake with cream cheese filling and vanilla buttercream; middle tier is butter cake with fudge filling and vanilla buttercream. Yellow flowers are gum paste; teal ribbon between the tiers.

Photograph courtesy of Daybreak Studios in Atlanta, GA.

Bama groom's cake

Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing.

Photograph courtesy of Daybreak Studios in Atlanta, GA.

Bailey's double chocolate espresso cake balls

Bird baby shower cake

Orange cake with Swiss meringue buttercream for my baby sister's baby shower. :) Gum paste decorations.

Luau-themed baby shower cake

Strawberry cake with cream cheese icing and gum paste flowers for a luau-themed baby shower.

Thomas birthday cake

Chocolate fudge cake with vanilla buttercream and plastic kit decorations.

Soccer ball birthday cake

Birthday cake for a 13-year-old girl who loves soccer, whose number is 18, and whose team colors are red and black! Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, gumpaste decoration, and hand-painted soccer ball "polka dots."

Twins' birthday cake

Birthday cake for 6-year-old twins who each got their own half of the cake! Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.

Princess & flowers cake

Birthday cake for a sweet little princess who turned 10 years old. Strawberry cake and chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant decorations. Plastic crown.

Slumber party cake!

Pillow cake for a 10-year-old girl's birthday slumber party! Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant accents.

Another pretty rose cake...

Chocolate-almond cake with caramel buttercream roses.

Five-tier wedding cake with fresh flowers

Butter cake with raspberry filling, covered in ganache, then finished with vanilla buttercream.

Top photo courtesy of Randolph Imaging.

Bright colors bridal shower cake

Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla buttercream in lime green, hot pink, and orange, and vanilla-almond fondant decoration.

Beach ball cake

Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream for a pool party.

Over the hill cake

We had a request for a cake to celebrate two big birthdays (a 40th and a 50th), but nothing like the usual tombstone cakes that are usually made for those birthdays. Chocolate and vanilla butter layers with buttercream and fondant accents.

Black forest cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with a hint of almond, studded with cherries and chocolate chips, topped with creamy cherry buttercream.

Pirate caterpillar cake

For weeks, my son Jack said he wanted a caterpillar cake. Then, just before his birthday, he said he wanted a pirate cake. Later, he decided to compromise with himself and asked for "a caterpillar looking like a pirate cake!" So here it is, although I think the caterpillar looks more like a pirate version of Mr. T!

He also knew exactly what flavor he wanted - mint chocolate cupcakes and mint chocolate chip ice cream. The cupcakes are dark chocolate fudge with an Andes mint baked in the middle and mint buttercream (which tasted a lot like the butter mints you get at showers...yumm!).

Yellow stegosaurus cake

Birthday cake for a little boy who specifically requested a yellow stegosaurus! Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. Buttercream transfer.

Shark birthday cake

Black forest (chocolate & cherry) cake with cherry filling and vanilla buttercream. Buttercream transfer shark.

Baby blocks gender reveal cake

One cake was pink, one was blue. The parents picked up the cake before their ultrasound appointment, found out the gender of the baby, then took the cake to lunch with their parents and had them cut into the correct cake to reveal the gender!

50th birthday cake

Vanilla-almond cake with vanilla buttercream. For a couple who love to work in their flower garden, whose 50th birthdays are not far apart, and whose children threw them a surprise party!

Buttons & bows baby shower cake

Vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant decorations.

Teal and daisies bridal shower cake

Strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant decorations.

Hello Kitty graduation cake

Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and buttercream decoration.