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!).