Brown bear, brown bear birthday cake

Based on Eric Carle's book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" for a little boy's 2nd birthday. Butter cake with vanilla buttercream. Edible images of the animals printed by edibleimages.net (I will definitely be using this company more in the future...the product was wonderful, and the customer service outstanding).

Hot pink & zebra stripes

Top tier vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, bottom tier chocolate/vanilla marbled cake with vanilla buttercream. Fondant and gum paste decorations.

Minnie Mouse 3rd birthday cake

Minnie Mouse birthday cake for a 3-year-old girl. Top tier vanilla, bottom tier chocolate, with vanilla buttercream. Fondant & gum paste decorations. Ribbon around base of tiers. Thanks to Ode to Inspiration for the inspiration for this cake!
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Orchids and white chocolate 50th birthday cake

50th birthday cake. Top tier strawberry, middle tier vanilla-almond, bottom tier double chocolate espresso, with vanilla buttercream and white chocolate curls. Flowers are silk.

Bridal shower cupcakes - ivory & green

Vanilla-almond cupcakes with vanilla-almond buttercream. Gum paste decoration.

Superhero cakes

Butter cake with vanilla buttercream. Buttercream transfer Superman.

 

Butter mini cupcake pull-apart cake with vanilla buttercream. Buttercream transfer Spiderman.

Harry Potter birthday cake

Birthday cake for a Harry Potter-themed party! Hand molded and hand cut fondant and gumpaste decorations. Espresso cake with chocolate buttercream.

Baby Mickey first birthday cake

Butter cake with vanilla buttercream. Fondant, gumpaste, and buttercream transfer decorations.

Candy cake and cupcakes

Birthday cake and cupcakes for a 4-year-old little girl who loves the color purple. Her mom sent me a picture of a cake covered in Kit-Kat bars and topped with M&M's, so I customized the colors and added her name. Chocolate almond cake with chocolate mousse filling and vanilla-almond buttercream. Cupcakes were vanilla-almond cake with chocolate buttercream.

Hydrangea cake

Butter cake with vanilla-almond buttercream. Silk flowers, satin ribbon. (Learning to make sugar paste hydrangeas, though, so that next time I have an order, I can say I made them myself!)

Peace & love birthday cake

Butter cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant decorations.

Monkey birthday cake

Chocolate cake with Reese's peanut butter cup filling and vanilla buttercream. Fondant decorations.

Looney Tunes birthday cake

Vanilla-almond cake with chocolate almond buttercream. Buttercream transfers.

Super Mario ice cream cake

Chocolate cake with cookies 'n cream ice cream, whipped buttercream icing, and buttercream transfers.

Zebra & pink birthday cake

Pound cake (made w/ brandy, amaretto, rum, and whiskey) with raspberry filling and amaretto buttercream. Fondant decorations.

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.