Weddings are Wonderful

Weddings are wonderful! The only chance that some have to feel special, glamorous, and loved.

Golf

This is a golf themed 1/4 sheet chocolate cake covered in vanilla buttercream. I used a grass pastry tip to decorate the top and around the bottom. The "green" is fondant, the water hazard is blue corn syrup and the sand trap is graham cracker crumbs.

Coca Cola Cake

Here is another version of the soda cake. This time I decided to make the ice cubes clear and add a drizzle of colored corn syrup to make the effect more realistic. I liked the finished product much better than "Stella's Diet Pepsi Cake", which can be seen in my archives.

NKOTB

For those unfamiliar with NKOTB, it stand for New Kids On The Block. They were the original boy band from the late 1980's. I must admit that I was a huge fan, so I was pretty excited to get this order. Rich devil's food chocolate cake with chocolate cherry filling.

I'm Stumped

If you happen to be a logger you might recognize the special radio lying next to the tree stump in this photo. For those who aren't so into forestry, that little red radio is a way of communication for those in the timber business. This is a birthday cake for "Dan" who repairs radios like that pictures; the real ones, not fondant! The cake is chocolate cake with cookies and cream filling, decorated with fondant and buttercream. Even the mushrooms are fondant, dusted with a little cocoa.

Run for your life!

My children attend Riviera Christian School. Each year they hold an auction to earn money for school programs, classroom supplies and scholarships. At the 2009 auction I donated one of my cakes. The family who purchased the cake was looking for a volcano cake with a beach theme. It may be hard to see in this photo, but I added a small aluminum foil cup to the top of the volcano which held a little dry ice to make it smoke!

Desserts is stressed spelled backwards!

Recently, I was asked to prepare desserts for a local cafe. I made a variety of dessert bars, cookies, cake balls! Below are some simple dessert bars, from left to right, brownies, oatmeal raspberry squares and lemon bars.

Pictured below are Nanaimo Bars (left) and cake balls (right). Nanaimo bars are a type of no-bake chocolate dessert names after a city in British Columbia, Canada. Cake balls are a decliciously moist cake filled truffle.
Baking and spending time in my kitchen has always been a great way for me to relieve stress. The next time you are craving sweets, take a look in your pantry, and crack open your favorite cookbook. You can always freeze your treats to have a quick dessert when guests arrive.

Happy Birthday Chloe!

My oldest daughter, Chloe, celebrated her 8th birthday over the weekend. We went swimming, had a few friends over for cake, and a sleepover. It was great. Chloe had the chance to create some new flavors with me for her cake as well. The swimming pool cake was a cherry confetti cake with a cherry vanilla filling. It was yummy!

Pool Table

This pool table inspired cake was a checkerboard cake. Opposing squares of white and dark chocolate cake with a chocolate chip mascarpone filling! Game on!!

The Shaw's First Anniversary

I this cake for a very dear couple, The Shaw's. They were married in Las Vegas in 2008, so they were unable to save the top tier for their first anniversary. The cake was one layer of moist french vanilla cake, one layer of devil's food chocolate cake and an almond mascarpone cheese filling. Thank you to Kristy and Vince for choosing me to help make your anniversary special!

Butterfly Kisses

I made this butterfly cake for a friend of mine from church. I used a method known as a chocolate transfer to get the image of the butterfly onto the cake. This was a strawberry cake with strawberry filling, covered in fondant and decorated with buttercream, white and dark chocolate.

Addictions

I personally prefer coffee, but for those who are addicted to soda here is a cake for you. This is a snickers flavored cake...a creamy peanut butter and caramel filling with chocolate cake and swiss meringue buttercream!

I wanna rock and roll all night...

And every day with this 80's inspired turntable cake. Vanilla cake with strawberry mousse and vanilla buttercream.

Poker Fun

This is a 1/4 chocolate sheet cake with raspberry filling. The birthday girl was turning 18 and having a casino themed party!

SNAKES!!!!

This snake cake was made of five chocolate bundt cakes filled with cookies and cream filling. The cake is covered in chocolate fondant and decorated with royal icing and buttercream frosting.

Here is a cake created for a sweet sixteen party. French vanilla cake with a fresh lemon mousse covered in vanilla buttercream and gumpaste decorations. The Eiffel Tower was hand cut and painted with food coloring.

Musical Food

It may not be musical fruit, but who needs fruit when you can have cake. This guitar cake was mostly decorated in buttercream, with fondant accents.

Fun with Cupcakes

I love cupcakes. They are fun, personal, and can be designed to match any theme. The cupcakes in the photo above, are white chocolate peppermint.