New Twist

Here is a new twist on a cake I made before.  This time I took the top zebra layer away and added a black bow and changed the name of course!

Cartoons

Lightening McQueen

I'm pretty sure there isn't a child out there that doesn't love the movie Cars!  Here is a cake made to resemble Lightening McQueen.  This started out as a sheet cake a 6" round.  I carved, cut and pieced in order to create the car!

Archery

Archery Cake

This cake was for a little boys archery birthday party.  Happy Birthday is carved into the bark and everything!

I also made cupcakes to match the cake!

Music

Music 

This cake was ordered for a 40th Birthday, in Auburn Colors, with music notes.  That was a lot of information to get on one cake!  Here is what I came up with ......

This cake was ordered for a 13 year old who loves One Direction!  

Yoda

Yoda Cake

I made this cake for a huge Star Wars fan!  Yoda is made all out of fondant. Yummy he is..........

States

States

State outlines are a great way to personalize any cake!

This cake I made for my parents anniversary!  NJ is the state they were born in and got married in 1979.  Now in 2012 they live in North Carolina, have 2 kids and 1 grandson! Oh and their wedding color was light blue!

This was a cake for a girl moving to Minnesota.  The stars are set exactly where each town is in the state!

Tiffany's Cake

Tiffany's Cake

Cake is a girls best friend! Especially when it is the teal box!!

Masquerade Cake

Masquerade Cake

This cake was made fora  masquerade party!  I made my sister lay on the floor, put plastic wrap over her eyes and nose then laid a piece of fondant/gum paste mix over it so I could get the face shape :)  The girls party colors were navy, black and silver.  I even made the feathers by rolling out the gum paste really thin then scoring it to create the tattered effect.

Art Work Cake

Art Work Cake

Who said art had to be 2-D?  Every single one of my cakes is a piece of art but this one was extra artsy!  I re-created Van Gogh's The Starry Night out of incing on this cake!!

Wedding Cakes

Wedding Cakes!

Well its that time of  year again! Wedding season! Cake is a huge part of a wedding!  There are two main parts of a wedding reception that focus just on the couples!  Their first dance and the cutting of the cake!  

Here is a wedding cake I made for a black and white themed wedding!  Each of the flowers are hand made out of gum paste.  The black swirled ribbons are cut from sugar sheets!  Everything on the cake is edible!

This is a cake I made for a  co-worker of mine!  They had a small wedding party at their house a few weeks after they got married.  They did not need a huge cake but there is no reason why they couldn't have a fancy one!

This cake I made for a sweet young couple!  Their flower was the blue hydrangea which I especially love! That was actually my flower for my wedding 5 years ago as well!

Here is a lovely beach themed wedding cake.  The couple got married down in Charleston.  The cake had a topper added at the wedding with some more sand and shells added to the top.  Super cute.  Love the ombre icing!

Isn't this cake darling!  Each of those flowers are handmade and color is added with edible powder!  I got the topper at Micheals.  The bride and groom did not want fondant so I just etched the lines out of the icing and added silver balls from the candy store.  

Here are some matching cupcakes for the same wedding.  Everyone has to get some chocolate in somehow!

Armed Forces

The Armed Forces

People in the armed forces are so amazing!  I have so much respect for them....they deserve cake!

A birthday cake for a man who was in the 82nd airborne!

This is a cake I made for a man that was a Marine as well as a Charlotte Mecklenburg Policeman!  I took the marine symbol and replace the globe with the CMPD hornets nest for a new emblem!

This is the same cake.  I printed the last few lines of the Marine hymn. "If the Army and the Navy ever look on Heaven’s scenes; They will find the streets are guarded by United States Marines."

Football

Football

Football season is in full swing so I thought I would share some football team cakes I have made!  Whether its high school, college or pro there is a cake out there to be made!

Auburn University is a college in Alabama!  Go Tigers!

This is a grooms cake I made for a big Redskins fan!

Golf

Golf Cake

Living in North Carolina I know how important golf is to a lot of people!  Here is a golf cake I made for my neighbor who is an avid golfer.

Coastal

Coastal Theme'd Cakes

Who doesn't love the beach?  Who doesn't love cake?  Put them together and what do you get?  Yummy, relaxing cakes!

This is a cake I made for my nephews 1st birthday!  I cut different shaped strips of fondant and just layered them for the wave effect.

This was my nephews smash cake for his 1st birthday party!  He got this one all to himself :)

I just look at this cake and want to be on an island somewhere!  I used toasted coconut for the sand :)

Movie Theme

Movie Theme'd Cakes

A great movie deserves a great cake!

Back to the Future is one of the greatest movies of all time!  Here is a hover board cake in honor of the movie!  (I realize that Mattel is supposed to have 2 T's....lets just say I did it for copy right reasons!)

The Hunger Games was one of the best movies of the year!  This was a birthday cake with the Hunger Games theme!

Radiology

Radiology

One of my good friends works in the radiology department at our local hospital.  I made this for her to bring to a work function!

Men and their rides

Men and their rides!

From bicycles to motorcycles ....... everyone has a preference on how to get from point A to point B.  These are not just hobbies for men of course, I just made these cakes with men in mind!

The cake below was made for an avid bike rider.  The circle on top is actually a copy of his bike wheel!

Can you tell this is for a Harley rider?

I took a picture of Gregg's bike and tried to copy it out of fondant

Little Girls Birthdays

Little Girls Birthdays

I have so much fun making little girls birthday cakes!  Making anything from the barbie dress cakes to more specialized cakes you know its going to put a smile on their faces!

This is a Lalaloopsy cake.  My sister thinks these dolls are the best thing since ...well...CAKE!  So I made her this cake for her (29th) birthday!

Here is a pony cake!  This little girl loves horses so I tried a cake and a half.  This one is a regular 8 inch cake then I made one 6 inch layer, cut it in half and staked it so it created a half layer!  Just a fun, different visual effect!

First Communion

First Communion

A special event deserves a special cake.  

This cake was made for my neighbor daughters first communion!  Most cake supply companies sell molds for specialized cakes.  For this one I just made a large sheet cake and cut the cross shape out of it.  You end up with a lot of waste cake but you can freeze that and make cake pops later!  This was you don't have to worry about storage for all  your specialized cake pans!  The rosary I made out of fum paste and strung them like real beads so they moved like a real rosary.  It really gave the cake a personalized effect!

This cake was made for another first communion.  She wanted purple and ruffles so here is what we came up with....

21st Birthday

21st Birthday Cake

This cake was made for a pool lovers 21st birthday!  A lot of fun!  If you want to go a step further you can change the pool balls to be the numbers to make up the birthday year.

Batman

Batman Cakes

Well as most of you know there is the old style of batman and the new style.  The old style is more comic book like with the silly stunts and visual sound effects.  The new style is more cartoon like.  I have made cakes with both likenesses. 

Here is the new style.  We added a plastic batman figurine to this cake because the child was 3 and we thought it would be more visually appealing to him.

Here is the older styling.  

I also made some cookies to match!  I made a basic soft sugar cookie for the base.  Then I mixed confectioner sugar with a few drops of water and dying this different colors.  I left it pretty thick and painted it on!

This was my first attempt at cake pops!  When I am modeling a cake I take all the scrapes and put them in a Ziploc with some icing.  I can then take that out when I need cake pops.  Let it thaw a bit, mix it together then roll it in balls!  Works perfect, reduces waist and they have the most amazing taste!

Here is another batman cake for an adult.  Love how this came out!

Gaming Cakes

Gaming Cakes

There are so many fun games out there!  Angry Birds has become one of the most popular games of the past 2 years.  Not only do you have the game but there are lunch boxes, back packs, hats....and now cakes!

This is a Kid Icarus cake.  Kid Icarus is a game box game apparently :)  The statue is made of fondant!  The happy Birthday and Kyle are fashioned after the writing on the game title.

Here is a World of Warcraft cake.

The Knitting Ladies

The Knitting Ladies

My mother and sister go to a knitting group every Tuesday in Mint Hill, NC.  It is called Cottage Yarn.  She has open knit every Tuesday which allows everyone to get together, work on a current project and get some help with a project that is stumping them.  I made this cake for one of there get to together.   It is hard to believe there is even a cake under there!!

The C is for Cheryl.  That is my mothers name and she is the one who asked me to make the cake.  The yarn balls are rice crispy treat balls covered in fondant.