Chelsea Football Club cake

I have done a few logo cakes.  This is my first Chelsea cake. 

Soccer cake for Bryce

Little Bryce's birthday falls during the summer when all his friends are away.  So he has to wait for his party every year...  Soccer is his favorite sport and he wanted something soccer themed.  I was planning to make a sphere cake decorated to look like a soccer ball but I left the day before the party to go to MN and Kyle had to deliver the cake for me.  He was really worried about transporting a ball cake so I had to let the air out and make a flat soccer ball.

Sitting Minion cake

I have had a lot of requests for Minion cakes.  This sitting Minion was the first one I made.  The little boy whose birthday it was for is allergic to a number of foods.  So this cake had to be dairy-free, gluten-free and soy-free.  He turned out cute! 

Evan's Mickey Mouse cake

Evan wanted a Mickey Mouse cake for his birthday.  I love Mickey so I was excited to make his cake!

One Direction Cake with 1D logo inside

For Lorena, only a One Direction cake would do.  She wanted a cake with the 1D logo inside it.  This was what it looked like on the outside before it left my house:

Her mom was kind enough to send me a photo of the inside after the cake was cut:

I definitely want to make this again to improve on the logo inside.

Another horse cake for Mackenzie

My neighbor's daughter loves horses.  This is the second horse themed cake I have made for her.  The first featured Mimi, her pony.  This summer, she got a new horse (can't remember his name) and I made a fondant "statue" of him for her cake this year.

That is a picture of the first cake... Molly, the wonderful yellow lab that we doggy sit was over.  And she was hungry.  While I was in the shower, she managed to get to the cake on the counter top and ate about 1/3 of it.  Thankfully, it didn't make her sick!

 Happy Birthday Mackenzie, Take Two!  I managed to whip up another cake in short order and I might like the second one more, although they are nearly identical!

Animal print cake with animal print cupcakes

The cake inside is a zebra stripe cake. 

Cupcake bouquet

I loved these little cupcake bouquet "pots" when I saw them at the specialty cake shop!  I have had them for some time and finally made some "flowers" to put in them!

Beach theme cupcakes

These cupcakes were for a beach themed birthday party out on Darrell's Island.

Religious cake for girl

Painted fondant logo shield... Kingdom Chronicles...

I painted the Kingdom Chronicles shield logo on fondant to go on a cake for the opening of VBS at Evangelical Church tomorrow night.  The left is my painting and the right is the printout from online.  The final lettering cannot be done until after placed on the cake.

Hello Kitty in buttercream

A lady from Kyle's office ordered a "Hello Kitty" cake for her daughter's 4th birthday.  She didn't want a fondant covered cake, so I did something different from my usual kitty cake.  This cake is designed to coordinate with the napkins for the party.

Horse cake for Olivia

This horse cake was for Olivia H's birthday.

Derby County Football team logo on cake

Our neighbor Al is a big fan of Derby County.  His wife wanted a cake for his birthday with the team logo on top.  They were very specific about it being very simple.  I hand-painted the logo on the top of a fondant covered chocolate cake with cherry filling.

Joan's wedding cake with red roses... 150 red roses...

My dear friend Joan was married this month!!!  I was very excited to make her wedding cake!

Religious cake for a girl

A great cake for a first communion celebration.

Wedding cake with silk flowers

I love this cake!!!

Donald Duck cake

This Donald Duck cake was for Cole H's birthday!

Drew's Guitar Birthday Cake

My Drew is now a year into his second decade... Saying it that way makes him sound a lot older!  Drew turned 11 on Saturday.  He wanted a guitar cake.  I procrastinated in getting started so I didn't get to do as much with the decorating as I had planned.  Looks like another guitar cake is in my future.

Greta's disco dance cake

Little Greta Gesick's birthday party was last week.  She had a dance party.  This is the cake I created for her special day.

Angry Birds Cake

I was contacted recently by a fellow Minnesotan transplanted in Bermuda.  She was interested in having an Angry Birds cake made for her son's birthday party.  She sent me a picture of a cake she found online and wanted the same cake.  I don't like to copy cakes others have made but I liked this one so much, I couldn't resist! 

Now I want to make some cupcakes with the other "characters."  Looks like another Angry Birds cake is in my near future.

Owl birthday cake

My friend Mae's daughter, Emily, turned 14 today.  She selected a balloon for the decorations and wanted a cake to compliment it.  I was excited to make an owl cake.  My Nana loved owls and I thought fondly of her as I made this cake for Emily.  I think I will make it again and make some tweeks.

The balloon:

The cake:

This is how it was displayed at the party:

40th Birthday party cake

I made this cake and matching cupcakes for a big 40th birthday party.  The "birthday girl" is a friend of a friend (and I have never met her) so I am honored that she put her trust in me to make the cake for her special occasion.  The only specifications were that it have black and gold, but not too much black, and that it have "40" on it.

This is how I set up the display at the party:

Princess Merida cake (from Disney's BRAVE)

  Princess Merida was for Melissa. She turned 8 in February but waited until now to have her party. She came over and told me exactly how she wanted it. She was very specific about the placement of Princess Merida's face and her hair.  

Cake with kitten for Sarah's 8th birthday

This cake was for Sarah. She was very specific about what she wanted. An orange cat hiding in a flower garden with it's paw on a ball. I'm calling this one "Sarah's cake take 2" because it is the second one I made for her. The first one was half eaten by Molly, my friend Laura's dog that we are dog-sitting. (It was my fault... I left it where she could reach it.) This cake is better than the first one so everyone is happy in the end!

Minecraft "Creeper" cake

Drew and Sam love Minecraft.  And they have several friends who do as well.  One is Ethan.  He turned 11 and wanted a creeper cake.

Henna tattoo inspired cake

I have always liked the intricate art of henna tattoos.  When I had a blank cake and didn't know what to do with it, I decided to try my piping at some henna art.  I want to do this again because it didn't turn out as well as I had expected.  My arthritis was really bad that day and as a result, my hands weren't very steady.  It's still cool though.

Victoria's Secret inspired cake

Velda asked for a 2-tier Victoria's Secret inspired cake for a friend of Juliana's.  I have been thinking about putting ruffles on a cake and decided this was the perfect time! While the cake was lots of fun, it was a very frustrating project for me!  Last night when I had my cakes ready to go in the oven, I opened up my pre-heated oven to find it not nearly hot enough to bake a cake.  I waited more than an hour and still no hotter than 200 degrees.  So I turned on the wall oven.  It was hot in less than 5 min.  Yay!!!  However, when I went to take the cake out, the door wouldn't come open.  We ended up breaking the spring on the door to get it open.... So now there isn't a working oven at my house... :-(
Fortunately, I will have a new one tomorrow!  :-)

King of the Jungle Cake and Safari Animal cupcakes

Amanda, a lady that Kyle works with, asked if I could make a cake and cupcakes for her son Chavi's second birthday party.  She needed a small cake and 50 cupcakes using primarily butter cream icing for all the decorations.  I was nervous because I almost never do all buttercream! I ended up using fondant to make a lion on top and everything else is buttercream icing with some m&m's for fun. I also loaned her my cupcake stand and decorated it with a jungle theme.

I love how this little lion turned out! So cute! 

Designer inspired cupcakes: Chanel, Fendi, Tiffany's, Victoria's Secret, Burberry

For Juliana's 18th birthday, Velda asked for some special designer cupcakes.  I was excited to make these because they looked like a lot of fun! And they were! The Victoria's Secret, Fendi and Burberry tops were hand painted. The background on the Chanel tops are "quilted," which looks really neat.  Too bad I couldn't get a good picture of it! The Fendi tops took a loooooong time to paint. It was worth all the time! Juliana loved them!

Ladybug cupcakes for Devin

Stacey's daughter Devin asked for ladybug cupcakes.  When I asked her what she wanted, I was certain she would ask for something Harry Potter.  I was very surprised at her choice. 

Captain America Cupcakes for Dorian

For my girlfriend Corinne's son, she wanted Captain America cupcakes for the class.  I love C.A. so I was more than happy to make these for her!

Hello Kitty cake

I love Hello Kitty!!! I have wanted to make her cake for a while now.  I was so excited when Tanika, a lady who works with Kyle, asked me to make a Hello Kitty cake for her daughter's birthday party!!! And I think the coordinating cupcakes are adorable!!!

Happy Birthday Sam!!! Spiderman cookies...

I feel so lucky that in Bermuda we are allowed to cook treats at home and send them with the kids to school!!!  Most moms send cupcakes with their kids on their birthday.  These cupcakes are often distributed to the kids at the end of the day, on the way out the door.  I can't tell you how many times I have driven through to collect the boys and they are holding a sticky cupcake in their hands, ready to get into the car and devour it...  Obviously, I don't have anything against cupcakes.  I love them!  However, I don't love them smeared all over the backseat of my car.  For Sam's birthday this year, I decided to make cookies instead.  A nice, dry treat that will only produce crumbs...  He is really into SpiderMan right now and wanted Spidey cookies. 

So I spent half the night making 31 Spidey cookies.  He liked them so much, he asked for another batch to be made this weekend... He asked so sweetly, how could I possibly say "no?"

Black and white

Black on white cakes appears to be getting more and more popular.  I love how elegant this cake looks with black!!

Fsherman cake

This is an older cake.  Can't even remember when I made it!  I just came across the picture and wanted to post it. 

Camouflage cake

My latest challenge was to make a camoflage cake... Inside and out.  I don't have a picture of the indside yet, but this is how the camo fondant turned out.  It wasn't as difficult as I had anticipated.