Turkey Cupcakes

Henna Wedding Cake

Lion King Cake

A BIG piece of cake!

A Little Birdie Told Me... It's Your Birthday!

I saw this cute idea for cupcakes a couple months ago and have been waiting for a chance to make them ever since! So I was really excited when I remembered I was the birthday buddy to one of my co-workers. Perfect opportunity to make these cupcakes! The cake was white almond sour cream. The big birds were filled with raspberry filling and the little birdies were filled with lemon.

Here is a photo of the full display. The bad lighting (sorry! I took these photos at night and forgot to take better pics in the morning) makes it kinda hard to tell, but the top says "A Little Birdie Told Me...." and on the side it says "It's Your Birthday!"



This photo shows a close up of the cute little party hats. I made these out of fondant.

Close up shot of the raspberry filling inside.

John Deere Tractor Cake

Another 3rd birthday party! This cake was a double layer 10 inch square. Pineapple flavored cake with buttercream and fresh strawberries inside. My favorite part of this cake was the grass, which was a last minute addition!

Angry Birds Cake

I just realized that I do a lot of 3rd birthday cakes! This one was for my son's best friend, which, by the way, I think it is so cute that 3 year olds have best friends! :) The cake was a 10 inch square- chocolate with raspberry filling. The cupcakes were vanilla with buttercream frosting, and were a hit with the kiddos. It seems like kids always prefer cupcakes over cake...must have something to do with being tiny that makes them more appealing.

Angry Bird Cake:


Angry Bird Cupcakes:


My favorite cupcake was the green piggy one. He just looks so adorable!

I never even realized that angry birds existed before last month when I was told it was going to be the party theme. It's so crazy how kids pick up on things though because we have never watched angry birds or played the game, but my son now has a fascination with all things angry birds! He even wanted angry birds bandaids! Every time we go to the store- "Angry Birrrrds!" Apparently the game is a big hit right now.

Anniversary Cake

I made this cake for a 10 year anniversary party. Here is a sketch I drew beforehand:

And here is the final cake after I finished...


Another photo in different lighting..


It turned out pretty much the way I imagined it would, except for the addition of the flower in the bottom left corner.

The cake was 3 tier and all double layers. The bottom tie was a 10 inch square, white cake with fresh strawberries. Middle tier was 8 inch square, lemon cake with lemon curd filling, and the top tier was a 6 inch square, chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling.

Superhero Cake

How cute is this cake?? :) This was made for the most adorable little boys who were having a superhero party for their 3rd and 4th birthdays! Dimensions are 10 inch, 8 inch, and 6 inch rounds- all single layer and torted. The inside was white cake with strawberry filling and frosted entirely in buttercream. In case you can't tell, the bottom layer is superman in the clouds, middle layer is batman, and top layer is spiderman.



I was going to add a spiderman figurine on top of the web but I decided to place a superman on top to pull all the layers together. I envision him bursting out of the bottom layer and flying up into the sky!

Leopard Print Cake

I love this one! This cake was pretty tall; it was four layers of white cake with 3 layers of strawberry filling. The outside was frosted with homemade buttercream. I was a little nervous with this cake because it was the first time I've actually hand-painted onto buttercream (besides accent features) and really didn't want to mess up. I usually would pipe the leopard prints on with frosting, but I tried something new and I like the way it turned out. I think by doing it this way it gives a smoother, more finished look to the cake. For the leopard prints I used gel colors diluted with vodka. The customer who ordered this cake wanted it for a birthday party that was going to be held at a bar, and I joked "no need to purchase alcohol- vodka is already included in the cake!" Not entirely true since the vodka evaporates as it dries and only the color is left behind. I also used diluted coloring for the pink circle in the middle. I originally was going to use pink frosting for the center but I like the different swirl of watercolors it took on when painted, rather than frosted.