TOPSY TURVY VEGAS CAKE
Bottom Tier- Carrot Cake with Traditional Buttercream
Middle and Top Tiers- Chocolate Cake with
Traditional Buttercream.
All layers encased in Marshmallow Fondant.
The playing cards, dice and card suits are made with candy melt chocolates.
*This is our first ever topsy turvy cake. More labor intensive than a traditional cake, that's for sure! But all in all, we are pleased with the end result.
SWIRLY CAKE POP
Wish we would have gotten a picture before we bagged them all... but here is our advertisements to pass out at cake deliveries.
Chocolate Cake with Traditional Buttercream coated in a Milk Chocolate Shell.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS CAKE
Chocolate Mocha Cake with Heath Bar filling iced with Mocha Buttercream and decorated with Buttercream
HAVING FUN WITH ROYAL ICING
Practicing brush embroidery and string work on left over sugar cookies. A work in progress!
BRUSH EMBROIDERY BIRTHDAY CAKE
~ Chocolate Cake with Mocha Butter Cream Icing wrapped in peach colored Marshmallow Fondant, brush embroidered with royal icing.
STAR WARS
~ Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Icing encased in Chocolate Marshmallow Fondant. Decorations made in sugar cookies, royal icing and gum paste.
PIRATE THEMED BIRTHDAY
~ Lemon cake with Raspberry Filling and Buttercream Icing encased in Marshmallow Fondant
The treasure chest was created by molding rice cereal treats, covered and decorated with fondant. The cake is surrounded by crushed graham crackers and gum paste jewels and pearls.
BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY
~ Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Icing encased in Marshmallow Fondant
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
~ Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Buttercream Icing wrapped in Marshmallow Fondant with decorations in Royal Icing
HOUSE DIVIDED GROOM'S CAKE
~ Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Icing (Top Layer)
Lemon Cake with Raspberry Filling and Buttercream Icing
(Bottom Layer) wrapped in Marshmallow Fondant.
Decorations made in gum paste and royal icing.
* The cake toppers where styled after the bride and groom to-be. This cake was served at the rehearsal dinner the night before The Big Day.
GOOD LUCK IN BOOT CAMP
~ Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Filling and Buttercream encased in Camouflaged Marshmallow Fondant. Decorations made in Gum Paste, Graham Crackers and Buttercream.
GAMER'S BIRTHDAY DREAM
~ Chocolate Cake with Buttercream wrapped in Marshmallow Fondant. Decorations in Butter Cream and Gum Paste.
WHITE-TAIL DEER CAKE
~ Cereal Treats molded into the shape of a Deer Rear iced in Vanilla Frosting covered with Cinnamon Grahams and White Coconut Flakes
* The final product was mounted on a brownie placard with the scripting "Happy Birthday To Your Old Ass!" This specialty cake was made for a crossbow hunter's birthday.
VALENTINE'S FONDANT FUN
~ Lemon Cake with Raspberry Filling and Buttercream Icing wrapped in Marshmallow Fondant
* This was one of the first fondant cakes we ever attempted.
DINOSAUR 1st BIRTHDAY CAKE
~ Chocolate carved and shaped cake with Vanilla Buttercream Icing dyed to color.
PITTSBURG STEELERS BIRTHDAY CAKE
~ Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Mocha Buttercream
HURRICANES HOCKEY CAKE
~ Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Caramel Buttercream Filling iced with Butter Cream. Decorations are done in Butter Cream.
ALTERNATING BASKET WEAVE AND 3-D GOLF CAKE
~ Chocolate Coffee Cake with Chocolate Heath Bar Filling and Chocolate Buttercream
Basket Weave and Piped 3-Tier Cake
~ Lemon Cake with Raspberry Filling Iced in Basket Weaved Buttercream
*Inspired by the 1978 Wilton Cake Decoration book. We decided to do an old style piping pattern swag with basket weave.
First attempts at Basket Weave Piping
Piping and Buttercream Roses
Our initial interest in cake decorating lead us to take a class in beginning cake decorations. This included the forming and shaping of cakes, icing and decorating with icing using traditional methods.
