Quick updates!

I have been doing some MAJOR slacking when it comes to updating my blog, so here is a quick update of some things I've been doing over the last few months :)

Monkey cake for a co-workers son's 1st birthday (my favorite cake I've made!)

Flavor:  Chocolate cake with Vanilla buttercream

Columbia Soccer jersey cake

Flavor:  Chocolate Guinness cake with Bailey's butterceam

Valentine's Day Cake

Flavor:  Red Velvet

And Red Velvet Cake Donuts 

 Birthday cake for a friend who LOVES penguins!

Flavor:  Chocolate Guinness cake with Bailey's buttercream

Jelly-Filled Donut Cupcakes

Sony Playstation cake for a co-workers son's birthday 

Flavor: Chocolate cake with Cookies 'n Cream filling

My baby cousin Bella's first birthday party!  

Flavors: Fresh Strawberry and Chocolate 

Bella's smash cake! 

 Not sure what to think yet....

 Total destruction:  Mission accomplished! 

New Years Eve wedding cake & grooms cake for Allison & Michael 

Flavors:  Alternating tiers of Vanilla cake with Cinnamon Sugar buttercream and 

Chocolate cake with Caramel buttercream

Flavor:  Chocolate cake with Cookies 'n Cream filling

Birthday cake for one of my best friends, Hannah! 

"Tattoo" theme birthday cake for my best friend!  This one was very fun to make!

LOVE the Day of the Dead skulls! 

Flavor: Red Velvet 

"Rockstar" birthday theme for a friends daughter 

Flavor: Vanilla cake with Strawberry filling

Cupcake tower for a beautiful wedding!

Flavors:  Boston Cream, Red Velvet, Peanut Butter Fudge, and Strawberry Cheesecake

Fall is in the air!

Fall is finally here after a crazy hot summer, and there was no better way to start it off than by making a beautiful wedding cake!!  A friend of mine from high school, who I randomly run into from time to time, has been keeping up with my cakes on Facebook, and wrote me an email a few weeks ago asking me to make his wedding cake! We met to have a consultation about what ideas he had in mind, and with his crazy sense of humor he decided he wanted a cake that was staged to look as if it had fallen over.  As a cake designer, I could have just imaged myself in tears as I destroyed a beautiful cake after days of hard work!  But, with a little bit more discussion, and with some help from his fiance (thanks Lauren!), we decided to go a different route and use their fall color scheme to come up with a beautiful, but still non-traditional, wedding cake.  

We went with alternating tiers of Devils Food cake filled with Raspberry Mouse with a layer of Chocolate Ganache, and Red Velvet cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese filling.

This was my first attempt at a four-tier cake, and boy was it heavy!!  Unfortunately, I had to work the day of delivery, which put a great deal of stress on me as to who I could count on to deliver this cake in one piece!  My mom is awesome at helping me during the baking process, but she is a nervous wreck when it comes to delivery.  Thank the cake gods that my cousin and his wife were off work and willing to help out my mom!!  With their help, the delivery went smooth and the cake made it there in perfect condition!  I couldn't have done it without my mom, Joe, and Traci!!  Thank you guys!  

Sweet!

If I was given the chance to have another Sweet 16 birthday party, this is the exact cake I would want to have!!!  I'm so happy I got the chance to make a fun, exciting cake for one of the most special birthdays a girl could have!!  

Thank you Anne, for letting me make your daughters cake on her very special day!  

R & R

Yesterday was a very special day for my good friend Rachel...she became Mrs. Rob Parish!  They are an amazing couple, and I'm so glad I got to be a part of their beautiful wedding day!  Congrats to you both!

This was my first official wedding cake, and I'm so thankful that Rachel and Rob had the faith in me that I could make them a beautiful cake.  The bride and groom decided on my classic Red Velvet cake, but with a chocolate cream cheese filling rather than traditional vanilla, and I must say, it might be my new favorite combo!  

Rachel decided that she wanted to have chocolate fondant, with red and white as her colors, and said she wanted "swirls and dots!"  I've known Rachel for many years, so I had no doubt that I could make a cake that would be "her."  

This was also a bit of a nerve-wracking experience due to the fact that I was attending the wedding, and was there to see everyone's reaction when they took their first bite of the cake.  Turns out I had absolutely nothing to worry about at all!  The cake was a success, and I received many praises from all the wedding guests!  

Again, I thank Rachel and Rob for letting me be a part of their special day! 

Show Some Pride!

A new friend of mine was throwing a surprise birthday party for his roommate Mario.  He had only 2 specifications for me: 1. Red Velvet cake 2. A rainbow somewhere on the cake.  I wanted to do something creative, and I've been wanting to try out the spray colors for awhile now, so I thought this would be the perfect cake to try it on!  

Stormy Sunday...

It's definitely storm season here in Florida!  When its rainy out, I usually like to relax and read a book, or of course, bake!  I decided to try something a little different with some flavors, and here is the result:

I call this cupcake The MCPC.  Marshmallow, caramel, pretzel, and chocolate.  I absolutely LOVE the salty/sweet combination, and this had the perfect amount of each!  An instant favorite!!  

Strike!

(Cookies 'n Cream cake, and cereal treat pins!)

Another birthday down for one of my best friends' oldest daughter, Delaney.  Since she was having her 8th birthday party at the bowling alley with all of her close friends, she decided to give me a challenge and have the cake go with the theme of bowling!  It took quite a bit of brainstorming to see how cool I could possibly make this cake for her, and I think I nailed it! :)  Although this cake was a challenge, I had SO much fun making it!  Can't wait to see what she comes up with for birthday year 9! :)