Cakeopolis: October 2009

Friday, October 30, 2009

Number Sixty-Four

October 29th, 2009.

The Halloween Cake

This is a cake for someone my husband works with - and I decided to use a little 'artistic freedom' with it. :o)

This is a red velvet cake, with buttercream, and fondant details. The pictures below illustrate the hand-planted wheat field, all the way to the lit Jack-O-Lantern on top.

Spooooooky!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Number Sixty-Three

October 23rd, 2009.

Eleanor's First Birthday Cake (Party)

This was the real birthday cake. It was the same as the baby cake - white cake (colored hot pink), and strawberry cake layers - with buttercream. Topped with fondant, and decorations in various materials.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Number Sixty-Two

October 23rd, 2009.

Eleanor's First Birthday Cake

This is the baby's individual cake - separate from the party cake. It is a white cake (colored hot pink), and a strawberry cake - frosted with buttercream. Details in piping gel.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Number Sixty-One

October 21st, 2009.

The Happy Baby Birthday Girl Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes so we would have a little cake tomorrow, on my daughter's official first birthday. We're having her birthday party on Saturday, and I'm making a cake for that too - but she needs to have cake on her birthday birthday! :o)

And that is how the Happy Baby Birthday Girl Cupcakes came to be! These are chocolate cake, with buttercream frosting and sugar sprinkles.

Number Sixty

October 21st, 2009.

The Impromptu Thank-You Cake

This was a surprise cake for a man who helped get a new business going - so the cake has their giant logo on it! This was a white cake, layered on chocolate cake, filled with buttercream and topped with fondant.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Number Fifty-Nine

October 17th, 2009.

Autumn Bridal Shower Cake

This cake was two flavors - bottom tier: chocolate, top tier: vanilla. It was finished off with details in buttercream and fondant.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Number Fifty-Eight

October 10th, 2009.

Carin's Baby Shower Cake

This was such a fun cake! I loved the idea of a gift box cake - and with a few tweaks, made the cake match the shower themes and colors in every way. This was a banana cake, filled with layers of bananas and buttercream, and frosted with buttercream and fondant details.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Number Fifty-Seven

October 3rd, 2009.

The Spiderman Birthday Cake

This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting and fondant - filled with a mix of fresh strawberries and strawberry "pie filling". Yum!

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I found that Patricia really listened to what I wanted, then suggested extra details (like the band aids) beyond what I had expressed to make my cake just right.
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