Number Fifty-Six

September 26th, 2009.
The Cubs/Sox Wedding Cake

This was great! The bride was a HUGE Cubs fan, and the groom - a huge Sox fan. Arrrgh! So, of course, they wanted something to represent that. I really enjoyed working with the couple on this cake. We adjusted it according to the wedding colors, and voila! This was a chocolate cake, with vanilla buttercream, and some royal icing & fondant details.

Number Fifty-Five

September 19th, 2009.

The Bling Wedding Cake

This was a lot of work - and half of it was just the fondant - but I really enjoyed assembling it on site the most. This was a chocolate/vanilla swirl cake, with buttercream frosting, fondant, and trimmed with silver/rhinestone accents. The (fabulous) topper was provided by the bride-to-be.

Number Fifty-Four

September 12th, 2009.

The Monogram Cake

This cake was for a couple whose names both start with the letter "J" -- they had jokingly made themselves a monogram ("J2"), which they stamp & emboss various places... so they wanted to incorporate it into their cake.

I think it's really sweet - and turned out absolutely beautiful.

This was an alternating dark chocolate and white cake, with vanilla buttercream, fondant, and buttercream details. It was filled with a rich raspberry pie-like filling. (Adorned with fresh flowers, provided by the bride & groom's florist.)

Number Fifty-Three

September 12th, 2009.

The DNA Groom's Cake

This was a groom's cake - which I made happily - but now realize I never got the story behind it! I know the bride and groom mentioned they had scientist friends that would enjoy sitting close to this cake. This was a mocha cake, with vanilla buttercream. The DNA was made using chocolate and strawberry pocky, and the groom's favorite - peanut M&Ms.

Number Fifty-Two

September 11th, 2009.
Raspberries - Cake and Filling

So I had a wedding cake for the following weekend, and had to prepare by making the filling - which happened to be a lot of raspberries, mushed and cooked into a pie-filling-like-filling. (If that makes sense!)

Of course, while in the kitchen, my son always comes in and asks if I'm making a cake. (He's 3.) Then he asks if he can make a cake. So this time - I made him a cake. This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting. I mixed about 2 tablespoons of smushed raspberries in with the frosting. He loved it!

Number Forty-Nine, Fifty, and Fifty-One

August 9th, 2009.

A Cake Tasting

These cakes were for a cake tasting. The rectangle cake was dark chocolate cake, the round cake was white cake, the crescent cake was milk chocolate. Each cake was filled equally with half raspberry pie filling, half raspberry cream sauce. They were covered with buttercream frosting, and drizzled with the fillings. Mmm! My favorite was the dark chocolate, with raspberry pie filling.

Number Forty-Eight

August 5th, 2009.

Miguel's 1st Birthday Cake

This was the baby's cake - all for himself! This was a chocolate/vanilla marble cake, with buttercream frosting, to match the bigger cake.

Number Forty-Seven

August 5th, 2009.

Miguel's 1st Birthday Cake - For Everyone Else

This was the cake celebrating a little boy's first birthday, for everyone else to eat. This was a vanilla cake, filled with fresh strawberries, and frosted with buttercream. Mmm Mmm!

Number Forty-Six

August 5th, 2009.

The Surprise Birthday Cake

This family ordered a total of four cakes - two for this past Sunday, and two for today. The husband wanted to order a birthday cake for his wife as a surprise - so I made it! This is a chocolate cake, with buttercream frosting. I hadn't made buttercream roses in a while! Fun times. :o)

Number Forty-Five

August 5th, 2009.

The Sunsetty Cake

I just made my family a little cake, and used some leftover colored frosting to frost it. After smoothing it out, it reminded me of a sunset... or a painting.... or something. I had to take a picture. :o)

This was a chocolate/vanilla swirl cake, with buttercream frosting.

Number Forty-Four

July 25th, 2009.

Cherie's Surprise 50th Birthday Party Cake

This should have actually been Number Forty-Two, but alas, it was missed. This was a white cake, colored to match the hawaiian luau theme. It was frosted with buttercream frosting, with decorations made of brown sugar, chocolate cookie crumb sprinkles, fondant, and piping gel.

Number Forty-Three

August 2nd, 2009.
Miguel's Baptism Cake

This baptism cake was for the same time as the construction birthday cake. This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting. The flower was made out of fondant.

Number Forty-Two

August 2nd, 2009.
Miguel's 1st Birthday Cake

This was a birthday cake for a boy's first birthday - it's actually one of four cakes! The theme was construction. This was a chocolate cake, with buttercream frosting. The "dirt" is brown sugar and cookie crumble sprinkles.

Number Forty-One

July 22nd, 2009.

Cherie's 50th Birthday Cake

My husband's aunt was going to be the big 5-0, so I wanted to give her a yummy cake to celebrate. She told me that her family loved it - especially the filling - and they even fought over the last piece! This was a devil's food chocolate cake, with chocolate truffle loaf filling, buttercream frosting, and royal icing decorations.

Number Forty

July 11th, 2009.
The Chinese Wedding Cake

This was a sweet story of the bride and groom - who were also very busy! While searching for a "Double Happiness" topper, which is traditional for a Chinese wedding cake, there was a picture of this topper, stuck in a cake that they LOVED. So I duplicated the cake, only in five tiers. This was a white cake, with buttercream frosting and fondant, with royal icing and handpainted details.