PRETTY LITTLE GIRL

This cake was the second one I made this morning.  This was obviously for a baby shower, for a lady who is expecting a little girl.  The cakes were a 10" round and a 6" round vanilla cake filled with buttercream icing.  I had the same problems as the purple two-tiered cake.  The airbrush crapped out and the fondant was so soft, but I did what I could with what I had to work with.  She didn't come out so bad!

OH THE HUMIDITY!!!

Happy Birthday Ami!

Today was a popular day for cakes.  I had two cakes to make for 12:00.  This one being for a 14 year old girl.  The cake was vanilla with the bottom tier filled with banana, and the top blueberry.  Just about everything that could go wrong with this cake went wrong.  My airbrush went on the fritz today.  The humidity was so high that my fondant was extremely difficult to work with.  It was always sticky and soft.  Just like pralines wont set right when its wet outside, the same thing happened with the fondant.  This I'd have to say definitly isn't the prettiest cake I've ever made.  I seriously considered not posting this one at all.  Matter of factly, I had the customers money on the table ready to refund it to her because I was convinced she wasn't gonna like it!

IT'S A DIRTBIKE

I made this cake Friday for a 7 year old little boy who wanted a dirtbike cake.  The cake was chocolate on chocolate, with the bike being a buttercream transfer.  The transfer was probably the most detailed I've ever done, taking nearly 2 hours to pipe.  The number 7 was piped on the bike to correspond with his age, and his initials were also used.

WAY GIRLISH to WAY BOYISH!

Today I made two cakes  for both a Mother and Son who were have birthdays a day apart.

This one is a 6" Chocolate Round, filled with chocolate, iced with buttercream frosting.  The flowers and leaves are made from fondant, which I then pearlized, and studded with pearl dragees.

Iron Man - This cake was made for a 4 year old's birthday.  It is a vanilla sponge quarter-sheet, filled and iced with buttercream.  The iron man was a frozen buttercream transfer I did.  Prior to today, I didn't even have a clue what Iron Man even looked like!

This cake ended up as a bonus cake... I made the Spiderman plaque with the intention of joining him with Ironman, but unfortunately they did not both fit, so I decided to place Spidey on a small 6" square chocolate cake as a leftover.  The customer saw it, and took him home as well. 

GIDDY UP COWGIRL!

At the beginning of the month, I made this cake for Kolbie, which was a chocolate 1/2 sheet, filled chocolate.  The horse and girl was done as a frozen buttercream transfer.  Rope border and paisley print added to match the party supplies.

DUCKS and ALLIGATORS

Happy Birthday Mason & Dominick!

This cake was made for a couple of little boys who were turning 4 years old.  They are twins who both wanted something different!  One wanted ducks and the other wanted alligators.  So, I took those two ideas and made this one cake.  It was a vanilla cake, filled 1/2 Bavarian creme, and 1/2 banana filling.  It was frosted with Buttercream icing which was then airbrushed on the sides and top.  The lake, and grasses on the side are buttercream, while the ducks, alligators, lilypads, flowers, and cattails are all made of fondant.  The cake is completely edible with the exception of the toothpicks as the cattail stalks.  The Ducks and alligator were sculpted out of fondant, then hand painted with food grade coloring.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDEN & ROSS!!

HAPPY 34th BIRTHDAY BUDDAH

I thought to myself, "What would Branden REALLY like for a birthday cake?" The answer came pretty fast.  A B-I-G Hamburger cake!  So that was exactly what he got.  The cake was made in 3 vanilla layers, which were all filled.  The buns were filled with Bavarian creme, frosted with buttercream icing then airbrushed brown, while the burger patty was filled with Strawberry filling, frosted with buttercream then pressed with oreo cookie crumbs.  I made the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese & sesame seeds from fondant.  This was one of the best tasting cakes!  He loved it.

HAPPY 33rd BIRTHDAY NONK ROSS

One of our friends Ross, is also born on July 1st as Branden, so being an absolute fan of the bayou-only staple, the FISH & CHEESE, and while sticking with the food theme, I had no doubts that this was the cake I was going to make for him.  The large rectangle "fish patty" on the bottom was made with Red Velvet cake, iced with white chocolate-cream cheese frosting.  The top "cheese" rectangle was vanilla cake.  The whole cake was iced with the white chocolate-cream cheese frosting and then crumb coated with crushed up vanilla cookies.  He was stunned by it.  He said that was the best cake he's ever had.