kent's taylor guitar...

10.23.10
peanut butter cup
chocolate fudge cake with peanut butter buttercream

okay, okay... i gotta say, i'm pretty proud of my 1st ever guitar cake! this cake was ordered by my co-worker sherry in honor of her hubby's birthday. she sent me a picture of his actual taylor acoustic guitar which i re-created in cake! :) if you can see... i also hand painted the lighter portion of the guitar to make it look like wood grain... and then mixed different shades of brown fondant to create a wood grain for the pick guard and side of the guitar. the strings were hand rolled fondant as well... which was probably the most challenging part of the whole cake... (rolling LOOOOONG and super thin strings of fondant ain't easy let me tell yah!) and lastly, the neck and fret of the guitar was made out of rice krispies and all the tuners are the headstock were also made out of fondant... completely by hand! seeing sherry's expression when she saw the cake was priceless... she was so happy, she was jumping up and down which made me incredibly proud and happy as well :) happy birthday kent!

i dig being 1!

10.23.10
marbled fudge with chocolate fudge buttercream

this cute little construction themed cake was ordered by my friend laurel for her godson's 1st birthday. the theme of the party was "i dig being 1":) i was stoked when i found these cute little chocolate rocks which looked like real rocks for the cake. i also make the caution tape all out of fondant and used edible ink to write in "happy birthday christian."

renee's favorite things...

10.16.10

kona pie
double layered chocolate fudge and kona coffee cake
with oreo cookie bits and kona coffee buttercream

this cake was ordered by my former student, lorean, on the occasion of her sister's 30th birthday. renee is a huge eat.pray.love fan... so i recreated the cover of the book. i have to admit i'm pretty proud of the "love" portion of the cake. i mixed different colors of fondant to make it look like real flower petals :)
renee is also a teacher, so i created the bottom tier to have a classroom theme. i purposely made the "happy birthday" lettering look like chalk writing on a chalkboard with a cute "r" written incorrectly :) i have to upload another picture of the back of the cake which had more cute little crayons and an apple.
lastly, renee is also a huge music fan, especially of reggae... therefore there's a record on top of the cake which reads, "the dirty thirty chapter" and rasta colored beads around both cakes in red, green, yellow and black. such a fun cake which i was pretty happy and proud of! happy birthday renee!

sock monkey...

10.11.10

chocolate fudge with vanilla buttercream

mini cake: vanilla bean with vanilla buttercream

my good friend faye ordered these cute lil sock monkey themed cakes for her son, nico's 1st birthday. it was modeled after my previous lots-o cake, except with bright red and chocolate fondant. the mini cake was a lil addition just for baby nico to dive into!

ferrero rocher cupcakes...

10.10.10

ferrero rocher cupcakes

chocolate fudge cupcakes with nutella buttercream

and topped with crushed hazelnuts

this is one of my faves... made a batch for the rob's birthday and angelo's welcome home party. they were an absolute hit!

baby cupcakes for des' baby boy shower...

10.03.10

chocolate covered strawberry petite cupcakes

with chocolate fudge buttercream

and

strawberry shortcake petite cupcakes

with cream cheese buttercream

these petite cupcakes were ordered by my godsister, desiree on the occasion of her baby shower for her 1st baby. i made little decorations made out of fondant for some of the cupcakes which read, "baby" and "boy." sooooo cute! congrats des and justin!

happy birthday kai...

10.02.10

chocolate fudge cake

with vanilla buttercream

laurel, a friend of mine from way back in elementary school, ordered this cute lil cake for her niece, kai. i haven't seen toy story 3, so i was unsure of who lots-o was... and so i needed to research some pictures of him for this cake. kai was turning 3, so she needed a fun and bright pink & purple theme to go with her favorite lots-o! :) her smile makes it all worth it!

macadamia and pecan tarts...

macadamia and pecan tarts

so these babies are getting to be a bit popular! i don't blame them cuz they are quite yummo... c'mon how can you resist this little bite sized goodness all rolled up in a lil tart? believe me... they are to die for... especially when they just get out of the oven. (i usually need to bake a couple more cuz even i can't resist :)

pumpkin crunch tarts...

09.29.10

pumpkin crunch tarts

so this is my newest creation... my good friend lowena taught me how to make this yummy pumpkin crunch dessert which i looooove to make during thanksgiving and so i thought.. hmmm, what if i made pumpkin crunch into a tart... mmmmm! this was so fantastic! i topped it off with some freshly whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon... just in time for fall! yay!