Galaxy+ Constellations Cake

This was one crazy fun cake to do. Swirls of white, purple, dark and light blue buttercream, and flaked shimmery sprinkles did an excellent job of making it look like the milky way. I added some constellations, incorporating the birthday girls name and age and a few planets.

Happy weekend all! Take a moment to look up at the awesome summer sky tonight!

Strawberry Shortcake Wedding Cake

 I recently had the pleasure of doing this simple, rustic strawberry shortcake cutting cake for the wedding of a sweet couple I know. They had a strawberry shortcake bar for their guests at the reception ( what an awesome idea) so for their cake we went with the same flavors, so they could get a taste. The cake was vanilla pound with a fresh strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream. Decorated with some burlap and fresh flowers to go with their beach themed decor. So happy for you Amanda and Tyler! Your day looked beautiful. Head over to Moody Photographers for more photos of this lovely wedding!

Family of foxes adoption cake

I was beyond thrilled when my client told me she wanted to order a cake for an adoption baby shower. The family was adopting a young boy and this little boy loved foxes. I thought it would be fun to do a fox family* to incorporate that theme and have a fun representation of their little family! 

* The fox cake toppers are handmade by me, with fondant

Cakes for the "Pops"

These are a few cakes I've done for the Dad's, Pop's, Grandpa's in people's lives recently! Golf, sports teams and baseball! I tend to do a lot of girlie or kid themed cakes, so it's fun to throw some masculine themes into the mix!!

Summer Cupcakes: Surboard + Hibiscus cupcake toppers

Happy Weekending! These beachy cupcakes have me dreaming of playing in the sand with my little guy and taking a dip in the salty waves!

Vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and handmade fondant surfboards and hibiscus flowers I did not too long ago for a client!

Sleeping babies, bottles, bibs and buttons baby shower cupcakes!

Happy Friday! I have a few cupcake orders this weekend, so I thought I'd share some recent baby shower cupcakes I did. These are probably some of my favorite cupcake toppers I've done to date! The cuteness is killing me, mostly likely due to my own pregnancy hormones and baby fever. These were gender neutral, but could easily be customizable for either boy or girl!

Woodland Baby Shower Cake

I definitely have a soft spot for all things woodland themed! I used that in Liam's room to decorate and also for his first birthday cake . So When I was asked to use that as a theme for a recent baby shower cake, I was overjoyed. Fun, whimsical and gender neutral.

Graduation Cake + Cupcakes this June

Graduation cupcakes with handmade cap, scroll and year fondant toppers.

Graduation cupcakes representing the interest of the graduating senior, which were sports and music. She was also in the musical "Shrek" this year at her high school, so we incorporated shrek cupcakes too!

This was a law school graduation from William and Mary. I did an edible image of their logo and also 2015 decorated sugar cookies to go with the cake with the school's colors.

Torte Roundup

Chocolate Raspberry Torte: chocolate cake with raspberry filling, covered in chocolate ganache, topped with fresh raspberries

Lemon Blueberry Torte: Lemon blueberry cake filled with vanilla butter cream and topped with fresh blueberries

Chocolate Chip Torte: Chocolate chip vanilla pound cake filled with chocolate butter cream and topped with mini chocolate chips

Triple Chocolate Torte: Chocolate pound cake with milk chocolate butter cream, drizzled with semi sweet ganache.

Flourless Chocolate Torte: A rich bittersweet, creamy chocolate torte

Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte: Chocolate cake filled with chocolate butter cream, iced in peanut butter buttercream and drizzle with chocolate and peanut butter

S'mores Torte: Vanilla pound cake filled with chocolate ganache, iced in a marshmallow buttercream topped with a chocolate drizzle and graham cracker sprinkles

Princess Torte: A princess cake (prinsesstårta in Swedish) is a traditional Swedish cake consisting of alternating layers of sponge cake, jam, pastry cream, and a thick layer of whipped cream. Topped with marzipan.

Chocolate Bourbon Apricot Torte: Chocolate cake with bourbon apricot filling and chocolate cream cheese icing.

Chocolate Salted Caramel Torte: layers of chocolate cake and chocolate butter cream topped with a large pool of salted caramel.

A torte(from Italian and Spanish torta) is a rich, usually multilayered, cake that is filled with whipped cream, buttercreams, mousses, jams or fruits.

Sofia the First Cupcake Dress + Pirate Cupcakes

 My first Sofia the First cake! I love getting introduced to new things by my customers on a daily basis. I certainly had never heard of this TV show before. So, to incorporate Sofia into cake form. We decided to do her beautiful dress. Piped rose swirls, with some fondant details and a candy necklace charm.

This very considerate customer also wanted to do some pirate cupcakes for the little boys at the party! How cute are their little faces!

Wedding cupcake tower with fruit topped cupcakes and rustic cutting cake

Cupcakes have really been the "it" wedding cake choice for a little while now. I have another one coming up this fall. This couple really wanted to incorporate fresh and fruity flavors in their wedding cupcakes and cake. The cutting cake on top is lemon pound with buttercream frosting. The cupcakes are blueberry with lemon buttercream and lemon with vanilla buttercream all topped with fresh berries.  The cupcakes were also tinted different shades of purple to go along with their wedding colors.
I especially love how fresh and appetizing a cupcake looks with fresh fruit. Perfect for summertime. Another fun detail was this hand crafted and personalized wedding cake topper! It tied in their rustic theme perfectly!

Floral Cakes

Floral cakes have been something I've come to love more and more. I've tried to push myself outside of the box with this. Whether I'm making them to match an invite like the first picture or covering the cake in roses, incorporating old vintage wedding flowers or making,  hand sculpted/ painted flowers for a little girls dedication. Each one is unique and something I may not have ever tried before, which keeps me motivated and excited for each new project!

Sheep Cookies

It's a fair assumption that I was counting sheep in my sleep the night I finished these cookies. I think I did at least 5 dozen of these furry friends for baby shower favors. I like their simplicity and texture of piping shells on for the look of their fuzzy wool. One of my favorite cookies I've done yet!

Baby Shower Cupcakes + Baby Bottle Cookie Favors

I did a version of these baby shower cupcakes, originally for a close friend's baby shower (Shown below in hot pink). I've done a couple variations for both boy and girls, since. Each time I like to add a fun new detail like a ruffly bib, a different kind of pacifier or baby booties. They are so fun and the sky is the limit when it come to cute fondant cupcake toppers!

This customer also order baby bottle cookies as favors to go with the cupcakes picture above. I have more recently dove into the world of decorated cookies, per the request of so many clients. I was always hesitant before, not because I didn't like to decorate them, but I never had an amazing sugar cookie recipe or a royal icing that was tried and true. I can happily say I do have an amazing sugar cookie recipe, that is a little like a shortbread cookie with vanilla and hints of almond. SO GOOD! And the royal icing has been  trial and error and I have found one that can pipe shells or flood cookies very effectively! Yay. So if you find yourself needing some decorated cookies for an event, let me know! I really love doing them now and can't wait to try more in the future!

Minecraft, Superhero and Spiderman Lego Cakes

This is a post for all those little birthday boys, whose cake dreams came true!

When I use to work in a grocery store, decorating some 15-20 cakes a day, I did mostly flowers and balloons on cakes. There was an occasional drawn and airbrushed picture or wedding cake, but balloons and flowers dominated my day. Now that I do custom cakes, I hardly get the opportunity to repeat my work, which is why I love being out on my own. The variety, the thrill of a challenge and the never ending ideas my clients bring me! It really is the best. So when I  get orders for a minecraft cake, a superhero and lego cake I get the opportunity to try new designs, dive into a world that I've never even heard of and create things I never thought possible.

My cake dreams come true too, every time I pick up a spatula, pipe some buttercream or sculpt a piece of fondant!