Skulls and Crossbones

A friend asked me to make a cake for her neice's birthday. She said the little girl just loved skulls and crossbones. I thought that a little strange until I started looking online. There are some really cute skulls out there. This is a white cake with buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant decorations. The hearts on top are fondant and are attached to sucker sticks. It turned out to be a very cute cake - even with skulls!

Elmo

I made this Elmo cake for a client last weekend. I made the Elmo from a 3D bear pan. I used my "secret recipe" that makes the cake more moist - but the bear caved in! It took until my third try. I thought that it all turned out cute though. The cake was for a first birthday, so the baby Elmo was perfect.

Fun Flower Cakes

Last week I had two bright floral cakes. The first was for our ward's Relief Society Birthday Party. They were using primary colors for the decorations, so I went with a yellow scheme. It is a white cake with lemon filling.

That weekend I also did a cake for a 1st birthday. The mom had brought over the plates she was using and I used that as inspiration. The plates were bright colors with white polka dots, edged in lime green, and had colorful daisies in the center. It was a layer of white and a layer of chocolate.

Calla Lilly Wedding

I did a wedding this weekend! A girl that used to be in my ward was getting remarried and heard I do cakes and flowers (which I don't really do, my sister does and I sometimes help). Anyway, for the cake I made these fondant calla lillies and wired them to insert into the cake. I thought it turned out pretty. The cake is chocolate with chocolate buttercream frosting. Here are also some pictures of the flowers. The bride's bouquet are hand-tied large calla lillies. Her daughter's bouquet are medium calla lillies and pale yellow roses. I also did a boutineer and 6 large centerpieces.

Giant Cupcake

I made this large cupcake for my friend's daughter's first birthday. The fondant cherry on top was so cute!

Toothbrush Cake

My friend's husband works at a dentist's office, as he awaits dental school. She took this cake I did into his office for his 30th birthday. I thought the bristles of the toothbrush came out so cute.

Carousel Cake

My friend was having her daughter's first birthday party at a park that had a carousel. She asked me to do this cake. The horses are made out of colorflow icing. I hadn't tried using it since I took my decorating classes. It worked out great. We put the cake on a lazy susan so you could turn it around, manually. Sorry, I don't motorize my cakes!