Superheroes!

Here are some pictures of a couple of cakes I created for two adorable children, Mary Katherine & Jimmy (sister & brother), who decided they wanted a superhero themed birthday party!

Mary Katherine's Wonder Woman cake!

Jimmy's Spider Man cake!

All decor was created out of fondant with the help of some shimmer & pearl dusts and royal icing. 

Ok, so they're not baked.

I wanted to share with you some really neat "cakes" I had the opportunity of creating for some family members and friends.  Candy Cakes!

Birthday cake for Cousin Nicky

Birthday cake for Kristin

Vegas-style birthday cake

Side shot of Vegas cake

All I did was purchase bags of candy in various flavors, shapes and sizes and hot-glued them (with all wrappers intact) to different sizes and shapes of styrofoam and disposable aluminum baking pans.  Oh, and I had some fun with embellishments too -- ribbon, toys, candles, beads, etc.

I have to admit, even though they're not baked, they sure do put a smile on your face!

Tip

This might be one of the oldest tricks in the book but while I was frosting my "50 nifty" cupcakes I realized I could place my disposable decorating bag inside a glass to help me fill it with frosting.  I folded the top of the bag over the top of the glass, just like this.......

It's like having a helping hand!  That's it, just thought I'd share :-)

50 is nifty!

This month was my boss's 50th birthday!  His favorite desserts include anything chocolate & peanut butter, so I baked-up some cupcakes that included his favorite things.

Unfortunately these are the only pictures I have, but here you go.........

Truly chocolaty and dense, these cupcakes embraced a sweet peanut butter filling and were topped with a swirl of light & airy peanut butter buttercream.  Oh and don't forget the mini peanut butter cup garnish.  Holy peanut butter were these delicious!!  

Just had to share

Love this!

Totally rad!

I was very excited to bake this one!  This cake was a request from someone who's son was having a baked-goods auction at there school.  I couldn't resist the excitement to help, especially when I found out he wanted a skateboard.  So cool!

(baked back in March 2011)

Ok so I baked a vanilla spongecake and filled it with vanilla chocolate chip buttercream, iced it with vanilla buttercream and covered it in white fondant.  I used gumpaste to create the "stickers" on the skateboard and painted on them with icing gel colors.  I also painted around the outer edge of the cake, with gel colors, to give it the look of "wood".  As for the wheel assemblies, I used pretzel rods and mini chocolate donuts which I then covered in fondant.  Another fun creation!

Easter cupcakes

Here are some photos of Easter cupcakes I created last year (April 2011) for some family & friends.  Boy were these fun to decorate!!

The whole gang!

Easter Bunnies w/ Jelly Beans

Easter Bonnets

Chicks & Tulips

Ok, let's see......the chick & tulip cakes were dark chocolate angel-food with chocolate buttercream.  The bunny cakes were vanilla bean with vanilla buttercream.  The Easter bonnet cakes were traditional carrot with creamcheese frosting (my favorite!).  All decorations were crafted out of fondant and I used FoodWriter edible color markers to draw on the bunnies & chicks.  The bonnets have a hint of pearl dust, buttercream and sugar pearls.  Oh, and don't forget the jelly beans!!