Dora The Explorer Birthday Cake

Custom designed birthday cake

for a young Dora The Explorer fan!

Dora and Backpack are surrounded by 

handcrafted & edible 'estrellas'-

i.e., the adorable colorful

stars from the Dora show.

This is a moist Fudge Marble Cake,

 with a rich & decadent Chocolate Gancahe filling.

Minnie & Friends Cake!

This custom designed Minnie Mouse birthday cake 

was made for a little girl's 4th birthday party.

The cake is based on my original Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake:

http://nicoles-confectionscakescreations.blogspot.com/2010/09

/mickey-mouse-clubhouse-cake-eggless.html

This little girl's mom loved the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake,

 but she wanted it created for a Minnie Mouse themed birthday party. 

This is what I designed for the occasion.

Detailed view of the cake featuring Minnie's friends.

Top view of the cake highlighting the little girl's name in flowers.

The cake is appropriately pink with white polka dots, 

and Minnie Mouse is the cake topper!

This is a moist Fudge Marble Cake, 

with rich & decadent Chocolate Ganache filling.

Farm Themed Baby Shower Cake!

The Father-to-be grew up on a farm in Ireland.

So, it was an almost obvious choice to select a 'Farm' theme for the nursery,

and of course, have a 'Farm' themed Baby Shower!

This adorable cake was custom created for the expectant couple!

A black & white cow was the only request... 

 the rest of the cake design was left entirely up to me.

I got really creative & had fun with this cake!

All the farm animals are delicately hand-crafted from sugarpaste.

Everything on this cake is completely edible!

Close up detail of the hand-crafted Farm-themed cake topper... 

Too cute!!

This is a deliciously moist Yellow Vanilla Cake,

generously filled with Smooth Chocolate Buttercream.

3-D 'Toy Fire Truck’ Cake!

The little birthday boy loves fire trucks!!

He has alot of fire truck toys that he really enjoys playing with...

So, for his 2nd birthday party, his mom requested  a

3-Dimensional fire truck cake, that resembles a cute toy fire truck!

This is what I designed for the special event.

Front view of the cute & happy 'toy-fire truck' cake,

 with a handcrafted fire hydrant on the side.

Everything on this scrumptious cake is handcrafted & completely edible!!!

Gorgeous Princess Aurora Cake!

This cake was custom designed for a 'Pink Princess Party'. 

The birthday girl is blonde, so I decided to create a
 Princess Aurora Doll Cake.
The princess is dressed in a gorgeous pink ball gown...
She is all set for the party

Rear view of the princess doll cake, 

featuring intricate designer details on the edible princess ball gown.

Delicate and lacy edible plaque, 

personalized with the name of the little birthday princess!

The edible cake-gown is custom designed 

with lots of flowers, frills and pretty, pink girly details. 

All completely edible!

This is a Moist Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake,

filled with Rich Dark Chocolate Ganache filling.

Car themed birthday cake

Design Inspiration for the cake:

The adorable birthday invitation, that was sent out to guests

 for this 'Car' themed birthday party.

The birthday boy loves cars!!

End Result:

A beautiful perfectly coordinated cake,

 with fun, edible, hand-crafted details. 

Cars running along the side of the cake... 

mimicking the cars on the birthday invitation.

 This cake is a delicious vanilla sponge cake, 

 filled with a rich & creamy chocolate butter cream filling.

The cake is frosted in vanilla sugarpaste, 

which is layered over a base layer of vanilla butter cream.

Tennis Anyone? A Tennis Cake & Tennis Cupcakes too!

This tennis themed birthday cake, was custom designed

for a young tennis enthusiast.

It truly captures the essence of tennis,

 with two rackets ready for a game & tennis balls bouncing off the court!

All the details are hand-crafted and edible! 

This is a delicious Vanilla Sponge cake, with decadent Dark Chocolate Ganache filling.

The custom designed coordinating tennis themed cupcakes

 were individually created for each child at the party.

There was an extra special, cupcake for the birthday boy, of course!

Delicious Vanilla Cupcakes with a rich Chocolate Buttercream center, 

frosted with Vanilla Buttercream. 

Handcrafted details made from sugar paste.

Princess Castle Cake

This pink castle cake was specially created for a little girl

who loves the color pink, and is crazy about Disney princesses! 

Every intricate detail of this beautiful castle cake 

is handcrafted and edible, 

and the little toy princesses elegantly embellish the cake.

Princess Aurora is the birthday girl's favorite, 

so she is positioned front and center, at the castle entrance.

 Top view of this gorgeous & girly Princess Castle cake,

personalized with the birthday girl's name on it.

Side view of the castle cake featuring details of 

the decorative castle towers, royal flags, and 

the beautiful castle gardens & ponds...

This is a luscious pink Strawberry cake with smooth & silky cream cheese filling.... 

making this castle cake 'totally" PINK, inside & out!

Pirate on a Treasure Island!

This beautifully detailed birthday cake was custom designed

 for a young boy's 'Pirate' themed Pool Party.

Intricate hand-crafted details on this cake include: 

the chubby lovable pirate, the treasure chest overflowing with gold coins,

 a shovel, a treasure map, the Jolly Roger pirate flag,

 and a palm tree on the treasure island.

The quintessential pirate's treasure island... 

surrounded by shark infested waters!! 

Everything on this cake is handmade & completely edible! 

This is a decadent Dark Chocolate Fudge cake,

 filled with Pure Chocolate-Peppermint Ganache.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: 3 Tier Cake!

This 3 tier custom designed Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Cake 

was created for a little 3 year old boy's birthday party.

This little boy's mom really loved my previous Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake:

http://nicoles-confectionscakescreations.blogspot.com/2010/09/mickey-mouse-clubhouse-cake-eggless.html 

However, she was having a much bigger party and wanted the cake to serve a lot more guests.

I decided to make this a 3 Tier Cake- enough to serve all her guests, 

while still maintaining the original design...

It turned out super cute!

Close up side views of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake,

 showing all the adorable design details!

                                                                                                                                                                         

The back of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake... 

It looks as amazing as the front!

Cake Flavors:

Bottom Tier- Delicious White Cake filled with velvety smooth Vanilla Cream Cheese filling

 and layered with fresh juicy strawberries.

Middle Tier- Triple Chocolate cake with decadent Chocolate Ganache filling.

Top Tier-Triple Chocolate Cake filled with velvety smooth Vanilla Cream Cheese filling

 and layered with fresh juicy strawberries.

Graduation Cake

This sophisticated graduation cake was created

for a young lady who graduated from high school this summer, and

will be starting college in the fall. 

The college colors [light blue, dark blue and white] 

were the colors chosen for this cake.

The cake topper features handcrafted tennis rackets with a tennis ball,

 as the young lady is a talented tennis player and she will be 

playing tennis for the college.

Also featured is the signature graduation cap & diploma! 

The Connecticut College logo[tree and waves] is hand painted

 in edible inks on an edible plaque...

Beautiful attention to detail!

This is a Devils Food Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting,

 layered with fresh juicy strawberries.

'Red' The Fire Truck Cake

'Red' is the shy, shiny fire truck from the hit Disney/Pixar movie Cars. 

Red is always there to support and protect his beloved town- Radiator Springs!

This 3D sculpted 'Red' cake was custom made for a little boy's 3rd birthday party.

Front view of 'Red's shy smiling face. 

Completely handcrafted and edible!

View from the top.

Cake board customized with the birthday boy's name and age.

This is a delicious Fudge Marble Cake, 

layered with Pure Dark Chocolate Ganache.

The 2012 London Olympics- 1st Birthday Cake [Eggless]

This 2012 Olympic Cake was custom designed for 
an Olympic themed 1st Birthday Party.

The bottom tier of this cake features the winner's medals, 
the Olympic ring logo and the birthday boy's name- All edible!
The top tier is designed to depict the color and design of the British flag,
since London was the host of the 2012 Olympics. 
And finally the cake topper is the iconic Olympic torch.

Detail of the Bottom tier:

The five Olympic rings represent the five continents of the world

 that participate in the Olympic Games. 

  The winner's medals in Gold, Silver & Bronze are also crucial to the games, 

and the final medal tally determines which country wins the games.

Top view of the Olympic cake, with the bright flame of the 2012 London Torch.

The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games

 & this edible torch is also the birthday candle!!

This is a delicious Eggless Vanilla Cake infused with a hint of orange.

It is filled with a rich creamy Chocolate Buttercream filling.

Sporty 40th Birthday Cake!

Custom designed 40th birthday cake for a Sports Enthusiast!

Each tier of this cake represents a favorite sport, 
and the man's favorite sports teams.

 

 

The top-most tier is the Yankees baseball tier...

featuring a handcrafted baseball bat, ball & the Yankee team logo. 

This tier is white with navy pinstripes to represent 

the Yankee players uniform.

Everything is completely edible!

 

The 'Jets' Football tier...

Featuring the American football, the 'Jets' team logo,

 and, an edible version of the man's season ticket 

to the Jets games this summer!

All Edible!

 

The bottom-most tier features his favorite 

college basketball team:

 The  UConn Huskies.

 

Close-up detail of the man's name & age in stars!

The top & bottom tiers are 
Triple Chocolate Cake filled with Pure Chocolate Ganache.

The middle tier is a Fudge Marble Cake filled with
 Pure Chocolate Ganache.

Elegant Confirmation Cake

This classy custom designed cake was created for a

young man's Confirmation celebration.

The top tier of the cake features a handcrafted Rosary[prayer beads], and

 a Gold Cross with the Holy Spirit Dove, which is the symbol of Confirmation.

  The color scheme that was chosen for this cake was cream & gold,

with a subtle touch of deep red, as red is the color of 

the Confirmation robe that's worn at the church ceremony.

           

              

All the details on this cake, including the personalized name plaque and the filigree detail 

 are completely edible!

This is a moist yellow cake with smooth chocolate mousse filling

and layered with juicy fresh strawberries.