Friday, August 23, 2013

Mickey's New Car!


This Delightful Mickey Mouse Birthday Cake
 is Custom Designed for a little 2 year old boy,
 who loves cars and adores Mickey & his friends!



Mickey & Minnie admiring the cool new Red Convertible...
The Convertible is Handcrafted & completely edible!!

The birthday boy's name is written in the stars!


The Bottom Tier is a Rich Triple Choolate Cake with Pure Chocolate Ganache.
Top Tier is a Fudge Marble Cake with White Chocolate Ganache.

Alternate views of this lovely cake, featuring all the cute handcrafted details!



The Cake is the centerpiece at the Birthday Party!
[Photo provided by Liam's mom]



Thursday, August 22, 2013

Sofia The First... A Royal Celebration Cake!


Disney's newest princess is an adorable young girl named Sofia.
The popular TV show, 'Sofia The First' is
 a huge hit with little girls everywhere!
This Royal Birthday Cake in pretty shades of purple
is just perfect for any little princess!



Close up detail of the cake,
featuring the intricate hand-crafted details.



Edible swags & quilting detail add an elegant touch!



Top view of the cake.
This cake is Fudge Marble & rich Dark Chocolate cake,
layered with a smooth and rich Chocolate Ganache.



Friday, June 14, 2013

'The Cinderella Story'... A Birthday Cake


This cake is a re-creation of the classic Cinderella Story!
It was custom designed for a little girl's Cinderella themed Birthday Party. 

Vintage style porcelain figurines are used along with 
edible handcrafted details to complete the magical fairy tale saga!


Cinderella goes to the ball in a beautiful coach... 
But the spell is broken at midnight! 
Close up view of the handcrafted & edible coach & clock tower.


Bibbiti, Bobbiti,Boo...! 
With a swirl of silver fairy dust, a pumpkin is transformed into an elegant coach,
 a mouse is transformed into the coach man, and
 Cinderella's rags are replaced by a beautiful ball gown!


This cake is a Moist Yellow/Vanilla Cake with a smooth pink buttercream filling.

*****

The pics below were provided by the little birthday girl's mom... lovely!





Monday, May 6, 2013

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.




Sunday, March 31, 2013

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:

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.

Sunday, January 6, 2013

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.



Saturday, January 5, 2013

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!!!



Sunday, November 11, 2012

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.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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.






Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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!


Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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.


Thursday, September 6, 2012

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:


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.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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.