The type of cake I never thought I’d make… But then I volunteered for the smash cake for a friend’s son’s birthday before knowing the theme, so here comes a sports cake! Wasn’t sure how ‘smashable’ fondant would be, so I made an extra cupcake in buttercream only, but smashed by the little guy that big ball was! [...]
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SF Giants Baseball Cake & Cupcake
Posted in Cakes, Halloween, tagged Baseball, Baseball Cake, Black, cake, fondant, food, Giants, Halloween, orange, San Francisco Giants Cake, SF Giants, Smash Cake, Sports Cake, Wilton Ball Pan on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Penguins in May?! In California?! :-)
Posted in Cakes, tagged birthday, blue, cake, flourless cake, food, penguin, pink, snow, Swiss meringue buttercream, twins on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yup! Made for my very close friend (who’s obviously very passionate about penguins) and her twin brother (unfortunately several thousand miles away). I’ve only known them since… hm… all my life - I was almost two years old when our parents first became friends and the then-crawling duo invaded the house, only to spend our entire childhood adventuring together… I *think* [...]
Going Away – Suitcase & Purse
Posted in Cakes, tagged cake, fondant, garash, leather, Marble, morello cherries, purse, suitcase on April 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The going away party cake…
Purse is 8” chocolate cake, cut in half, then each torted in 3, with dark chocolate mousse w/ morello cherries, with their syrup soaking the cake layers.
Suitcase is 9×13” Garash torte, 6 batches of the recipe for this size – only ahm…36 eggs and 2lb of butter among other things…
Leather effects are [...]
Baby shower topsy-turvy w/ pastry crème abyss!
Posted in Baby, Cakes, tagged brown, cake, chocolate, flowers, ganache, kahlua, pastry creme, pink, topsy-turvy, vanilla on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Made in two nights for the baby shower of a good friend, to match the crib set she chose and the party decorations at the same time. Sizes are supposed to be 10-9-8, 8-7-6, 6-5-4 inches, though I don’t think I carved out that much from the bottoms. Bottom tier is chocolate with roasted hazelnuts Kahlua [...]
Little pirate cake!
Posted in Cakes, tagged cake, fondant, pirate on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For some reason I absolutely love this cake… It was very fast and easy to decorate, I actually copied someone else’s design, because I thought it looked adorable… Made for a little 7-year old pirate – there is a an inquisitive picture of him poking away at the eye patch at the party - boys! :-) [...]
Flower Mound
Posted in Cakes, tagged cake, flowers, girlie, pink on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was in a flowers mood, so decided to play around with some flowers for a 3-year old princess’s birthday, who’s not very much into dolls and frills. Those were some contemporary girlie colors I already had and needed to use them up creatively… Carved the top alike the ballerina skirt cakes just to add [...]
Vertical Tiramisu!
Posted in Cakes, tagged vertical tiramisu on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I saw a “vertical” cake (a thin sheet cut in 3” strips, then layered standing up with ganache around the inside of a cheese cake pan) I have been thinking of turning my tiramisu vertical. It was a little challenging to do the first outer layer, as the biscotti kept falling in, a [...]
Camera Cake
Posted in Cakes, tagged Black, cake, Camera, fondant, Marble, Photos, Pictures on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A picture-taking freak myself (read 1,200 pics from a week in Rome) I’ve been dying to make a camera cake! Made for a friend’s b-day, who’s just as camera-crazy. 11″x15″ sheet, cut in 4 stripes, 3 stacked for the body, last cut into rounds for lenses and a standing battery compartment. Marble cake, filled w/ [...]
30+1 Plumeria Blossoms
Posted in Cakes, tagged Blossoms, cake, fondant, Gum Paste, orange, Plumeria, White, Yellow on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the 30-th birthday of a good friend. Inspired by a cake by ‘rittenhouse’. My first attempt at gum paste and painting on edibles, took about 4 hours and several “drafts”… Petals are scored with a wood grain roller for texture. The flowers turned out fine, but they don’t look like plumeria, color ended up [...]
