30th Birthday Cupcakes

30th Birthday Cupcakes
August 27, 2009

Vanilla cupcakes with chocolate icing.


The black cake wrappers were embellished with matching ribbon, and the icing was dyed black for the cupcakes. The 30s are made from pink and blue (melting) chocolate, and there are silver draguees for further embellishments.

Baseball Cake

Baseball Cake

August 14, 2009

Body: Two-layered cake, chocolate and vanilla with bailey's buttercream in between the layers, covered with vanilla buttercream and fondant

This was a birthday cake for a baseball fan. The accessories were fit into the top layer of the cake and then the cake was covered with fondant, and then painted over with orange shimmer. The baseball is solid white chocolate, the cracker jack box is graham crackers, covered with fondant and then hand drawn with edible ink markers. The sheet music to "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is hand written on fondant, and then rolled up. The logo is fondant, and the writing around the logo is edible ink.

Wine Cake

Wine Cake

July 10, 2009

Bottom Layer: Chocolate cake with vanilla icing, covered with fondant


Top Layer: Vanilla cake with chocolate icing, covered with fondant

This was a cake made for a wine tasting party. White fondant was put over the cake, and ribbon matching the invitations was put around the lower edges of each layer. Royal icing was dyed to match the purple in the ribbon, and was used for the accents of the sides and for the grapes on top.

Princess Cake

Princess Cake

July 3, 2009

Bottom Layer: Vanilla Cake with chocolate icing, covered with fondant

Top Layer: Vanilla Cake with chocolate icing, covered with fondant

This was a birthday cake with a princess/unicorn theme. The layers were covered with dyed pink fondant, and ribbon covered the cake seam. Fondant unicorn silhouettes and hearts surrounded the bottom layer. Fondant butterflies with royal icing accents were placed all over the cake, and a fondant unicorn with painted accents was placed on the bottom layer. The castle was built from graham crackers and covered with fondant, then topped with fondant cutouts. The writing was done with royal icing.

Firetruck Cake

Firetruck Cake

July 2, 2009

Body: Chocolate cake with chocolate ganache icing between the two layers and on top, covered with fondant

Front/Hood area: Vanilla cake with chocolate ganache

This was a birthday cake for a firefighter. The two pieces were attached and covered with dyed red fondant. The fondant was then painted over with edible red shimmer powder and the other pieces were added and covered with edible silver shimmer powder. The wheels were oreo cookies with fondant attached for the rims. The flag was a toothpick.

Penn State Cake

Penn State Cake

June 26, 2009

Body: Vanilla cake with vanilla icing between layers, topped with chocolate icing and covered with fondant

This cake was for a Penn State fan. I used a white cake recipe and dyed the inside blue with the white vanilla icing to create the team colors in every slice. I added a hint of coffee essence to the cake. The fondant was dyed light blue and then covered with edible blue shimmer tinted darker with black dye. The nittany lion outline was then cut out from the fondant and attached on top.