Monogram Cake with an oversized Peony

Oh how I love sugar Peonies! This cake is a 30th birthday present and the request was a small cake with sugar flowers. Perfect! A small cake and an oversized sugar flower is my favorite cake to do.

What a lovely little cake!

Guess Whoo? Gender Reveal Owl Cake

This is my first gender reveal cake and I had so much fun making it! Only 3 people knew the gender of the baby including myself so I knew this cake had to be special.

The gumpaste owls are so adorable! Can't get enough of them. They really are the best part of this cake. The tree branch is made of gumpaste as well and the rest are made of fondant.

I know I say this about all of my cakes but this really is one of my favorites! 

Damask and Red Sugar Roses Cake

I'm in love with this cake! I've seen this cake design recreated by numerous cake artists so I'm not sure who to give credit to. But one cake artist that I truly admire is Leslea Matsis! I absolutely love her sugar flowers most especially her sugar roses. I aspire to be as good as her one day. With that said here is the version I created this past weekend...

The shade of red is created using Americolor Red Red and a hint of black. I don't know how much color I used but I added the color until it is to my liking. One thing to remember is that dark rich colors is lighter when it's dry. So when you think you've achieved the desired color make it a shade or two darker than you want. The picture below is the true color of the sugar roses and NO photo filter was used.

It also looks beautiful on a single tier cake.

This by far my favorite cake! It's classic and romantic. The sugar roses just take my breath away...

Despicable Me Minion Cake

I'm so smitten with this cake! Love these minions! Happy birthday James!

The minions are made of half gumpaste & fondant. The most difficult part of the minions are the eyes. The eyes were hand painted with light brown, black and a small speck of white edible colors. Sure you can use fondant but it looks more realistic when painted. I used spaghetti for the hair and colored it with black edible marker. Another option is to use Licorice strings. 

Bridal shower cake

The maid of honor requested a "unique" cake for the bride on her bridal shower. She wanted to incorporate watercolor and the colors pink and gray with ruffles.

This is my first attempt at making a ruffled effect on a cake. They were made by cutting circles, folding them in half and once again in half. (You can find out about the watercolor technique in my previous watercolor cake blog).

Baby in a pea pod cake

Welcome to the world baby Tristan!  This is a surprise cake for the new parents. I made a baby in a pea pod cake once before so when my customer requested this design, I wanted to make it somewhat different.

I must say that this design turned out better than my last. So cute! 

Elvis cake

The birthday celebrant is a big Elvis fan so for his 60th birthday cake his daughter requested a birthday cake with none other than Elvis.

The top tier has an edible photo of the birthday boy in his Elvis outfit. Turned out great!

Watercolor Cake

I was surprised at how beautiful this is! I first learned about watercolor cakes on The Cake Blog when Allison from AK Cake Designs was featured. I immediately fell in love with the colors & her finished cake. But I was a little nervous about trying this technique because I'm not very artsy.

I used edible dusts, vodka & a paint brush to paint the cake. There is really no wrong way or right way to do this. I just randomly picked different color dusts & painted different parts of the cake. It was fully dry in 30 minutes. Here is a close up of the achieved watercolor effect.

A special shout out to my handsome little helper! Thank you for helping mommy. I love you.