Roses, Berries & Watercolor Cake

This is one of my absolute favorite cakes! I love the look of the sugar roses and the arrangement along with the leaves and berries. It is so beautiful!

 The watercolor effect was not the original design I had in mind. It only had all pink stripes but thought it looked plain. I luckily had enough drying time to do this and the results are gorgeous!

Hydrangea birthday cake

I love the colors on these! Yes,  I know it's fall but the birthday girl requested fun colorful flowers. This  cake was inspired from my hydrangea dress cake I made last year.

Tiffany blue color cake with a pink peony

My client requested a Tiffany blue color cake with a peony. This cake is for her sister's birthday and she loves this shade of blue. I love the combination of blue and pink so I decided on a pink sugar peony.

Jiu JItsu cake!

This very special cake is for my oldest brother who now holds a blue belt in Jiu Jitsu. The cake is a surprise and it was a big hit at his surprise birthday party!

I don't have much experience with gumpaste figures but with the help of a Craftsy class, I was able to create something cute.  

I liked everything about this cake, my brother in his favorite color uniform, his dog biting his opponent's leg, but my favorite part of this cake is the gumpaste figure on the mat. His face expression is hilarious while his arm is locked in an arm bar. 

Teal buttercream cake and red sugar peony

This is my first all buttercream cake.. I  exclusively use swiss meringue buttercream for all of my cakes and never american buttercream. It's simply too sweet for my taste.

My customer does not like the taste of fondant so she requested an all buttercream cake. The cake design she wanted could only be achieved with all american buttercream and she was informed of the sweetness of this type of icing.

Roses and Watercolor

Pink is not my favorite color and in fact I rarely make a pink cake. But when requested I use it subtly. 

Watercolor color is one of my favorite techniques. There's really no right or wrong way to do it & gives your cake that extra wow it needs.

Brush Embroidery and Sugar Peony Cake

I absolutely loved making this Peony! This is my first successful wired sugar Peony thanks to the godfather of sugar flowers Nicholas Lodge. Every sugar flower artist knows how valuable it is to use good quality gumpaste. His recipe makes a world of a difference. I'm able to roll the the gumpaste quite thinly without tearing. I used Satin Ice before and was always unsuccessful with wired petals. I'm never going back to commercially made gumpaste. Thanks Nicholas Lodge!

Last time I used brush embroidery technique was over a year ago when I just started cake decorating. So rusty at it and I had to it over a handful of times. I definitely need to practice my piping skills. Overall, this cake turned out beautifully!

Ruffle Birthday Cake

This ruffle birthday cake is for a 21st birthday. There were a couple of firsts on this cake. This is my first attempt at a ruffle ball and luster technique.

I couldn't figure out the proper way to do the ruffle ball without having the bottom getting flat. Mysolution was to roll a rice krispy treats in a ball, cover it in fondant and stick a skewer in the middle making sure the ball is not too close to the work surface. I used royal icing to attach the ruffles onto the ball as it dries quickly. Now for the luster technique I was a little disappointed at the results. The vodka

didn't dry quickly enough for me to buff the luster dust. In Australia, a cake decorator's alcohol is used for this technique that allows them to achieve beautiful luster on the cakes. Unfortunately, there's no way I can do this without Everclear or clear liquor that has at least 90% alcohol content. I will do more research and see what else is available. But nonetheless, the cake still came out really beautiful!

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!