Happy Chinese New Year!

A great friend of mine and hostess extraordinaire was hosting a Chinese New Year party for a group of exchange students that are attending Smithville District Christian School and there host families.  As usual, any chance to to help along with the theme of the party was "All In".  Luckily my parents are also hosting an exchange student (Kiko) and so I was able to call on her help with some Chinese words.  The symbol on the 2 different cupcakes represent "Dragon" (For the Year of the Dragon) and "Friend".  It was a lot of fun to create these and give a go at some Chinese writing.  I was advised it looked OK! After seeing a variety of pictures from the evening, it was evident that fun was had by all! Happy New Year to all our friends here! 

BumbleBee

Trystan was turning 6 and knew exactly what he wanted for a birthday cake.  BUMBLEBEE.  Its crazy sometimes to think how a lot of the popular things from when we were children have made a comeback.  Yes, probably a little cooler and more exciting the second time around, but a comeback none the less.  This was a fun yet challenging cake - characters and buttercream.  I will always say "characters make me nervous".. but if I am blogging that means I feel as if they turned out alright.  The other one is buttercream! I am hoping I will increasingly get better to create that smooth finish, but its tough! All in all, it was a fun cake! I love the black on yellow contrast and it was a nice big cake to fully give Bumblebee the size it deserves!  Congratulations again Trystan!

D-D-D-Dora!

This next cake is a theme that comes up more often, but its so great to come up with something different every time!  Again, my daughter is my # 1 critique when it comes to characters she loves and this cake was approved by her!  I didn't have the guts to create Dora, Diego or boots.  Just seen to many "fails" in that department.  We did do a "Glowy" though.  This cake was full of vibrant colours and shapes! It was a lot of fun to bring it to life! I am pretty sure the birthday girl enjoyed as did we!  

A Score For Tristan!

Another great theme request for Tristans Birthday!  He was turning 2 and already just loves Hockey.   His mom also has a great taste in flavour! Vanilla and Peanut Butter was the base for these Hockey Themed Cupcakes.  We topped them with some sticks, pucks and a Canadian Maple Leaf as we all know where Hockey is known best!  The colours were great and I even had some fun taking a few pictures outside! It was one of our few moments of snow this year and what better backdrop for these truly Canadian Cupcakes!  Happy Birthday Tristan! 

A Wish Come True!

This cake was alot of fun!  Jaxen was having a birthday and his mom said that every night he prayed to have a Dinasour cake.  I could not let him down.  So to the drawing board we went.  A pull apart cake was ordered and it went perfect with this cute dinosaur picture I found.  Everything came together well.  I loved the colours!  Congratulations Jaxen!  I hope it was a great party!

Pink in Sports

This was a first request for me, though I suppose they all are! Its just that some push me to "think" a little harder then others on how I am going to incorporate a theme on to a cupcake.  For these Red velvet and Chocolate cupcakes we wanted to do a Sporty Theme, while keeping it girly. So I put together some basketballs, baseballs, wands and crowns! The pink sprinkles were the perfect accent! It was really quite fun to put a pink spin on a sporty theme!  I believe the Birthday Girl Enjoyed!  

Angelina Ballerina

 A cake fit for a ballerina for a special Birthday girl named Grace! A daughter of great friends of mine was having her birthday party.  Since I have known Grace, she has loved Angelina.  In fact, probably a contributing factor to my own daughter loving Angelina.  This cake was a lot of fun.  It was a vanilla cake (colour pink, but no pictures sorry) and then iced with Pink Vanilla Cream Icing.  I used the petal effect for applying.  It gave a frilly feel! And of course topped with the elegant Angelina herself! 

Happy Birthday Grace! We love you so much!