Hello Kitty - Shaped Cake

I think I am going to start changing my "line" and now say "I Love Doing Characters".  I have said over and over how much they intimidate me, but when I have something fun like this cake, I must say I ended up Loving It.  I actually rented the "Hello Kitty" pan from Bulk Barn.  This was a first for me. I first felt like I was "Cheating" a bit by doing this.  However, when I had a finished product, I was so glad I did.  I was able to obtain exactly what was requested, and that was crucial!  I was even able to slice the cake down the middle (Horizontally...) to put a layer of buttercream icing in the centre (I was pretty proud of that manueuver).  Once I had the cake baked, iced and a smooth layer of white fondant on top, the rest was fairly simple.  The Red Bow turned out quite well considering I completely freehanded it.  All in all I loved the simplicity of this cake! Congratulations to the birthday Girl who enjoyed it!

Fondant Ruffle Cake - Happy Mothers Day!

Though a lot of readers may not know my mother and I, if you do, you'll know that she loves to "remind" me of things.  Mom - if/when you read this, know I love you to the moon and back and its one of the million things I LOVE about you!

 Being in the business of designing cakes for many different occasions, after several years of this, I was "reminded" that I have never designed/made a cake for my mom,  and fair enough- I hadn't.  Even better, my older sister sent me the cutest little file for a printable "MOM" banner and it just inspired me to design something cute for my mom for Mothers Day! 

The best part about doing something for family (bless there heart) is you can "experiment"!  I always wanted to try this ruffle effect on a cake, but needed the occasion.  A nice, pink, feminine cake for my Mom was just the design we needed!  

So off to work.  Baked a peanut butter chocolate chip cake.  Smothered it in chocolate butter cream icing and then draped in white fondant.  Then let the layers of pink ruffles begin.  When the pink ruffles were all complete, I thought a punch of purple would just give it a nice focal point.  So we gave a wrap around of royal purple ribbon.  Topped with a fancy "MoM" banner and the cake was complete!

I really liked the turn out and can't wait to have the opportunity to make another one!  The ruffles take a bit of time, but for the look: TOTALLY worth it.  

Now, bringing it over to my moms, watching them cut it up and eat it in like 5 minutes... THAT was painful! Perhaps one of the reasons I prefer to make a cake, and send it out!  I just imagine that its never destroyed!  

Some pics of the cake! Enjoy!  

Happy Birthday Emma Bee!

A great client of ours is Jessica Klassen (and family of course).  Jessica loves to throw a great party with out missing out on any details.  We are so honoured she includes us on a regular basis (in fact I will have another blog for her soon...)  Her daughter Emma (Emmabee) was turning 2 and she wanted to celebrate this occasion with lots of great details!  She had this idea for the cutest Bumble Bee cake and matching cupcakes and we couldn't resist getting right to work on these cute little friends!  Congratulations Emma, Jessica and Scott.  What a beautiful Family you have! 

Congratulations Andrew! Cross Cake

A friend of mine and her husband were having there son Baptized at there home church.  Andrew, their son is there world and they love him so much.  They wanted to make the day special and celebrate this occasion with a special cake!  Kristin had see a few ideas on line, but liked this simple, elegant style best.  I had to agree and enjoyed this cake very much.  (It also gave me an excuse to purchase a new pan!)  Red velvet cake hid under that soft white fondant!  The cake was enjoyed very much (So I am told!)  Congratulations Andrew, Scott and Kristin!

Happy Birthday Irelyn! - Barbie Cake -

Irelyn is a beautiful girl, with a beautiful imagination and we had the honour of attending her 3rd Birthday Party! Especially special because our Daughters are born in the same year and so its fun watching them all grow up together!  Addison (My daughter) and I got to create the cake.  Ok, so she might of watched her favourite TV Shows will I decorated, but she was there in spirit :) ! 

Irelyn is into barbies, so only suitable to put one in a cake and give her the biggest princess dress possible!  It was fun to experiment with the petal technique on this cake in a horizontal direction instead of vertical.  I enjoyed it very much.  

Happy birthday Irelyn! Thank you for letting us bring this special treat and celebrate with you on your special day!