Royalty Cake

A friend of mine ordered this royal cake for her boyfriend's 25th birthday. It was an interesting thing to make.

The navy blue fondant was achieved by starting with white fondant. I then used Wilton's Colour Right System starting with drops of blue mixing with red and pink. Eventually after getting the blue colour, I then darkened it with a bit of black. Voila! 

After quilting the side of the cake, I stuck gold pearls to the side.  I melted white chocolate into a numbers mold and placed in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes. After I took them out, I painted the numbers as well as the crown with an "old gold" lustre dust from Golda's Kitchen. 

The front "Happy Birthday Kareem" sign was made by his girlfriend using paper and sparkles. And lastly, the car  is a black Audi - which is what he drives daily.

Happy Baking!

German Chocolate Cake

This is a special request: German Chocolate Cake with a Coconut Pecan filling & topping.

This guy is a lucky man. His girlfriend ordered this knowing she is deadly allergic to nuts! - All to make him have a wonderful birthday celebration. That is what true love looks like!

Recipe: German Chocolate Cake - Betty Crocker

*click the link above*

For this recipe, I used a 4"x4" round cake pan and I modified the recipe.

For the cake recipe, I split it in half and for the topping, I split it into one-third.

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28th Birthday!

Birthdays are fun stuff. This lady turned 28 and her friend ordered her a cake using the card she got her for inspiration. 

 The inspriation!

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Baby Shower

Baby Shower time! Baby bumps and baby things!

Congrats on your new baby girl!

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Pretty in Pink Returns!

My Pretty in Pink Cake has returned with an upgrade towards the simplistic version I made before.

This little girl's 3rd birthday consisted of pink, butterflies and stars! She absolutely loved it and wanted to eat it right away -- before the party!

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CARS -- 3rd Birthday Cake

CARS!

This beauty was made for little 3 year old Sebastian! Happy Birthday cutey!

We started off with a round 8" cake. Crumb coated the cake and putting it in the fridge to set for approximately 15 minutes. After Taking the cake out it was covered with black fondant that we rolled out. Using the stretching and smoothing method, we then were finished covering our cake.

       

Once we covered the cake, we added the details to the cake we had pre-made. 

The little log is our cars podium as you can see in the picture above. 

Checkers all around the cake and a special #3 for this little guy!

Happy Baking!

Bridal Shower

"Two hearts, Yours and Mine..."

When you find that perfect someone and you say "I do", it calls for celebration. However, before the big day, there are a few other "All-about-the-bride" celebrations. In this case, we created special Bridal cupcakes for the Bride to Be.

Here is our Bride to Be's designated cupcake! 

This is a Chocolate Cupcake with buttercreme icing and a chocolate "Mrs" topper.

To make this topper you will need:

-melting chocolate (i.e. Merkens, Candy Melts, etc)

-an icing bag fit with a tip (I used #5 Wilton)

-parchment paper

Step 1: Melt the chocolate in the microwave (start with 30 seconds, then in 15 second intervals - so not to have the chocolate burn- stirring each time) until it is at the correct consistency

Step 2: In your already prepared icing bag, scoop the chocolate into the bag

Step 3: Start to write your message or draw your design on your piece of parchment (Hint: If you want to keep all the letters together, you must write in cursive)

Step 4: Place it in the fridge for about 10-15 minutes

Step 5: BE CAREFUL when removing from the fridge. I had 2 fall off my parchment and break (good thing I made 4)

Step 6: Place on cupcake! And you're Done!

So what's a bride without her entourage, oops, I mean bridal party?  :)

You do need witnesses, at the very least to capture this beautiful moment in your amazing stunning beautiful expensive wedding dress! ... oh and I guess your soon to be husband as well and how handsome he looks ;)

Using the damask colour cups liners really allowed the liner to pop offering a bit of elegance.

(Hint: Using foil lined liners is crucial if you do not want your liner to blend into your cupcake - especially when making chocolate ones )

Toasted Coconut Cupcakes

with Coconut Buttercreme topped with Toasted Coconut

For this purpose, these cupcakes are our guests for the evening.

Congratulations to the Bride and Groom!

LOVE

Happy Baking

Let's Eat Cake!

This is the second cake I've made with this theme: square, rosettes, and teal. The cake was ordered a second time by the same person who absolutely loves it. So let us eat cake! 

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Cake Smash

This cake was made especially for a darling ONE year old to smash as apart of her first birthday photos. Well, this is the finished product before the smash. Isn't it lovely?

Although made on separate occasions, this cupcake almost looking akin to this cake.

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Batman Cake

Batman v. Joker

After a few changes to the original design, this cake came about. 

Toppers: bought at Chapters Indigo 

Mask: bought at Walmart 

And what's a party without custom themed cupcakes?

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BYE-BYE TUMMY; HELLO MUMMY

Baby Shower's can be fun, filled with games, rubbing the pregnant mommy's tummy, and CAKE! Celebrating the new chapter in a woman's life as she embarks on her new journey into motherhood can always be fun. A cake shaped like her belly is even more fun!

Congratulations to this mom to be as she embarks on her brand new journey to raising a son.

    

                                    

Happy Baking

Ashley xoxo

January Baby

January Babies are always at a disadvantage. However this January baby got a lot of love from his wife this year! He turned 30!!!!! Happy Birthday bro-in-law. 

Happy Baking 

Ashley xoxo

Bride to Bee

I was asked to make 50 cupcakes for.a bridal shower with the theme "bride to BEE", this is what I came up with. These cute little bumble bees took a while to make, but came out well and are ready for flight.

To make a bumble bee, you require the following tools.

-Yellow, Black, and White fondant

-Tip 3

-Edible Glue

-shaping tool

-knife or pizza cutter

Steps

1. Start by rolling the yellow fondant into an oval.

2. Use the front of tip 3 to cut out the bee's eyes. 

3. Use the back of tip 3 to cut circles for the beeS wings, then combine them together by using a shaping tool.

4. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cute straight lines for the bee's body. Take a pieces of black fondant and shape with your fingers for the stinger. 

5. Apply all pieces will edible glue

After I pre=made these bumblebees, I moved on to decorating my cupcakes. I used a 1A to shape my icing into a beehive.

Since I had to have these picked up, each cupcake got it's own container which I purchased at Creative bag (great store by the way).

Once I was done, I placed a bumble bee on top each hive. 

I packed two sides of a corrugated box with newspaper to keep the containers from moving around. I then tied both boxes together with a strong bow for easy transport.

This is the completed version.

Hope these brought a smile to your day!

Happy Baking

Ashley 

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