Sunday, March 13, 2011

Cherry Blossom (aka Sakura) Cake


I love Cherry Blossom cakes and have been wanting to do one for awhile. So I was really excited when the bride chose this one for her wedding. I think I ended up making between 130-140 flowers for this cake. I really like how it turned out but as usual after looking at the pictures there is one or two things I wish I could re-arrange. The bride seemed to really like it and the mother said it was really yummy too. I am always so glad to hear afterwards what they thought of it. This was the longest delivery I have had and I did a lot of praying it would make it in one piece. My prayers were answered and fit in perfectly at the reception.

Monday, February 21, 2011

Buzz Lightyear Cake


My son wanted a Buzz cake for his 3rd birthday. I wanted to do something other than a stacked cake so I went with a spaceship. My son secretly got into his cake before I got them decorated so I couldn't make the rocket as tall as I wanted but it still worked out. I tried to create a Mars or Pluto type surface for the cake board. Buzz took a few days and he was a lot of separate pieces. There were things I wanted to go back and do over but I just ran out of time. Overall I think my son was pretty excited about it.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Red Purse


I have been wanting to try a purse cake for a while so I was happy when I had a teenage girl up for about anything for her cake (as long as it was not chocolate). It took me a few tries to figure out the best way to cover the cake and I found out the red store bought fondant dries out pretty fast. I also had some drama with the handle when I broke the one I had made the week before. I would not recommend making a purse handle the night before you need to use it. Overall, I was happy with how it turned out and loved the white flower on it.