Cheerwine Cake

Here's a cake for all you Cheerwine lovers out there! Our good friend, Nick, turned 30 last month and his wife, Gwen, asked me to make a cake for him. He loves Cheerwine (even created a Cheerwine app called Cheerwine Finder) so I made a Cheerwine flavored pound cake for him.This was a new flavor and it turned out pretty yummy.  I used 6" round cakes and stacked them on top of each other to make it look like a can.  

The most time consuming part of this cake was making this label. I used the smallest tip and royal icing to try to get it to look as close to the real thing as possible. 

And here are Nick and Gwen....don't ya love the Cheerwine artwork in the background to match the cake?! Happy 30th Nick!

Minnie Mouse Cake

A few months ago I made this matching cake and smash cake for a 1st Birthday Party. I have made several Mickey Mouse cakes lately so it was fun to finally do a Minnie Mouse one. I love the big polka dot bow :)

Carousel Cake

I love this cake because it is sooo girly! I made it for a friend who won a gift certificate To Darlin' Designs at an adoption fundraiser, so that made it even more special. The party took place at Pullen Park -  a park here in Raleigh that has a carousel, train, and little boats for kids to ride on. Landon loves it.

People often ask how I make some of the shapes on my cakes. I usually just cut them out with an exact-o-knife. That is what I did for the carousel horses on this cake

Customized Polymer Clay Cake Topper

These little guys have been waiting for me to add them to my blog for quite a while! I made them for a groom's cake back in May. The mother of the groom wanted me to make them look similar to the bride and groom. They were a little smaller and not as detailed as some as the others I have done in the past, but I think they turned out super cute. 

Dianna's Graduation cake

Back in May, my roomie (from college) graduated with her Masters in Counseling. I am so proud of her and can't wait to see how she uses this degree! I think she is going to be an amazing counselor. She is so dependable, kind and a good listener. Way to go Dianna! In celebration of her graduation, she had a party and I made the cake.

 

 

The books were triple chocolate and I made the graduation hat out of Rice Krispy treats.

 

And here I am with my roomie! Congratulations!

 

 

 

NCSU Graduation Cake

I made this fun cake for my friend Tracy's hubby, Jorge. He graduated from NC State a few weeks ago and Tracy threw him an AHHHMAZING party. Not only did we get to celebrate with BBQ and fun people, but we were able to play on the nearby playground with Landon. Also, check out the super cute candy buffet Tracy made....she went all out!

 

The cake was buttergolden with buttercream and fondant details. I made the graduation cap out of rice krispy treats and covered it with fondant.

 

Congrats Jorge! Check out Tracy's trendy dress....she is my fashion inspiration. I remember being in carpool together (just want to add that it was at 7:15 AM) and she was always "dressed to the nines".

 

Landon also had the time of of life from playing on the playground to having his first lollipop!

Giraffe Baby Shower Cake

Oh boy, I am so excited to blog about this cake! It is one of my all time fave so far. I love yellow and gray so when I got this order I was super excited. This cake was made for our good friends, Blake and Amanda, who are having a baby girl this summer. I also made their wedding cake a few years back so this was an extra special cake.

Isn't that giraffe family the cutest ever?! Amanda's mom asked me to make a giraffe family on the top to represent Blake, Amanda and baby Harper. I based the design off of the invitation that Amanda's sister made. The flavor - white almond with buttercream and fondant. We can't wait to meet Harper!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Birthday Cake

I recently made this cake for an old college friend's little boy who turned 5. I was so surprised that I got an order for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake because those guys bring back memories from MY childhood. Anyways, believe it or not, they are becoming popular again.

Bumble Bee Cookies

I made this super cute bumble bee cookies for a little girl's birthday party.

The Little Blue Truck

I have been wanting to blog about this birthday party for quite a while! My friend SuAnne has a little boy named Hudson who LOVES the book The Little Blue Truck. SuAnne based his whole 1st birthday party on the book and everything turned out super cute. I loved making the cake(s), cookies and cake topper because I often read Landon the book (Hudson gave it to Landon for his birthday).
Here are some pics from sweet Hudson's birthday bash!

 

The cake was Butter Golden with buttercream and covered in fondant. The topper was actually made out of polymer clay, so it wasn't edible, but Hudson was able to keep it.

I love how the cookies turned out! I wrote about making cookie cutter for the truck shape in a previous post .

 

Here is SuAnne's beautiful tablescape!! It turned out so adorable.

 And finally here is the awesome picture prop! I drew the truck on some cardboard for SuAnne and she and her hubby painted it....great teamwork! Happy 1st Birthday Hudson!