HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN, QUINN!

 

Last year, it was robots, this year it's all about Wild Animals.  Little Quinn celebrated his fourth birthday with a party favor bag-inspired wild animal cake decked out in all of his favorite colors: orange, green and blue.  Underneath was yummy vanilla bean cake with raspberry frosting.  It's all good.  Happy Birthday little buddy!

WILD ABOUT ZEBRA!!!

What a fun cake for a great girl! My neighbor, Holly, had everything picked out top to bottom for her special 16th birthday cake from types of flowers she wanted to the color of the satin ribbon. I definitely learned some new things while making this cake: real flowers are fun to work with and I think I now know how to make a striped cake on the inside--still waiting to find out if it worked. I appreciate the chance to make such a super-cool cake for a super-sweet girl. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLLY!

Kevin, the California King Snake cake

Kevin, the California King Snake is a recently acquired pet belonging to my friend's son, Jacob. So, of course, he wanted a snake cake for his birthday. Check out the scales: I made them by pressing an onion bag into the fondant. Pretty cool. I hope Kevin tastes as good as he looks :).

I just received this email from Amy:
"Hey Freya, The Kevin cake was a huge success! When Jacob came home from school and saw the cake, he was so excited. Everyone loved the cake and it was very tasty too. All the adults commented on how cool it was. They all wanted to know who made it. I was actually sad to cut into it. Jacob wanted the middle chocolate part. All the other kids were fighting over the head."

Chuck E. Cheese Birthday

Chuck E. brings happy birthday wishes along with good, clean family fun. Delicious chocolate cake covered with billions of tiny stars of vanilla bean frosting.

KITTY CAT CAKE

I have spent a couple of weeks working on all the little details of this cake for a phenomenal girl who is turning 13 soon. Faith's Mom sent me pictures of her feline friends that mean the world to her. Now, they are immortalized in fondant--of all things--as they whip up a little soiree for their favorite girl. Gotta love those little kitties.
Boo-Boo, the blue Abyssinian, hoists a big gift for her best pal.
Nessie, the ruddy silver Abyssinian, is always getting into mischief and has gotten a head-start on the gift opening.
Shelby is the lazy tabby curled up on Faith's kitty cat tee with a golden noisemaker to get the party started.

PARTY ANIMALS!

Our neighbor, Laura, celebrated her 8th birthday today and requested that her Webkinz make an appearance on her cake as well. The cotton candy bunny, elephant and monkey celebrate atop a candy covered chocolate cake with purple vanilla bean frosting.

WEBKINZ BONANZA!!!

Happy birthday kids! I worked for quite a long time on all the various pieces of this cake which was inspired by my kids' love/obsession with Webkinz. The theme of the cake is a take on the online game Candy Bash Viva Poncho complete with a taco and chile wielding black and white cat decked out in a sombrero and a desert background. The top tier is red velvet and cream cheese and the bottom tier is chocolate with whipped chocolate ganache.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We got our Halloween on in a big way this year! Between the fall festival, school parties and block parties there were cakes galore. Check 'em out.

It's a cat party, a big cat party!

Big cats and one little cat get together to wish my Mommy a happy birthday. All of the decorations are made from homemade vanilla buttercream flavored marshmallow fondant. I'm gonna miss those little kitties hanging out in my kitchen.

Barnyard Baby Shower Cake

Friendly fondant animals welcome baby Calli to the farm.

Woodlands cupcakes

I made these double chocolate and red velvet woodlands cupcakes for my friend's daughter's birthday. I love the little bluebird. We all loved to eat them.

Toucan birthday cake

This toucan cake was inspired by a jungle party invitation. So cute and yummy too.