NOTHING SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIKE DARTH MAUL

My friend, Amy, gave me a call to do a lovely Darth Maul cake to celebrate yet another birthday. This gang loves Star Wars: I like the horns. Happy Birthday!

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!

FELIZ DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

One of the coolest holidays around, Dia de los Muertos is a more of a celebration of life than death. I whipped up these sugar skull-inspired cupcakes for the Halloween block party. Maybe someday I'll get to see some real Dia de los Muertos action, but until then I'll just keep decorating sweets in one of my favorite themes.

HAPPY B-DAY NATALEE...YOU ANGRY LITTLE BIRD!!!

Made with love for little Natalee, these angry birds on lemon cake and lemon frosting are going to hit the spot at the sleepover tonight. Yummy, yummy in your tummy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIGI!

Happy birthday to my Mommy! My mom requested Hello Kitty, but I shot that idea down in favor of these cute little felines. Aren't they so sweet? YAY for kitties!!! Sorry Mom, you did get your marble cake with chocolate frosting though.
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HELLO KITTY!

Wow! A year has gone by since I made one of my first posts for Brynn's princess cupcakes. This year, it's all about Hello Kitty. My mom is going to be so jealous! I bought these cutters years ago on ebay with the intention of making actual cookies, but they work so great with fondant. I hope that everyone enjoyed eating these homemade marble cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting as much as I enjoyed making them.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

I often say "I always wanted to make" this cake or that cake, but I actually never thought about making a Sonic cake. I was happy to make this really cool cake for a little boy in one of my Spanish classes at Noonday. His favorite color is blue and he loves this feisty little Hedgehog. Originally, this cake was supposed to be kind of a sheet cake, but I haven't done a super-challenging, cool cake in a while, so I wanted to make something where the end result was awesome. I love the way he turned out with that ultra-intense expression on his face. Thanks so much Yvette for letting me make Nicholas a super, Sonic cake.