The big weekend finally arrived! Several months ago my cousin asked if I would make cupcakes and a cake for her wedding and I happily said yes! :) She chose the flavors of coconut cream, cherry almond vanilla, orange creamsicle and chocolate with vanilla frosting. I needed to make 27 dozen, which was 324 cupcakes, plus I made another 2 dozen Snickers cupcakes for another family member. Here are some pics of the cupcakes. I ordered a silicone flower mold online a few weeks back and made a flower for each cupcake out of gum-paste and then brushed them all with pink Luster Dust to give them some shimmer, it was a bit time consuming, but the end product was worth it! Here's a picture of them all packed up to go - my mom got these HUGE boxes from her work and they were PERFECT! At the reception, each flavor of cupcake was on a separate cupcake stand and then there was a mixture on a stand on either side of the centerpiece cake.
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I got asked to do this cake from a coworker for a going away party/retirement party. I had never heard of Big Boy Burgers before, so Google was quite helpful! :-) It was a marble cake with vanilla butter cream. Once again, I finished this cake at night, so the picture isn't the greatest (obviously!), but you get the idea!
T-10 days til the BIG wedding cake/cupcake making weekend!! 325 cupcakes and a centerpiece cake -- Lord help me! LOL. I can't wait to make them and show you all pictures!! :) I made 150 cupcakes for my cousin Oliver's graduation reception. He had snickers, milky way and key lime. Some of their family friends made this display out of ice racing tires, since Oliver is an avid ice racer in the winter months. Pretty creative! Congratulations, Oliver! :)
I got asked to do this cake for a friend of a friend for her wedding. She initially wanted me to do all the cakes for her wedding, but since I am not licensed, I wasn't able to do so. I suggested doing a fake cake for the centerpiece instead of spending a ton of money on a real one, and that way she could just get sheet cakes, cupcakes or whatever else for the guests to eat. We had one at our wedding almost 10 years ago and no one knew the difference, and by looking at this cake, I am pretty sure you couldn't tell if it was edible or not, either! :) I also did the floral arrangement for the top and put together the ribbon and rhinestones to go around the tier bases. I hope to get a picture from the bride of the cake in the venue, and if I do I will post it on here, too. :)
I finished this cake this morning for a groom's supper cake tonight, I wanted to do a different twist on a fishing theme, something not so "cutesy" but yet theme appropriate. I think it turned out well. It's chocolate cake with snickers in the batter with a layer of carmel buttercream and snickers chunks in the middle and covered with more carmel buttercream. The "fishing lures" I made out of gum paste and painted them with food coloring, the bobber is an actual bobber I picked up at a store. (Don't worry, it's brand new, never used.)
This was a fun cake to make! It's made of 2 layers of chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream topped with fondant. The corner posts are pretzel rods covered with fondant and the rope is, of course, pull and peel licorice! The birthday boy was very impressed with his cake, so much so that he did not want it to be cut! :)
This Dr Seuss theme cake was for a coworker's little girl. It was super fun to make and I think turned out really well! The cake was chocolate cookies & cream with cookies & cream frosting, covered in marshmallow fondant. Here's another Dora cake I also did this past weekend. Chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. :) No cakes scheduled for this coming weekend, I get to go watch my sister go to her first PROM!
Next weekend I have a NDSU graduation cake as well as possibly another kid cake, I'll leave that theme a surprise for now....I think it will be another fun one! Here are some pictures of cakes I've done recently, quite a few more coming up in the next few months, too! The Minnie cake was made for my cousin's little girl, Aubree. She is a lover of all things PINK! The cake was strawberry with strawberry cream cheese frosting (pink, of course!!). I had fun doing this cake, I like things that are a challenge, and this cake certainly was one! :) This princess cake was for our friend's 6 year old girl. It was chocolate with vanilla buttercream and covered in the marshmallow fondant. I used a pink shimmer dust on the pink parts, but I don't think it really showed up all that well. It was definitely PINK! :) Last, but not least, a cake for a coworker's son - Captain America shield, marble cake with vanilla buttercream. :) This cake was a challenge to keep the lines as straight as I could, but I think it turned out ok, most importantly, all the birthday kids liked their cakes! :)
This was a recipe I've had bookmarked for awhile, but hadn't had a reason to make them. My cousin's birthday was yesterday, so I decided to make her some birthday cupcakes! They were quite tasty, the frosting certainly tastes like a strawberry malt. If you are not a fan of malt powder, these are probably not the cupcakes for you, but if you are -- you're in luck! :) I should have colored the frosting pink because it looks a little blah, but that certainly doesn't affect the taste! I also was running low on powdered sugar, and my frosting looks a bit droopy. I struggle with cream cheese frosting regardless, why does it have to taste so good and be so difficult! :)
You can find the recipe HERE. :) I made this scrumptious little number for Easter! I found the recipe on Pinterest, seriously, if you haven't checked it out yet, you need to!
You can find the recipe HERE. It was fairly easy, I only ended up using half of the amount of the Carmel layer, the rest got put in the fridge for ice cream toppings at a later date! I also omitted the nuts due to a cousin with nut allergies, better safe than sorry! :) Anyways, I recommend this if you like Carmel, chocolate and cheesecake (and really, who doesn't?!!)!! |