Sunday, September 29, 2013

Denver Broncos Cake

I was really excited to get this order from my friend Rachel, who was planning a Broncos game themed party.  She loved the football-field cake I did this summer and wanted me to use that as one tier.  I came up with a party-inspired Broncos tier for the top:


For the vertical stripes, I cut tinted fondant into 1" strips and affixed it to the sides.  I snipped off the tops to be level with the top of the cake. 
The curling ribbon is a 50/50 fondant gumpaste blend, cut into long thin strips and curled around 1/4" dowels, and left to dry overnight. 
The Broncos logo is gumpaste and fondant, cut into the shape of the logo and layered on top of each other. 


Teague loved his cake and we had a really fun time at his birthday party!


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cake and Cupcakes

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake and cupcakes.




This is a 9" cake decorated to look like Raphael's (the red turtle) shell with the weapons he carries.



Zach also needed cupcakes to take to school, so we did TMNT faces...

Friday, September 13, 2013

Rainbow Cake

Lily and I made this little cake for fun.  I had some extra fondant so we tinted it pink (at Lily's request).

 She helped me roll the fondant into balls to put around the base.

We divided up the batter and tinted it bright neon colors.  I've discovered through trial and error that if I need to tint cake batter and want the colors to be bright and vibrant, I made vanilla cake and omit the egg yolks from the recipe.  It always tastes really great too!

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Monster High Cake

A 12" diameter 2-layer chocolate cake


The skullete logo was made with black sugar sheets and fondant. 

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Pretty and Pink First Birthday Cake



This is a 2-layer vanilla cake carved into the shape of a 1. 


The bow and flowers are gumpaste, and it has a coordinating smash cake.