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!

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...

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!

Monster High Cake

A 12" diameter 2-layer chocolate cake

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

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.

Hawaiian Luau Cake

I was fortunate enough to be asked make a big cake for a luau birthday party!  When my friend Tiffany asked about a cake that would serve 40 or so, I suggested a stacked cake instead of a sheet cake.  She was on board with that idea and let me decide the design...

I started with a 10" base cake and did a light crumb coat on it, and then piped a grass skirt down the sides.  Actually, I piped it up the sides, to ensure a uniform length around the base. 

 

For the top layer, I created a little beach scene with brown sugar sand, a towel, flip flops, waves, and an umbrella.  I used disco dust on top of the water. 

 

 

 And a fondant lei wrapped around the base of the top layer.

 

 



 I was so excited to be able to make a stacked cake and try some new things with the design.  I hope Tiffany and her lovely daughter Trinity had a fantastic luau!

Monsters, Inc First Birthday Cake

This was a really special cake for me to make, because just over one year ago I sold my first cake to my friend Joan, for her daughter's baby shower...now here we are celebrating that little guy's first birthday! 

Shannon has always used a Little Monster theme for him, and you can view the shower cake here:   http://pinknteal.blogspot.com/2013/02/monster-baby-shower-cake.html

I love Shannon's idea of making the smash cake a mini Mike Wazowski!  How adorable.