Christmas cake

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! May we all know the incredible Love of Jesus in this new year.

This cake was done for the client of a good friend. The bottom tier is White Almond Sour Cream cake with vanilla buttercream and fresh strawberries. Middle tier is straight chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream. Top tier is chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream laced with Reese's peanut butter cups. All are covered with marshmallow fondant hand-painted with gold and silver pearl dust. "Snail trail" and red dots are painted royal icing. The sign is fondant with the company's logo on an edible image. All Christmas baubles are non-edible.

Will and Kristen marry!

This was one of the most challenging and fun cakes I've done in a while! The technique is called "frill" work. The technique and design are both credited to an amazing cake designer, Maggie Austin (www.maggieaustincake.com). The bottom tier is actually two 10 1/2" x 4" cakes stacked on top of one another. These are White Lemon Sour Cream cakes with alternating lemon buttercream and lemon curd. Then the cakes were covered with lemon-laced white chocolate ganache and then finally covered in white marshmallow fondant. For the final layer, very thin strips of fondant are applied in asymmetrical fashion to achieve the delicate "tissue paper" look. The top tier is the same as above, but a 9" x 4".

The groom's cake was chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream covered with dark chocolate ganache and finally covered with marshmallow fondant. The decorations are all fondant as well. I don't have a good pic of it yet, but I'll post as soon as I do.

Congratulations Kristen and Will!

Baseball Cake

White Almond Sour Cream cake, vanilla buttercream icing, tinted buttercream for grass, fondant bat, and fondant-covered ball.

Homewood Graduation 2011

This was the graduation cake was for our local Homeschool group. White Almond Sour Cream cake, vanilla buttercream icing. Books covered in tinted fondant and mortar board covered in modeling chocolate. Writing on Bible is an edible image.

Ballet Cake

Cake for a friend who's daughter dances with a Christian ballet company in our area. They took the gospel in ballet form to Bulgaria this year. Bottom tier: White Almond Sour Cream cake and small roses piped in vanilla buttercream; "Ballet Excelsior" logo is an edible image on pink fondant. Top tier: Feathery Fudge chocolate cake and chocolate buttercream covered in pink marshmallow fondant and dancer hand-painted on fondant. Ballet toe shoes are fondant dusted w/ white pearl dust. Shoe ties are real satin ribbons. Thanks, Judy, for the wonderful picture!

Peacock Feather Cake

So proud of this artwork by Cameron. She is working at a dressage barn this summer and got to surprise sweet barn friend Nancy for her birthday. Cake: White Almond Sour Cream, Icing: Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Covered in fondant and hand-painted using food color gels.

Curious George Shower Cake

This was for a baby shower. Cake: Carrot, Filling: cream cheese, Icing: vanilla buttercream.