Star Wars BB-8 Cake

I had an order for another Star Wars cake but this time it was a break from Darth Vader and Kylo Ren. I was asked to make a BB-8 droid from the newest Star Wars movie. It was such a cute little droid in the movie and super fun to make an edible version of him. 

The cake is chocolate with a raspberry swiss meringue buttercream. I used vanilla buttercream to frost the outside of the cake. And, I used gum paste to make the BB-8 droid. It was super fun to make and I'm definitely getting faster. The whole thing took me around 4-5 hours from start to finish including all the baking and hand molding the droid. 

Garden and Sky Cake

I made a birthday cake for a girl who really, really likes the tv show Cake Boss. She was very excited to email me her pinterest board with all the crazy, colorful, fondant covered cakes that she loved. And, she was also adamant about the cake having two tiers even though it was only going to be served to a family of 4. haha! So, I made her this mini-cake with a 6 inch bottom tier and a 4 inch top tier. The bottom tier was chocolate cake with salted caramel buttercream and the top tier was chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream. 

I made the butterfly, lady bugs and flowers out of gumpaste. The rest of the decor is made out of fondant. I brushed the flowers with edible luster dust to give them a little shimmer. 

Instructables Robot Birthday Cake

I was asked to make a birthday cake for a little girl who turned 3. She is basically the coolest girl in the world. She chose "robots" for the theme and black and yellow for her party color scheme. Apparently she has an imaginary robot friend. SO. AWESOME!

They asked me to make an "Instructables Robot" cake... which I had never heard of before. So, below is an image of the instructables robot. I used it as a guide in making the gumpaste robot. I really wanted a kid-friendly cake. So, I covered the cake in gumpaste gears that you could actually spin! It was a tricky process since a lot of the gears broke as I was testing them. But, after some trial and error they turned out really cool and really spin-ny! :) 

I love this picture because it captures one of the gears in action after a good spin!

Thomas the Train Cake

I had the pleasure of making a Thomas the Train birthday cake for a friend's son this week and he loved it! When they originally ordered the cake they had a very specific list of things that he wanted on his birthday cake. I thought it was so cute! He specifically requested a train, train tracks, a big rainbow, trees, clouds, etc. etc. haha! Pretty decisive little dude, huh? Anyway, he basically made my job easy. 

My son is also in love with Thomas, so it made this project extra fun for me! My little guy was right there next to me, watching every detail being cut out and added and giving his advice/opinion throughout the whole process. It was really cute! He felt like he had made the cake by the end.

The 9 inch round is rainbow cake (each of the 6 layers is a different color) with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream filling. The tunnel is a 6 inch chocolate cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream filling. I made homemade fondant to cover the cakes and to make all the trees, grass, railroad signs, train tracks, rocks, clouds, etc. The rainbow and the Thomas figurine are made out of gum paste because it dries a little faster and harder. Everything on the cake is 100% edible and delicious.

Daniel Tiger Birthday Cake

Bicycle and Arrows Cake

I was so excited when I was asked to design and make a cake for the Young Women at my church! The Young Women's program had a "New Beginnings" night where they welcome in all the girls who are turning 12 and about to join Young Women. Their theme was "Press Forward with Steadfastness in Christ" and they wanted to focus on bikes and arrows in the decor. 

This cake was SO much fun to design and make. The top tier is lemon cake with cardamom swiss meringue buttercream. It is covered in homemade mint fondant and I used white fondant to make the mountain ranges. 

The bottom tier is chocolate cake with raspberry swiss meringue buttercream. I covered it in coral fondant and I also used fondant to make the colored arrows. I used edible gold luster dust to paint and accent some arrows. 

The bike is made of candy melts. I made the wheels, bike seat and pedal out of fondant that I colored black. Then I piped yellow and white candy melts to make the rest of the bike. I stuck it in the freezer to harden before lifting it off the wax paper. 

Darth Vader Cake

I had the chance to make a birthday cake for a little boy from my church. He turned 10 and his only request was that it be a Darth Vader cake! Pretty easy to please, right? I was excited to try out my new edible luster dust. I used silver to paint the Vader mask and I also dusted all the planets with bronze, gold, white, etc. The cake definitely wasn't perfect in the end. I made a lot of mistakes. But, I am getting better each time and I am learning SO much. Hopefully 100 or so cakes from now I will be a little happier with my end product. :)

Disney/Pixar Cars Cake

Last week I made this "Cars" cake for my friend's son who turned two! He loved it! It was a 6 inch chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting and all the decorations were edible including the Lightning McQueen, the Cactus plants, etc. 

Under the Sea Birthday Cake

For my son's first birthday I wanted to make a really special cake! He LOVES fish and sharks and sea turtles and pretty much anything else that we see at the aquarium. So, I thought he would love this "Under the Sea" cake that I made for him! The cake was rainbow inside with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream filling. I covered it in fondant and decorated it with fish and bubbles and seaweed. I made an octopus and crab out of fondant to put on the top. It was a big hit with all the kids!

Simple Buttercream Cake

For my student's music recital I made a mexican-spiced chocolate cake with chocolate ganache and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.

Advanced Cake Decorating Final Project

For my Adv. Cake Decorating final we had to have a fake cake consultation with the instructor, Chef Sharyl. Chef was the pretend client and I had to present her with a consultation form that I created and discuss what she wanted for her cake. She gave me a picture of exactly what she wanted and I had to create it as best as I possibly could. 

I had to hand carve all the layers, cover them all with homemade fondant, stack the layers, make all the flowers, pearls, etc. to decorate it with, make the wire cake topper, etc. It took a lot of hours! haha. But, I matched her picture almost perfectly! I was really happy to have it finished and to please my client. ;)

Rachel with her final project and me with mine. We spent hours working along side each other and almost cussing out our stupid cakes a few times. haha!