Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Soaring

So excited to work on these cakes for some special little boys!
The two on the edges are the birthday smash cakes - giant chocolate cupcakes with blue buttercream! Made for an amazing couple pictures!
The main cake was also fun to work on - I wish I could allow you all into my bakery for just one day. To smell the smells, to taste the tastes... to get the full effect. Simply because no matter how hard I try to describe it to you here, you will never fully be able to understand!
There is more to a cake than the mere decor - to me it's all about taste, texture, and finally looks!
Don't get me wrong, looks are huge, but I think even a bigger factor is the taste! Lets face it - who would want a cake that tastes like cardboard - not here! Try to imagine a moist dark chocolate cake filled with a smooth creamy mocha filling, and covered in a light, sweet, vanilla buttercream. Or, in the fall going out to the field and picking a fresh pumpkin, baking it into a pumpkin crunch with brown sugar and a delectable cream cheese icing topped with a walnut brown sugar crumble... I could go on! 

Blooming Flower Pot

This bouquet was a ton of fun to work on!
All the flowers and bugs are cupcakes and decorated with buttercream icing!
Etched with grass all along the bottom
A fun way to welcome in summer

Sophisticated in Gold

A Rhubarb Crunch iced in vanilla buttercream and covered in ivory fondant - overlayed with a pressed floral design. Such a simple cake, but the look is what I was going for (pretty much)!
Always something to improve on, but slowly we're getting there!
These roses were all made petal, by petal, colored in eggplant and sprayed with a gold sheen to finish them off!
Some of my dear grandmothers favorite colors!

Zooming Along...

Definitely a fun cake to work on!
Bottom tier - carrot cake with cream cheese filling and covered in black fondant all rolled into a tire
Middle Tier - Chocolate Mocha, covered in blue fondant and decorated with the flags, name, and quotes page.
Top Tier - Red velvet with vanilla buttercream filling and covered in a red flames
Barry (Daniel's Boss) came and celebrated with Daniel - so we included him on the cake as well! 
The "blue Baerry" is an inside joke.
The #24 is for his favorite NASCAR Racer - Jeff Gordon
Some of the quotes we decided to include on this cake
all these written on by hand

Mothers Day

"Owl Always Love You"
A fun way to show Mom on her day we love her!
A Carved and covered cake

A Pillowed Effect

1st Communion

Easter Cupcakes

Had a lot of fun with these ones - did quite a few dozen.
Some little chicks, some eggs in a nest, some bunnies, etc
All decorations made of buttercream (except the eggs shown in this picture)
As the business grows - I'm noticing the different trends - getting excited!