Marvel superhero cupcakes :)

The original plan was to do a 3 tier cake, unfortunately, we all got sick this past week and didn't have the time/energy to do a big cake. Friday night I was felling a little better so I decided to adjust the design into cupcakes (with the birthday boy's help). Justin decided you cannot mix DC and Marvel characters, so he picked Wolverine, Spiderman and Ironman. 

                                 Fondant details, Ironman's gold was sprayed with Wilton's gold spray, the blue 

reactor piece was covered in silver/blue pearl dust.

I am hoping next year to get to do the 3 tier super hero cake, or I may wait till his 30th birthday.

21st Air Force Glider cake

 This was a fun challenge! I was asked to make a Glider cake for a 21st birthday celebration. Mike is in the Air Force Academy and flies gliders. This is the original glider he first started with. Mom didn't remember what the number of the glider was, so we decided to go with 21.
The glider was a challenge with the crazy heat and humidity we have had the past couple days, but I am happy with how it turned out.

 I also really like how the mountains came out. You can't tell, but the snow caps have a light dusting of silver pearl dust to add a little shine to them.

Fourth of July Cupcakes

I had seem a few pinwheel cupcakes lately, and decided to try my hand at them. Jack wasn't feeling so good, so we ended up staying at home for the 4th, so I only made a few cupcakes. Buttermilk cupcakes, vanilla/almond butter milk

Ninjago take 2

I was asked to make a dozen marbled cupcakes with Ninjago characters. The colors were left up to me, so I decided to do a mix but stick to four of them. I really like how the yellow helps the fondant characters pop.

Cookie Cake

My brother in law would much rather have a soft chocolate chip cookie than a piece of cake. We decided Sunday night that we would be celebrating his birthday on Monday before we left for our South Dakota/Colorado trip. I had about 10 minutes to decorate it, so I went with some basic butter cream and fondant letters. Soft yummy, 14inch chocolate chip cookie :)

black and white flower cupcakes :)

I love making flowers, and I especially liked these! I had been wanting to try making flowers out if black gum paste to see if the color would stay just as dark once it dried. I am really happy with how they turned out  :)
These were one of three different types of cupcakes I made for a house warming party. The others were chocolate cupcakes with chocolate/peanut butter swirls and the coconut caramel ones so they  weren't "decorated".

Confirmation cake

I really enjoyed working on this cake. It had been a couple years since I last made a cake with butter cream roses. I forgot how much I enjoyed them! There are 3 sizes of roses in 4 different colors for a total of 75
 roses :)

First Communion pool party cake

Buttermilk cake with vanilla/almond butter cream with fondant details for a first communion pool party. I have known Sebastian since he was 3, so it was a pleasure to make him this cake :)

Graduation cake

                  Graduation cake for a special lady who graduated from Cardinal Gibbons and is headed to Georgia Tech this fall. Buttercream icing with fondant details.

Teacher appriciation cookie arrangements

I LOVE making cookie pops! I had a request to make some as an end of year gift. I had so much fun making them I want to make some more! They could also be flowers or any other shapes. 

 Large cookie pop arrangement $30 (dozen cookie pops)

 

Small cookie arrangement $20 (7cookie pops)

UNC Graduation cake, take 2

I had someone email me this week asking if I could replicate my last UNC graduation cake. It's not exactly the same, but pretty similar. It reads: "Congratulations G-6" as it was for a group of roommates from one of their dads. Chocolate cake, buttercream icing, covered in fondant with fondant details.

Jack's First Birthday!!

This post is much more personal than most. My little guy turned one this past weekend! I still can't believe it! At first I was thinking about making a big elaborate cake, but decided cupcakes would be best. As we were having 50+ people coming, I decided cupcakes would be easier. That way people could eat sweets whenever they wanted, instead of having to wait for us to cut a cake. Plus, we weren't sure how Jack would react if everyone was staring at him and singing at the same time.

After breakfast on Friday, his birthday, Jack got his first real taste of sugar.
 A mini banana cupcake with chocolate icing. He LOVED it :) 

I may have gone a little over board with the dessert table.
 Counting different icing combinations, and the chocolate covered strawberries which weren't pictured,
 there were 17 desserts

 I decided to label the treats so people could decide what they wanted easier: 

 At his party Jack got to have a mini funfetti cupcake with vanilla icing. He enjoyed it, but not as much as he enjoyed the chocolate :)

Strawberry ruffle cake

Strawberry mousse cake apadted from this month's Southern Living. this cake is 6 inches tall and round! I picked the strawberries yesterday @ Oakley Farm :)This was my first time playing with ruffles, I am usually not a fan of pink or girly things, like ruffles. But the strawberries made for too pretty of an icing color. Next time I won't go with an all butter icing recipe as it got too warm, too quickly, but was still fun to do.

Easter petal cake

I was really happy with the last petal cake I did, so I decided to make another one for Easter. This time I decided to use multiple colors of icing, I didn't think about how much more time it would take, but I am really happy with how it turned out. The flower is gumpaste, brushed with bronze pearl dust, and orange color dust.
The cake it self was made with a Wilton fill pan, so there is basically just as much filling as their is cake! Buttermilk cake, with dolce de leite creme filling, caramel/vanilla butter cream icing.
Happy Easter Everyone!

Matthew 28:5-6 ESV

But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has risen, as he said"

Candyland!

This is the third year I have gotten to make Elsa's cake. This year she requested a tall, Candyland themed cake. We have gotten a ton of rain lately, and I had forgotten how annoying fondant can be when it's so humid! But, I had a TON of fun with this cake! I really enjoyed getting to work with all the little pieces and details. It's a pretty simple design but I really love how it all turned out. Her other request was a to have a little yellow game piece. The bottom tier is funfetti (yellow cake with sprinkles) and the top tier is chocolate with mini chocolate chips, both with buttercream then covered with fondant. Elsa was SUPER excited to see her cake, which made all the frustration of working with fondant in humid weather worth it :)

Ninjagos

My little brother usually doesn't request anything specific for his cakes. He typically just wants cupcakes. This year he had a specific request. He wanted me a handful of little figures and said he wanted those specific ones in cupcakes. I offer to make one big guy as I have the lego character pan I have used in the past for Starwars Lego cakes, but no he insisted on cupcakes.

I had no idea what Ninjagos were, but quickly learned kids are obsessed with them.

Butter milk cupcakes, half with vanilla and half with chocolate icing.