First Birthday and a Retirement

This week I had 2 cake orders to complete.   The first was for a little girl turning 1.   Her parents wanted the In The Night Garden theme.

 The second cake this week was a retirement cake.   This golf bag was made to celebrate some extra time on the greens.   Everything is edible. 

Nautical Cupcakes

I made 50 nautical cupcakes for a Bridal Shower this weekend.   The colours requested where red, white and blue.   
Here is a close up picture of a few of the cupcakes.  

Mega Blocks

Wow, this cake ended up being a ton more work then I had thought it would be.   All the blocks are made from chocolate, then stuffed with cake. 

I also made 3 dozen mini cupcakes topped with a Lego block for those that aren't chocolate fans and for the younger kids attending the party. 

Zoom Zoom

A small race track cake for a little guy turning 6.  

Good to the last drop, or slice in this case.

This was a last minute cake order.  I was asked to make a bottle of rum, with no further instructions from there.  So I went with Malibu Rum.  

The birthday girl actually decorates cakes herself, but her daughter didn't want her to have to make her own cake on her birthday.

Night Garden and Golf Bag

Well this was a busy week for me.   My daughter turned 2 on Saturday and my son turns 4 tomorrow.  So we do one big party for both of them.   The week is full of party planning, picking up items and of course making the cake.   This year my son requested a In The Night Garden cake, and thankfully my daughter also loves this show so I was able to get away with making one big cake rather then 2 cakes.

Because this theme is not as popular in Canada as it is in England they don't have party themed items here to purchase.   So I got creative and make cookie flowers for all the kids to decorate.   Here is my daughter and son with their cookies.

 The few days before the party it was work as usual and I had a cake order to fill as well.  They requested a golf bag cake.  I kept it black and white to honestly keep it easier on myself with having so much on my plate this week.  I love the contrast it ended up giving the cake.

Choo, Choo

It was fun to see this one come to life.   So many times when I start a cake I look at it praying I can make it look okay, then as you add each piece it comes to life to nicely.   
The trains are real and are the birthday boys well loved toys that we washed up and added to the cake.

Oh, the beach

This cake just makes you want to take a trip to the beach!  This was a cake I did for my daycare provider Linda.  It's her birthday this weekend and since we won't see her we took the cake to her today.  She always wears flip flops around the house, winter though summer so this was a fun one to make for her. 

Holy Birthday Cakes!

I had 3 birthday cakes to make and get out today for parties this weekend, so the last 2 days have been a little busy.   I had fun making them all and am pretty impressed with myself for getting them all done ahead of schedule....guess I am finally getting faster at doing things :)

A fun workshop

I actually was able to attend a workshop today instead of teaching them :)   It was really fun to learn from Andrea of Sweet Cakers as she is extremly talented.   Here are the pictures of my cake which is now driving my poor son crazy, he so badly wanted it for dessert but I just can't bring myself to cut into it.....he-he.  Maybe tomorrow night after I have had a bit more time to admire it on the counter. 

Mickey Mouse

Happy First Birthday Keesis.
Mickey Mouse was a favorite character of mine as a kid, but making a cake with him is a hard task.   He is copy righted of course so the Mickey is a figure that was added to the cake. 

Soccer Anyone?

This was a fun cake with lots of new things to learn from it.....isn't that always the way with a first time cake.    This was made for an Italian guy that has found himself loving the world cup games.   So I added the scarf with the Italy flag colours to personalize it for him.

Baby Shower cupcake tower

This was a cake I was asked to make for a baby shower this weekend.   The customer wanted a small present cake for the Mom-to-be to take home after the shower and cupcakes to be enjoyed at the shower.

A fine cake with a sad ending

So I just delivered this cake this afternoon.  It was made to match the party decorations for a 1st birthday.    I met the customer in a mid town between us, the transfer went great, her trip home with it went great.  She carried it into the house safe and sound...........then her older son (I would guess about 3-4 years old) went to town on it and totally destroyed the cake.   Oh, I could cry right along with her :( 

Work from the last 2 weeks

Wow, I have been busy with cake orders these last few weeks.  Then without a computer to post them.   To keep everyone up to date, here are the pictures below to see a little more info on the cakes I have them posted individually on Smashing Cake Designs 

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Malena!

My little niece turned 4 on Monday and today is her birthday party.   When I asked her what kind of cake she would like at first she said she didn't know.  Then I asked her what her favorite toy/show etc was and I got a huge list of princesses and dolls.   Then she said Ariel was her favourite, so what choice did Aunt Julie have but to make an Ariel cake.

I used a Barbie doll version of Ariel for a few reasons.   Copy right laws prevent me from molding my own figures of copyright charactors and selling them.  Even though this cake is for my niece, I still didn't want to promote a copyright cake in my gallery.  Second, what kid doesn't enjoy an extra toy on their cake.  Third, it also makes my life a little easier :)

Corn Roast

Cake at a corn roast? Of Course!

Yesterday was a Jack and Jill Corn Roast for my brother. So I thought this was the perfect excuse to create these unusual cakes. I made 16 corn on the cobs and this large double cheeseburger cake which was a great way to accommodate a large group of people and different varieties of cake.

A special cake for an amazing lady!

Besides immediate family, who is more important then the person that takes care of your kids? We often don't appreciate those amazing childcare workers out there yet they are responsible for the most valuable things we have in life...our children. Linda has been apart of our families lives for 2 1/2 years now and I thank her for all the amazing work she does with Owen and Megan. We missed Linda's birthday on Friday due to holidays. But we couldn't let her birthday go unnoticed, so Owen and I made this cake for her yesterday. Happy Birthday Linda!

2 weeks ago my little nephew was born. He was 4 weeks early and spent almost 2 weeks in the hospital. I made this cake as a welcome home gift for my brother and sister in law. I figure they will be getting tons of visitors over the next week so everyone can pitch in and help eat this cake up :)

This was my second fondant cake and my first attempt at making 3D figures.