Under the Sea

Jenni saw me doodling this cake on the corner of a piece of paper and decided it was just what she wanted for her birthday. 

To mimic the deepening blue of an ocean as you travel from the surface to the ocean floor where the coral is I used an ombre blue color scheme. I started at the top with white frosting and gradually added more blue tint and I worked my way down. 

To create the coral, I tinted frosting yellow and orange and swirled it together in a pipping bag. I then pipped thick lines up the side of the cake to mimic the shape and forms of coral. Then I added pink and purple tinted frosting to the bag and with a small writing tip piped over the orange lines. All together the texture and color of the frosting made the coral pop in this under the sea themed cake. 

The Happiest Birthday day just got Happier!

Two out of town Guests were celebrating a 10^th and 8^th birthday at Disneyland so what better way to celebrate than with Mickey and Minnie Mouse birthday cakes. I think my favorite part of the cake and the process was seeing a picture of little Grace’s genuine excitement.

These were 6" chocolate cakes with vanilla frosting. Even the hat is chocolate cake! I just baked the batter in a cereal bowl added two round chocolate wafers for ears and poured melted frosting over top. When the frosting dried it created that seamless glossy look. And of course to finish it off Tyler and Grace’s names were “stitched” on the hats, just like they do at Disneyland. When the cakes were all done and ready to go I placed them on cake boards covered in authentic Disneyland park maps!

I hope all their dreams came true at the Happiest Place on Earth!

Sixlets

This is a two tiered (8" and 6") chocolate cake. With a light blue buttercream and yellow sixlets. I stopped by a Sweet Factory at the mall where they have these candies separated by color. You can switch up the sixlets with any of your favorite candies like skittles, M&Ms, Sweet tarts, etc.

Rosie Swirl

This is a one tip cake! All I did was evenly frost the top and edges and made a vertical swirl motion with a drop flower tip from bottom to top.

This was a chocolate 4” and 6” two layer cake. The shining star of this cake was the frosting! I made a traditional buttercream frosting and added a hint of cherry vanilla flavoring… YUM!!!! I also coulnd’t get over how gorgeous the frosting color turned out. I was really pleased with the final product. 

Happy 4th!

Instead of a traditional flag cake to celebrate our nations birthday, I decided to take a little inspiration from some of my favorite summer fruits. This berry flavored cake is frosted in a vanilla pudding coolwhip frosting and covered with berry almond flowers. The flowers are extremely easy and a great way to add a festive touch to your 4^th. Just alternate between the red and blue berries you have chosen use and add slivered almonds about the berries to create pedals.