Lil' Buckaroo

"Howdy Lil' Buckaroo" 

These cupcakes were for a darling baby shower for Nathanael. They were chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Each cupcake had a different letter pipped on them with 4 extras that had a sheriff star, a cactus, a cowboy hat, and a lucky horseshoe.

Happy Halloween

Working at the Disneyland Resort there is never a shortage of creative inspiration. These are pumpkin pie streusel cupcakes topped with a Mickey candy corn modeled after the giant Mickey Jack-O-Lantern on Main Street, U.S.A at the Disneyland Park. 

Mickey Mouse Cupcakes

These little cupcakes were inspired by every one's favorite mouse, MICKEY! I decorated them to resemble his iconic pants and ears. Besides being cute... they were delicious too! These were a chocolate cupcake infused with cherry flavoring. 

Two of a Kind

These two cakes are actually one in the same! I had a request to recreate a wedding cake for a 1st Anniversary. Before I added the colorful cascading flowers down the side, I wanted to show how if you have a good simple cake base you can create any look or style you want.

The first is a cleaner fresh all white cake, where the second one has a more tropical feeling. Again all started with a clean fresh base and then I just added a little flair.

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.