2014 is so very sweet so far!

The year has quite me quite busy so far, and will continue to through April! I've been lucky to have some really creative projects to work on for some lovely people and can't wait to see what's ahead. I've been slow to update this site as I mainly post to Instagram and Facebook. Be sure to follow there for the most recent updates! 

Ava's Little Mermaid 4th Birthday Party

My niece, Ava, LOVES Disney Princesses! For her 4th Birthday, she got to spend the day at Princesses on Ice and come home to her Little Mermaid themed party. My sister definitely wanted the clamshell cookies she had seen on Pinterest so I whipped up a batch of those with lemony royal icing and iridescent modeling chocolate pearls. Ava requested vanilla cake and I had so much fun creating all the details out of gum paste (Flounder is my favorite!). This is my second mermaid cake in 6 months - must be a popular theme right now! We did additional cupcakes as well topped with some gum paste sea friends!

The best part was Ava's outfit  - a mermaid top and "tail" handmade by my mom and that lil tiara she wore all day was my High School Homecoming Queen crown!

Various recent projects...

The Christmas Collection 2013

This Holiday season, I had the pleasure of making three very festive 6" cakes for various parties. The scissor cookies were a gift for my hair stylist of many, many years - Kelly Martin at American Mortals. THE best. 

Bridal Shower

This cake is frosted in swiss meringue buttercream and frosty sprinkles and adorned 

with blush pink, gold and white flowers. Hiding inside are pink ombre cake layers!

 Congrats to the Bride-to-Be!

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving all! xo

I'm enormously thankful for all the support I've received from friends 

and family towards this sugary endeavor of mine.

11th Birthday Cupcakes

These pumpkin cupcakes were topped with classic cream cheese frosting...

but with a special pink swirl for Birthday girl, Sophia!

30th Birthday Cupcakes

Hand painted, gold striped gum paste toppers on Oreo and Mint Oreo cupcakes

Ange's Bridal Shower

This was one of my favorite orders yet. With Ange being a very close friend from college, I wanted to go all out for her Bridal Shower. With the Bride and Groom cakes, I was able to try out a ton of new techniques that I've been learning in my online courses. I'm especially happy with all the gum paste flowers! I can't wait to continue practicing with these.

Ange was proposed to with a ring and a white pug pup named Willie. So Willie cookie favors were an obvious choice! 

Gender Reveal Cake!

I love making these! It's so exciting to be a part of this announcement - especially in this case when the Mama is a friend and co-worker. 

Any guesses to what color the inside of that cake is?!?!?!

Catface!

This cake was made for a local friend we met through Instagram! His girlfriend requested a chocolate mousse cake with a cat face on top and I was happy to oblige. This a chocolate lovers cake - with dark chocolate mousse between layers of chocolate cake covered in ganache. 

First attempt at Modeling Chocolate!

A sweet lil Lemon Birthday cake with modeling chocolate details. This was my first attempt at making and using modeling chocolate and I love it as a medium. I've been taking several classes online at Craftsy.com and gaining a ton of helpful tips and practices. I'm looking forward to practicing my flowers - both modeling chocolate and gum paste!

Happy Halloween!

Spooky treats! Vanilla cupcakes with an orange swirl topped with chocolate ganache and gum paste toppers.