Happy Anniversary

 Celebrating their 60th Anniversary, our Deacon and his wife allowed us the opportunity to help in the celebration. To that end we made these cakes.

A triad of cakes. To include a family cake to take home. All cakes have over 4 dozen hand-made fondant red roses.

This rectangle cake is done as a white cake with a lemon curd filling. 

This rectangle cake is done as a chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling.

The family cake is a totally symbolic piece. It is done as a marble cake (to represent the blending of different flavors) with 5 roses on top. One for each parent and one for each of their three children. The decorating design is taken from the topper on the original wedding cake 60 years ago.

The source of inspiration for this cake came from the following verse:

 A Baker’s Verse of Love and Family

 

Two different flavors,

Sweet and light, dark and stout,

Baked in the oven of time,

Blended flavors grew throughout.

 

No longer a single taste,

But something rich and new,

A perfect, slow-cooked harmony,

A life forever with you.

 

Family is a recipe made with faith and love,

Different hearts and blending flavors come to prove,

The sweetest batches come from varied flavors,

Baked slowly together by the warmth of God’s favors.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Just like the TV heroes, Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo are popping out of a sewer grate to wish a lucky boy happy birthday.

The cake is chocolate and white with hybrid buttercream-fondant decorations. 

Clergy Appreciation

Chocolate with chocolate mousse filling. Buttercream basketweave and lattice. The flowers are chocolate fondant.

First Birthday

 A whimsical cake for a little boys first birthday. Everything is edible. The turtle is a fondant-covered cake, and the side pieces are all hand-painted white chocolate. The cake is yellow and chocolate, with a raspberry filling.

A smash cake for the little one to destroy. A simple yellow cake (in this case sugar-free) with minimal decorations. The turtles are blue and green hand-painted chocolate.

Happy Sweet 16

A special Sweet 16 birthday cake for a special girl. Covered in fondant done in a quilt pattern, with black and white pearl insets. All elements of the cake are edible, including the handbag.

Going Away

As a going away cake for a good friend and associate, I did this "Bluebird of Happiness" cake. It is chocolate inside and all fondant decorations.

Winnie the Pooh

For a "Winnie Lover". He is sitting atop a cupcake in a field of gumpaste sunflowers. The cake is Red Velvet with white fondant, on a yellow fondant "doily".

Sweet 16

This was custom made for a special girl turning 16. It is Devil's Food cake with purple fondant. It is trimmed in hand painted, white chocolate butterflies, a fondant topper, pearl accents, and silk butterflies to add the splash of color.

Wedding Cake

This Beach Themed cake was done for some very close friends. The shells are made of white chocolate, hand painted and brushed with pearl dust.

Class Project

This cake was done as a class project to demonstrate the use of gum paste flowers. Only had about 40 minutes to assemble it, so I'm not really happy with the product, though the flowers turned out well.

Class Project

Just a project for the last course. The bows came out much more realistic with a new technique.