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Lilies and Daisies Cake

Made this cake for a Summer BBQ Desert Competition. I titled it Sunshine and I loved working with the yellow. I made some matching cupcakes to go with the cake.


The cake a 5"round lemon cake with lemon cheese filling. I made the filling a little more tangy this time just to enhance the flavor of lime and I thought it complemented the cake very well. Made the Calla Lilly and the Daisy with fondant.


It got the first place for Presentation and I was thrilled.

Bow Cake

I made this one for our New Years Party. It was my first bow cake and I made the entire cake just couple of hours before the party so the bow was not well dried. The cake was rich chocolate with chocolate filling .I was not very happy with the bow but the cake tasted so yummy no one except me cared about the bow !!

Duke Blue Devils Cake

A friend was headed to Duke university for his MBA so we had a party to wish him luck. He loves sports and we ran the Relay Marathon together this year. I wish him luck and between his busy schedule hopefully gets to enjoy the Duke games !

I found the blue devil logo online and cut out the logo on gum paste, it was tricky since it was all free hand but I liked the way it turned out.

Blue Devil

I made a black forest cake with a touch of rum and covered the cake with whipped cream frosting.The cake was four inches with three layers and was super moist.

Baby Booties

This was my first order and a good friend wanted this for her friend's baby shower. She wanted pink with brown and wanted a baby booties on the top. The cake was chocolate with cherry filling.

For some reason the picture does not reflect the pink, it was a light baby pink with little while booties on the top. Time to get new lens!!

Airplane Cake

This one was for my dear hubby, he said he didn't want a cake and as always got over ruled. It was tricky to make it without him knowing. He loves to fly as a hobby and is extremely passionate about planes so thought he'd love this one.
My aunt was visiting so for the first time  actually got pictures of the process, I usually forget until its all done.

Plane being built.

I used square cakes for the plane and since he is not a chocolate fan, I made moist pineapple cake with pineapple filling. Once the body of the plane was done, I attached the wings, the radar and the elevator. I was running out of time so I used Ferrero Roche chocolates for the engine !

Elegant Baby Shower Cake

This was for another friend and again I thought I will try something slightly different. I wanted to do something elegant for her and this was the result.

It was the first time I made roses and I tried the ribbon rose and needed a bit of practice..

Baby Shower Cake

This isnt a typical baby shower cake, I was looking to do something different.  Summertime and the mommy to be loves fresh and organic produce so thought I'll make something that signifies both.

Made a Organic Lemon cake with Lemon cheese filling and covered it with white fondant and decided to put lemons on the cake.
 

Topsy Turvy Candy Cake

Now my little munchkin wated a different cake for her party which was carnival theme this year. She wanted a Candy Cake and she said when she cuts it, candy should come put of the cake and she also shoed me how tall it should be and all coming from a three year old !!
This was definitely one of the most time consuming and challenging ones I have done so far. The 3 tier topsy turvy cake was made up of six cakes. I built them up one layer at a time and the top one was interesting since I had to make a cavity and fill it up with candy. When the cake was cut the candy didn't really tumble down as expected but just a handful came out, never the less my daughter had a smile on her face and that's all that matters.

Lesson learned making something to look crooked is not that easy after all.

5 Little Monkey's Jumping on the Bed

My daughter knew exactly what she wanted for her third birthday.  All I had was her first to do what I wanted !!! She wanted a Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Cake.. Phew the first time I heard that I had to sit down for a minute to think how I am going to make this cake. The book came in handy and initially I was planning on making all the five monkeys on the bed  but the cake was for her play school party and I didnt want to have too much leftover. I have a sweet tooth and too much cake in the fridge is not such a good idea.

I made a twin bed with butter yellow cake and chocolate filling. I used the loaf pan for the bed. Made the monkey and the bed spreads with fondant. Now getting the expression on the monkey was tricky since one just got bumped and the other one is still jumping on the bed.