Grooms cake

A frantic bride called me 2 weeks before her wedding and requested a groom's cake. Her wedding cake was being done by another baker and they did not have time to do the groom's cake. As the man was a mushroom farmer and loved raspberries. That is what I did. The cake was chocolate with a fresh raspberry compote. The mushrooms were made of meringue and dusted with cocoa, the raspberries, flowers and vines were gumpaste.

Christine

This wedding was a few years ago. The couple requested a meeting with me at 10 pm to discuss the design of their wedding cake as they were in town to make wedding plans and after a long day of meetings, they met with me. The cake was for 300 - 18",16",12", and 8". It is buttercream with fondant scarfs and gumpaste gold roses. The couple was such a pleasure to work with and have become life long friends.

Scuba Chef

Co-workers requested a cake for the Chef of a private club. For ideas the only info they could give me was he was the head Chef and he liked scuba diving. Therefore a scuba diver with frying pan and pancake turner was created from a 50/50 mixture of gumpaste and fondant. Happy B Day Chef. (He was tough, he did not like sweets and was not fond of birthday celebrations, so this was a total surprise to him.)

Happy 1st Birthday London

Over the Memorial Day weekend, our family celebrated the first birthday of our second grandchild (her big brother Asher is coloring a chalk picture for her and her daddy wrote the message) . My daughter-in-law requested a cake that would feature the babies pink Chuck Taylor sneaker. The cake was white with a raspberry compote filling and covered in pale pink fondant, with darker pink ribbon and bow. The sneakers were hand sculpted of out of 50/50 fondant pastillage mixture.

Sara's Graduation

Whether you are heading into the workforce or on to higher education, graduation is a celebration. This graduate loves the flute and drama. The flute and sheet music are printed on frosting paper, the drama masks are fondant painted with gold and sliver luster dust, The flowers are orange buttercream rose as her class colors were orange and black. She will be heading onto higher education for a degree in teaching. Congratulation Sara!!!

Chanelle

Bold color makes a bold statement. This wedding cake is a 16",10",7" topsy turvy style and features gumpaste hydrangeas and roses in a royal mauve color. The diamond pattern is very very thin fondant placed onto the buttercream with accents of black at the tier base and silver-dragees at each point of the diamonds.

Baby Shower "Girl"

A long time client requested a baby shower cake without any writing, decorated with animals and to serve 40 quests. I used 10" and 7" cakes stacked hatbox style, airbrushed long green leaves on the sides of the top tier. Then piped remaining leaves in buttercream to give an overall jungle effect. The animals were hand sculpted of 50-50 fondant-gumpaste, and feature an Elephant, Zebra, Lion, Tiger, Giraffe and Monkey. To finish off the design I used gumpaste daisies in various sizes.

Zach's Cobra

I have done a number of carved cakes, but this was a challenge. The order called for a snake sitting upright with fangs. I first baked the white cake in a sheet pan. I cut the cake in long stripes which were stacked up with raspberry compote in between the layers. I then chilled the cake for a few hours before carving all the corners off. Rolling a long strip of fondant I then put the chilled carved cake in the center and pulled the fondant up to the top, pinched off the excess and put the snake in the desired shape, then once again I chilled it for a few hours. While this second chill was occurring, I rolled very, very thin fondant and began marking the snake scales for his upper skin. I then applied the scales to the top of the snake. The next step was to paint it with a multitude of color layers giving depth to the snake skin. Lastly, I add eyes of edible pearls painted black, white fangs and pink tongue of fondant. To add to the overall design I added royal frosting grass, cookie crumb dirt and chocolate candy rock. Happy 10th Birthday Zach!!!

George of the Jungle

Monkey's gone wild all around this child's birthday cake. The large monkey is solid chocolate with fondant balloons and hat. The bananas are hand molded chocolate and the child's name is fondant. The side of the cake feature several monkey's doing silly poses with fondant confetti.

Flower cupcakes

Cupcakes are no longer just for children. Adults have learned that they are a great dessert in a measured portion. They are used for all events (even weddings). These were for a spring bridal shower and each cup features a spring gumpaste flower, Daffodils, day lilly, tiger lilly, and atslermeria.

For the Love of Conneaut Lake

A neighboring community is centered around a lake. The cake was for a surprise birthday celebration and each tier is dedicated to all aspects of the lake. The bottom features waves of buttercream and a ship rope of fondant. The middle layer is the abundant wildlife of the water, and the top for the birthday boy and his boat.

Gone Fishing

This cake is a standard birthday 8" round decorated for a man who love to fish. The water is piping gel. The fisherman is hand-molded fondant and the grass and foliage are buttercream.

Kristy and Stephen

The bridal shower cake is fondant covered and features brushed embroidery flowers on its side. The tulips are gumpaste.

Calla Lilly

I love the free form look of this cake. The buttercream is iced in a wave pattern and the calla lillys of gumpaste were made on very long stems so that I could bend them in a free form sharp for extension. It was a very simple design, yet elegant.

Flowers

These cakes were for a Ladies Golf Outing at a local Country Club and used as centerpieces on their luncheon tables. Each cake featured a different flavor of cake and flower. The ladies tell me its the high-lite of their outing each year.

Big Foot

This client wanted a "Big Foot" cake for her husbands birthday. The trees are gumpaste, the dirt path is airbrushed and a grass tip was used for greenery along with candy rocks. The big guy is modeling chocolate and covered with royal frosting using a grass tip to create fur. He was a Big hit!!!