Shoes and Purses

My first high heeled shoe in sugar. Not a size 7 or 8 but rather 1 3/4 inches! Anyone with this shoe size? These cupcake toppers were made as part of a Girls Night Out themed party. Purse made to match the shoe.

Zebra Print

Just Pink

Leopard Print

Alice In Wonderland Toppers

Alice in Wonderland the movie is out in theaters. With this, I decided to post these 3 prominent characters from the original classic.

I made these cupcake toppers to be shipped out. Unfortunately, the buyer bailed out just days before shipping. Oh well. But it was fun making them. Maybe one day these little figures will find their new home.

Cheshire Cat

Rabbit

Rabbit, Cheshire Cat and Alice

Cayleigh's Care Bear

Food brings people together and it goes the same way for cakes. A friend of mine from college contacted me years ago that she moved to the Bay Area after being newly married. Despite how small the world is, we never had a chance to meet up or bump into each other. This cake (and another one before this actually) gave us that chance to finally see each again after 10 years!

Celeste is having her second child - a baby girl - anytime soon. She was having a Care Bear theme baby shower party hosted by her good friend, of whom I've made a cake for as well. She requested for a 9 inch Red Velvet cake with coordinating chocolate cupcakes that had powers of the different Care Bears. I failed to take a photo of the cupcakes (with regrets!) but here are photos the cake.

A pair of Robeez with Share Bear's Powers

Cel specifically wanted a pair of baby shoes sitting on a cloud. I decided on border that embodied a rainbow and on the side, clouds with punched out hearts on some. I used different colored letter for the message just like the Care Bear logo as well. My little Izzie was the judge of this cake. When she said "That's Izzie's cake, Mama!", I knew she liked it and I was happy.

Border and side of cake

Can't wait to meet you baby Cayleigh! Congratulations Cel. See you soon!

Twilight Cake

Brianna is turning 13 and a huge fan of Twilight-New Moon. She found a cake she wanted online and had me replicate the cake in 2 layers vs 3 layers of the original design. I personally have not seen even one Twilight show yet (I know!) nor have I picked up one of the Twilight series book . After doing this cake, maybe I should!

The flower

I have not made a sugar flower in years. I believe the last sugar flower I made was in the 90's when I was first learning about cake decorating. I hope it's not that obvious from the looks of the flower above!

Chess Pieces

The chess pons are hand molded out of gumpaste. I didn't have a chocolate mold which the original designer used. The apple, on the other hand, is made out of rice krispies.

That's about it! Enjoy your teen years Brianna! Happy Happy Birthday!

Reese

Dawne is expecting her second child - a baby girl - anytime soon. She and her friends tuned in to their inner Martha Stewart and created a fun and wonderful brown and pink themed baby shower to welcome the coming of baby Reese Mikayla.

The cake of course had to go with the whole theme. Dawne wanted to have the baby sneakers I made for Cara (see older posts) without the blings, which she will also keep for Reese's bapstism or 1st birthday. This sat on a layer of chocolate brown colored fondant cake and a layer of polka dots in brown and shades of pink. It was a simple yet fun design I think. Kind of retro. What do you guys think?

P.S.

My hubby, who is my official photographer, was unavailable to take a photo of this cake. I took this one and it's not that great. Maybe I should think about photography classes!

Gumball Machine Cake

Kids will always have a special place in my heart. I spent my high school and college free time making Wilton cakes for them. Seeing their eyes light up no matter how big or small their cake is makes every minute of cake decorating worth while . The story of this cake is another one I will not forget.

Janina is turning 10 and I was informed that they normally spend her birthday skiing since it falls right around Christmas time. This year she wanted to have party just to have my cake. No one in my lifetime has anyone wanted a party to have my cake! The theme of her party is candy. She is giving away mini gumball machines for favors so we decided to make a big one in cake.

Pouch is made out of rice krispies. Also served as the candle holder

"Bouncing" gumballs

The coin slot

The whole cake again

The top of the machine could have been bigger but that was the only one I found close to the size I needed. Till the day before pick up, I was still scrambling for the perfect top but they were either too big or too small. Hopefully I find the right one next time!

Happy Birthday Janina! Hope you liked your cake!

Pooh and Piglet

My very first posting here on blogspot was a Sesame Street cake for Alex's 1st birthday. Alex turned 2 this year but it wasn't only her birthday but her mom's - Georgette- as well. Georgette actually gave birth to Alex on her birthday! Georgette and Alex is having a double celebration this year and since Alex is into Winnie the Pooh, here is their cake. This is partly inspired and with her permission by my friend Rouv who is a great cake decorator.

Pooh & Piglet

Details of the 2 tiers - 6" and 8" round chocolate cake

Bow

I had a day to work on this cake and I wish I had more time to fine tune some things. It's also my first Winnie the Pooh and Piglet gumpaste figure and I do hope it looks like them! My sister thinks Pooh looks a little Chinese heh. Since it is a mother-daughter joint party, I felt it was appropriate to have the two characters hug with two balloons for each one of them. Of course, we can't leave out Pooh's pot of honey and the bees which was Georgette's special request.

Till next time Georgette and Alex...Happy Birthday!