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  • Cowboy Themed Cake

    This cowboy cake was made for Adam and his son Brayden’s birthday.
    I started this cake a week prior to assembly by forming a cowboy hat out of rice crispy treats and the hat’s bottom rim out of thick fondant. After a day of drying, I placed the rice crispy hat on top of the rim [...]

  • Fondant Animals Cake

    Where do I begin on this cake? Well, the overall cake is three tier with three different types of cakes. Each section is covered in homemade marshmallow fondant and all of the animals were made using homemade modeling chocolate (almond bark and corn syrup). I find this so easier to shape and it also [...]

  • Holiday Present Cake

    I baked this cake for the fun of it to ring in the upcoming holiday season. As you can see, it’s meant to look a lot like a present. Just in time for the holidays!
    This cake was made with two 6″ square cake pans and then decorated and covered with fondant. Not only does [...]

  • Fairy and Flowers Cake

    This is a 2-tiered birthday cake I made for a friend’s granddaughter. The bottom layer is a 2 layer 8″ cake covered in Marshmallow fondant which I dyed using the Wilton royal blue.
    The flowers are a 50/50 blend of gumpaste and fondant. They were made using a daisy and rose cutter from my Wilton [...]

  • Ladybug Cake

    This was a birthday cake for my daughter. It is a white cake with white butter cream icing. I used two round 9″ cakes for the bottom and I tinted just enough from a tub of Wilton’s decorating icing to cover the two layers in a light green color.
    For the Ladybug, I used a [...]

  • Royal Casino Cake

    I made this three-tiered vanilla with caramel-filled fondant cake for an anniversary of a casino. As you can see, this cake is inspired by money, playing cards and its suits: heart, spades, club, and diamond.
    First, I took a bit of fondant and used Wilton yellow, brown, and gold gels to add some color. To make [...]

  • Eyeballs and Fingers Halloween Cake

    My inspiration for this cake was Halloween. I found the idea on the Wilton website. Since I work full time and go to school full time, I’m self teaching myself cake decorating.
    This cake was made using two square pans. I colored the white cake mix with Leaf Green coloring and swirled in Moss Green [...]

  • Baby in Tub Tiered Cake

    This baby shower cake was made for my nephew and his wife who were expecting their first child.
    The sizes of the cakes were 6″ layered, 8″ single and 12″ layered dark chocolate and yellow butter cake filled with fresh raspberry and iced in vanilla butter cream. The whole cake was then covered in pure white [...]

  • Pumpkins in Hay Cake

    This was a fall theme cake that I made for an elderly couple that were having a fall leaf themed wedding. The entire cake is 100% edible — the pumpkins are Pumpkin Spice Cake & the hay bale is Vanilla.
    For the hay bale I used a 16″ square cake. For the large pumpkin, I used [...]

  • Cowgirl Boot Cake

    My friend and I made this cake for her daughter’s best friend’s 22nd birthday. We started with two 9 x 13 – 2inch white cakes that’s been leveled and stacked. I used the cowgirl boot template I had made out of cardboard. I moved it very gently to my cardboard boot and put [...]