Posts Tagged ‘Designer Cakes’

Not too long ago, my niece Sadie asked her mom why we have noses. Ali replied, “So we can smell things. What’s your favorite smell?” To which Sadie replied, “Pink!”
The girl couldn’t be more right! For her past two birthdays, “pink” has been the only guidance I’ve been given in regards to her cake. Today [...]

My husband Andrew had never been to New York City before, so I planned a trip for the two of us as a celebration of his birthday (September 29). We saw so many sites and famous landmarks and even got to watch a Yankees game and a live taping of David Letterman’s Late Show!
We did [...]

On August 7th, my amazing sister-in-law Anna Meadows married her warrior, Cody Light. I was honored when they asked me to design their wedding cake. The following photos were taken by Anna and Cody’s friend Abi Martin, an exceedingly fabulous photographer. Thank you, Abi, for capturing their day so perfectly and for being so gracious [...]

Amanda, my amazingly talented photographer friend agreed to trade me a photography session in exchange for a cake. The photos she took were INCREDIBLE and no cake in the world would have been a fair trade, but I gave it a shot anyway!
I was provided with a plate that was the inspiration for [...]

A co-worker friend of mine is both a talented graphic designer and an avid music lover. His first tattoo–a stylized treble clef that he designed himself–was the inspiration for his 31st birthday cake.

When planning birthday parties, how have you used icons/symbols to represent the guest of honor?

I enjoy having enough cake-making skills to be able to whip something up for a friend in need. A buddy of mine at work came to me one day and asked me to create a cake for his father’s 75th birthday celebration. I made a chocolate 10″ round with milk chocolate base icing and dark [...]

After coveting a friend’s copy for months, another pal gave me my very own copy of the book Hello, Cupcake as a wedding gift. For the past several weeks, I’ve been leafing through the pages, wanting to create something and being a little too intimidated to start. That all ended with this post by my [...]

Last Tuesday, I posted photos of the wedding guest book I made for my friends Mégan and Angel. Today is my chance to show you the cake I created for them.

For their reception, Mégan and Angel ordered cupcakes from Cuppies and Joe for their guests, but they still wanted to include the tradition of saving [...]

I was asked to make an Xbox controller Groom’s cake for my friend Mikie’s wedding reception. Here are the steps it took to make this cake a success.

STEP ONE:
I baked two rectangular layers of milk chocolate cake, placed buttercream filling between the layers, and used a stencil I created on my computer to cut the [...]

I love making cakes for kids’ parties and my fiancé Andrew’s nieces and nephews especially love my creations. Niece Lily recently turned 4, and she requested that I make a pink princess cake for her party.
Here are the step-by-step directions for making a princess cake. I realize you may read some of the steps and [...]