Pirate's treasure

I am not certain how many times I have made this pirate's cake, but each time it seems like the recipient is super happy with the results. This time, it was for Janet!

Moooo-You're Twooo!

 Donna has always loved all kinds of animals, but when she was two, she really loved cows... Lucky for her, grandma came to see her for her birthday and grandma made her this adorable cow cake!

Donna Hits First Base, well at least her first year

When my niece was a year old, she loved sitting with her daddy and cheering on the Colorado Rockies...

We had an ice cream cake for the adults, with HOMEMADE strawberry ice cream (when we go pink, we go all out). It's iced with pink whipped cream and the stitches are red piping gel.

Donna had her very own smash cake, sans ice cream, but still with the whipped cream icing and gel stitches.  Cute birthday bear candle on top.

We had left over batter and made some cupcakes to go with, here is big brother RJ enjoying one... Best big brother ever!

Tinkerbell for Donna

 First, Aunt B made invitations for Donna's party. If you hadn't guessed, Donna is pretty girly...

 So it only stands to reason that she should also have a sweet Tinkerbells cake to go with the invites. Done in buttercream, with a little added sparkle on Tink's wings (you have to have fairy dust in order to fly). This was enjoyed by the birthday girl and all of her party goers.

B-Jo's Mardi Gras Birthday!

 For my birthday one year, mom made me a Mardi Gras birthday cake! She even hid a baby inside... Not exactly a King Cake, but fit for a Queen!

Jennifer's Butterfly Garden

This a two tier cake, white cake with raspberry filling.

Decorated with buttercream icing and sprayed blue and green with buttercream flowers and grass, this cake features wafer paper butterflies.

Butterflies are hand cut and hand "painted" with luster dust.

Close up of painted butterfly.

Close up of cut and painted butterfly.

Close up of top, one "cut" butterfly and one "painted" butterfly on cluster of "hydrangea."

This cake has a 6" tier and an 8" tier and would provide 32 party servings or 36 wedding servings.

Princess Grace's 5th Birthday

This cake was done for a little girl turning five. She was having a princess birthday. Her favorite color is pink, but we used purple too, for contrast.

Cake was white with buttercream and raspberry filling, covered in marshmallow fondant. Decorations (stripes, pearls, bow are fondant; dots on pink quilting and writing are buttercream).

On the top of the cake are "jewels" made of hard strawberry candy, attached with buttercream.

Tiara is purchased (because birthday girl wanted to wear as opposed to eat the tiara) but could be recreated out of fondant or gumpaste and hard candy jewels.

Party cake serves 40 (6" tier, 8" tier). Similar size wedding cake serves 50.

Pirate Princess Cake for Sweet Sixteen

Cake for sweet sixteen party where the theme was Pirate Princess. Black, white and pink reigned supreme. Cake is whimsical topsy-turvy cake.

Top tier is marbled chocolate and white cake with chocolate buttercream filling and vanilla butter cream under fondant. Middle tier is white cake with vanilla buttercream filling and icing. Bottom tier is chocolate cake with chocolate butter cream filling and icing.

All three tiers are covered in vanilla marshmallow fondant with fondant decor including hand cut skulls and crossbones, flowers, stripes, dots, rope, etc. Borders are fondant as well. Bows on skulls are royal icing as is the anchor. Flowers are wafer paper and fondant/gumpaste. There are some accents with luster dust.

There were also twenty-four marbled cupcakes with buttercream icing and royal icing anchors and bows.

Also provided were giant lollipops decorated to match the theme with party guests names as well. Decorations are in royal icing.

Additional lollipops (orange one for her brother--that's why it's less girly).

Cake would provide servings as follows:
top tier--16 servings
middle tier--20-24 servings
bottom tier--36 servings
cupcakes--24 servings

Cakes are approximately six inches tall but their diameters vary as they are whimsical so they are wider at top of tier than at the bottom of the tier. So the number of servings may vary.

Pirate Cake

Corwyn hugged me when I delivered his cake. He even said it was better then a Pirates of the Caribbean cake he had seen at the store.

Chocolate cake with chocolate and vanilla buttercream icings, graham cracker crumb/brown sugar sand, blue piping gel water, pretzel and royal icing palm trees, graham cracker/pretzel/chocolate icing ships, royal icing skull and crossbones, fruit roll 'X', details for treasure chest are below.

Treasure chest is chocolate cake, iced in chocolate with hard candy gems in spearmint, watermelon, raspberry, cherry, and orange flavors; chocolate "gold coins" and some plastic bead lengths.

This cake would provide 72 party size servings.

Cowboy Birthday

This cake was for a sweet boy turning five. His name is Devyn. He was having a cowboy themed birthday part and his mom wanted a cute cowboy for her little boy.

A half sheet size chocolate cake with chocolate and vanilla buttercream icings. Everything is edible, even the chocolate "rocks".


This a view of the side, with wooden posts and barb wire.

This a close-up of the corner with a cute little sheriff badge.

This cake will provide 72 party size servings.

Tony B's Gibson SG Special in Emerald Green aka Electric Guitar

This cake was for a young man turning 20 who plays guitar in a band. He works with James at the Tire Shop.

Cake was a triple chocolate fudge cake with chocolate buttercream and chocolate mousse fillings. Iced and decorated in buttercream with a fondant piece painted with luster dust to give it a shiny appearance.

Baked in the shape of a guitar, this cake would likely provide 12-15 servings (or in the case of the boys at the shop, 6-8--it all depends on the size).

Bright Teen Birthday

A tiered cake, with "urban camoflage" in pink, purple, and blue. It has bright buttercream flowers and a funky border. The 10" round and 8" round layers would provide 48 party sized servings. This cake was white with buttercream filling.

Bunch o' Bananas

Fun cake for an adult, from a group. This "bunch" of bananas is decorated in buttercream. The sign shown is a simple paper sign, but could be made in sugar paste (with enough notice). It's a 12" round with another layer to help create the bananas. It would likely provide around 40 party size servings.

Tow Mater

Cute cake for someone in love with Disney's Cars. This is an 11"x15" cake and would provide around 28 servings. This cake is only 2" high, therefore, pieces would need to be cut larger than traditional party servings. It is iced in buttercream.

Nurse Birthday

This cute nurse cake is 4" high, was white cake with buttercream icing and filling. This cake would likely serve up to 30 party servings.

Having a Ball!

Alec's Having a Ball!!!

"Basketball" is 9"round.
"Soccer ball" is 8" dome.
"Baseball" is 5" dome.

All are iced in buttercream.

Will serve 48 party servings.

WILD-life

McKenna's WILD Birthday

This is an 11" x 15" white cake with buttercream filling.
Iced in green buttercream the embellishments are palm trees with royal icing leaves and pretzel rod tree trunks. Then the Wild animals, elephants, lions, tigers, and zebras, are candy melts. These are formed and then hand decorated--they are E-D-I-B-L-E!!!

This cake will serve 50-55 party servings--as well as a few candy treats!!

Sand Castle at the Beach Party

Eliza's 5th Birthday Sand Castle Cake for her beach party.

The bottom layer is a 12" square, the top layer is a 6" square. They are iced in an ivory/sand/tan colored buttercream. They have applied "sand" (made from graham cracker crumbs and light brown sugar). The towers are fondant covered, with the applied "sand." The towers are from Wilton's Romantic Castle Cake Set. There are white chocolate* pieces like shells, crabs and a cute pair of sunglasses.** The cake is chocolate with raspberry filling.

This cake will provide 60 party servings.

*Made from Wilton Candy Melts®
**Not recommended for outdoor parties or parties where the ambient temperature is much over 70°F

"Swamped " at 50

The recipient of this cake does heating and air for a living. So having it say "Feeling 'Swamped' at 50, Jon?" was great for him. The cake is white with buttercream and raspberry filling. Iced in buttercream with a sugar cookie/fondant "swamp cooler" and a sugar cookie chair and fondant figure. Everyone thought the cake was great, especially the birthday "boy".

The cake size is 11" x 15" and serves just over 40 (2" x 2" serving). Bigger size servings would serve fewer.

Aircraft Carrier Birthday

This was a sculpted cake done for B-Jo's husband James for his 30th birthday (a big milestone for a CF patient).


This cake served 50+.

Beginning Photo is from the top. Second photo is from the port side. Next photo is the aft view of the stern. Next to last photo is the forward view of the bow. Last photo is another view of the bow.