CASSIDY'S 10TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

Another fun topsy turvy cake for an adorable 10 year old.  Her favorite colors are purple, yellow, and pink and she loves polka dots.  Her mom surprised her with this cake and her eyes almost popped out when I brought the cake into her party.  That's why I do what I do.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY 2011

I made these fun 4th of July cookies.  My husband said they looked like fireworks!!

BABY SHOWER CAKE FOR FAITH

Cake

Art Piece

 

This cake was for a baby shower.  They gave me a piece of art that would be put on the wall in the baby's room and asked me to re-create it on the cake.  And here it is!! with the addition of the baby's name on the cake.  It was not an easy task to make the cake look like the art!  Lots of cutting and pasting with fondant.

The flavors of the cake were chocolate cake with raspberry mousse and fresh raspberries.  Chocolate ganache around the edges to resemble the frame.

13TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

This cake was for a darling 13 year old with many interests.  Soccer, i-pod, mac makeup, so I made all of them out of gumpaste.  She was so excited when I delivered the cake and had a great birthday party with all of her friends.
The flavors of this cake were chocolate cake with chocolate mousse and a layer of hazelnut crunch.

COCONUT CAKE

This is the yummiest cake!!  Coconut cake with Coconut Pastry Cream filling, Buttercream frosting and pure white coconut pressed into the buttercream.  A coconut lovers dream.The Happy Birthday plaque is made out of gum paste, left to dry then stenciled.  I love that technique!!

The flower holding up the plaque is rice paper dusted with luster dust, cut out and put on a Popsicle stick.

This cake would be a great Easter cake too!!

TOOL BOX CAKE

The theme of this birthday party was Tool Time, so I made this "tool box" and some tools.  It needed to feed 50 people so I made two cakes and stacked them on top of each other then covered all of it with the fondant.  I used Ace of Cakes fondant and did not like it at all.  I prefer Satin Ice but did not have enough red so I bought Duff's fondant and sorry Duff but I really don't like your fondant.  I do like your food colors though.
Anyway, the flavors of this cake were chocolate and hazelnut.  I received a text from one of the party goers that I am doing a cake for in two weeks and she said she wants these same flavors in her cake.  It really was delicious.
 

HOLLYWOOD CAKE

This cake was a referral from a very good pastry chef friend of mine named Yasmin.  She works with Danny who wanted a Hollywood theme cake for a birthday party.  This is what I came up with.  When I got to Danny's home to deliver the cake his house had been transformed to Hollywood 1936.  He had the red carpet leading into the house with bar tables, candles, and a photographer to take pictures of the guests arriving on the red carpet.  The backyard had a white piano set up, tables with black and white musical motif tablecloths, a screening room for showing a movie and a huge Hollywood sign on the hill.  Everyone was dressed in Tuxes, needless to say he had thought of everything.  The caterer was Scott from NewLeaf Catering and it was great to see him again.
This was an opera cake inside the fondant and decorations.  Love opera cake!!!

Update:
I just received this from Danny: 
Oh PAM!!!

That cake was SOOO FABUOUIS!!!
I was shocked when you told me the top layer WAS a cake!
These are the kind of cakes i want from now on!

June 2...my Birthday!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH PAM! So happy to have you in my circle of friends!!!

XX OO XX