VALENTINES DAY 2018 COCONUT CAKE

I have posted pictures of my coconut cake before but I really wanted to again because of this cake with my handmade white chocolate hearts.  This filling is coconut pastry cream and the whole cake is frosted with vanilla buttercream and sweetened flaked coconut.

BOUGAINVILLEA WEDDING CAKE

I made this cake for my best friends niece.  She wanted pink and red bougainvillea on the cake.  I had never used these flowers on a cake before so I tested them out first.  They do not do well as cut flowers so I had to cut and place the bougainvillea on the cake just one hour before the wedding started.
The flavor of the cake was carrot cake with cream cheese filling.  I iced the cake with vanilla buttercream and did a simple rustic design on the cake.

UNDER THE SEA BIRTHDAY CAKE

This cake was for one of my customers granddaughter.  She told me she liked all things underwater so I made this playful cake for her.
The flavor was lemon cake with lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream filling.

COCONUT CAKE

This is a 12" coconut birthday cake.  The cake is a chiffon cake and the filling is a coconut pastry cream with toasted coconut.  It is frosted with swiss meringue buttercream and covered with sweetened shredded coconut.  It was for a group of people, several of which were having birthday's.  The flowers are pesticide free roses from my garden.

I got a note from the woman that ordered the cake:

"The Coconut cake 🎂 was so good!! Everyone was raving, especially my husband Jimmy!!Thank you so much Pam"  
😘.xopb

RED VELVET CAKE FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

Here is a red velvet cake I made for Valentines Day.
I toasted some of the leftover cake in the oven, crushed it up, then put it on the side of the cake.
The top is some chocolate curls I made and then I added pink meringues and red fondant hearts.
The filling is cream cheese frosting.

TEAPOT CAKE

This cake was made for a high tea party at the country club where I used to work.  The flavors were chocolate cake with ganache and vanilla buttercream flavors.
It was quite a challenge!!!

50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CAKE

Gold is the color for 50th wedding anniversaries.  So I designed this cake for a 50th party.  There are 175 hand painted ruffles around the bottom tier of this cake.  Very time consuming but stunning.
Flavors were vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream, raspberry jam, and raspberry buttercream.
Happy Anniversary to Joyce and Wayne.

QUILTED BIG BOW CAKE

This cake was for two 40 year olds that were celebrating their birthdays together at Tommy Bahamas with 85 of their friends.
The flavors were two layers of Chocolate Cake and one layer of Vanilla Butter Cake with fillings of Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch and Vanilla Buttercream.
They forgot to give me the rhinestone 40 that they bought for the top of the cake ahead of time so I didn't get a picture of it on the cake.

PINK RUFFLE CAKE

This Pink Ruffle Cake was made for a very special lady on her birthday.  I have made many cakes, desserts, candies, and her favorite peanut brittle for many years.
The flavor was Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Filling.
This is what she wrote to me after the party:
Pam dear – without a doubt – the birthday cake you did for the party Jerry and Chuck gave me was THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAKE I’ve ever seen.  YOU are truly a pastry genius.  Thank you so much for this exquisite creation.

SHE'S A JEWEL BIRTHDAY CAKE

I made this cake for the Country Club where I used to work.  They asked me to match the flowers to the tablecloth.  I absolutely love this color combination!!!
The birthday girl loves jewelry so I made some edible jewelry to "throw" on her cake.
Flavors of this cake were chocolate cake with raspberry filling and chocolate mousse filling.

TIFFANY BLUE & BLING WEDDING CAKE

Thank you Scott & Beatriz for choosing Sugar Chef to make your wedding cake, cupcakes, and cookies on your wedding day.  I absolutely loved the Tiffany Blue color you chose with the white cake and white flowers.
The reception was at Desert Island Country Club and they were wonderful to work with.
The 5 tier cake flavors were vanilla and raspberry. The cupcakes were chocolate with vanilla buttercream frosting covered with fondant and carrot with cream cheese frosting.
The florist that supplied the beautiful roses and hydrangea was David Rohr Floral Studio, Cathedral City, Ca. www.davidrohrstudio.com  They were a pleasure to work with and their flowers were fresh and beautiful. They really went above and beyond expectations.

AVA'S 6TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

I do Ava's birthday cake every year. This is her 6 year birthday cake! I love watching my customer's kids grow up.
Again she was very specific about the flavors she wanted Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream.

PEGGY'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CAKE

Another fun birthday cake for Peggy. What an inspiration, 90 and still swims and plays tennis. I did her 85th birthday cake too, can't wait for her to see this one. Hopefully I will get to meet her one of these days.
Flavors were chocolate cake with raspberry mousse.

GOLD OMBRE WEDDING CAKE

Many times I make a cake for a venue and never get to meet the bride and groom.  Such is the scenario with this cake.  This cake is beautiful on it's own but before the reception the pastry department at the venue put some flowers on it.  I did not get to see it adorned with the flowers because they did it sometime after I delivered and before the wedding reception.
The middle tier technique is called Ombre which means a varigated color treatment.  The bottom tier was sprayed with an edible gold spray "paint".
The flavors of this cake were lemon cake with raspberry buttercream filling and lemon curd filling.

PRESLEY'S 1ST BIRTHDAY

I had to show you what a customer of mine did for her daughter's 1st Birthday party using my designer cupcakes and a large "Smash CupCake". Such a beautiful party for the most darling little girl with a cool first name!!

SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY CAKE

Chocolate Hazelnut Crunch is the flavor of this cake.  Sweet 16 with a candy theme.  This was a fun cake to make and even though small 8" there is a lot going on and it took quite a bit of time to make.  I even made the sprinkles on top and had to individually adhere them to the cake.

LITTLE 1 YEAR OLD "MONKEY" CAKE

This cake was made for a little girls first birthday.  Her parents call her their "Little Monkey" so they wanted that reflected on her cake.  She wrote to me the next day and said "Thank you Pam, we love the cake".
I am so glad they loved it.  They will have the pictures forever and I hope they saved the monkey.  It was completely edible of course but it could also be saved as a memento of Suvanee's first birthday celebration.

YELLOW & BLACK CAKE FOR SPRING

I actually made this cake a while ago but thought I would post it now that we are into spring.  I love yellow and black together.  For this event I also made mini coconut cupcakes pictured to the right of the cake.  The cake and cupcakes have my handmade bees buzzing around.  This cake just makes me happy!!

STENCILED CAKE

I was teaching the Advanced Professional Baking & Pastry Class at Cooking With Class La Quinta tonight about how to stencil onto a cake.  I just realized I had never posted a picture of this cake.  So here it is, better late than never.
I love stenciling on cakes and cookies, it gives such an elegant touch.
The flavor of this cake was chiffon cake with pastry cream filling.

BABY SHOWER CAKE

I did this cake for a baby shower that was held at an art gallery.  The flavors were white cake with raspberry and lemon fillings.  My inspiration for the cake was the invitation.
Below is a couple of testimonials:

 We loved your edible art.. didn't even want to cut it... but 'boy oh boy' it was so yummmmm !!!!

Pam you are a true artist and your creation fit perfectly in the gallery! Granted the invitation was your inspiration - but there are few people who could create such a memorable (and tasty ) masterpiece