This is a cake that I made last year for my world-traveling friend Kim’s birthday, after she came back from a big trip! I didn’t have a spherical pan for the earth, so I used a steel mixing bowl lined with parchment paper. It worked pretty well– it didn’t bake perfectly evenly, but did the…
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Valentine’s Day Cupcakes
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Hope your day is sweet! 😉 A very Happy Birthday as well to my Mom and friend Doris! I was glad to be able to try out my new cupcake carrier and display stand– Thanks Nicky!
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This cute cuddly cake was made (with lots of love) to celebrate my cousin’s baby shower! My mom and sister baked the cakes and helped decorate the cupcakes! For the bear, we used a bear-shaped cake pan, like this one (link), in which the left and right sides were baked separately. Once they were baked…
Read MoreCongratulations Cake (with white roses)
Fondant flowers are fun! This was my first time creating 3D flower decorations. I made the roses by starting with a single circular disc of thin fondant, tightly rolled for the flower’s center, which acts as a base for the rest of the flower. I cut more circles of fondant for the other petals (about…
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This cake was for a pre-wedding office celebration for a co-worker! I used fondant icing to cover and decorate the cake, and wrote the text using a Food Writers marker (edible ink).
Read MoreYoga Cupcakes (by Kim and Nat)
Kim and I made these fondant yoga cupcakes for the final session of an awesome Intro to Yoga course that we took at Core Studio last year. Namaste!
Read MorePretty Purple Birthday Cake
Playing with purple petals and pretty piping!
Read MoreUFC Octagon Cake!
The “ULTIMATE” cake for UFC fans! My friend Kim helped me create this cake for Matt. This octagon cake was a double-layer round cake that I cut away on 8 sides and covered in white fondant. We used sparklers on the 8 corners to add some fireworks. NOTE: Burning sparklers WILL melt plastic mesh (used for…
Read MoreFondant Flower Cupcakes
These fun flowery creations were made for my friend Christy’s birthday, inspired by her love of gardening and nature! The carrot cupcakes were topped with spirals of cream cheese icing, then decorated with colorful stylized fondant flowers. I used different sized flower and star-shaped cookie cutters to make the layered petal shapes from rolled marshmallow…
Read MoreThe Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake
This was a 1st birthday cake for my delightful niece, Merryn! The design was inspired by the children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I made a carrot cake from scratch and covered it with cream cheese icing. I colored, rolled, cut, and added the fondant shapes for the caterpillar and fruit. 🙂
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