Dora & Boots Halloween birthday

This past weekend we also made a cake that came by request from Brigitte for her little girl's 3rd birthday.  Brigitte happened to be at the party the weekend before when we made the FCB soccer jersey cake and loved it.  Brigitte sent me a picture of Dora and Boots dressed up for Halloween and asked if we could put them on Audrina's cake as she loves Dora.

This cake is a 9"x13" double layer chocolate vegan cake filled with vegan buttercream and sprinkled with a little oreo cookie crumbs.  We took the picture that was sent to us and traced Dora and boots and recreated them in fondant for our cake topper.

And in keeping with the Halloween theme we added a few ghostly details around the cake and used black & orange for the lettering, trim and pumpkins.

 

We wish Audrina a very happy 3rd Birthday!

Wendy's birthday

This past weekend a dear friend and neighbour celebrated her 58th birthday and her partner Kim asked if we could make her a cake since a few of their friends were coming to help celebrate. 

Kim was playing around with the # 58 and sent me an email with what she wanted on the cake. Pretty clever huh? Except that 5 - 8 actually equals -3 but who's counting. The cake is an 8" square vanilla cake filled with white chocolate mousse & fresh strawberries.

We added blue fondant flowers since blue happens to be Wendy's favourite and since the lettering was done in a navy blue we thought covering the cake in yellow complimented the blue.

Happy Birthday Wendy!

and many more, just remember it's only a number.



FCB Birthday

This past Saturday we delivered a cake for a 40th Birthday. Josie, a friend of one of my close friends asked if we could make a cake for her hubby's 40th after the cake she had already ordered else where cancelled on her. Josie sent a picture of a cake she already had in mind for her hubby who for obvious reasons is an FC Barcelona fan.

When recreating a team logo and colours it is always a challenge but I think we did okay here. Mel mixed the colours of the fondant perfectly to the team colours of burgundy, navy and gold.  All details including the team crest were made with fondant.  The cake requested was our deliciously moist red velvet cake with a cream cheese filling.

Happy 40th Birthday Zyad!

All the best wishes for many more happy years!

Adriana's 3rd Birthday!

Well back from vacation and it's back to work. Our 1st cake back is for our little sweet Adriana, Jackson's little friend who turned 3.  Her mom Steph sent us a photo of a cake done by PinkCakeBox in NJ and asked if we could make it for Adriana. We thank Anne from PinkCakeBox for the inspiration, she is a very talented cake artist and we hope we made her proud with our adaption.

Though this is a 3 tiered cake the top tier is only a dummy cake as they did not require so much cake for the party. The 2 bottom tiers are vegan chocolate cake filled with an Oreo butter cream made with vegan butter.

The # 3 topper is made from gum paste where as all the flowers, monkeys and trim are made from fondant.

 

We wish Adriana a wonderful fun filled year with lots of love.

Happy 3rd Birthday Adriana!

The pitter patter of little feet.....

Last Sunday a baby shower was held for Daniela who was expecting a little bundle in October. To my surprise when I delivered the cake, Natalie, Daniela's sister, informed me that Daniela's little bundle got a little impatient and couldn't wait any longer to meet his parents.  As it turns out Daniela had a little boy the night before her shower.  Mommy and baby are doing fine. The shower still took place but with the absence of the guest of honour. She was a little busy.  Here is the cake we made for Daniela and her little bundle of Joy.

At the time the cake was ordered Daniela had no idea if she was having a girl or a boy so neutral colours were in order.  Daniela liked the minty green so we chose that to be our main focus. The design was one of a few that Natalie and Daniela were deciding on and in the end they chose the baby bottom cake.

The bottom cake is a 12" wild raspberry cake with cream cheese filling.  The little feet, which are made from fondant, going around the cake are to resemble the baby shower invites in various soft pastel colours. 

The baby bottom is a round chocolate Guinness cake filled with white chocolate cream mousse then covered in white textured fondant to resemble a diaper.  The legs and feet are made from fondant as is the little blanket draped over baby's bottom.

 

Our warmest best wishes go out to the new Mommy & Daddy and their little bundle of Joy.

Many wonderful years are ahead, enjoy every minute as times just seems to fly by.

Goodbye tummy, hello Mummy!

Last Sunday a baby shower was given for my dear friend Norma who is expecting her 1st child in October. I gladly offered to make a cake for the occasion. I had recently brought in some of our chocolate Guinness cake for the girls in the office to try and Norma loved it so we decided to make her baby shower cake in chocolate Guinness.

Since Norma and hubby Fred do not know what the sex of the baby is we decided to stay very neutral with the colour scheme. The pregnant belly cake is one that Mel & I have been wanting to make and just waiting for the opportunity. Norma loved the idea and decided to let us go with it. Both boobs and belly are Chocolate Guinness cake filled with white chocolate cream mousse.

The boobs are 1st covered in skin tone fondant and then draped with yellow fondant for the bodice. We continued the yellow fondant draping over the belly for the skirt. We added a fondant bow with polka dots and a little fondant trim at the neck line and hem of the skirt with a little added luster dust in yellow.

With baby's little foot pushing through no doubt trying to get out into the world and meet his mommy & daddy.

 

We wish Norma & Fred all the best wishes with their soon new addition.

Always remember;

 "PINK or BLUE WE WELCOME YOU!"

Princess Reese's 5th Birthday

This request came from Tanya for her daughter Reese's 5th Birthday. My how the years fly by, she is already 5 and is very much into princess'. Actually she asked that all invited come dressed as their favourite princess.

The 10" square is vanilla and chocolate cake filled with cookies and cream. The edible print is actually of Reese's birthday invites. We just inserted our own birthday wishes.  The 4 little crowns are made from gum paste and the cake is bordered with purple & pink candy covered chocolates.

The little Princess' are surrounded by colourful fondant daisies and sugar pearls.

Happy 5th Birthday Princess Reese!