Father's Day Sizzler...Grill Cake!

What's one of the most popular things to do for father's day? Have a BBQ! So even though the weather wasn't exactly cooperating this year, I decided to try a grill themed cake for the Father's Day event I attended. I created the grill items using fondant, chocolate fondant for the cheeseburgers and I dyed white fondant to create the hot dog and shrimp on the barbie. I bought this cool Wilton Icing Writing Pen that I found in Michael's, which was neat because the "Happy Father's Day" writing was a thick enough consistency that it looked just like ketchup!

Baby Shower Cake...Part Deux

Whew...finally finished the cake for the baby shower. What would be a cake decorating experience without a few disasters? And finally a finished product at 1:30am. Awesome. I went for the owl theme since the party is actually being thrown for the dad, and just went where my imagination took me. I bought pre-dyed Wilton pink fondant, but I must admit I was a little disappointed. I had a hard time rolling out the fondant, as it was drying/cracking pretty quickly, and so it made for a not so fun time covering the cake. But ah well, practice makes perfect.

I'm Almost Due....Baby Shower Cake Ideas!

I'm almost due...for another Baby Shower Cake that is! This one is an "it's a girl!" theme, which is always lovely, but it's for a co-worker and he's the dad. I was skimming through some cake ideas and since it's for co-workers and I'll be cake slaving away on a work night...I don't want to get too crazy with it. There's this one particular cake which I keep being attracted to because I think it's fun and cute and I love that you can cut into the belly, what a neat idea! How fun and sassy! Maybe I'll get to try the next...not so sure about that cake for a dad's party though. Anyway, I'll post whatever the creation is later in the week...

Fake or Cake? What's your Opinion!!

It seems that a fairly new (at least new to me) and popular notion among brides on a budget is the fake cake. By "fake" I mean ordering a beautifully decorated, fondant covered wedding cake...but what is inside? STYROFOAM! Some businesses even rent these already decorated cakes for your special day. Neat idea if you ask me, who ever eats all that cake anyway? So why pay for it? Often times the bottom or bottom two tiers are made of actual cake...can't skip that classic photo op. So what's your take? Is this really a growing bridal market? Would you forgo the real cake for a potential $500 price break?

It's a Boy!..First baby shower cake

This cake is a three tiered safari inspired baby shower cake, which was actually pretty fun to make. I covered the cake in white fondant and mixed a Wilton Sky Blue Icing, 1 oz. (Google Affiliate Ad) color to use for the zebra stripes and giraffe spots. I actually just looked up some zebra and giraffe patterns and did my best to copy the prints free hand, drawing them in to the fondant and then cutting them out. I used plastic straws for support throughout the cake (I was a bit nervous that the weight of the top layer would cause the fondant on the bottom layers to start separating under pressure). This cake was a big hit at the party, and it was my first baby shower cake!

Captain America cake for a True Hero!

Hmm...I received a cake order for a huge comic lover who also happened to spend quite a few years serving our country in the Army. Captain America was his favorite character, I was told, so he deserved nothing more than his own shield...who can argue with that. This Captain America shield is filled with red, white and blue vanilla flavored cake and was a huge hit at the party!

Converse Cake

So, my first sneaker cake had to be a converse high top, ode to my childhood, what can I say. The construction of this cake was a wee bit of an issue, next time I'll definitely use more doweling as support, but once covered it fondant it was a beauty. Great cake idea for the male counterpart, and who doesn't like a Converse shoe...seriously.