Show Off Your Stripes

The cake orders have picked up. Woo hoo! Here's a zebra striped cake with matching cupcakes that I'm delivering today.

A Fish Out of Water

A former co-worker's boyfriend ordered a birthday cake for her back in July. She returned the favor for his birthday a couple months ago. He's an outdoors person, so she wanted a fish cake, specifically a trout. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to pull it off, but I think it turned out ok!

It's a Jungle Out There

I got an order for a jungle-themed birthday cake. Here are the decorations that were used for the party:


I made fondant toppers to match the decorations with a green cake base and leaf accents.

Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is a popular baby shower theme, but until last week I had yet to make a cake with that theme. Weird! The cake didn't need to feed a lot of people, so I wasn't able to fit tons of animals on the boat. I definitely had to squeeze in two giraffes though!

Unicorns and Rainbows

The wonderful VS_Jess requested a cake for her daughter's birthday. Her daughter loves horses - all horses, real and fantasy. Fantasy ones are more fun, so I went with a unicorn theme. When it comes to unicorns, you've got to have rainbows, too!



You can't really see it in the picture, but the unicorn and blue part of the cake are covered in pearl dust. Sparkle, sparkle!

BTW, Jessica makes some awesome hair bows/flowers. Check out Vintage Swag on Facebook.

I Love Nyan Cat

In case you don't know what Nyan Cat is, first of all, what's wrong with you!? ;) Just kidding! Here's the video...



I'm obsessed with Nyan Cat AKA Pop Tart Cat. It's so cute! I've been saying I'm going to make a cake of it for a few weeks now. Friday was @rab419's birthday, and since he also appreciates the Nyan Cat, it was the perfect time to make the cake!

I even make the cake batter rainbow.


Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!

Baby Safari Adventure

Mike's friend and his lady are having a baby. The baby shower was yesterday and of course I made the cake! The theme was safari and all the future baby momma requested was a monkey hanging from a tree and a giraffe. I put that on top of the cake, "Baby Maddox" around the tiers and a leaf border. And voilà, a safari adventure!

The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

One of my work BFFs and social media partner in crime, Justin, is leaving Hot Topic. :( I'm super bummed about it because he's the one that makes work fun. During these weird times at work, he kept me laughing. It's gonna be weird not seeing him almost every day.

Working in social media together, we got to spend the day watching stupid videos. One of our favorites is the Honey Badger. Justin is like a honey badger, so for his last week of work I made him this cake.



I smashed part of the red border putting the cake in the box, but I figured the honey badger don't care. It doesn't give a sh*t. :)

All the Buzz

Mike's cousin knows how to throw a party. Her daughter's first birthday was this past weekend, so you know she went all out. The theme was bees and she asked me to make some cupcakes. She likes things simple, so I frosted the cupcakes in a beehive shape and make little bee fondant toppers.



Here's the cupcakes in the stand. The sign says "Reecey's Sweetsies."

This Cake Makes No Sense

A co-worker has been reminding me for a few months that her birthday is in May and she likes unicorns, just in case I wanted to make her a cake. lol Well her birthday is finally here. She has a vase on her desk with dirt and grass in it and in the middle is a little unicorn figure. Here's a pic of it...


I thought it would be fun to make a cake of that. It has a unicorn and I think she'd get a kick out of it. Here's my version...


I couldn't find the same unicorn figure, but that's alright. I hope she likes it. I'll find out in a couple hours.

I love making silly cakes!

Cow? Horse?

There's a cafe inside of my work. Snazzy, I know. The manager of the cafe asked me a couple weeks ago to make a horse cake for his girlfriend. I was hesitant at first because I thought he was going to want a realistic, 3D cake. I wasn't in a mood to make a cake that was going to cause a lot of frustration. haha But after talking to him about it, he wanted a more cartoon horse.

This was the picture he showed me:


All he asked was that it have a saddle with the number 21 on it. Here's what I made:


This horse could easily pass as cow. lol Either way, I think it's cute. :)

Bake a Cake

My mom, sister and I helped host Mike's cousin's baby shower on Saturday. We were in charge of food, prizes and of course the cake. His cousin calls me Angie Bake a Cake. My mom is Mother Bake a Cake and my sis is Sister Bake a Cake. haha

The theme for her shower was baby animals with purple and green colors. I took the animals from her invitation and made them as fondant toppers. Around the cake I put purple and green polka dots.



Matching cupcakes.


An up-close look at the toppers.

Once, twice, 84 Times a Ladybug

I got an order for a ladybug smash cake with matching cupcakes. Easy, right? Not when the order is for 84 cupcakes! I knew the cupcake toppers weren't something I could do in one sitting, so thankfully I was smart and started them earlier in the week. I was so over ladybugs by the time I finished this order. lol But they turned out adorable!

Nom Nom

Last week, one of my Internet Marketing peeps had a birthday. She's a total geek for Joss Whedon, so my original plan was to make a cake having to do with him. Then one of my other work peeps suggested making a hedgehog cake since she has one named Nom Nom. Genius!

I looked for some ideas online, but most of the cakes weren't very good. Until I came across one that used almonds for the spikes. Double genius!

Here's my little hedgehog:


The "spikes" took forever to put on the cake. Good thing this was a small cake!

A Sweet Hoot

A co-worker's friend hit me about about making an owl cake for his girlfriend. He was looking for a cute owl, but not too childish and definitely not scary. Uh, I don't see many scary owls out there. lol

I think this is exactly what he was looking for:

Man's Best Friend

My co-worker's son turned 2 a couple weeks ago. His son LOVES dogs, but instead of getting him one for his birthday, he ordered a 3-D dog cake from me. lol That kid got gypped, if you ask me!

I've never really made a sculpted cake, so I was nervous. It wasn't as horrible as I anticipated, but I don't think I'll be open to any more sculpted cakes any time soon.

My first and last 3-D dog cake:

A Safari Adventure

The theme for the May birthday party at the DWC was Safari. I was really looking forward to this theme, because the cake possibilities were endless! But I ended up having eight cakes that week, so I didn't get to go as crazy as I wanted. The cake still turned out adorable!

Here are two of the animal toppers:


I put palm trees around the sides of the cakes, but do those grow in safari areas? I don't think so. haha Oops! My mom made the tiger-striped cupcakes.

Puppy Love

Another cake for someone in HR! At work, we're allowed to bring in our dogs on Fridays. Marcelle in HR has the cutest dogs, so I always make sure to stop by her desk to see them. She turned 30 last week, so I made her a pug-themed cake.



P.S. This was my first attempt at a fondant dog. I think he turned out cute!