A Race Through Italy

Another one of my favorite customers is @GenSpin. She is one of the sweetest and most positive ladies I know. She wanted a Cars 2 cake for her son's birthday. He loves Francesco from the movie, so she wanted an Italian touch to the cake. I went with a race through Italy theme with famous monuments from the country. Also, the race track is in the shape of a "5" because that's how old her son turned.

Minnie in Pink

Here's a small Minnie Mouse cake and cupcakes with pink bows.

Courtney in Wonderland

My BFF and I have the same birthday. We rule. Her hubby planned a surprise birthday party this year and asked me to make the cake. He didn't have a theme for the party, so I went with Alice in Wonderland for the cake. Each tier represents her favorite characters. The bottom is the Queen, the top is the Cheshire cat and the topper is the Mad Hatter. My favorite part was painting the roses red. hehe

Baby Heffalump

My lovely friend Kandy had her baby shower a couple weeks ago. It was Heffalump themed and the colors were purple and turquoise.

I made a Heffalump topper out of fondant and had purple flowers and turquoise butterflies cascading down.

Protecting the Galaxy One Cake at a Time

I love making Toy Story cakes! And I love making cakes that take elements from something without having to be so obvious about what kind of cake it is.

This is a Buzz Lightyear cake I made for a co-worker. She provided the topper so that's why it looks plain on top.

Pretty Princesses

Mike's cousin's daughter (Mikaela) turned three on Saturday. They had a little birthday party for her and of course I offered to make the cake!

Mikaela wanted a princess cake and blue frosting... done and done!


The best part was when Mikaela saw the cake she immediately poked it to get some frosting. lol

Nightmare Before Christmas

One of my co-workers LOVES The Nightmare Before Christmas and Halloween. She's pregnant and due soon. Perfect timing to have a baby around your favorite holiday! She must have planned it. haha Her department threw her a Halloween-themed baby shower yesterday and asked me to make some Nightmare Before Christmas cupcakes.

Beauty Minus the Beast

One of my regulars wanted a Belle-themed cake for her daughter's birthday. Beauty and the Beast might be my least favorite Disney movie. Yes, I said it! haha But there's so many possibilities when it comes to cakes. Since she was specific and wanted something with Belle, I went with draping yellow fondant, like her dress, on shimmery white fondant with rose accents. She provided the cake topper, so that's why there's a space on top. Just imagine a little Belle figure on top. :)

Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse!

I don't have cable, so I don't know what Mickey Mouse is up to these days. Apparently he has a Clubhouse. I know I'll be back in the loop with children's television once I have kids. Believe you me, my kids will love Mickey and anything Disney, because I do!

Anyways, here's a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake:


Yesterday it was 105°. The birthday party for this cake was at a park. The heat definitely took a toll on this cake. I'm glad I got a picture of it before the sun beat it up.

Blast Off

Another Toy Story themed cake! This one looks like it's just a space themed cake, but I didn't have to cake topper when I took the picture. The lady who ordered the cake sent me a picture of the topper and asked for a space cake in matching colors. Done and done!

Here's the candle topper:


And the cake:

Under the Sea

The Little Mermaid is my favorite Disney movie. Hands down. Aladdin is a close second, though. So I always enjoy getting a request for a Little Mermaid themed cake.



Next time I need to watch the movie while making the cake. Fun times for sure!

To Infinity... and Beyond!

My sister's birthday was a few weeks ago. Since Toy Story 3 came out the day after her birthday and she loves the previous two films, I decided that would be the theme for her birthday. I decorated her desk at work in a Toy Story theme and made some matching cupcakes.



Woody was definitely the hardest to make. Rex and the aliens are my favorite! If I had seen Toy Story 3 before making the cupcakes, I would've definitely made a few of the cupcakes with some of the new characters. I love Mr. Pricklepants and Buttercup! No Big Baby though.

Wizards of Waverly Castle

First of all, I've been such a slacker with updating my blog. I'm determined to catch up tonight!

A month ago, a co-worker ordered a Wizards of Waverly Place castle cake. I had never heard of this show before and I still don't really know much about it. The only Wizards elements she requested was that the points in the castle look like wizard hats and that this image be on top of the cake:


I've made a castle cake before so I just incorporated what she wanted and came up with this:

Getting Married? You're as Mad as a Hatter!

My lovely ladyfriend, @clearasmud, is getting married next month. Her bridal shower was last weekend. She LOVES Alice in Wonderland so it was no surprise that it had a tea party theme. It was très cute!

She requested a Mad Hatter hat cake. I used the Disney version one and put her wedding date on the card.


I ended up being the one to cut the cake and that was NOT easy. I make the cake. I don't cut them. =)

Princess and the Frog

A co-worker's friend ordered this Princess and the Frog cake. I never got around to seeing the movie when it was in theaters. I really wanted to! I guess I'll have to catch it when it's on DVD. I got the topper from Decopac and used their example to decorate. If I had seen the movie, then I probably would have gotten more creative with it. It turned out cute though!

Cupcakes in Wonderland

Tomorrow I get to go to a free screening of Alice in Wonderland... in IMAX 3D! My job has some pretty sweet perks. To celebrate the new film, I decided to make some Alice-themed cupcakes! These are based more on the Disney animated film. Maybe after I see the new one, I'll make some cupcakes based on it.

I went with a red velvet flavor in honor of the Red Queen.

Two group shots:




Red hearts for the Red Queen and Ace of Hearts cards:


"Eat me" sweets:


Cheshire Cat's face and mushrooms/flowers:


Mad Hatter's hat:


Tweedledee & Tweedledum hats and bow ties:

It's Goofy... Garsh!

One of the recruiters at work asked if I could make a Goofy cake for her niece. Goofy is her favorite. Goofy is awesome, I didn't think he was anyone's favorite though. But after posting on Twitter that I was making a Goofy cake, I found out tons of people love him. Who knew?

Wilton has a Goofy-shaped cake pan, but since it's discontinued it sells for big bucks on eBay. I didn't want to spend a lot of money and the shape of the pan wasn't complicated, so I just made the outline myself. Woot!