Mickey Mouse 50th Birthday

It was a little challenging coming up with a Mickey Mouse themed cake for a lady turning 50! The "MM hat" has a rice krispie treat base covered in black fondant with gumpaste ears, painted with a little edible lacquer.

Cauldron Cake

This little cake was for a lady having a Halloween party for her girlfriends.  So much fun to put together...fondant froggy, bones, eyeballs, rocks and flames. Wish I got more Halloween orders, I love this theme!

Anna's Birthday Dress

My daughter designed her own cake this year and I just loved what she came up with!  The skirt is cake covered with pink fondant petal frills, the bodice of the cake is gumpaste.  Happy Birthday, sweetheart!

Scrolls 'n Dots Wedding Cake

This buttercream cake was topped with dark red roses at the recption which really made for a striking cake...I love simple red, white & black.

Michigan Cottage Food Law signed July 14, 2010

Exciting news for those of us in the home baking business in Michigan!!!  Governor Jennifer Granholm signed the Michigan Cottage Food Law in to effect on July 14, 2010, making it legal to produce and sell cakes (and many other "non-potentially hazardous foods") from a domestic kitchen without the regulations enforced by the Department of Agriculture on commercial kitchens.  This is HUGE!  It means we small bakers came "come out of the closet" without having to spend our childrens college funds on either renting expensive commercial space or investing in a commercial kitchen in our homes.  Allowing us to operate legally means that we can now advertise, grow our businesses and determine it's viability as a full-time career.  I'm really excited about the adventure ahead!  Thanks Governor Granholm!

Daisy Cake for Mom!

This was for the mom of a good client and I really wanted it to be special. Pink gumpaste daisies of different shapes and sizes on the cupcakes. Originally, I was planning on making much more contemporary, simple flowers, but then I broke out the dusts, started making leaves and stayed up most of the night!

Pink Hearts Cupcake Tower

Simple pinks hearts cupcake tower for a baby naming party last weekend.  It was in one of the gorgeous salons and the Townsend hotel.  I wish I'd taken photos of the room because the set up was so pretty.

Christina's Cake

 

This was for the girlfriend of one of the designers I work with at my day job. The words are something they like to say to one another and I thought it was kind of cute. Based on a Duff cake. Slighty wonky, hand painted with hand cut Willy Wonka font letters.

Bentley Cake

This was my first modeled car and I spent HOURS on it. OMG, this took way longer than I thought it would but my client loved it so it was worth it. Also happy with cake part which was and Andrea Sullivan design (been "inspired" by a lot of great designers lately...thank you.)

Train Cake

This little train cake was so fun to put together.  My favorite part?  The pond!  I used piping gel colored with some blue gel paste, rolled some fondant rocks and little fondant duck.  Funniest thing about it is I was watching Johnny Depp in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when I was decorating it and now every time I see this cake, I start singing "Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka..."

Monkey Cupcake Tower

The design inspiriation for this set up was the new baby's bedding...it was so cute.  The cupcake toppers were all cut by hand and very time consuming.  I really liked the palm leaves and kept that template to use again (hopefully!)

Retirement Cake

This was for a lady who was retiring from a career as a seamstress. It was such a fun cake to make...I loved making the buttons and the thread reels. Everything fondant.

2010 Mrs. Michigan Cake

This was for a repeat customer who was recently crowned "Mrs. Michigan." The pageant gives her a going away party before she leaves to compete in the Mrs. USA pageant in Las Vegas next week, this cake was for her party. Crown was gumpaste with non-edible gems.

Horse Cake

This was an order from a regular customer who has a friend who LOVES horses. I was pretty happy but ran out of chocolate fondant so the mane wasn't as full as I wanted it to be.  Anyhow, had fun carving and dusting it.

Graduation Cupcakes

This cupcake tower was for the graduating 5th Grade class at our elementary school.  Can't believe that's going to be my boy next year!

Beer Mug Cake

Sculpted beer mug cake for a work collegue. My favorite part...the board (fondant painted with edible paint)!!

Contemporary Cuppies

Dr. Suess Baby Shower

When the Principal at mys kids elementary school told me the theme for her daughters baby shower, I was very excited because I LOVE Dr. Suess's illustrations. I knew I was going to hand paint the fish and was looking forward to trying something new. I cut the characters out of fondant first, attached them to the cake and then painted them with edible paint (petal dust/alcohol). I was really happy with the way it came out and the mom-to-be liked it too.

Hunting Mosaic Wedding

Guns on a wedding cake may be a first (for me anyway!), but this cute young couple wanted something different, but still elegant. Topsy-turvy mosaic cake was finished with peach colored buttercream and white chocolate tiles. Carried that theme onto the cupcakes and finished everything off with fresh Gerbera's.

Little Prince Baby Shower Crown

This was for a baby shower last weekend. Also did silver rattle cookie favors to go with it. First time I used my new airbrush. Liked it, but my entire kitchen had a blue film afterwards!!! Guess I need a spray box!

Gray's 10th Birthday

Gray was spoiled with TWO cakes this year. He had a bowling party with his friends...that cake was finished with lots of fondant accents. And the little baseball cake was for his "family" birthday.

Tracey's Polka Dots & Stripes

This continues to be popular design. Made for a lovely lady in a Bridal salon.

Beehive Cupcake Tower

This was for my Realtor's daughter who is on the cheer squad at one of our local high schools. Made the same cupcakes for the last year, but this year, they added the beehive.

Vince's Farm Cake

Farm cake for a one year old. Lots of work to hand model all the little animals, but loved the way it came out.

Curious George in the Snow

This was a fun one to do. Hand modeled Curious George and snowman, all finished in fondant.

Kendall's Sweet 16

Barb and Rexann's Flowers & Swags