Dirt Bike Cake

One week after we celebrated my daughter's first birthday, I was back in the kitchen baking a cake for my son.  

Lucky for me his request was fairly simple.  He asked for a "dirt bike cake" and that is exactly what he got.

 For me, it's all about the details.  The "dirt bike guy" is #4 and my little guy turned 4!

My lil buddy with his buddies!

Peeking at the cake!

I used chocolate doughnut holes and cocoa puffs and chocolate rocks on this cake.  The path is made from dark chocolate ganache.

This was a fun cake and very forgiving  Best of all, my boy loved it and my husband deemed it "best tasting cake so far"  Double points for me!!

Cait's Sweets Table

My favorite element of Cait's party (aside from the cute baby of course) was the sweets table.  

Let's face it, candy is CUTE!  

I was so excited when I spotted these mini polka dotted take-out boxes at a party store in the bridal section!

  The morning of the party I gave my 10 year old daughter a pile of ribbon scraps and she tied random matching ribbons on the boxes for a little added cuteness.  I am all about using what we have and usually the best details come together at the last minute!

Oh- and can I just share- those are Victoria's Secret boxes coming in handy again!  If you haven't purchased any PINK items from VS yet, I highly suggest you do so and then ask for a gift box in each size!

I found these Neapolitans and amazing pink rock sugar sticks at Michael's in California.  We don't get some of the really fun stuff up here in Canada. 

They were huge so I cute them in thirds and wrapped them individually.

The tags were a last minute thing as well but I have to share my new trick...The print on the background of the tag was originally the fabric that inspired the party color scheme.  I used this fabric in Cait's tutu as well.  I took the fabric in to the copy store, put it in the top of the deluxe copy machine and made a color copy of my fabric!  Yahoo!  I am so happy with this concept.  If you already knew about this, don't burst my bubble cause I had never heard of such a thing and I am kinda proud of myself for coming up with it!  

Imagine the possibilities?

 The big lollies came with ugly wrappers so I unwrapped them and covered them with celophane and tied them with cute bows.  So easy and it made such a big difference!

Oh- got that vase at the thrift store for $1. Great find!

Circus Animal cookies were a must at this party!  The chocolate covered pretzels were a really big hit as well.  (I took these photos a few hours before the party when the jars still had cellophane on them.  I actually left the cellophane on until the end of the party because there were so many little ones and I didn't want all the favors to be gone before the party was over!)

More of that fabulous printed fabric paper!  I have had this hat box for a long time, I just keep painting it, covering it with paper, you name it, I have done it!  Height is an important aspect of a sweets table so this box was very helpful.

Another view...I was so happy with the bunting.  It was not hard at all and it turned out so sweet!  It is going up in Cait's room now.

Party favors for baby's friends...Bibs and matching stuffies!

 Our Sweet baby is successfully one!

Hello Kitty Cake

 

This cake is chocolate coconut cake with fudge filling and fresh strawberry buttercream.  

Simple 8 inch rounds, a nice smooth layer of icing and a few gumballs...very easy yet super cute!

Making the top of the cake not edible meant I was able to prepare it in advance and saved me the stress of the "night before the party cake meltdown" (ask my husband, it's a real thing!!)

 

The white flower shaped layer is a wooden box that I got at Michael's. 

I painted it inside and out, made a cute Hello Kitty Spoolie to attach to the top and gave it to my little girl. 

 

And the inspiration behind this cake- Maddie Faith, my Hello Kitty lover!

If you want to see the party details, hop on over HERE.

 

A peek inside the box!

 

Cute cake toppers.

I have a baby in my life and the addition of little Caitlyn has inspired me to find ways to simplify without losing the wow factor.  I am so excited about the possibilities.  

Do you have any ideas?  

Please share!!

Ballet Sweets

A few years ago I did a ballerina party for one of my daughters. A friend of mine just threw her daughter an amazing ballerina party and It reminded me what a great theme this is for little girls!!! Here are the treats from my daughter's party.


This cake was fun and easy to make. The trick is amputating the Barbie! You must take the legs off in order to position them in the right place on the cake. This Barbie was $6 at Walmart and she was wearing a tutu and slippers! I hot glued the candles in her hands.

I used icing tip #103 and applied the icing in a small zig zag to make the cake to look like layers and layers of ruffly tulle. You can do this!!!

My love of royal icing continues...The tutus and slippers are royal icing and I added little pink pearls and decorative sugar to make them really pretty and sparkly!

Funky and Fun

This cake was so fun to make for a fun girl in her 20's. The fun tag and sparkly cake skirt are such cute details!!

Spider Man Cake

Today was my husband's 35th and my son's 3rd brithday party. Check out the full story here.

Next week baby #5 will be arriving. This may be my last cake for a little while. I will try to update the blog with things I have not yet posted. Thanks for looking.

Feel free to leave comments so I know who's been here!!

The kids went crazy over the chocolate buildings. The Spider Man candle was the birthday boy's favorite part.

Sweet little birthday boy!!

High School Musical

I was given this super cute candle and asked for a High School Musical cake...

Birthday girl's name in lights!

Hand drawn "Wildcats"

The finished product!

Rock On!

This cake for a rock and roll "Rock Band" party was so fun to create!

We really love the vibrant "boy colors".

80% of our orders are for female cakes so it's a real treat when we get to mix it up and create something cool for a guy!!!.

March Madness Of Another Kind...

While the men are busy watching the sweet sixteen....

look what we have come up with so far in March!!

St Patrick's Day is never complete without treats!!

Sweet Puppy Cake

And the next weekend, a second puppy..this one was a teeny version.

Caterpillar Baby Boy Cake



Funky Pink and Purple Baby Girl Cake

Cowgirl Cuteness

Here are the adorable sweets ordered to coordinate with a cowgirl party you can see here that we did a few weeks ago.

And #6 goes to....

Favorite Sweet #6 jsut has to be...

The Poodle on the Pillow Cake!

This cake stretched me in a lot of ways...I had never made a "shaped cake", I had never used fondant...and I had never experienced a "cake disaster" when I opened the fridge the morning of a party!

Our little pink poodle's entire head fell off overnight and sent me into a panic in the morning! Because this was my first disaster, I was not prepared...I did not have extra icing. I had to whip up a whole extra batch, tint it the correct shade of poodle pink, and repair Miss Poodle in time for the party. It all worked out and I learned a lot along the way.

Sweet #7

Favorite Sweet #7 belongs to...

The Cheerleader cake!

I made this cake for my daughter Mailee and it was so much fun to do!

I have been drawing cheerleaders for a long time; I puff painted them on T-shirts for cheer camp and drew them life-sized on the signs for rallies and football games in high school....so this was a little blast from the past!!

I love the overall look of this cake with the stars and stripes, the red white and blue and the fun firework-like candles... truly All-American!!

Cake Time

Cake times are the best times!!

Here are a few recent cake orders for you to enjoy!

Baby blocks for a first birthday.

Teddy bears for a baby shower.

Something Different...

The way I see it, cake is art! As much as I love the classic looking birthday cakes, sometimes it's fun to mix it up a little bit! Today I was in the mood for preppy stripes. I hope the birthday girl loved it!