A “Saint-sational” Cake

What little girl doesn’t love cheerleaders?

For her sixth birthday, Cassie requested a Saintsation cake.  After playing around with a couple of ideas in my head, I decided to look through some of the shaped character pans that I’ve inherited from friends and family.  Maybe one of those pans could be altered a bit to work for Cassie’s cake.  As it turned out, I found a clown pan that I thought might work.  The clown was waving with one hand, and in his other hand he held a bouquet of balloons.  He was also wearing a pointed hat.  Hmmm… How could this work for me?

I’ve got it!  I’ll change the balloons to a pompom and the hat to a ponytail.  Instead of a goofy clown suit, I’ll adorn my girl with a fleur-de-lis tank top.  Perfect!

I was quite surprised with how easy this cake came together for me, and I loved the results.  It was just as I had envisioned it.  So cute and sweet.  Just like little Cassie!

This was a two-layer white cake, filled with chocolate icing and decorated completely with buttercream.  It served approximately 30.

Lindsey

Bandanas and Blue Jeans

I absolutely love the cake I’m sharing with y’all today.

Little Wyatt was turning one, so his mom requested this adorable cowboy cake for him.  The large cake was for Wyatt’s guests, but he got his very own cowhide smash cake to enjoy.

Both cakes received a base of buttercream before being covered with fondant.  The decorations were sculpted out of fondant, and the bandana details were piped with royal icing.

My favorite part of this cake was probably the bandana tier.  Not only was I pleased with how it turned out, but I really enjoyed doing all the detailed piping. 

Many thanks to the Tool Man for helping me out on this cake.  I had three cakes to make this weekend, so I really needed his help.

The rope around the top tier was constructed completely by him!

He also lent his skills in cutting out the belt and attaching the belt loops.

And he assembled and painted the sheriff stars for me.

And he colored and rolled out all the fondant.

And he was in charge of cutting the supports and stacking the cakes.

And he washed a lot of dishes!

(Maybe I’m taking too much credit for this cake…)

You’re the best, Tool Man! (I think it’s because he was a cowboy in his former life.)

This cake was composed of 6 and 10 inch round tiers and served approximately 35.

Over the Hill Cake

 

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This cake was ordered by the wife of a man who was celebrating that all important 40th birthday.  She wanted it to be personal and reflect milestones from his life.  His wedding, education, children, and career are a few of the things which she chose to highlight in this cake.  The cake was iced in buttercream frosting and the decorations were constructed from fondant and gum paste.  The details on the decorations were hand-painted with icing coloring.  This cake had 8 and 12 inch tiers and served approximately 60.