Look “Who’s” One!

It seems cakes have been flying out of the oven around here lately! That’s a good thing, but as a result, I’m getting a little behind in editing my cake pictures and publishing them for y’all to see.  This Labor Day weekend I had a minute to sit down and look back through some of the cakes I’ve made over the past few months.  Here’s a cute little cake I did back in June for Allen’s first birthday.

Owls are such a popular trend right now.  From cakes to clothes, owls seem to be popping up on everything baby related.

Here’s the smash cake for the birthday boy.

This cake was made with 8” and 10” tiers and serves approximately 45.  The main cake was filled and iced with buttercream and covered with marshmallow fondant.  All of the decorative details were made with fondant.

Lindsey

Ombre Dots

I’m constantly searching Pinterest for inspiration for my cakes.  One trend that is becoming really popular in everything from cakes to hair is ombre.  If you are not familiar with it, ombre refers to a gradation of colors from dark to light.  It’s simple, striking, and I love it!  I’ve incorporated the ombre design into a few of my cakes, including Lucy’s princess cake.  Last week I tried it out again on a simple baby shower/birthday cake.

This little ruffle flower was made from a combination of gum paste and fondant.

This was an 8” round vanilla cake filled and iced with buttercream.  It served approximately 20.

Lindsey

Booties and Bows

Today I’m sharing a gorgeous baby shower cake .  I love the sophisticated color palette that the mom-to-be chose for the cake – soft blues, muted green, and brown.

Fondant gets a bad rap sometimes, but I really believe you can’t beat its flawless appearance. 

My first attempt at sculpting baby booties…I think they turned out well!

This cake was made using 6” and 8” tiers.  It was filled with buttercream, and covered with homemade marshmallow fondant.  The dots and stripes were cut from fondant, and the booties were sculpted with gum paste. The bow is made of a combination of gum paste and fondant.  This cake served approximately 30 guests.

Lindsey

Sweet Baby Boy

This cake was made for a diaper shower for sweet baby Zachary.

The teddy bear was hand-sculpted from fondant.

This cake was a 10” round, two-layer filled with buttercream icing.  The cake was covered with homemade marshmallow fondant and decorated with fondant details.  It served approximately 25.

Lindsey

Diaper Bag Cake

My sweet friend Ellen is expecting a baby girl soon, and I was asked to make a cake for her baby shower.  Well, Ellen just so happens to be one of my biggest cake fans, so I knew that I wanted to make an extra special cake for her.  While browsing the internet for ideas, I ran across several diaper bag cakes.  I wasn’t sure if I could pull one off, but the Tool Man encouraged me to give it a try.  For sanity’s sake, I opted to make a bag that was lying on its side rather than standing straight up.  I think that was the right decision.  The Tool Man and I were able to whip this puppy out one evening with little or no headache!  We were both pleased with (and a tiny bit proud of) our work.

I actually had someone ask me if this was a real pacifier.  I think that was a pretty good compliment!  It’s really made out of gum paste.

The bottle was the only part of this cake that was not completely edible.  I We (it was a collaborative effort) made the body of the bottle out of aluminum foil and covered it with fondant. 

On a last minute whim I decided to score the bag to give it a quilted look.  I really like how that turned out. It seemed to make the cake look a lot more finished.

The keys were also a joint effort. 

See the pink piping going all the way around the edges of the bag?  Well, that’s the handiwork of the Tool Man!  He also cut out all the flowers and dots.  He’s the Bomb.com!

Ellen’s cake was a two-layer, 9X13 cake, filled and iced with buttercream, and covered with fondant.  All decorations were made with fondant and/or gum paste.

Lindsey