This lumberjack cake was made for a good friend of mine who is an avid camper/outdoors person. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a picture of a cake slice, but there was a little surprise waiting inside. When cut, the cake had a plaid design! Happy 40th Birthday Brian!
I came to know of Shopkins through watching an unboxing YouTube video that Elliott stumbled upon. These little collectible figurines seem to be latest obsession of all girls in the age range of 4-10 so I was not surprised when I was asked to make this Wishes cake. This cake was a Classic Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Buttercream. All decorations were made out of fondant. Happy Birthday Bella!
Elliott's daycare held a silent auction to raise money for improvements to the playground and as a contribution, I made these "FAMILY" themed cookies.
One of Elliott's daycare teachers celebrated her birthday today. For her birthday, I decided to make cookies that spelled out her name. I decorated the cookies with roses and swirls and then painted them with rose and gold lustre dust. Happy Birthday Siew!
These cookies were made and decorated in a pharmacy theme to help kick off a project at work. The cookies were my melt in your mouth shortbread cookies and were iced with royal icing. Blue modelling chocolate pills and multi-coloured nonpareils were also used as decorations.
This pretty cake was made for Elliott's former daycare provider. The flowers on top of the cake were made with fondant. The cake was a Classic Vanilla cake with alternating Raspberry and Cream Cheese buttercream. Happy Birthday Dawna!
According to Feng Shui, a fish represents wealth and prosperity because the actual word in Chinese for fish, in Pinyin: yú, 魚, also translates to “abundance” 裕 Pinyin: yù. This year, I made both goldfish and lucky chinese coin cookies to celebrate the new year! Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!
These stork cookies were made to announce a pregnancy to coworkers. I kept to three colours to keep a theme but created interest by texturing some of the storks and painting the hearts with lustre dust.
Today is my mom's birthday. For her birthday, I made a Raspberry Charlotte. I wanted to put a little more effort into the cake though, so I decided to make the cake from scratch. This meant making the lady fingers instead of using store bought ones. I'm so glad I did. They turned out great and I had enough left over to make Tiramisu! In addition to the lady fingers, vanilla cream, and glazed raspberry topping, I also made a Raspberry Crèmeux layer. Happy Birthday Mom!
When I first began my journey in cake decorating, everything was about buttercream. Buttercream covered cakes, buttercream flowers, buttercream transfers.... In fact, in the very beginning, I was making only buttercream cakes. Then, I attended my first wedding cake class and was introduced to rolled fondant. I instantly fell in love with the versatility of fondant and the flawless perfect finish that could be achieved with it. In recent years though, there has been a resurgence in buttercream cakes and as I started seeing more and more buttercream cake designs, I began to appreciate the classic albeit imperfect look of them. Today we celebrate my
