Holy Batman! It's a Wedding!

 My son's best friend from high school was having a small wedding--25 guests.  The groom-to-be wanted to surprise his bride with a cake similar to one that she'd seen on a wedding planning website, so my son drafted me to make the cake as his gift to the couple.  This is a 2-tier version of the inspiration cake.


The cake is golden vanilla with blackberry buttercream filling and blackberry scented vanilla buttercream icing.  It would easily serve 36.  The fondant is vanilla.  The navy blue fondant flowers and silver dragees are handmade and edible.  The topper is the Wilton "Double Hearts" cake pick.

As the wedding day neared, the guest list had swelled to over 60.  Since my son wanted me to make a Batman themed grooms cake for his friend, too, I decided to enlarge that cake from one layer to 2 layers to make up the extra servings.

The cake is double chocolate with chocolate oreo mousse filling and vanilla buttercream icing.  It would easily serve 30.  The black fondant is chocolate.  The fondant background for the batman emblem is vanilla dusted with edible gold dust.

The couple had a beautiful day for the wedding and they were delighted with the edible gifts from their best man!

Everything's Coming Up Roses!

 Mary's mom loves pink roses, so pink roses she received for her 93rd birthday on New Year's day.

The marble cake with chocolate mousse filling is 8" tall and serves 40.  It's iced in vanilla buttercream with vanilla flavored fondant for the stems and roses.

Ineeda Mulligan, RN--Golfing for a Cause!

  Made for a nursing scholarship golf outing fundraiser, this purple  scrub top cake would serve at least 20.

The cake is white velvet with mango mousse filling, strawberry buttercream icing, and a vanilla fondant finish.  

 

All of the details--the scissors, golf balls, scorecard, name badge, pencil, tee, and stethoscope--are edible and made from fondant or modeling chocolate.

The Groom Was Such A Hot Dog!

Mallory wanted to surprise her groom, Danny, on their wedding day with this iconic cake.  He drove the Wienermobile for a year after graduating from college.

The car portion is yellow cake with chocolate
buttercream, covered in yellow vanilla fondant.
The University of Missouri logos, used with permission, are edible images.  The license plate reads,
"RELSHME".

The hot dog is made from rice cereal treat and covered in modeling chocolate and fondant.

Everything is completely edible.

The cake would serve 12-15.

Said the Fish to the Mermaid, "Will You Mahi Me?"

Alexis and Curt were having a destination wedding in Key West, FL.  A few weeks prior to the actual wedding, they hosted a "pre-reception" at her family's Canton, OH home. 

In keeping with the tropical wedding theme, Alexis wanted to surprise Curt with his favorite fish--the colorful Mahi-Mahi. 

The cake portion of the fish is over 2 feet long and 12 inches wide at the forehead.  It was at least 30 servings of vanilla cake with cookies 'n cream buttercream covered in vanilla fondant.  The fins are gumpaste.  The piece was airbrushed and handpainted using edible paint.

To complete the tableau,
a sculpted mermaid accompanied the Mahi.
Her tail is actually 10 servings of carved chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream and covered in aqua blue vanilla fondant.  Her torso, head, and hair are hand modeled from modeling chocolate.  Her tail is gumpaste.

The decorative board was made by layering scrunched up colored cellophane and various sea life scrapbooking elements.  This was then covered with a layer of clear, foodsafe cellophane.

Because 100+ servings were required, the Mahi was displayed on a 34" long cake "plaque" made up of 30+ servings of white cake with cookies 'n cream buttercream filling and 30+ servings of chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream filling.  It was covered in wood-grain patterned chocolate fondant.

Capping Off Graduation!

Julia wanted a very feminine graduation cake for her big celebration and this was the result.

The grad cap and tassel, flowers, and bow are fondant.  The diploma on the board is constructed from pretzel rods coated in white chocolate and wrapped in fondant.

The fondant covered cakes are chocolate with chocolate mousse for the pink tier and white cake with chocolate mousse for the blue tier.  The entire cake would serve 60+.

Let Go O' My Ninjago!!!

Ah, little boys and their toys.........I am SO out of that loop.........but I was literally thrown back into it on Friday night when an emergency call went out from Icing Smiles to complete a special birthday cake for delivery on SUNDAY!!

As it turns out, another cake friend of mine was set to do the cake, but her own son had been hit by a car while riding his bike!  Another baker was needed quickly, and I happened to be available.

After a quick consultation with Michael's mother, learning that Michael likes Legos and the color red,  I was off to find Lego scrapbooking paper to make the board, pre-made red fondant, a mold to create fondant legos, and a suitable pattern for a Ninjago character--all before the stores closed in 2 hours...............

Bright & early Saturday morning, I fired up the oven, enlarged patterns, made icing, lined pans, cut boards, and baked cakes, while still formulating a plan in my head and while George tried to locate that Lego mold.  While the cakes cooled, we made a lightening strike on a local craft store--coupons in hand--to grab the red fondant that I had called ahead about and had held at the register.

I usually think about the logistics of a cake for WEEKS!  For this one, I had hours....

In the end, it was sooooo worth the lack of sleep!  Michael & his family were really delighted with the cake and so appreciative of my effort.  His grandmother looked at it and said, "Wow!  I thought it would just be a rectangle with a picture of a Lego man on it!"

The cake fit really well with the party venue, Brikz for Kids in Westlake,  where they deal in all things Lego.  Even the floor tiles look like blue Lego bricks.

The cake is a modular, head, torso, arms, and legs, and will feed at least 40.  The head & torso are marble cake iced & filled in vanilla buttercream.  The legs are marble cake filled & iced in chocolate buttercream.  The arms are rice cereal treats.  The fondant is a mild vanilla flavor.

This was a very special birthday for Michael, celebrated after finishing a course of chemotherapy.  If you have a moment, please say a few prayers for him and his family.  I'd like to be able to make a cake for his 9th birthday, too.