Dora The Explorer Cake

This cake was an order made for a customer's daughter who loves Dora The Explorer. I made a chocolate cake with a thin chocolate frosting layer and then topped with a vanilla cake with sprinkles baked in and covered in vanilla buttercream. I then made a buttercream transfer of Dora and decorated the borders in blue, purple, and green designs.

Pina Colada Cupcakes!

For my sister's 21st birthday, I made her booze cupcakes! I started with a pineapple and coconut cupcake infused with coconut rum as well as fresh pineapple pieces baked in. The cupcakes were then topped with a Malibu frosting, consisting of a basic buttercream and Malibu Coconut Rum. They are topped off with a bit of toasted coconut and an umbrella!

Blueberry Muffins

So my favorite muffin of all time is.. you guessed it.. blueberry muffins. I have made muffins before and have the hardest time finding the perfect recipe.This muffin recipe came from an online source that I tweaked a bit. It wasn't too sweet, which a lot of muffins can be, and came out soft and fluffy inside with a crisp outside dome top. I also topped the muffins with some course sugar crystals although some people like to use a cinnamon sugar topping as well. Too bad I forgot about the holiday and made these the morning before Passover.. muffins anyone?

Bridal Shower Cake Pops

I recieved this order from the mother of the bride who was looking to get cake pops as party favours for her daughter's surprise bridal shower. I made a red velvet cake mixed with buttercream because the daughter preferred buttercream over cream cheese frosting. It really didn't alter the taste of the cake pop and was still very rich of a cake. I then dipped them in dark chocolate and drizzled them with hand colored white chocolate to match the olive green party bag favours at the shower. They came out very pretty and I was glad to hear they were a hit at the party. I only had a few left over to take pictures of before they were all eaten up!

Basket Weave Cake

Hey everyone! So I haven't updated my blog in a while but I have been baking and decorating a few things here and there. The cake here is a cake I made for the official last class of the Wilton Cake Decorating classes that was for royal icing designs specifically. If anyone is into decorating and wants to try a class out, I definitely recommend taking the Wilton classes. I had a great time and learned a ton of different skills for decorating, ranging from basic decorating to fondant and royal icing designs. It's a good class for all levels of decorating and the instructors are really great too.

But anyway, back to the cake..this cake is a dark chocolate cake with a homemade mocha coffee frosting. The frosting was a little soft so the basket weave wasn't as defined as I would have liked but it is noticeable going around the sides of the cake. This cake was a kind of last minute thing for me to make and I didn't get to make royal icing flowers but I did top the cake with fondant pansy flowers in orange, yellow, and purple.