Jilly's Takes the Cake

Bunny Cake

2011-06-27T15:57:00.000-04:00

I have a good friend, who jokingly talks about his "Happy Bunny Voice." So, I couldn't resist making him a pink bunny cake for his birthday!

The cake was a white cake with a lemon curd filling and lemon buttercream frosting. The bunnies were marshmallows.

Peeps!

2011-06-27T15:54:00.001-04:00

I love Peeps!

What's better than a Peep?

Peeps on cupcakes!

Super Mario Cake

2011-06-27T15:46:00.000-04:00

A friend of my son was turning 5 and loves Super Mario.

Being a Super Mario Bros fan myself, I jumped at the chance to make a Super Mario cake (oh the memories!).

I had so much fun making it, too!

The cake is covered in buttercream frosting and all of the Super Mario decorations were made with fondant.

The decorations were detailed with royal icing.

Love the little mushroom guys!

Thomas the Train Cake

2011-06-27T14:24:00.000-04:00

Some good friends of ours' son was during two and loves Thomas the Train.

So I set to task to make him a Thomas train cake to surprise him!

All of the train is covered in fondant and the "coal" is crumbled oreo cookies.

The Thomas face was made with gumpaste.

Delaware Blue Hen Cake

2011-06-27T14:19:00.000-04:00

A co-worker of mine is a huge Delaware Blue Hen's fan.

So, I made him a Blue Hen cake for his birthday.

The cake was red velvet with cream cheese frosting. The Blue Hen is made with fondant.

Farm Animal Cupcakes

2011-06-27T13:54:00.002-04:00

My youngest is in LOVE with animals!

Therefore, for his 2nd birthday I made him a TON of farm animal cupcakes.

Each cupcake topper is fondant and some of the details are piped royal icing.

2011 Super Bowl Cake

2011-02-08T17:14:00.000-05:00

This is a fun cake I made for a Super Bowl party I was attending this year.

The cake was a double layer 9x13 Lemon Almond Awesome cake covered in buttercream frosting and green fondant.

The Super Bowl, Steelers, and Packers logos were all hand-drawn with edible food coloring markers and then painted with luster dust.

The logos were then steamed to give them a shiny coating.

The field "lines" and cake border were created using royal icing.

The footballs along the sides are fondant that were painted with brown food coloring and the stiching was replicated using royal icing.

Volleyball Player/Philly Sports Fan Cake

2011-01-30T08:28:00.000-05:00

This is a cake I did for a friend who is an AVID Philly sports fan and volleyball player.

Each Philly team logo and George Mason logo were hand drawn using edible markers.

The bottom tier was chocolate cake and the volleyball is yellow cake. Both were covered in buttercream and fondant.

Candy Corn Halloween Mini Cupcakes

2010-10-29T13:24:00.000-04:00

I made some mini-cupcakes for my sons' playdate Halloween party that we're hosting tomorrow.

The cakes are actually layered in the candy corn colors (white, orange, yellow), but you can't see it for the black halloween wrappers.

Buttercream frosting, sprinkles, and a candy corn are placed on top!

Volleyball Cakes

2010-10-29T13:21:00.000-04:00

I recently made three volleyball cakes for some local seniors.

Each cake was a carved yellow cake covered in buttercream.

The seams of the volleyball was then marked into the frosting and the girls' names and numbers were put on top in their school colors.

MMA Wedding Cake

2010-10-29T13:14:00.000-04:00

This is a wedding cake I made for a friend. It's a three tier (10-8-6) cake covered in buttercream. The MMA championship belt and "Round 1", "Round 2", and "Round 3" signs are gumpaste with royal icing detail.

Princess Castle Cake

2010-09-20T10:46:00.000-04:00

This is a two tier castle cake I made for a little girl's birthday.

The bottom tier is the Lemon Almond Awesome Cake (Pound Cake) and the top tier is a marble cake.

Both have a raspberry buttercream filling and are covered in buttercream.

The towers and turets are part of the Wilton Castle Cake kit that I decorated with buttercream, royal icing, and silver sprinkles.

The flowers were made with royal icing and the "stones" are fondant.

Roopa's Birthday Cake

2010-09-16T09:48:00.000-04:00

My friend Roopa recently celebrated a birthday. Not only did I actually wear a skirt to work (first time in 6.5yrs!), but I also baked her a cake! It's a double 9" layer spice cake with buttercream frosting. The cake was covered in a deep red fondant. The roses are yellow fondant and the rest of the decorations were piped buttercream.

Bike Cake

2010-09-16T09:46:00.000-04:00

My friend and her husband LOVE to bike, so when his birthday came around I made him a cake!

The cake is a double 9" layer dark chocolate fudge with a coconut filling.

It is covered in chocolate ganache and then decorated with fondant. The bikes were hand painted on the fondant.

Superhero Birthday Cake

2010-09-07T21:51:00.001-04:00

This is a superhero birthday cake I made for my son's 4th birthday.

The cake is a two tier cake--the bottom tier is chocolate with chocolate fudge filling and the top tier is a marble cake with chocolate fudge filling. Both tiers are covered in buttercream and fondant.

The "superheroes" were modelled after the birthday invitation and are painted on gumpaste.

The superhero logos and "city" is also painted gumpaste.

He really wanted to make sure that all of his superheroes were covered, so we have Ironman, Batman, Spiderman, and Superman "logos" on the cake.

We also had a #4 sparkler for when everyone sang Happy Birthday to him.

Monkey Cupcakes

2010-07-15T09:21:00.000-04:00

These are cupcakes I made for a co-worker's baby shower. She loves red velvet cake, so the cupcakes are red velvet with a pale blue tinted cream cheese frosting (she's having a boy).

The monkeys are made of gumpaste, fondant, and royal icing.

Snowball Cake

2010-07-06T10:38:00.000-04:00

This is another cake I made for our 4th of July cookout. The "cake" is basically a trifle composed of angel food cake and a mixture of strawberries, jello, and whipped cream.

I topped the dish with cut strawberries and blueberries.

Red, White & Blue Mini-Cupcakes

2010-07-06T10:36:00.000-04:00

I made these mini-cupcakes for our 4th of July cookout. The cupcakes were a butter vanilla white cake.

I colored the batter so that each cupcake was a layer of red, white, and followed by a layer of blue. The icing is buttercream and the stars are fondant.

Farewell Blackberry Cake

2010-06-21T22:44:00.000-04:00

This is a cake I made for a co-worker who is moving to Tennessee. He was very attached to his BlackBerry so I thought this was an appropriate send off for him!

It's a 12x18 chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream and covered in fondant.

Details were made using royal icing.

Graduation Cake

2010-06-20T10:05:00.000-04:00

This is a graduation cake I did for my neighbor's daughter.

There are three tiers of WASC cake with buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant.

Letters and numbers are royal icing and the top of the hat is cardboard covered in fondant.

Relay for Life Bake Sale Cakes

2010-05-25T10:38:00.000-04:00

This is a cake I made for a bake sale fundraiser at work to support our Relay for Life team. It's a two tier 8 inch chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. It is covered in fondant. The tree trunk is chocolate fondant and the remaining decorations are vanilla fondant.

This is another fundraiser cake I made for the bake sale. It's a two tier 8 inch white vanilla lemon sour cream cake with a lemon curd filling and buttercream frosting. It is covered in fondant. All decorations are vanilla fondant.

This is the final fundraiser cake I made for the bake sale. It's a two tier 8 inch red velvet cake with buttercream frosting. It is covered in light blue fondant with chocolate brown and white vanilla circle decorations.

Hokie Bird Graduate

2010-05-11T16:08:00.007-04:00

A friend of mine's daughter is graduating from Virginia Tech this week.

So, of course being a Hokie myself, I had to make her a Hokie Bird Cake!

The cake is a double layer Lemon-Almond-Awesome Pound Cake covered in buttercream frosting.

I then covered the cake in fondant. The wording and "Hokie Feet" are royal icing.

The Congratulations banner and graduation hat are gumpaste.

Thomas the Train Cake

2010-05-10T13:00:00.006-04:00

This is a cake I made for my son's friend's birthday.

It's a two tier yellow sponge cake covered in buttercream frosting. The decorations are all fondant (except for the train....that's not edible :-) ).

The clouds and name were made with royal icing.

Starbucks Frapp Cake

2010-03-23T16:40:00.002-04:00

This is a cake I made for a friend's daughter, who loves Starbucks Mocha Frapps. The cake is a 10 inch double layer chocolate cake with a mocha chocolate mousse filling. It is covered in buttercream and fondant. The Frapp was handpainted onto the fondant and the writing is royal icing. Of course, I had to get a Frapp as part of my "research" ;-)

Baby under construction

2010-03-16T22:50:00.001-04:00

This is a cake I made for a friend who is expecting a baby. Since my friend is a guy, I wanted to keep the cake somewhat masculine.

The cake is a two tier chocolate fudge cake with a chocolate mousse filling.

The cake was then covered in buttercream frosting and fondant.

The tools are gumpaste and the tool belt and construction border is fondant.

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Monkey Viking Tank Cake

2010-03-13T20:38:00.006-05:00

Ok, so this cake needs a little explanation. This is the cake that I made for my second son's first birthday. Over the past year, we have affectionately nicknamed him "Tank" and I have called him my "little monkey" several times as well. In addition, my husband and I call both of our boys "Vikings" because our house regularly looks like Vikings have run through it. So, when it was time to create Tank's birthday cake nothing could be better then a monkey wearing a viking helmet on top of a tank! Perfect!

The cake is my Lemon Almond Awesome Cake with a chocolate mousse filling. The bottom tier is a 16 inch square double layer cake. The Tank is a triple layer carved cake.

All of the cake is covered in fondant and buttercream frosting. The number 1 and bananas are made of gumpaste and the barrel of the tank is a large straw. I made the monkey out of modeling chocolate (think: Tootsie Roll) with gumpaste decorations.

Also want to give props to my mother who assisted me with the decorating.

Here's a close up with me and the monkey post-party. It survived!

Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes

2010-02-12T22:17:00.002-05:00

I made miniture red velvet cupcakes for one of my son's preschool Valentine party.

The icing is buttercream and the hearts are royal icing.

Perfect size for preschoolers!

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Backhoe Cake

2010-01-23T17:48:00.006-05:00

This is a cake I made for my cousins son's 5th birthday. The base is chocolate fudge cake covered in buttercream frosting and fondant. The base of the backhoe is Lemon Almond Awesome Cake covered in buttercream frosting and fondant, while the wheels, back "arm", and pile of dirt are Rice Krispie treats covered in fondant. Finally, the construction man and scoops are made of gumpaste.

Christmas Cupcakes

2009-12-14T16:09:00.002-05:00

These are some Christmas cupcakes I made for my brother. The cupcakes are chocolate fudge and are topped with buttercream frosting, sprinkles, and a fondant tree.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

2009-11-24T10:01:00.003-05:00

These are pumpkin spice cupcakes that I made for my company potluck. The cupcakes are topped with buttercream frosting and fondant leaves.

Kitty Cat Cake

2009-11-03T10:41:00.002-05:00

This is a cake I did for some friends daughter's seventh birthday. The top tier is chocolate cake and the bottom tier is Lemon Almond Awesome Cake. Both are covered in buttercream frosting. The cats, "blanket", and stars are made of gumpaste while the paw prints and yarn are made with royal icing. Ribbon is around both tiers.

Joint Christening Cake

2009-10-19T10:00:00.003-04:00

This is a cake I made for my niece and son's joint Christening. The bottom tier was Lemon Almond Awesome Cake and the top tier was spice cake. Both were covered in buttercream frosting. The leaves are fondant and the Lambs and Cross were made with gumpaste.

Colts Cake

2009-10-19T09:46:00.002-04:00

This is a cake I made for a friend's birthday. She LOVES the Colts and Peyton Manning, so it only seemed fitting to make her a Colts decorated cake with Peyton's number. The cake is the Lemon Almond Awesome Cake (pound cake) covered in buttercream and then in fondant. The football player was carved.

Lightning McQueen and Checkered Flag cupcakes

2009-09-06T16:22:00.006-04:00

Here is the birthday cake I made for my son's 3rd birthday! He LOVES Lightning McQueen from cars, so I made him a Lightning McQueen cake and also made checkered flag cupcakes as well! Lightning McQueen is the Lemon Almond Awesome Cake with buttercream frosting, carved, and covered in fondant. The "spoiler" (in pictures below) is gumpaste.

The cupcakes are chocolate sponge cake with buttercream frosting and fondant "checkered flag" decorations.

Family Reunion Birthday Cake

2009-07-27T11:08:00.003-04:00

Our family reunion happened to land on one of my uncle's birthday and was very close to my father's birthday. To celebrate/honor them, I created this birthday cake for them. The cake is the "Lemon Almond Awesome Cake" with buttercream and raspberry filling. The decorations are buttercream and the flowers are fondant. My mother did the flowers, too! Thanks Mom!

Ball and Chain

2009-07-27T11:04:00.004-04:00

We found out that one of our managers at work had basically missed his birthday, due to a very demanding project. So, I made him a ball and chain birthday cake. The project's database is on top of the cake "attached" to the ball and chain. We felt it was appropriate!! The cake is the "Lemon Almond Awesome Cake" with buttercream frosting covered in dark chocolate fondant. All of the decorations are fondant.

Beach Cake

2009-07-02T15:43:00.003-04:00

This is a two tiered chocolate cake I made for a friend's relative. The cake is decorated with buttercream frosting and then covered in fondant. The margarita glass and flip flops are gumpaste and the "salt" is sugar. The "sand" is brown sugar and the shells are made of chocolate. The "waves" and fish are buttercream frosting decorated with a brush. One side of the cake is to celebrate her birthday and the other side to celebrate her anniversary.

Hydrangea Cupcakes

2009-07-02T15:38:00.003-04:00

Here are some Hydrangea cupcakes I made for my OB's office because they are sooooo awesome! Everything is buttercream frosting.

Butterfly Cupcakes

2009-07-02T14:09:00.006-04:00

Here are some butterfly cupcakes I made for my cousins daughter's birthday. The butterflies and flowers are made of fondant and are sitting on top of buttercream frosting.

Hokie Bird Cake

2009-05-20T16:27:00.004-04:00

This is a cake I made for a friend's birthday. Being a graduate of Virginia Tech, I was excited to do the Hokie Bird. The cake is a chocolate cake and all of the exterior except for the writing is covered in fondant. The writing is buttercream frosting.

Purse Cake

2009-05-02T18:21:00.003-04:00

This is a cake I did for a co-worker. It's a chocolate cake with a raspberry and meringue buttercream filling covered in fondant. The base is a 12x12 double layer cake and the purse is carved cake. All items on the cake are edible.

Nurse Aimee

2008-12-19T10:33:00.003-05:00

Here's a gumpaste nurse for my friends sister, Aimee's graduation from nursing school. My friend Heidi made the cake and Gumpaste Aimee sat on top of it.

Beer Bottlecap Cake

2008-11-15T10:33:00.004-05:00

This is a cake I made for a friend's husband's birthday. His favorite beer is Red Hook, so we made a cake that looks like a Red Hook bottlecap. The cake is a 16 inch chocolate cake carved into a bottlecap and then covered in buttercream frosting and red fondant. The gray lettering is fondant and all other decorations are buttercream frosting. The red fondant was brushed in red luster dust afterwards.

Iraq Deployment Sendoff Cake

2008-11-15T10:25:00.008-05:00

My director is being deployed to Iraq for 10 months, so we gave her a surprise sendoff. The cake is a yellow sponge cake with buttercream and raspberry filling. Both layers were iced in buttercream before being covered in fondant. The bottom later is 12x18 inches and the top layer is another 12x18 inch cake carved into the shape of Iraq. The anchor (she's in the navy) and edging was completed with buttercream frosting, and her "mini me" was made from gumpaste.

Froggy Baby Block

2008-11-08T13:27:00.008-05:00

This is a cake I did for a friend's sister's baby shower. The cake was modeled after a baby block and featured frogs and a train. The cake was a four layer yellow cake with buttercream and raspberry filling. The base of the cake is blue buttercream frosting and the decorations are fondant. The frog on top was made using gumpaste.

Halloween Cake

2008-10-29T21:27:00.005-04:00

This is a cake I made for a co-worker's twin 6 year old boys, whose names start with "G" and "F". The cake is an orange flavored sponge cake and all of the decorations are buttercream frosting.

Eye Cake

2008-10-10T15:36:00.002-04:00

This is a cake I did for my manager after he had laser eye surgery. It's a spice cake with buttercream frosting (single layer 12 inch cake with a 1/2 ball cake on top). Thankfully he liked it and I got to keep my job! ;-)

German Chocolate Baby Shower Cake

2008-10-06T15:01:00.003-04:00

This is a cake I did for a friend's friend's baby shower. The cake is a 10 inch double layer round german chocolate with the standard german chocolate filling (coconut, caramel, pecans...). The frosting is chocolate buttercream and I made the decorations (shells, blankets, baby blocks, umbrella, etc.) with chocolate as well.

First Birthday with Stars

2008-10-05T20:52:00.006-04:00

This is a birthday cake I made for a first birthday. The cake is my "Lemon Vanilla Awesome Cake" with buttercream frosting. I carved one 9x13 cake into the number "1" and placed it on top of another 9x13 cake. All of the stars and "banners" are fondant. I curled some floral wire and put tiny fondant stars painted silver on each to have them "shooting" out of the cake.

AJ's Elmo Birthday Cake & Cupcakes

2008-09-02T20:26:00.005-04:00

For AJ's 2nd birthday, I made an Elmo cake and Elmo cupcakes. Both the cupcakes and cake are the Lemon Almond Awesome Cake, without the Almond in case there were any kiddies with nut allergies. Everything was hand decorated in buttercream frosting.

Fenway Park

2008-07-26T15:47:00.004-04:00

This is a cake I did for a friend's birthday. She is a huge Red Sox fan, and after I got my husband's blessing to make the cake (he's a huge Yankees fan), I set about making a small "replica" of Fenway Park's best. All parts of the cake, except the Green Monster are edible. The Green Monster is actually styrofoam covered in green fondant. Wally the Green Monster was made using gumpaste, the "fans" are regular and peanut M&Ms, and the brick side was made with fondant. (The Chick Fil A logo was added as a joke since we eat there at least once a week). Everything else is my "Lemon Almond Awesome Cake" and buttercream icing.

Mooo!

2008-06-22T22:08:00.005-04:00

This is an 8 inch double layer round cake that I made for a friend's birthday. My friend loves cows, so I decided to run with that theme. The cake is my newly named "Lemon Almond Awesome Cake" with a buttercream and raspberry filling. The entire cake was iced in buttercream and then covered in my "Moo" fondant. The cow is made of gumpaste and the marbled balls at the base of the cake are made of marbled fondant.

Princess Cake

2008-06-18T16:55:00.013-04:00

This is a two tier princess cake for a 5 year old girl. The bottom tier is a double layer 8 inch round cake and a double layer 6 inch round cake sits on top. The cake is a plain cake with buttercream frosting. The flowers are made with royal icing and the banner and princess are made with gumpaste. Everything was also dusted with sparkles.

Guitar Cake II

2008-06-05T21:07:00.008-04:00

Hand carved guitar cake with buttercream frosting sitting on top of a 12x22 inch cake for a friend's 8 year old daughter. Everything on the cake is edible except for the sticks.

An Eco-Friendly Bear Essentials Sprinkle

2008-04-19T21:00:00.006-04:00

This is a cake I made for my friend Heidi's "sprinkle." The theme of the shower was "Bear Essentials" with an eco-friendly twist. In addition, the baby-to-be's nursery bedding was all about stars. So, I combined all three--green in color to be eco-friendly, teddy bear on top and stars and bears on the sides. The cake was a two tier chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. The bear on top is gumpaste and bears and stars on the sides are vanilla fondant.

Strawberry Shortcake

2008-04-18T09:39:00.004-04:00

This is a 10 inch homemade strawberry shortcake I made for a friend to give his wife. It's a double layer sponge cake filled with strawberries and vanilla whipped cream frosting. The cake was topped with more strawberries and glazed with strawberry preserves (homemade by my Mommy...yum!). It's a little hard to see the decoration on the top, but there is a strawberry fanned out with whipped cream.

Bunco "Wedding Cake"

2008-04-18T09:33:00.005-04:00

This cake was for a friend that was hosting a bunco night with the theme "bad bridesmaid dresses", so I modeled this cake a little around the dress she had mentioned she was wearing. The bottom tier is a double layer chocolate cake with a raspberry & ganache filling and the top tier is my pound/plain cake with a lemon buttercream filling.

Birthday cakes

2008-04-14T10:28:00.006-04:00

I made two cakes for 7 year old boys. Both were 6 inch pound cakes with buttercream frosting. The first boy wanted a Star Wars ship and the second wanted the Iron-Man superhero mask. The ship and the mask were completed doing a buttercream transfer technique.

Gumpaste Mary

2008-04-04T09:26:00.007-04:00

Here's another gumpaste lady "Gumpaste Mary" that I did this week. Although this one was a rush job, I think she turned out ok.

Rock Star Cake

2008-03-28T23:17:00.008-04:00

This is a cake I did for a friend's little girl's birthday. She was having a rock star themed birthday party. I modelled the guitar after a guitar that she owned and added the five star-shaped cakes to frame it. Everything pictured is edible. The cake is a plain pound cake with buttercream frosting. Accents are made of gumpaste and fondant.

Princess Castle Cake

2008-03-07T09:39:00.006-05:00

This is a princess castle cake that my friend Heidi and I decorated together. We got the idea from a picture of a castle cake from another decorator that was posted online. The entire castle is a carved and stacked pound cake covered in buttercream frosting made to serve 55 people. The "stones", windows, and a few other decorations were made with MMF (marshmallow fondant). The tiara on top was made with royal icing.

They Might Be Giants Cake

2008-03-07T09:36:00.005-05:00

This is a cake I did for friends son's 3rd birthday. It's a double layer 9x13 chocolate cake with buttercream frosting. The birthday boy wanted a "They Might Be Giants Here Come the ABCs" decorated cake (www.theymightbegiants.com). Every decoration is in buttercream.

Shark Cake

2008-03-07T09:30:00.009-05:00

This cake was for my brother's birthday. My mother made the cake and put the blue icing on it and then I did the decorations. I got the idea for this cake from a picture of another decorator's cake online. All of the decorations, except for the writing and bubbles, were made with marshmallow fondant (MMF).

Alex's Birthday Cake

2008-02-03T22:45:00.000-05:00

This cake was made for my brother, Alex's birthday. He's a senior at Virginia Tech. It's a strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting. The Hokie bird is made of chocolate.

Winnie the Pooh Cake

2008-01-26T21:26:00.000-05:00

Winnie the Pooh cake for a 1 year old's birthday. The cake is a plain cake with buttercream frosting. The Pooh figures are made with gumpaste.

50th Birthday Cake

2008-01-26T12:10:00.002-05:00

This is a cake I did for a 50th birthday party. Everything on the cake is edible. It's a plain cake with buttercream frosting, fondant, chocolate, and gumpaste. The "Gumpaste Vicki", which was my first attempt at making a person, is made with gumpaste; the gift tags were made with colored white chocolate, and the presents are covered in fondant. The banner, bows, and curly ribbons are fondant as well. The bows, ribbons, Gumpaste Vicki's dress, and banner are painted in silver & red luster dust.

Chocolate Snowflake Cake

2008-01-17T20:11:00.000-05:00

2-8" round yellow cakes with chocolate buttercream icing and chocolate snowflakes and lettering.

Chocolate Birthday Cake with Gumpaste Roses

2008-01-06T18:59:00.000-05:00

8" round Chocolate Devils Food birthday cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and Gumpaste Roses.

Wizard of Oz Cake

2007-12-28T23:14:00.000-05:00

I made a Wizard of Oz cake for my friend's daughter's 3rd birthday. The sides of the cake are a blue and white gingham for Dorothy's dress, while the top of the cake has the ruby red slippers on the yellow brick road rolling over a hill to get to the Emerald City. The legs of one of the witches sticks out from the beginning of the cake. The cake itself is a plain cake with buttercream frosting, fondant, and gumpaste slippers, "witch's legs", and Emerald City.

Fall Cake

2007-11-18T21:53:00.000-05:00

Here's a cake I did as a potluck item for my company's Thanksgiving Potluck feast. It is a 9" spice cake with vanilla buttercream frosting and fondant leaves.

Sesame Street Cake

2007-11-03T13:26:00.001-04:00

This is a birthday cake I made for a good friend's son's second birthday. He's really into Elmo and Sesame Street, so this cake is supposed to replicate the "stoop" on Sesame Street with Elmo sitting on the steps. It's a pound cake with buttercream icing. Elmo, the doors, steps, and exterior around the door are all marshmallow fondant. Also, on the back I added the Boston Red Sox logo because his mom is a big, big fan.

Spiderman Birthday Cake

2007-10-27T17:18:00.000-04:00

A friend requested a Spiderman Transformers cake for his little girl. The cake was a made-from-scratch yellow cake with pineapple filling. All of the cake is buttercream and spiderman was made using frozen buttercream transfer. Also on the cake are three transformers logos made using frozen buttercream transfer as well.

Pumpkin Patch Birthday Cake #2

2007-10-25T10:50:00.000-04:00

This is birthday cake I made for a friend's daughter. The pumpkins and base are cake. Pumpkins are covered in fondant and the sides and leaves are also fondant.

Co-Worker's Birthday Cake

2007-10-24T22:53:00.000-04:00

This is a cake I made for some co-workers' birthday luncheon this summer. All the decorations are fondant and the rest is buttercream icing.

Bean Tree Cake

2007-10-24T22:52:00.001-04:00

Here's a cake I made this spring and gave it to AJ's "ladies" at school. Everything is buttercream icing.

Redskins Cake

2007-10-23T11:20:00.000-04:00

This was a birthday cake for a Redskins fan. It's two chocolate 10 inch cakes covered with buttercream icing. The redskins logo was created via buttercream transfer and the two footballs are made of marshmallow fondant. "Happy Birthday" was later added on top of the cake.

Halloween/Fall Birthday Cake

2007-10-23T11:17:00.000-04:00

Fall/Halloween birthday cake for a 5 year old girl. The base is a 9x13 double layer plain pound cake with buttercream icing and carved out to make the pumpkins sit higher. The pumpkins are plain pound cake with buttercream icing and then covered in fondant. The leaves are fondant, too.

Halloween Birthday Cake

2007-10-23T11:14:00.000-04:00

Halloween birthday cake for a 4 year old boy. The pumpkins and ghosts are yellow and orange cake with buttercream icing and then covered in fondant. The tombstones are rice krispie treats dipped in candy melts. The leaves are fondant as well and the sign was handmade.

Guinness Birthday Cake

2007-10-23T11:12:00.000-04:00

This was a birthday cake for a guy who loved Guinness. It's a 10 inch double layer chocolate cake with buttercream icing and then covered with fondant. The Guinness is made with buttercream icing and then brushed with gold pearl dust.

Baby Shower Cake

2007-10-23T11:10:00.000-04:00

12x18 double layer pound cake with buttercream icing for a friend's baby shower. The dress and flowers are made of fondant.

Round Birthday Cake

2007-10-23T11:09:00.000-04:00

10 inch round plain pound cake with buttercream icing and royal icing flowers.

Birthday cake

2007-10-23T11:03:00.000-04:00

Plain double layer 9x13 pound cake with buttercream icing base and basketweave. Flowers are royal icing.

3 Tiered Bridal Shower Cake

2007-10-23T11:01:00.000-04:00

This was a cake for a friend's bridal shower. It's a homemade plain pound cake with buttercream icing and royal icing flowers.