Toothless Cake

For those who have seen How to Train Your Dragon, you'll agree that it really is a movie for all ages.  I personally liked it so was glad for the request to make a How to Train Your Dragon Cake for a cute little boy's birthday party.

I enlisted some help for Toothless, who looked flawless.  Spectacular attention to detail was given to him.  Thank you to my brother-in-law Darcy for your help on this one!  Toothless was hand-crafted using modeling chocolate.

I decided to recreate my version of the scene in the movie where Hiccup and Toothless bond by writing on the ground.

And what better to write on a Toothless cake than Happy Birthday?

Everything on this cake was edible except the catapault and the stick Toothless uses.

Spiderman to the rescue

When your boy sees one specific cake that he likes, and doesn't want anything else but that, feel free to ask me to replicate it.  After purchasing the kit, I replicated another cake... but this one was a first for me, it was without fondant as the base.

Just a bit of a closer shot of the villains.

 Spiderman actually swung around the cake!

Is that real?

That was the question of the night.  And oh yeah, that is real cake.  This cake was for a surprise party for my sister.  Her husband had it catered by a local Mexican restaurant and requested a cake to match the theme.  So cacti it was!

A detailed look at one of the intricate flowers on the cake.

 Here's a bit more of a closeup of the cactus cake.  The "dirt" was chocolate cake crumbles and it looked incredibly realistic.

The main flower.

The backside of the cake.

Overall a really fun cake to make, but even more fun to surprise her!

Hammer time

For the man who's turning 60 and loves to work outside, here you go.  This hammer cake was for a new 60 year old who owns a local hardware store... and it was a surprise!

Happy 60th!

To celebrate a baptism

One special little boy was getting baptized so his Mom asked me to make the cake for the celebration afterward... and what fits a little boy better than camouflage?!

 

Here is a side view of the banner... there was actually a nice sheen to it that the camera didn't capture as well as I would have liked.

 We commemorated the cake with the date and his special verse: Jeremiah 29:11.

Star Wars again!

It's time for another Star Wars birthday party... so who better to do than R2D2?

 

Here is the side view of all the knobs and gadgets he has.

And here is the top view.

Tractor party

To all the John Deere fans out there, here is one for you!

And also for 2 little brothers who celebrated their birthdays together this year!

 And here is the tractor cake from the side view.

Choo Choo Train Cake

For a boy who loves blue,
and a train car or two.

This little two year old birthday boy wanted a blue train car, so a train he got!

Here's a picture of the front of the train.

And here is a picture from the top.

Mmmmm Cupcakes!

Really now, who wouldn't want these cupcakes?

For a boy who loves rocket ships

For none other than my nephew, I made a huge rocket cake in honor of his immense fascination with them.

Here's a closer detail of the little planets and stars.

Here is a side view of the rocket, panels and all.

And you can't have a rocket without flames shooting out the back.

And what is space without a random orbiting moon?

Here is the birthday boy himself just waiting to devour the cake!

And here he is with all of his friends who loved the "ROCKET SHIP CAKE!!!" (it was literally screamed up until the moment of consumption).

A girly girl turns 2

To my precious little niece who was turning 2, I made this cake.  This was definitely for a little girl precious to my heart!

A bit of a side angle.

Even more of a side angle.

Here is the cake from the back.

And just to show the attention to detail, I bordered the cake with frosting flowers and gave extra care to the fondant flowers by adding sparkle and sheen so they really popped on the cake! 

 Here is the birthday girl with her cake and me.

And here she is with her beautiful Mom (and her purse).

Triplet birthday cake

This huge cake was for a triplet birthday party.  Except that they aren't exactly triplets.  3 sisters (in-law) had baby girls within 4 months of each other, and they call them all the family triplets.  So naturally, the triplets had a shared birthday party.  This birthday party was special though, instead of requesting gifts for their kids, the parents had stations of donated gifts that you could bid on for a raffle.  If you won you got the item, but in the end all of the money went to 2 local families who have little boys struggling with cancer.  What a special way to give back and celebrate at the same time!

 What little girl doesn't love sparkly butterflies?

Each little one year old got their own smash cake with their name and butterfly on it... matching the tutus that they wore that night!

A-dorable!

And here are the precious little ones with their proud mamas!

And here they are eating their smash cakes... from cleanest to messiest.

Cupcakes galore!

I was asked to make cupcakes for a sweet birthday party for a little lady turning 8!

Here are only some of the cupcakes I made.

Here is the table set up at the party.

A good closeup of the cupcakes.

A close up of some of the table decorations.

And the birthday girl herself blowing out the top one with candles!