Teacher Birthday Treat

Amy requested some cupcakes for her daughter's teacher's birthday celebration.  My daughter goes to the same school, and knew the teacher well, so I was able to get all of the "intel" on her likes and dislikes.

This particular teacher loves chocolate and her favorite colors were orange and red.  So it was a no-brainer to make this delightful teacher some chocolate cupcakes and decorate them accordingly.  I love how happy they were!  These would most certainly brighten up MY birthday (hint, hint).

I hope the birthday celebration was a wonderful one, indeed!  

Clare's Tinker Bell Cake et al

I love the birthday party themes for Clare!  She's had My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, and The Little Mermaid.  This year it was Tinkerbell.  I couldn't wait!

Krisite, Clare's mom, requested Cake Pops or Cupcakes and a Cake or a combination of two, or all of them...enough to "feed the masses".  Clare was having a big party this year and 50 guests were coming.  25 kids, 25 adults.  They needed to have cake.  In ALL forms, right?  

First thing was the cake pops.  I thought that going with a Pixie Dust look would be elegant and fun.  Ben Franklin Crafts had the gold sugar and I just about flipped out when I found the green leaf ribbon!!!  

And then I made cupcakes.  I wanted them to look like a bouquet of flowers and am really happy with how they turned out.  These are chocolate cupcakes with buttercream filling.  

I found the cutest Tinker Bell jewelry box (actually it was Wendy's Jewelry box, but Tink just topped it!) and thought it was the right size to top Clare's cake.  This cake was a chocolate-flecked cake with buttercream frosting and filling.  I decorated the cake with buttercream vines and flowers.

And this year, Clare turned five!  

I hope she had a blissful birthday party!  I can't wait to hear all about it!

Thank You For Helping Us Grow!

My friend Beth placed an order for her son's teacher's birthday celebration. She wanted a cake for the teacher to take home and cupcakes to share with her class. As inspiration, she sent me this picture of a platter that they were going to give to the teacher as a thank you for her hard work.

I love it when clients do this, by the way. It's fun for me to personalize a cake in this way.

So, when I looked at the inspiration, I really wanted to incorporate the flower for obvious reasons and I thought that green would be the best accent color. So here's what I came up with.

It's not pictured, but I added writing on the side of the cake that said, "Thank you for helping us grow." I felt that the side was a little naked and needed something more.

Here's the top of the cake. I was able to imprint each of the petals and when complete, I used some purple luster dust to give it some sheen and accentuate the imprints.

These are the matching cupcakes for the class.

The cake is a yellow cake with chocolate buttercream and half of the cupcakes are yellow and the other half are chocolate. The flowers are made out of fondant.

I hope JP's teacher has a great birthday celebration!

Three's Company!

My good friend, Jessica, contacted me awhile ago to do the cakes for a BIG birthday party she was planning. It was a combined birthday party for three kids. She really wanted to something special for each one of them and was wondering if I would be willing to make separate cakes for them. Of COURSE! After our brainstorm, she decided that 6-inch cakes and cupcakes should do the trick and more than accomodate the guests at the party. Jessica gave me complete control over design and flavors of the cake and cupcakes. I hope I chose well. :)

The first cake is for a little boy whom I was told absolutely LOVES cars. He loves the movie Cars, but just loves cars in general. His favorite color is yellow.

For his cake, I decided a chocolate cake would be awesome. I filled it with buttercream frosting and some crushed Oreos and also topped the cake with an Oreo road for his Matchbox car, yellow of course! I decorated the cupcakes with street signs and hope that he enjoyed his theme!

The next cake is for a boy who loves Super Heroes! Jessica specifically told me that Captain America and Green Lantern were among his favorites. This one I was really excited to do because my husband's "super power" came in to play. Being such a big fan, he helped me design this one.

The cake is decorated like Captain America's shield and the cupcakes were decorated with the Green Lantern, X-Men, Batman and the Flash's symbols. The cake itself is a red velvet cake with buttercream filling. I thought the red and the white would look cool to cut into for this one.

The last cake is for a girl who loves the color purple and wanted a cake with flowers on it. She totally has my number! I made a marble cake for her and decorated the cake with a basketweave done in buttercream. The purple and blue flowers are made from royal icing.

The bulk of the cupcakes were a cookies and cream recipe. Vanilla batter with TONS of Oreos mixed in. I thought it would be a real kid pleaser!

I hope that the birthday celebration was a fantastic one! It sounded like it was going to be one heck of a party!