All too often, adults don’t celebrate their birthdays with cake. This is a big problem (at least if you ask us)! But when we adults do celebrate, we celebrate in a big way! 30th, 40th, and 50th birthdays are huge! We recently sat down with Brenda to design her own 50th birthday cake. She hadn’t …
Every once in a while, we get requests for cupcake toppers – fun, cute, mini decorations! Yay! Here are some Angry Bird cupcake toppers we made for a cutie’s 2nd birthday party:
Minnie Mouse is all the rage with toddler girls! And the pink and black birthday parties are so cute! One of Mel’s daughter’s friends turned 2 recently with a Minnie Mouse-themed party. They gave Mel full artistic license to design Gianna’s cake and here’s what she came up with:
Here’s a fun cake we made for a little girl turning 1! Most kids carry around their favorite blanket or teddy bear, but not Lulu! She carries around her favorite rubber ducky! So we designed her birthday cake around it and even topped it with a new rubber ducky for bathtime. The bottom tier was …
We are proud supporters of Icing Smiles, a nonprofit organization that provides custom celebration cakes and other treats to families impacted by the critical illness of a child. Basically, a family applies to receive a special celebration cake, and bakers volunteer to do the cake for FREE! It’s really an amazing program – especially considering …
In early August, Melanie shut down the bakery, loaded up the car, and headed to Kentucky to take a rigorous 8-hour skills exam called the Certification Exam. The exam is hosted by the International Cake Exploration Society (ICES) in an effort to encourage its members to “develop their talents in the sugar arts, acquire new …
Are you having a beach wedding and want a simplistic, elegant cake? But maybe you also want a little sparkle and pizazz??? Here’s the cake for you! The cake was iced in buttercream and covered with coarse sugar. The sugar naturally catches the light and looks great at any reception! Then, the cake was adorned …
We love creative party ideas, and we recently had the honor of creating a cake for an adorable nautical-themed baby shower! The theme was Ahoy, It’s a Boy! How cute is that?! We were given 100% free artistic license in decorating the cake as long as we used red, navy blue, and brown. Here’s what …
Preparation is the key to a successful wedding cake design session. Here are our tips to ensure you get the cake you’ve always dreamed of: 1. Do your cake research. Look at pictures of cakes until your eyes hurt! Pick out a few of your favorites and bring them with you to your appointment. Don’t …
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We shared this wedding cake with you last Friday in a post about designing the perfect wedding cake. But we wanted to show you a few more pictures of the cake itself so here you go! The finished cake right before it went out for delivery: