50th Birthday Outdoors Man Cake

I'm just going to begin this post by saying thank you so much to Brandi!!  She is always so great to take fabulous pictures of my cakes!  I'm so thankful for her friendship and kindness!  Please go see how amazing she is with family photos and newborns and, well everything!  Check out her site by clicking on her name, or check her out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrandiTeuscherPhotography?fref=ts  

On to the cake.... the requirements were: Vintage Dude, red, black and brown, tractors, golf, boating, and horses.  This sweet lady wanted her fiance's 50th birthday cake to show that things get better with age.  His interests were all included in a subtle, vintage way.

 Vintage tractor made of fruity pebbles treat covered with modeling chocolate.

 See!  Look how great Brandi is!!  The crates are covered in a mixture of modeling chocolate and fondant.  Hand made texture and shading to make that wood look real.

Rope made of fondant, anchor made of gum paste

 Nails and texture

 Golf club and ball.  Both made out of gum paste

 Gum paste horseshoe. 

 Had to get that "Vintage Dude" in there!

 Life preserver made of gum paste.

This was such a fun cake to make with all the elements and variety!  I really love taking an idea and bringing it to life!  Happy birthday, Rick!

'97 Chevy Truck Cake

Every time I do a shaped cake I tell myself I never want to do another one!  This cake actually wasn't as hard as the last truck cake I made.  Probably because I used a sturdier cake to start with.  This cake was made to look like the birthday 'boy's' first truck.  His sweet wife knew how much it meant to him and wanted to recreate it in cake form.  I always love when wives want to give their husband something so special and individualized.  

 Covered in a mixture of modeling chocolate and fondant.

 Tires were made of fruity pebble treats and covered in modeling chocolate.

 This is the first time I made an extra stand on the cake board to hold up the truck.  That way you could see all the way under the truck!  With a little extra work it gave it just the look it needed!

Add a little 'dirt' and 'mud'!!  The license plate read DRTY30.  It's the little details.  

Happy birthday, Bryce!

LDS Reno, Nevada Missionary Homecoming Cake

It's been a while since I've updated this blog!  I have to apologize.  Life is just busy with kids and a household to keep up!  But, back to cakes....

This cake was so specialized for a very deserving LDS missonary.  Elder Twitchell served in Reno, Nevada and had some fun stories to tell.  Thus, the little details on the cake.

 I like doing the state flag as the main cake decoration then I add to it.

 This Elder accidentally fell asleep on a drive and his companion ended up getting them lost.  So, no....the scriptures did NOT put him to sleep!

 Set of scriptures with his name.

 Another element of the Nevada state flag, specialized to say the name of his mission.

 He liked to wear pink ties!

And he lived on a street named, "Hells Bells."  Haha!  Too  much fun!  Welcome home Elder Twitchell!!!  I know your family is so happy to have you back!

"Alice in Wonderland" Teacup Birthday Cake

There is something special and fun about PINK cakes!  And topsy turvy cakes are super fun!  The teacups were a little tricky, but much needed!

 The White Rabbit's clock.  "I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!!"  Clock and #1 made of gum paste.

 I strayed a little from the original picture of this cake by making the blue pattern out of the playing card suit symbols!  Gotta get those little details in!

 I really love making gum paste flowers!  And those gold leaves are adorable!

 Do I need help with cakes?!  YES I DO!  I was so busy with cakes this week that my daughter was awesome and made that gold chain by herself!!  She painted it in gold for me too!  THANK YOU RACHEL!!!

 Here's the little smash cake to go with the big cake!  I really adore the rose swirls, and the teacup was painted by my daughter as well.

Okay, so sometimes something goes wrong with a cake.  Something went really wrong with this cake!  I delivered the cake, everything was all good, then I got a very sad message from the mom of the birthday girl.  The teacups had fallen off the cake and broken!  I felt awful cause I was out of town and wasn't able to fix it.  It was truly one of those heart dropping moments when I felt horrible! Live and learn with each cake!!  Please forgive me, Blaire!!!

Such a seriously cute cake and I enjoyed every second of making it!  Happy 1st birthday Morley!!! 

 I hope your party was super fun!!!

Vintage Dude/Ninja Nerd Birthday Cake

This is a mix of a couple ideas, but it turned out quite well.  The sweet wife wanted to make the shift to 50 as painless as possible for her husband.  When she saw the "Vintage Dude" birthday theme she knew that was the answer.  Throw in his love of ninja's and we had a cake!  Vanilla cake with yummy raspberry filling...oh so delicious!

 Large letters and numbers made of modeling chocolate the rest was hand painted on a square of fondant.

 Gum paste ninja and ninja stars.

 Modeling chocolate hand cut letters.  Super fun, but they take forever!

 Modeling chocolate Japanese arch

Just yummy frosting for most of this cake.  Happy birthday, Courtney!!!  (50's not that bad!)

Hand Painted Elsa "Frozen" Birthday Cake

I know we've all heard of Disney's "Frozen" movie.  I know we've all seen the cute cakes with the adorable little handmade sugar Elsa and Anna and Olaf.  I really love those cakes, but I also really, really LOVE being as original as I can with my cakes!  I have nothing against the other cakes I've seen, I just knew I HAD to make this cake stand out.  One of my many fatal flaws!  I look at a cake challenge and say to myself, "Make it cooler!"  Sometimes I go a little further than other cakes.  Thus this cake.....

 I've been wanting to do a 'painted' cake for a while since seeing this post by one of my favorite cake decorators!  She's got incredible cake tutorials that have been so helpful in my cake decorating journey.  I love the idea of making cake a piece of artwork.  Art was originally my biggest passion in life.  And McGreevy Cakes is so inspirational in this department!  (Thank you!!)

 I made the top of Elsa flat then had the bottom tier curve around the cake.  I added drapes of fabric to help give texture and movement to the overall picture.

 Snowflakes and swirls create the now famous picture of Elsa and her ice powers!

 The colors were ever changing on this cake.  I didn't have 'teal' food coloring, so I painted regular light blue first, then went over it with blue and green luster dusts.  Add silver and edible glitter for the folds and it gave so much fun dimension.

 The snowflakes started out with some cutters my awesome sister bought for me but they needed to look more like the "Frozen" snowflakes.  An X-acto knife and several minutes later and I had the shapes I was looking for.

 The folds of the dress ended in a fade of colors.

 Those lovely eyelashes were done with edible markers and edible 'paint.'  Check out the site above for how to make the paint.

And a HUGE shout out thank you to Brandi for her photography skills to capture this beauty!  I just recently watched her in action with a big group family photo shoot and her skills are off the hook!  She's so skilled with a camera.  It's like her magic wand!! Please go check out her site here and if you need a photographer call her!!!

Happy birthday, Addison!!!!  Thank you for giving me a chance to recapture my love of ART!!!

High School Graduation Cupcakes

Fun graduation cupcakes for a High School graduate who loves Choir and Debate.

 Edible glitter, fondant, gum paste and modeling chocolate were all used for the decorations.  I seriously LOVE the edible glitter!  I want some in every color!!

Dark chocolate and peanut butter chocolate chip cake flavors with creamy peanut butter and dark chocolate frosting.  So yummy!!!  My kitchen smelled incredible!

Congratulations, Jory!!  And have a fantastic time at BYU Idaho in the fall!