Sunday, September 18, 2011

Two Peas in a Pod

Two Peas in a Pod
These two little cuties and their pea pods are hand formed from gumpaste.  They sit on top of a two tiered french vanilla cake that is filled with a luscious raspberry pastry filling.


Sweet Pea Cupcakes

Two dozen chocolate and vanilla cupcakes surround the cake canter piece.  Each has been filled with raspberry and topped with vanilla buttercream.  The top of every cupcake has been adorned with a piece of nature, a sweet pea blossom.

Baby shower cake for twins - two peas in a pod
The cake is covered is a delicious butter fondant.  The pink and blue bow, along with the other art work has been made from gumpaste.

Peas in a pod cake - with cupcakes

The table presentation was stunning!  Congratulations to the mom to be! 

Amanda

Monday, September 12, 2011

Have Your Cake and Cupcakes to!

What better way to celebrate a first birthday than with a beautiful cake and cupcakes too!  The mother of the birthday girl had decided on a theme of cupcakes but she wanted a traditional birthday cake as well.  Using her paper goods for inspiration I designed this cake for her.  The bottom is a very tall 8" round cake with a 4" round cake on top.  12 mini cupcakes surround the second tier and an over sized cupcake creates the third tier. 
The two round cakes are covered in fondant while all the cupcakes are topped with a buttercream swirl.  Finally, I made the "1" from homemade gumpaste.  All the cake is a moist vanilla cake with princess buttercream filling.
Happy 1st Birthday!

Amanda

Sunday, September 4, 2011

More Salmon!

The salmon are still making their way up the creeks, streams and rivers of Alaska!  Here is another celebration cake that features these favorite fish.  This time I chose butter cream for the cake finish.  The salmon were once again made from hand cut fondant and painted details. The purple starfish are molded from chocolate.  Moist butter vanilla cake and lemon butter cream make this cake one that anyone would love!