A special birthday gift to my big boy Blake!

Baby Grand Piano Cake

Its been so long since I made a cake after the car racing cake. I was glad i got a call from my aunts co-worker and asked me if i could make one for her. She was going to settle for anything but her only request is to have a piano anywhere on the cake.

I made her a 2 tier cake in cream cheese pound cake covered in white fondant, embellished with blakck dots all around the cake, and the border is just plain black fondant ribbon with a bow on the middle. It was a very simple yet elegant design. I was a little frustrated though because i initially wanted the piano to have its legs but i couldn't make it stable enough considering that Danielle will have to drive half hour with the cake in the car. Over all, I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Kyle turns 10

My cousin turned 10 and i presented to make the cake for his birthday party as a present.

A cake that took me and my super great assistant, my sister in law, forever and a half to make. We started making this cake at 12:00 noon up until 7:30 pm. The temp. around my house was not to friendly to us and was making our fondant act up like crazy.

Even after all the trouble and back pain, i still couldn't believe i was able to put it together and make my very first 2 tier cake.

RN themed cake

this cake was a special request from my aunt. this was her gift to her boss . this cake was really easy to make. details were not so intricate. medicine bottle and first aid kit was made out of rice krispies covered with fondant. cake was red velvet with vanilla buttercream frosting.

stand up doll cakes

i really find these cakes really fun to make though i really had a hard time making the because everything was made all at the same day. from cakes to icing, to fondant, all all the extra details. aside from that, i made both cakes in day..... i am just so glad, both cakes turned out the way i wanted them to.

4th Cake

This cake was loaded with almost every single cake issue that i can think of. I guess it was partly my fault for suddenly deciding to make a cake out of nowhere. I made this one as a gift to my hubby to be's sister in law.

It was a friday when I drove to NJ with my sis-in-law to pick up the kids from my mom's house. The kids were away for a couple of weeks to bond with the grandparents .

My sis and I were thinking of what we could do for the weekend. She is really very supportive of my cake decorating hobby and wanted me to show her how i do it, so we decided that the next day, we'll bake and decorate. Saturday came, checked my mom's pantry and found a couple things we could use but still need to buy other ingredients. Went to the rocery and got the ingredients issue out of the way. I also didn't have any fondant already made so we had to make them too instead of buying pre-made ones which will cost a lot more.

Started decorating about 12 noon. Fondant was acting up on me. As we were trying to create the finish decor, I ran out of fondant. Initial plan was to cover the whole cake with colorful strings but unfortunately we didn't have anymore fondant left and I was way too tired already to make more.

My frosting was melting already even before we finished the cake. It was too humid and it was just not the right day to make a cake for me. all in all, even after all the issues, I was still happy with the way it turned out.

3rd cake.... whimsical red roses cake

making this cake was really fun yet challenging. my fondant decided not to cooperate with me. it just kept tearing left and right. i made a couple attempts to finally cover the cake.

this cake was actually made for my hubby to be's mom's birthday so it felt like there was a lot of pressure on trying to make the cake as neat as possible. plus, hubby had to drive to cake without me from maryland to new jersey. i was on call at work so i couldn't drive up to nj with him to celebrate his mom's birthday.

i could describe this cake a much neater than the other previous cakes i made and i'm really happy that i see progress on this new found passion of mine.