Ladybug 1st Birthday

This 1st birthday cake request had a ladybug theme.  I created a three tiered cake with ladybugs, daisies, leaves, and grass.  The client wanted a smash cake for the birthday girl, so I made a removable ladybug for the top of the cake.  The cake is chocolate with vanilla frosting and the ladybug is yellow cake with vanilla frosting.  I also made yellow cupcakes with chocolate frosting.  The cupcakes were decorated with ladybugs and leaves.  All of the decorations are made with sugar paste.

Set up at party

Nora's 1st Birthday - Dots, Circles and Stars

This cake request was for a sweet little girl's 1st birthday.  Her mom gave me one of the plates she purchased for the party and I designed this cake based on it.  The cake is vanilla with vanilla frosting, two tiers and each tier is two layers.  I also made a "smash" cake for Nora with the same design. 

Birthday Plates - basis for cake design

Big Cake and Smash Cake

When delivered I added some star shaped suckers to the top..

...and put the candle on the smash cake.

Piece of Cake

I made this cake for one of my favorite friends for her birthday.  After the half birthday cake I made a few weeks ago, I thought it would be fun to make a piece of cake instead.  This is what I came up with....a huge piece of cake on a plate made of cake.

The plate is a layer of cake with a 3 layer piece of cake on top of it.

Harley Davidson Cake

An old friend (as in from Elementary school) asked me to create a Harley Davidson cake for her boyfriend's surprise birthday party.  This is what I came up with...

Royal Icing flames and Fondant band and road

Fondant road and toy Harley

Fondant logo with icing letters

Harley picks in cupcakes

Royal Icing flame cupcakes

Just Because

As I was creating my company and this blog I realized that after 13+ years together, I had never decorated a cake for my husband.  I'd baked plenty of cookies, browines and cakes for him, but never put any effort into making them special.  So, here is the remedy...

Dark fudge chocolate cake with chocolate ganache icing and white chocolate curls.

Winner's Cake - Half Birthday

If you weren't my Facebook friend a few weeks ago, you missed the contest I had asking for help naming my cake decorating company.  The response I received was overwhelming.  I thought I'd get 10 or 12 ideas, but over 70 names came in.  Many of the ideas were so amazing others had already taken them.  I narrowed to 7, then 3, and finally one name. 


Thanks go to a friend whose joke idea was:  "FinishYerDamnDinnerSoYouC​anEatAwesomeCake.com"

My response was:  "SkipDinner-StraightToCake.com"


After I really thought about it, the name Straight to Cake (So good, you'll skip dinner) was perfect, and luckily no one else was using it. 


The prize for coming up with the winning name (or in this case inspiring it)... an awesome cake.  The timing worked out that my friend's son was turning 4 1/2 and very excited about a half birthday.  So, I made him a half birthday cake using his favorite colors.  It's simple and silly, which I think is exactly what my friends were looking for.