In Her Shoes....

Lorene was celebrating a very special birthday - her 65th. Her daughters wanted to present her with a fun, stylish cake that suited her personality.

The Request:
a sexy shoe, zebra print and pink accents.

The Cake:
An open gift box airbrushed in a zebra print, pink tissue paper & sugar bow, and a life sized custom sugar shoe complete with the birthday girl's name in the style of the Louboutin logo. The inscription written in lipstick was inspired by Planet Cake.

The Result:

"I just want to say thanks for the great job, it was the highlight of the evening.....it was quite a surprise to see my mom with her eyes bulging out of her head with her jaw dropped. first time I have seen her speechless in a very long time!!!! To say the least she loved it and I am sure it is a memory that will last forever.

Thanks Again
Denyse"

Happy Birthday Lorene!

Lay Lay Baby Event: Keziah’s First Birthday Party

I recently created a fun 3D bumblebee cake for Keziah's first birthday. The event was recently posted on Lay Lay Baby's Blog - to see the adorable Keziah and her fun themed birthday featuring our cake & cupcakes, please visit their blog below:

Lay Lay Baby Event: Keziah’s First Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Scott!

Today is my husband Scott's birthday.....so of course I need to make him a cake!

Instead of some ho hum cake that will be "fine" for a family dinner....I had to do something FUN!

The minute he left the shop yesterday - I got to work on his SURPRISE!

He's a big fan of Warner Bros, and so I thought this would be my challenge - how to turn some frozen chocolate cake tops, some frozen chocolate ganache and some time into a masterpiece!!!

The internal structure is the Cake Bones System by Cake Study - we got this fabulous set in Bronwens' class hosted here this past August! I converted it a bit and got to work on Taz!

His legs and arms are A LOT of modeling chocolate, the body is all cake, covered in chocolate fondant and lots and lots of love!

Now off to show my hubby his present!

Happy 1st Birthday Princess Hannah!

Inspired by the party decor, this 3 tier cake is the perfect ending to a princess birthday party! What more could a little girl ask for?

Life's a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios

Taking inspiration from a fabulous cake created by Rosebud Cakes I made this giant bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios for my husband's 35th birthday. He eats them every single day, so this cake seemed totally appropriate! Inside is rich chocolate fudge cake layered with Oreo crunch buttercream, finished in white chocolate fondant and all edible accents (yes the Cheerios are real! After making 22 of them, I gave up!)

Griffin's 1st Birthday continued...

Griffin's mom Kim, being a repeat client, knows how much I love to see pictures of people enjoying the cakes I've created. Check out these great pictures and Kim's comments:

Hi Lisa,
Thanks again for the beautiful birthday cake, it was so yummy and a
great conversation piece!
Everyone loved it!
Here are some pics from
the party.
Kim


Thanks Kim for sharing such wonderful pictures and I hope to see you again!

Griffin's 1st Birthday Cupcake

Griffin is turning 1 and his mom wanted to incorporate the cupcake party wear theme into the cake design. Based upon a design by Butterfly Sweets this 2 tier chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream and fondant accents and coordinating cupcake "smash" cake will be the hit of the party!

Happy 1st Birthday Griffin!

1st Knight Birthday

What kind of cake would be suitable for the bravest of little boys? Why a castle of course - complete with a knight in shining armour and a chocolate dragon!

The knight was made from polymer clay in order to be kept as a memento, the rest of the castle is entirely edible, including the chocolate dragon with gelatin wings.

Here is what the client had to say:

Hi Lisa, Thanks for personally delivering Nathan's birthday cake. It was a
huge hit for young and old a-like. They loved it, especially my little ones. My
husband, Ken wants to hang onto these memories....he's gone as far as preserving
the chocolate dragon, (thank G*d you made the knight out of clay) and plans to
put it into a shadow box. Nathan will always be able to look back at this
special keepsake. Thanks for making his first birthday so memorable. Karen

First Birthday's are a Smash!

A great way to help celebrate your child's first birthday is to order a "smash" cake along with the large party cake.

A "smash" cake is a mini cake - normally a mini version of the bigger cake - that is given to the birthday boy or girl with the intention to destroy & enjoy. It's a simple touch that makes their 1st birthday extra special.

Butterfly Tattoo Cake

Chocolate, pink, butterflies and bling - what's not to love?

Based upon a design I have previously done, this all chocolate cake was made for a little girls' birthday - complete with sugar butterflies and cake bling!

30th Birthday Cake

This cake was fun to create. Made for a make-up artist's 30th birthday party, they wanted something fun, bright and reflecting her work.
A super tall & tilted buttercream finished cake with bright fondant stripes, sugar pearls, all edible make-up items, complete with a sugar cookie #30.
Inside was a special request for the birthday girl - her favourite cake: red velvet with cream cheese filling.

Hawaii 5-0

When I get a call for a man's 50th birthday cake with a tropical theme - this is what you get!

It's Hawaii 5-0 baby!

Cake is calypso coconut with pineapple rum buttercream filling - mmmmm yummy! Finished with blue fondant and freehand piped Hawaiian shirt design. Complete with a hand painted vintage postcard for the birthday plaque.

A Tribute to Mary

This past Sunday was a special day for me and for our family. My great aunt celebrated her 85th birthday, and I created the cupcake birthday tower for the family celebration.

Since close to 100 guests were expected to attend, I thought a tower of cupcakes would be best for the event - they are self serve, portable, and the display always looks good even though some have been taken away!

100 cupcakes were made, 1/2 midnight chocolate cake 1/2 vanilla orchid cake both finished with a vanilla buttercream. On 1/2 I hand piped buttercream roses and leaves, the other 1/2 was garnished with a sugar plaque adorned with a golden 85.

The top tier was lemon scented cake and raspberry buttercream, finished in ivory fondant. It was adorned with an arrangement of gumpaste flowers, jewelry from Bride2Bead and a gumpaste vintage photo frame with edible photo of my great aunt Mary.

A beautiful and sweet tribute to a wonderful woman.

Happy Birthday Auntie Bombi - with many more to come!