Author Archives: Laurie

Green and Purple Cupcake Bouquet

23 Sunday Jul 2017

Posted by in Cupcakes

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

I was asked by my very best client to do the desserts for a shower for her lovely niece.

Along with the cupcakes, the bride-to-be asked for a cupcake bouquet to use as a centerpiece.

grn cupcake bouquet_5Her color pallet included sage green, avocado green, and some grays.

I decided that she needed a bit of color, so I added some purple to the gray and came up with a deep violet as an accent color (although these pics look blue, it’s actually a dark  violet).

 

These cupcake bouquets are so fun and versatile.  You can do up to 3 colors and I try to include a few different types of piped flowers to add variety, texture, and interest. This one I did in a 7″ basket and it has about a dozen regular-sized cupcakes and 6-7 minis.

grn cupcake bouquet_2

People are always asking about prices on the baskets.  For this size (about 12″ diameter with the cupcakes), it’s $46, which includes the basket.  If you have a container you’d like to use, I can do that also.  Generally speaking, depending on the basket, you can figure $3-4 per cupcake for a price of one of these beauties, lovely enough to adorn any table or a sweet surprise for anyone in your life…better than flowers– they can EAT it!!

Thanks again for the order, Deb, and congrats to your niece!!

Sesame Street Birthday Cake

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by in Cakes

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , ,

sesame_st_cake_3

Loved doing this cute Sesame Street birthday cake for Reid! It started out as a 3-tiered cake, but Reid’s mom decided that 2-tier was large enough and I added the sign on top to give it that extra needed height.

sesame_st_cake_4The bottom 10″-tier is chocolate with cookies and cream filling and the 8″-tier is snickerdoodle cake with cinnamon buttercream between the layers.   The cake was smooth iced with buttercream and the details and images were all hand-cut from homemade marshmallow fondant.

Reid’s mom specifically wanted Elmo and the Cookie Monster to adorn his cake.  I loved the little details of the stars on wires, the tiny letters cut from fondant, and the multi-colored stripes….so festive and happy.  The cake just screams “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” don’t ya think?

I debated on adding homemade chocolate chip cookies around the bottom, but I had some extra tan fondant from another project, so I rolled it out thick, used a round cutter, pushed in some mini chocolate chips, and dusted the edges with cocoa powder to make them look “baked.”

I was really pleased with how they turned out.

 

This was SUCH a fun cake with so many cute details.  Hope you had a great 2nd birthday, Reid (and thanks for asking me to make it for him, Candee :0)!

“Miss to Mrs.” Bridal Shower Celebration Cake

25 Sunday Jun 2017

Posted by in Cakes

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, ,

I haven’t shared a cake creation for awhile, so thought I’d post this cute one I did a few months ago for a bridal shower….

miss_to_mrs_1

The bride’s aunt ordered it for her niece and showed me a picture of a cake with a simple bride’s silhouette all in buttercream.

I embellished my design to make it a bit more dramatic with the silhouette hand-cut from black fondant and overlaid with buttercream swirls and flowers.

 

The cake was a half sheet double layer banana cake with chocolate mousse filling, smooth-iced with vanilla-bean buttercream.

The inscription is cut from fondant using letter cutters with 2 different font types.

Congrats to the Bride-to-Be, I hope you liked your cake!!

 

Graduation Cake and Cookie Ideas

25 Tuesday Apr 2017

Posted by in Cakes, Cookies

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

,

It’s almost graduation season, so start planning those parties!  I really can’t believe how huge graduation parties are here in Ohio…much bigger than celebrations where I grew up.

These are some examples of half-sheet cakes that are a good party-size and can serve a bunch when made with 2 layers.

These 2 graduation cakes I did for a Poland Seminary High School graduate last year who was going to Ohio State in the fall.

Poland grad cake_2OSU grad cake_2

 

This Cardinal Mooney cake I did a few years ago (before I discovered how cutting letters out of fondant is much cleaner … and straighter :)).  The graduate was going to the University of Dayton…

mooney-graduation-cake-2

dayton-graduation-cake-3

 

These are full sheet cakes, which I don’t make often as they are difficult to manage in my regular-sized fridge.  I love this black and yellow theme with swirls and stars.  It really says “Let’s CELEBRATE…you’ve done it!!”

yellow-black-graduation-cake-1

 

For this one I made a 3-d mortar board and decorated it with stars, sprinkles and fondant twists. Here’s the post that describes it in more detail.

graduation-cake-1

 

This cake is for a smaller celebration…followed by a group of specialty cakes.

poland-graduation-cake-6

 

sports-football-graduation-cakes-2

 

And you always need cookies, right?

mooney-graduation-cookies-7

 

graduation cookies_purple_1

Graduation cookies_purple_2

graduation cookies purple_3

Spring Cupcake Bouquets

20 Thursday Apr 2017

Posted by in Cupcakes

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

I am just crazy about these cupcake bouquets!  I made them last year for Mother’s day…Such a nice thing to give your mom to show her how much you care.

cupcake-flower-bouquet-10

They’re so bright and cheery and are sure to brighten anyone’s day–maybe even MORE than real flowers.  Why?  ‘Cause you can EAT ’em!

The best part is they can be customized to your cupcake flavor preference, color combination, even flower type…what’s not to love about that?

 

The hydrangeas were piped with a Wilton 1M tip and the roses with a 2D tip.  I variegated the colors by layering them with white in my piping bag…they look much more realistic that way.

So fun, so sweet, so colorful….perfect for every season!