Minecraft Cake 2.0

29 Sunday Sep 2013

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Cake, chocolate buttercream frosting, double chocolate cake, fondant, Minecraft, Oreo

My most popular cake to date…who knew? When I created this design back in February, I had no idea it would become such a huge hit! Since then, I’ve revised the figures a bit and replaced the fondant top with buttercream, but essentially it’s the same double-chocolate 3-layer cake (or pick your favorite flavor) covered with creamy chocolate buttercream and crushed Oreo cookies. The Minecraft figures on top are made from homemade fondant; the “Minecraft” sign and pick ax are perler beads.

For all of you Minecraft-crazed youth out there….”The Creepers are HERE! But BEWARE.. HEROBRINE is coming!” (keep watching for version 2.1 ;0).

Fondant Steve, Creeper, pig and TNT. The Minecraft sign and pick ax are made from perler beads.

Blue Ombre Pony Birthday Cake

19 Friday Jul 2013

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Baking and Confections, birthday cake, Buttercream, Cake, chocolate frosting, ombre cake, Sour cream vanilla cake

My daughter requested a pony party for her 6th birthday and wanted a simple cake and multi-flavored mini cupcakes. I made a small 6″ round 3-layer ombre cake with horse figurines on top. (An “ombre cake” is just a layer cake with graded hues of a single color…or different colors, depending on the look you want.) Since she’s really into blue, I graduated the buttercream colors from dark blue to white. I topped it with a little “pasture” with the horses and a banner bearing her name. Perfect for my little cowgirl!

Red Velvet with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing

18 Thursday Jul 2013

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Baking and Confections, Cake, Chocolate, chocolate mousse filling, Classic Red Velvet Cupcake, cream cheese, Red velvet cake, White chocolate, white chocolate frosting

The most disappointing thing to me about the ever-popular red velvet cake is that it sorely lacks in chocolate flavor. So these red velvet cuppies I filled with a rich, creamy chocolate mousse and topped with a swirl of tangy white chocolate cream cheese icing. Just enough to take this velvety red cupcake over the top!

Christmas Gift Box Cake

04 Thursday Apr 2013

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bow, Buttercream, Cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Christmas cake, Flowers, fondant, GIft Box Cake

I made this special “gift box” cake for the Teacher’s Appreciation Luncheon at school a few years ago at Christmastime. It was a 10″x10″ cake with 4 layers, all different flavors. The frosting was buttercream with fondant flowers and bow. I do appreciate all you do, teachers!

Minecraft Cake

16 Saturday Mar 2013

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Baking and Confections, Cake, chocolate frosting, double chocolate cake, fondant, Green, Home, Minecraft, Oreo, Sour cream vanilla cake, Vanilla

My kids are in the midst of a Minecraft craze (Minecraft is a game on the computer), so I created this cake for a Cub Scout fundraiser.

The cake is a 3-layer 8″ square cake (vanilla and chocolate) covered with chocolate buttercream and crushed Oreo cookies (to look like dirt). I put a layer of green fondant on top and piped green grass with a grass tip.

The figures are crafted from colored fondant (with the help of my kids) and the name plate is made from pearler beads. The cake was a HUGE hit with all of the elementary-aged boys and eventually sold for $120 at the event! If your kid hasn’t discover Minecraft yet, just you wait!