Ice Cream & Sprinkles Birthday Party!

16 Wednesday Aug 2017

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drip cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, ice cream cone cake pops, Pink Velvet Cake, tiered cake, Vanilla-bean cake

Ok, this theme for a little girl’s birthday party is just TOO CUTE!

The client called and asked if I would help her with an ice-cream-and-sprinkles-themed 3rd birthday party for her adorable daughter, Mackenzie. She needed coordinating cake, cake pops, cupcakes, and cookies to serve about 70 people (whew!).

Her color scheme included mint green and light pink, so I took those colors and got to work.

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The treats for the 70-or-so guests included this tiered cake (8″ pink velvet and 10″ vanilla bean)….

cake pops made with mini ice cream cones (so adorable!)….

cupcakes baked in cones with creamy swirls of multi-colored buttercream….

and cookies.

The tiered drip cake was so fun to do…and so popular right now! The melting ice cream cone topper is simply a huge cake pop made in a sugar cone. I filled the cone with cake and drizzled it with pink melting chocolate. I also inserted a cake pop stick to ensure it would sit securely on the cake.

The pink drip is white chocolate ganache with pink gel color, smoothed over the top and dripped down the sides of the cake. And, of course, sprinkles (actually sequins)….LOTS of sprinkles!

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I covered the bottom of the top tier with MORE sprinkles and a ruffly buttercream border. The #3 on top and name plate on the side are cut from homemade marshmallow fondant.

The cupcakes and cake pops are made from the same cake flavors as the cake. Cupcakes are baked in regular-sized cake cones, which is always a little more difficult than it seems as they take so long to bake (about 2x the batter as a normal cupcake) and the cone has a tendency to absorb the moisture of the cupcake after it bakes and gets a little soft. But cover them with a healthy swirl of silky buttercream, and all is good…

Instead of a stick, the cake pops are made in mini-cones and then dipped in white chocolate melts tinted mint green and pale pink–so cute! These we’re actually much easier than a normal cake pop as the drips down the sides added to the melting ice cream cone look :0).

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This was such a fun themed party, and the party set-up at the client’s house was fabulous (wish I had a good picture, but they all turned out too dark).

Hope you had a great 3rd birthday, Mackenzie! I loved making your treats!!

Pink Ballet Pointe Shoes Birthday Cake

24 Sunday Apr 2016

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double chocolate cake, Fondant Ballet pointe shoes, homemade marshmallow fondant, Pink rose buttercream swirls, Pink Velvet Cake, vanilla-bean frosting

Ok, so I’ve done so many boy-masculine-themed birthday cakes lately that it was really fun to get the call from Chloe’s mom asking for a pink ballet pointe shoes cake for Chloe’s 13th birthday.

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I’ve made fondant shoes before, but never ballet slippers, so this was a new one for me. I actually found a really terrific and detailed tutorial on Etsy that made them incredibly easy and surprisingly realistic-looking. The only change I made was putting the support sticks through the bottom of pointe of the shoe rather than glued to the sole so the cake could be displayed from all sides. I even wrote the birthday girl’s name on the insole, kind of like the Danskin logo on really ballet slippers..

The cake was a chocolate and pink velvet alternating layers with vanila buttercream between the layers and covered with pink rosettes. Wish I had a picture of it cut…

I loved doing the cake and the slippers were so feminine and delicate.

Happy Birthday, Chloe! Hope you loved your cake as much as I loved making it for you!

Graduation Cake with Mortar Board

15 Sunday Jun 2014

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candy melt cap, fondant, graduation cake, Mortar Board, Pink Velvet Cake, raspberry mousse filling, vanilla-bean frosting

Well, it’s graduation season and I’ve been making cakes! Cakes for big parties (250 people!) and small family gatherings. It’s so fun to personalize them for each graduate…There are so many possibilities.

This full-sheet cake I made for the graduating daughter of our neighbor. She asked for a pink champagne cake with raspberry mousse filling, iced with vanilla-bean buttercream–delicious combo! There was no particular theme, just a big celebration cake with primary colors for family and friends (and they do have a BIG family…10 kids!).

Since it was such a big cake, I wanted to add some dimension. The large graduation cap is made from a smaller 4″-round cake frosted with black buttercream. The top of the mortar board is made from black candy melts that I piped onto waxed paper and cut to a square after it had chilled for a few minutes (thanks to Liz Larson for the video tutorial on this: theartoffrosting.blogspot.com). The tassel, smaller cap, stars, and twists are made from homemade marshmallow fondant.

It was a fun celebration cake to feed a crowd. I hope you liked it, Anna Marie…Good luck at school in the fall!

Pink Velvet Cupcakes!!

16 Sunday Feb 2014

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Pink Velvet Cake, Pink Velvet Cupcake, princess buttercream, white chocolate raspberry mousse

Here’s a new fun flavor for Valentine’s Day or any time you want a smile–Pink Velvet! I worked on this recipe for awhile and finally decided that a velvet cake with white chocolate and raspberries was the perfect combo. I sent these minis to school with my kids for various Valentine parties this week, so fun! Filled with white chocolate raspberry mousse and topped with creamy princess-flavored buttercream and sprinkles (essential!)–the kids gobbled them up!