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!!

Golden (50th) Anniversary Cake

01 Wednesday Feb 2017

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anniversary cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Vanilla-bean cake

I had the extreme honor to make this 50th anniversary cake for a friend whose parents were celebrating this golden milestone in their lives…it always brings me pleasure to create special occasion cakes that mean so much to those who get to enjoy them.

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The cake was a 12″x12″ square vanilla bean cake filled and iced with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream and decorated with buttercream scrolls and dots .

The “P” monogram and “50” plaque were made from homemade marshmallow fondant. I used cutters and pale yellow fondant to cut out the letters and numbers and then painted them with edible gold paint before securing to the fondant plaques with sugar glue.

In the end, I added a few white sugar pearls to dress it up a bit.

Happy 50th Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. P, it was an honor to make a cake for such a special occasion!!

Basketball-Themed Cookies + Cupcakes + Cake

21 Sunday Feb 2016

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Basketball cake, basketball cookies, cookies and cream frosting, double chocolate cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, royal, sugar cookies, Vanilla-bean cake, vanilla-bean frosting

It’s that time of year again….March Madness is almost here! And here’s a rundown of the cookies, cupcakes and cake I’ve done for my son’s end-of-season parties the past few years.

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These personalized basketball cookies were fun and the boys loved finding the cookie with their name. (One boy in the class was a champion swimmer, so I made a special swimming cookie for him.) They were simple round cutout sugar cookies with orange royal icing and black lines to make them look like basketballs. The names were piped with white Royal icing.

The rest of the cookies were decorated with the team mascot name (“Dragons”) and colors (green and yellow).

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The cupcakes are a mix of chocolate and vanilla cake with an Oreo cookie baked inside each one. Some were frosted with vanilla buttercream, others with cookies and cream buttercream (vanilla buttercream with crushed cookies mixed in). The team colors were green and yellow, so I used colored sprinkles around the edges and topped them with fondant basketballs and stars. They were sure easier to serve than a cake and the kids loved them!

This cake I made last year…the boys wanted a basketball court and players this time. It’s a 2-layer chocolate/vanilla half-sheet cake (big) covered in vanilla buttercream. The court, letters, and stars are cut from homemade marshmallow fondant. I scored the court with a pizza cutter to look like boards and brushed on a thin coat of diluted brown food color to make it look like wood. The players/hoop set I ordered from Amazon. I made each star with a different player’s number.

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Although we didn’t win many games, we had a great season and the kids had a ball (no pun intended :0). Here’s to another great season and wrap up party! Go Dragons!!

Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday

08 Monday Feb 2016

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chocolate cake, homemade marshmallow fondant, Minnie Mouse, royal icing, smash cake, sugar cookies, Vanilla-bean cake, Whipped cream frosting

I made this cute little smash cake and cupcakes for darling Miss Mila’s 1st birthday last year. Her party had a Minnie Mouse theme with pink and gold colors.

The smash cake was a 4″ vanilla cake with whipped cream rosettes in blush pink. Loved the little 4″ cake, perfect size to smash! Cupcakes were vanilla and chocolate with vanilla bean buttercream. The bows and ears were made from homemade marshmallow fondant.

I also made some mouse ear and scalloped round cutout sugar cookies. They were iced with royal icing with some details like the numbers and bows made from homemade fondant.