Congrats Grad!!!

Indera, my oldest friend (I mean length of time we've known each other, not her age lol), and her family ordered a graduation cake from me for her younger sister who just graduated high school. This was my most ambitious project to date. I'm excited about how it turned out, but I couldn't have done it without the assistance of my brother, Bryan, and good friend, Judith (THANKS GUYS!!!). What do you think???

The "Desk" Cake: Yellow Cake, Chocolate Ganache Filling, Chocolate Fondant
"History Book": Red Velvet Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, Vanilla Fondant, French Vanilla Fondant "pages"
"Math Book": Yellow Cake, Vanilla Pudding Filling, Strawberry Fondant, French Vanilla Fondant "pages"
"Cap": Vanilla Fondant
"Softball": Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Fondant

The final product :-D

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Happy 25th Bday?

On this blog, I have shared much of the good...now it's time for some not-so-good.

Cake for a 25th birthday celebration was ordered from me. Working with a certain budget, we agreed upon a cupcake arrangement. Because I had to leave town, I was not able to be present for the pick-up. However, I heard that the client seemed dissatisfied. I'm not clear on why, because I have not been able to speak with her.


Given the situation and its perimeters, I think that the cake turned out pretty nicely. Three dozen cupcakes (one dozen red velvet, one dozen chocolate, one dozen vanilla) arranged to form the number "25" and the extras were decorated with white to make the "2" and the "5" stand out. The final product included her picture  with a simple icing border on it.

In case you find it difficult to read: Blue "2", Pink "5", surrounded by white

Oh well, can't please everyone...

Bake Sale!!!

Sooo, a client of my dad's is a teacher and her school had a Juneteenth Celebration. I baked a few things to sell. I also had some t-shirts made by my cousin so as to have a more "professional" feel. Let me know what you think...

Mom sitting at the table and rockin' the t-shirt ;-)

Closer look at table display (check out the t-shirt design on mom)

Red Velvet Cake Display

Cake Pops!

Vanilla Cake Display

Chocolate Cake Display

Yummy!

Wedding Sample

Earlier this month, a friend of mine ordered some cupcakes and cakepops for his family to sample for an informal family wedding. Check out what I came up with...

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting & Yellow Sprinkles

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Yellow Cake Cake Pops with flat Sprinkles, Pearly Sprinkles & sans Sprinkles :-)

Happy Birthday!!!

My friend, Martine, wanted to surprise her boyfriend with his favorite cake and a few extra treats at his birthday BBQ. Here's how they turned out:

Pineapple upside down cake...the requested favorite cake :-)

Side View

The extra treat: Red Velvet Cupcakes with Blue Swirled Cream Cheese Frosting

I had a bit of extra batter and decided to get a little creative. Check it out...

Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes!

Aren't they soooo cute?!

She Shoots...She Scores!!!

I have to admit that not 100% of the design for these gems were conjured up in my head, but the execution is all me :-). This is a perfect example of how a client can express exactly what is desired and have it come to fruition.

The flavors include: chocolate, chocolate with fudge filling, red velvet, red velvet/yellow cake, vanilla, yellow, and cookies-n-cream.

Chocolate & vanilla cupcakes

Red Velvet/Yellow Cake, Yellow Cake, Red Velvet

Customized Fondant Jerseys

Fondant Fan Flags, Jersey & Basketball

Assorted Flavor Cupcakes make this customized Jersey Cupcake Cake

These were part of a surprise that I heard went off without a hitch ;-)

Can't wait for the next one...

Tea Time!

There was a friendly competition between the woman of my aunt's church to see who could decorate the best table. My aunt asked me to make a little something special for her table. Guess who won...

My Aunt's Winning Table :-)

Mini Chocolate & Lemon Cupcake Display

Place Setting accented with a cake pop

Cake pops placed with Centerpiece

I think it was a lovely display...don't you?

Here's a close-up of the cupcakes before setup:

Chocolate Minis with White Buttercream Frosting, decorated with Fondant Lily Pad & Pink Buttercream Flower

Lemon Cake Minis with Pink Buttercream, decorated with Fondant Lily Pad & White Flower

Chocolate Minis with White Buttercream Flower

Lemon Cake Minis with Pink Buttercream Flower

Happy Belated Birthday Mom...

A client of mine ordered this cake for her mom - whose birthday was about a month before she placed the order lol. Anyway, it's better late than never because her mom loved it! Simple and tasty :-)

Strawberry swirled Cheesecake

Happy Easter!

I know, Easter was quite a little while ago, but I have some lovely treats to share with you that I put together for my dear friend Ty :-)

Yellow & Red Velvet Cupcakes!

Yellow Cake & Red Velvet Cake Cake pops!

A peek inside a cake pop ;-)

So cute! (if i do say so myself...)

Happy Birthday Princess :-)

I created some very special cupcakes for a very special young lady's birthday. Let me know what you think:

Minis with Pink & Purple Buttercream Frosting :-)

Chocolate Minis

Red Velvet Minis

Yellow Cake Minis

I added sprinkles!

Pink Velvet Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

Fondant Lily pad

Fondant Crown

Red Velvet Princess Tiana Cupcake cake

This was my first cupcake cake...I think it came out pretty well, don't you?

What Every Girl Should Have in Her Make-Up Bag

There are certain cosmetic items a girl must have, like:

Lipstick

Eye Liner

Foundation

Blush Brush

Eye Shadow

And for that extra pop...lashes!

These come together to make the perfect make-up bag:

Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

These were ordered by a friend for the birthday of a friend. She loved them!

I doubt that she would mind always having these around...would you?