Roses & Ribbits and a Topsy Turvy Cake

I love these two cakes! The roses and ribbits is a traditional looking cake with swiss dots and buttercream roses. If you look closely you'll see frogs hiding between the flowers. Adorable!



The topsy turvy cake was a vegan, gluten free cake. Vegan gluten free cakes do not bake up very high. Even with the four layers, the cake was about three inches tall. We added a dummy cake underneath each cake to give it the height needed. All in all a fun, tasty, looking cake!

Remember the 70s and 80s when pillared cakes were all the rage? Okay, I don't either lol. This is my 3rd cake this year where brides have requested pillars. Most decide on pillars because they want the height of a big cake, but not the servings.

I'm beginning to like the pillared look. There's so many options on how to decorate in between the pillars. Flowers, fruit or how about putting delicate vines around the pillars or instead of flowers fall leaves and mini pumpkins for a fall wedding?

Lots of possibilities!

Can I have seconds?

What a great compliment when people go back for seconds adn thirds! A bride ordered two cakes for her wedding (bride and groom's cake) to serve approximately 300-350. Only about 200 rxvp'd so she thought she was going to have lots of cake left over. Well, she ahd about 20 servings left! People kept going back for seconds and thirds! What a great compliment!

I was so happy she didn't have much left over.

(The above cake was not one of them)

Mmm, that puts me in the mood for cake!

Coconut Cream Pie

What can I say? I don't get tired of baking. Cooking yes! Baking, no! I don't know what it is. I guess I love butter, cream and sugar way too much. That's not a bad thing for a baker.

My kids are not into sweets so I don't bake for my family as much as I used to unless I have company. My daughters only like pumpkin pie, while Rob will eat most any cake or pie set before him. But, what's the use in baking a whole cake or pie for two people?

I'm so glad my girls have friends who love cake and pie. When they come over it's my chance to bake again!

This was my first time making a coconut cream pie. I'm not a fan of coconut, but I wanted to give it a try. It was pretty good. I topped it with coconut flavored whipped cream. Yummy!

Steampunk Wedding Cake

I love this thing called Steampunk. I love the gadgets, the gears, pipes, etc. It reminds me of Sci-Fi which maybe it is? Reminds me of Dr. Who, The Wild West, the new Sherlock Holmes movie, etc.

I really loved the Steampunk side of this cake. Rob did a great job with the elements. I hope we get to make another one of these Steampunk cakes.

Another Vintage-y Cake

Here is another *Back In The Day* cake! Fresh fruit and some gumpaste orchids really pulled this together. Pillars are considered old style, but I think they still have their place in the world of wedding cakes. This cake was a Hummingbird Cake with cream cheese filling and buttercream icing impressed with a diamond pattern. (Yes, I did add cake sparkles!) I thought this came out great! I'm starting to feel nostalgic, although, it always seems better back in the *old days* than it really was.

BAM!

This one of several cakes we've delivered to Le Bam. This place is gorgeous! Marina, the owner, is an interior designer and she out did herself when she designed this place.

It has a large *tree* with crystals dangling from it. When you look up at the tree you see a night sky. There are different twists and turns to the place with fairies hiding in several places. The outside garden area is just as beautiful!