Jack's first birthday polka dot chevron stripe cake!

It's been a whole year of happy delights, pat-a-cake days, and snug-a-hug nights since you and your sweet little peekaboo face made the world a more wonderful, giggle-filled place! Happy Birthday Jack!! xoxox

Here is little Jack's cake:

The bottom tier is carrot cake with white chocolate coconut cream cheese buttercream. Middle tier is one layer of dark chocolate fudge and one layer of almond with vanilla buttercream.  Top tier is dark chocolate fudge with orange buttercream.
Yum!!

 

The little guy wasn't sure what to think of it. He did eventually dig in and then promptly fell asleep afterwards.

Jack's smash cake with the party cake.  Surprisingly, nobody noticed that the smash cake was backwards in this pic.  Opps!

Alex is 1 - Farm themed first birthday & smash cake!

I've never met Alex, but his mother is a colleague of mine.  Alex isn't quite old enough to decide what kind of fabulous, awesome, fun birthday cake he wants, so his mom decided on a farm theme (similar to my little guy's 2nd bday cake).  She requested a sheep, a pig and a family of ducks with a farm themed cake - my signature chocolate cake with cookie-cream filling and vanilla buttercream.  Of course, she also needed a SMASH cake for little Alex.  I can't wait to see some photos of the little guy tearing into his first cake!

Here is the cake - The red barn is a sugar sheet and the rolling hills are SatinIce fondant, everything else is buttercream.

Gumpaste sheep sitting in the buttercream grass

Gumpaste mommy & baby ducks quacking around a buttercream pond.



Gumpaste piggy rolling in chocolate mud.


And here is Alex's "SMASH cake" - he gets this one all to himself, to smash like a birthday boy should on his first birthday! 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!

Sundae themed 1st Birthday Party.

Kayla turned one on Thanksgiving and her moms threw her an Ice Cream Sundae themed first birthday party.  This isn't the first cake I've made for this family, but it might be the coolest one so far.  This cake has a false bottom tier.  The top tier is my signature chocolate cake with cookie cream filling.  Both tiers are covered with vanilla buttercream, the bottom drizzled with chocolate and top sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles.  The waffle bowl on top has gumpaste ice cream scoops with a gumpaste cherry to top it all off. 

Happy Birthday Sasha! ~ Hungry Caterpillar Cake ~

Sasha turns one today and is having a hungry caterpillar themed party.   Her mom ordered these adorable invitations from Ebay and then ordered a cake to match.  The cake is my signature white cake with vanilla buttercream.  The caterpillar is gumpaste, as is the leaf sign.  The 1 is buttercream and the two lines of color on the base (to match the invite) are Satin Ice fondant. 

Here are the pics:

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SASHA!!

Monkey themed 1st birthday! Happy Birthday Maggie!

Maggie celebrated her first birthday today and what a great party it was!  With a large under 3 crowd in attendance, Maggie's mom planned a fabulous party complete with a bouncy house, toddler sized tables and chairs, lots of ride on toys, toddler enticing play areas and food (and cake!!) to please toddler palates.  My little guy fell asleep en route, but when he awoke and looked around, his eyes lit up and he was off, full speed, for hours!  What a fun day it was!

Maggie's bedroom has monkey decals on the walls and her mom carried these cute little monkeys over into the theme for her first birthday party.  Monkey balloons, a monkey pinata and of course a monkey cake!  Here are the pics:

Matching cupcakes!!

And here are a few from the party:

 

CANDY!!



HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY MAGGIE!!!

Maggie's cake details:
Signature White Cake
Chocolate Buttercream Filling
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Fondant accents
Sugar Pearls on Cupcakes

 



Happy Birthday Lydia! Hungry Caterpillar Cake....

Lydia's birthday party had a Very Hungry Caterpillar theme.  Her mom and I have been discussing her cake for weeks....or maybe even since Charlie's first bday party last August.  For her cake, I made a Caterpillar cake topper and whimsical First Birthday sign.  I also made the fruit, leaf, and sugary treats that the Caterpillar takes a bite out of throughout the story.  The cake topper ended up being so heavy that I had to use wooden dowel supports inside the cake to bear the weight!  Phew...it made it to the party in one piece and didn't collapse!    If you've never read the Hungry Caterpillar Book - I think Lydia and my Charlie would highly recommend it!!

Take a look:



The Caterpillar Topper

 Cake:  White Almond Sour Cream
Frosting:  Buttercream
Filling:  Cookie Cream

Caterpillar topper - all fondant & gumpaste
All the food items with a "bite" taken out are hand crafted from gumpaste.

 

And here are all the things the Hungry Caterpillar eats throughout the story...





Hope you enjoyed your cake, sweet Lydia!!  Thanks for inviting us to your party!!

Charlie's First Birthday Puppy Cake & Smash Cake:

Happy 1st birthday little guy!  Hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!! 

xoxoxoxo

* Toddler, puppies, blocks, flowers, caterpillar, snails, sign and  
   butterflies hand made from gumpaste.

* Cake:  White almond sour cream cake

* Filling: cookie cream

* Frosting:  buttercream

And, of course, it wouldn't be a First Birthday Party without a Smash Cake for the Birthday Boy!!